Unlocked
Unlocked is the story of a teenager, Abby, coping with her mother’s terminal illness. When a charming man soliciting for cancer research stops her on the street, she sees in him someone who has shared her experience.
Directed by Daryl Wein.
Watch it. (Quicktime)
Seat 29E
A complaint letter written to Continental Airlines about a seat located next to the bathroom.
A short film by Elena Wen.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Wassup 2008
Eight years later, the guys are campaigning for Obama…
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La pasion de la decision: Episode 5
This video is the fifth in a series of spoofs of telenovelas, presented on the Voto Latino website. Rosario Dawson describes it as their answer to Sarah Silverman’s The Great Schlep.
Starring and directed by Wilmer Valderrama, Rosario Dawson, Perez Hilton, Jane Fonda, Tony Plana, Mayte Garcia, Nick Zano, with a cameo by Vida Guerra, Malverde, Chana, Alysha del Valle and Upground.
Music produced by Marthin Chan. Lyrics by Rosario Dawson.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
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Credit Crunch
It’s the hot new cereal that’s low in price!
Watch it. (Flash)
Flash Video on my source, Ehrensenf.
Ark
An unknown virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. Oblivious to the true nature of the disease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set off in search of uninhabited land. So begins the exodus, led by one man…
Ark is a short movie directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys who produced it with Marcin Kobylecki at Platige Image.
Watch it. (Flash Video Quicktime, HD)
Watch it. (MPEG-4, Hi res)
Dark Morning
An ordinary man (David Woodley) is going through his daily routine when he is struck with an anxiety attack and remembers dark recollections from his past.
A short film by Ryan Kozicki.
Watch it on Vimeo.
Pièces détachées
Paul (Antoine Coesens Lazaro), an obsessive casino player, finds himself with lots of debts and it is threatened with death by Benjamin Stern (Jean Claude Dauphin), his creditor. His friends now refuse to lend any money, he then decides to commit the unthinkable: sell one of its organs [...] But by committing this act against nature, Paul puts his finger in a grim spiral that takes him to the borders of madness and death.
The short movie has been written and directed by Sébastien Drouin and produced by himself and Pierre Buffin at BUF.
The film is in French language, with no subtitles!
Rafael Sommerhalder – Mr. Wurfel
Brilliantly done! The film is non-linear which one associates with cerebral thinking which compliments the main character beautifully. Style meets substance.
The Red Suitcase
A newcomer unsettles the peace of a small town, bringing music and dance to the isolated community, but also broken hearts and instability. When gone, he leaves behind a young boy and a red suitcase filled with questions.
A short movie by Saul Freed (of Karni & Saul), made as part of the Channel 4 Mesh program.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Still Life
Nathan, a pill-popping, over-caffeinated driver, accidentally hits something with his car. Panic-stricken, he searches for help in a strange and desolate town that offers very little in the form of human kindness. He just entered the Twilight Zone…
A short movie by Jon Knautz, kind of a life size version of M.R. James‘ Haunted Dolls House.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
I Am Stamos
Well produced short film starring several nobody’s and Mr. John Stamos.
Watch it in Flash or high-res Quicktime – full review
She Who Measures
Are we truly free? Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed products of the society we live in?
“Film critics’ jury of the 32nd International animated film festival in Annecy (Nadezhda Marintchevska, Avedik Olohadjian and Doris Senn) has decided to give the prestigious FIPRESCI Award to Ona koja mjeri (in English: She Who Measures) by Veljko Popovic.”
The movie was developed at Lemonade 3D and produced by Kenges.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
A Portrait of Envy
The main actress (Riley Rose) looks so familiar! Short of the week has a review.
The film fails to show how much of an obsession Gillian, the main character, has for the guy. Appreciating art is not enough.
Easy Pickins
Home Alone but with a old lady instead of a kid. Sounds cliche, well it is. But thoroughly enjoyable.
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