short films

AlpTraum

 

Showtime: Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:00pm

Director(s): This Lüscher
Country: Switzerland

On a Swiss alp a man watches the finals of the european football-championship 2008 with Switzerland playing. Just before the game ends, there is a heavy bang and the TV turns black. The man discovers that the ball from the game is stuck in his satellite dish. Suddenly HE is in control of the outcome of the game. Read more »

Song of Sloman

 

Showtime: Monday, January 18, 2010, 2:00pm

Director(s): Emmanuel Shirinian
Country: Canada

Rabbi Yosef Slomon’s life has become very ordinary. His grooming rituals are indistinguishable from his prayers at the synagogue. The once vibrant Rabbi has become ineffectual until a catchy, ubiquitous pop tune invades his sould and threatens to send him scrambling to the dance floor or back to the Torah. Read more »

Pudge

 

Showtime: Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:00am

Director(s): Annie Bradley
Country: Canada

When Violet, a 12-year-old chubby black girl moves into foster care in Regent Park, she has to start all over; new school, new rules, and a new roommate too. The kids at school hassle her about her ratty coat and Violet’s fists fly, landing her in trouble. She vows to get a new one in time for her birthday and so she ventures to a wealthy neighbourhood in search of a job. There she meets Edith, a rich, eccentric elderly white lady who never leaves her mansion. Edith hires Violet under the pretense of preparing for a party as her beloved maid has passed away. Gradually they form a most unlikely friendship, Read more »

The Wheel

 

Showtime: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 7:00pm

Director(s): Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel, Heidi Wittlinger
Original Title: Das Rad
Country: Germany

The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their everlasting lives on top of their mountain. Therefore they're only mildly amazed by the ongoings in the valley below, they've got their own little problems to deal with - But all of a sudden, Mankind is discovering and inventing, instead of just woozeling, and this new behavior starts to threaten Hew's and Kew's stoic peacefullness... Read more »

Noodles

 

Showtime: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 3:00pm

Director(s): Jordan Feldman
Country: France

Françoise provokes a chain reaction amongst people as she appears in a Chinese restaurant during lunchtime... Read more »

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