Tommy the Kid
11:50 > Australia > 2006
Director: Stuart Clegg
Synopsis: When Tom's pushbike is stolen by Rob, a local junk store owner, Tom feels powerless to do anything about it. But an encounter with Rob's dog gives Tom an idea.
Hombre Kabuki
10:00 > USA > 2006
Director: Leo Age
Synopsis: Lust, trust and lucha libre. Lovers enact a game of duping and disguise with a Mexican wrestling mask.
The Handyman
15:00 > UK > 2006
Director: Simon Rumley
Synopsis: Julia Parchant is a spinster who lives on an isolated farm in America’s Midwest. An itinerant handyman takes a job on the farm just as news arrives that a serial killer is on the loose.
2006 Official Selections
Shipwrecked
10:00 > Canada > 2006
Director: Devon Bolton
Synopsis: A lonely 10-year-old boy discovers a miniature shipwreck on an isolated beach.
Lucid
14:45 > USA > 2005
Director: Sam Friedlander AUDIENCE CHOICE C
Synopsis: Case and Drake share one consciousness, connected by their dreams. When Case starts to experiment in his dreams, he soon realizes the consequences are real.
Mei
12:35 > Taiwan > 2006 BEST STUDENT &
Director: Arvin Chen AUDIENCE CHOICE B
Synopsis: At a popular noodle stand in the night markets of Taipei, a shy young man has fallen in love with the daughter of the stand's owner.
Totalka [Totaled]
15:10 > Slovenia > 2006
Director: Klemen Dvornik
Synopsis: When Ivan's life gets totaled, he has to decide between repairing it and moving on.
Assertion Techniques
3:04 > UK > 2006
Directors: Nick Reed
Synopsis: Want to be assertive? Then watch this film. I said - WATCH IT!
Dragon
7:35 > USA > 2006
Director: Troy Morgan
Synopsis: After her parents die in a tragic fire, a young girl is sent to an orphanage where she begins sketching fiery visions.
Jelly Baby
10:20 > Ireland > 2005 BEST COMEDY
Director: Rob Burke, Ronan Burke
Synopsis: Jack and Jill had a great relationship. Then they had a baby.
Help is Coming
7:45 > USA > 2006
Director: Ben Mor
Synopsis: In the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, three youths survey the desolate wasteland only to find a suspicious looking package.
The Daily Planner
9:03 > USA > 2006
Director: Max Coniglio
Synopsis: A lazy, disorganized couch potato is miraculously transformed into a manic, over-achieving member of the rat race after his wife hands him a daily planner.
Niemand liebt dich so wie ich
[No one loves you as I do]
16:24 > Germany > 2006
Director: Luca Zamai BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Synopsis: When Josy returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, memories of the past come flooding back.
The Waif of Persephone
12:20 > Canada > 2006
Director: Nick Cross
Synopsis: When the goddess of spring is abducted she must be rescued. But will the compromises and concessions result in a worse fate?
The Story of Bubbleboy
6:05 > Australia > 2006
Director: Sean Ascroft
Synopsis: In a stab-happy world, a sad outcast wrestles with his demons.
Bloot [Naked]
6:00 > Netherlands > 2006
Director: Mischa Kamp
Synopsis: Pre-adolescent girls struggle with their changing bodies.
Available Men
14:59 > USA > 2005
Director: David Dean Bottrell
Synopsis: A Hollywood agent and a sensitive gay man mistake each other for the person they were expecting to meet. Hilarity ensues.
Hyperactive Ingredients
3:41 > USA > 2006
Director: Trevor Piecham
Synopsis: A mischievous young boy creates mixed drinks out of random household items and tests them on his subjects—his cat, dog and sister.
Badgered
7:05 > UK > 2005
Director: Sharon Colman
Synopsis: The tale of a badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.
Right Place
5:15 > Japan > 2005
Director: Kosai Sekine
Synopsis: A convenience store worker’s pedantic obsession for neatness leads to a sudden change in his career opportunities.
The Musical Genius of Mozart McFiddle
2:20 > USA > 2006
Director: Brittney Lee
Synopsis: A small dog can and will do anything to get outside.
Caught in Paint
5:54 > USA > 2003
Director: Rita Blitt
Synopsis: Painter/sculptor Rita Blitt paints on transparent surfaces while the David Parsons Dance Co. dance in mid-air and photographer Lois Greenfield shoots dynamic stills.
Mata [Mother]
10:53 > USA > 2006
Director: William Graham
Synopsis: When a suburban Indian mother finds out her son has been brutalized at school, she takes matters into her own hands.
Nasuh
8:00 > USA > 2006
Director: Anya Belkina & Ken Calhoun
Synopsis: A lecherous bath-house worker, Nasuh, overcomes his carnal desires when hit by a spiritual revelation.
Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
7:00 > USA > 2005
Director: David Chai
Synopsis: A heartwarming tale of female empowerment and overcoming one's adversities; along with shotgun barrage, wild moose attack, and infant electrocution.
The Fighting Cholitas
20:00 > Bolivia/USA > 2006 BEST DOCUMENTARY
Director: Mariam Jobrani, Kenny Krauss, Teresa Deskins
Synopsis: A group of strong and resilient, female, Bolivian wrestlers pack the auditorium every Sunday for an afternoon of live entertainment and 'justice served in the ring.'
Happiness
11:04 > USA > 2006
Director: Sophie Barthes
Synopsis: What if happiness was for sale? One evening, after work, Iwona buys a box of happiness in a strange discount store and has to decide what to do with it.
Tragic Story with Happy Ending
7:40 > Portugal/Canada > 2005
Director: Regina Pessoa
Synopsis: A little girl finds acceptance in embracing her own difference.
Windowbreaker
11:30 > USA > 2006
Director: Tze Chun AUDIENCE CHOICE A
Synopsis: A string of break-ins create a wave of paranoia in small-town suburbia.
Untold Legacy
13:40 > USA > 2006
Director: Leslie Brown
Synopsis: The battle over the Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance in the NY City Council exposes the history of New York's slave-based development and why restitution is due.
Marti’s Party
15:00 > Australia > 2006
Director: Annabelle Murphy
Synopsis: A man has an unhealthy obsession with his health.
Facing Bill
19:02 > Germany > 2006
Director: Hans Finckh
Synopsis: Facing Bill is a Black American Dream about entertainment and black emancipation, career and love, about mother and son, remembrance and presence.
Girls Night Out
18:00 > USA > 2006
Director: Gucci Man BEST LGBTQ+
Synopsis: Young, urban lesbian women discuss everything from Gay Pride to relationships.
Rocketboy
12:30 > USA > 2006
Director: Justin Guerrieri BEST KIDS
Synopsis: Roger Lange, a depressed, middle-aged accountant, comes face to face with a strange visitor: a young space traveler who mysteriously crash-landed on the moon.
The Cell-Phone
3:26 > USA > 2006
Director: Zachary Brewster-Geisz
Synopsis: A film for anyone who's been annoyed by someone talking on the phone while driving, talking on the phone while eating, talking on the phone while living.
After 8
18:00 > UK > 2005
Director: Nick Reed BEST DRAMA
Synopsis: Do Dads really make the best mums these days?
Luminaria
13:00 > Spain > 2005
Director: Alvaro Giménez Sarmiento
Synopsis: Soraya, a recovering drug addict, must choose between her child and life on the street.
Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen, Mr Horlocker
7:40 > Germany > 2005
Director: Stefan Mueller
Synopsis: A comedic incident involving the police as told from the point of view of each tenant in an apartment building.
An American Revolution
4:41 > USA > 2006
Director: Peter-John Campbell
Synopsis: Two boys playing in the woods imagine themselves to be soldiers in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, with Redcoats hot on their tails.
The Danish Poet
14:24 > Norway/Canada > 2006 BEST ANIMATION &
Director: Torill Kove AUDIENCE CHOICE D
Synopsis: Is it possible to trace the chain of events that led to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?
28 Sept 2024
The Trainee
8:15 > Singapore > 2006
Director: Craig Rosenthal
Synopsis: Meet The Trainee: Tonight she’s broken a freshly painted fingernail while closing the register, so you better think twice before venturing into her inconvenience store.
20th New York City Short Film Festival