28 Sept 2024
20th New York City Short Film Festival
Fission
5:00 > USA > 2006
Director: Kun-I Chang
Synopsis: A man sees himself as graffiti on the wall.
Real Men
10:00 > USA > 2006 > NYC premiere
Director: Sean Hanish
Synopsis: Best friends push the boundaries of their relationship to discover what a 'real man' is.
Colours
8:50 > Singapore > 2007 > NYC premiere
Director: Chee Tian Lee, Derrick Lui
Synopsis: A colour-blind girl's journey to find colours in her life.
Llévame a otro sitio
[Take me somewhere else]
21:00 > Spain > 2004 > N. America premiere
Director: David Martín de los Santos
Synopsis: On a long road trip, an innocent game between a married couple becomes dangerous.
The Tribe
17:45 > USA > 2006
Director: Tiffany Shlain BEST DOCUMENTARY
Synopsis: An unorthodox, unauthorized history of the Jewish people and the Barbie doll.
Equal Opportunity
6:30 > USA > 2006
Director: Howard Duy Vu
Synopsis: Diverse co-workers share their true feelings about one another in the break room.
Fair Trade
15:00 > Germany/Morocco > 2006 > NYC premiere
Director: Michael Dreher BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Synopsis: The shortest distance between Morocco and Europe can be the most treacherous.
41 Seconds [41 Sekunden]
3:43 > Germany > 2006
Director: Tobias Martin, Rodney Sewell
Synopsis: What do you do when your girlfriend says your best friend kisses better than you?
Spinning
7:30 > Norway > 2006
Director: Heidi Arnesen BEST LGBTQ+
Synopsis: Boundaries shift for 3 naked women when the lights go out in a communal gym shower.
A bout de truffe [The truffle hunter]
15:00 > UK/France > 2007 > NYC premiere
Directors: Tom Tagholm
Synopsis: After years of searching, a struggling truffle hunter makes the discovery of a lifetime.
Simanei Derech [Road Marks]
21:14 > Israel > 2006 > NYC premiere BEST OF FEST &
Director: Shimon Shai AUDIENCE CHOICE A
Synopsis: On a trip to the desert, Gili stands up to his father, which leads to a terrifying sequence of events.
Warming
4:24 > Canada > 2007 > NYC premiere
Director: Colleen MacIsaac
Synopsis: An exploration of global warming through watercolors.
Rubberheart
15:00 > USA > 2007 > NYC Premiere
Director: Brian Crano AUDIENCE CHOICE B
Synopsis: Maggie’s second date with Nick goes awry when she arrives and is introduced to Nick's other dinner guests, his three roommates, Caroline, Cheryl and Annie.
Tanghi Argentini
13:13 > Belgium > 2006
Director: Guido Thys BEST COMEDY
Synopsis: Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy.
Paradise
7:54 > Canada > 2007 > NYC premiere
Director: Jesse Rosensweet
Synopsis: Cogs spin and a giant automaton whirrs to life as John’s perfect little life unravels in a giant machine called Paradise.
Infinite Justice
2:00> Germany > 2006
Director: Karl Tebbe
Synopsis: Choking hazard. Small parts.
Madame Tutli-Putli
17:21 > Canada > 2007 > NYC premiere
Director: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski BEST ANIMATION
Synopsis: Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.
Dog Days
16:00 > France > 2007
Director: Geoffroy de Crécy
Synopsis: A satire in which Grace, the newborn baby of an American upper-class family, gets switched with Doug, the puppy of a “white trash” American family.
I met the Walrus
5:00 > Canada > 2007
Director: Josh Raskin
Synopsis: 'Think peace and you'll get it. It's up to the people. If we really wanna change it, we can change it.'
Sirenas de Fondo
[Background Sirens]
10:00 > Mexico > 2006 > NYC premiere
Director: Arcadi Palerm-Artís AUDIENCE CHOICE D
Synopsis: When will the background sirens stop?
Snake
3:00 > USA > 2005
Director: Becky James
Synopsis: Deceptively playful, Snake is a film about stubbornness in the face of change.
Aquarium
17:00 > USA > 2007
Director: Rob Meyer BEST STUDENT
Synopsis: For a kid growing up in the suburbs, the truth can lie at the bottom of a fish tank. Award: Best Student Short
The Goat that ate time
7:00 > Australia > 2007 > NYC premiere
Director: Lucinda Schreiber
Synopsis: A goat with an appetite for life realizes that time is dangerously delicious.
5:55
9:00 > Mexico > 2007 > NYC Premiere
Director: Illegal Artist
Synopsis: A five level labyrinth that spreads across Europe but has no real way out.
Isabelle au bois dormant
[Sleeping Betty]
9:14 > Canada > 2007 > NYC Premiere BEST KIDS &
Director: Claude Cloutier AUDIENCE CHOICE K
Synopsis: In a sumptuous palace in the basement of a house in a Montreal working-class neighborhood, Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor.
The Flower
1:40 > Canada > 2007
Director: Dale Hayward, Phil Dubrovsky
Synopsis: It’s the world’s most optimistic flower’s birthday and he gets presents!
Pomiedzy [In between]
16:40 > Poland > 2006 > NYC premiere
Director: José E. Iglesias Vigil
Synopsis: Is there a place for sincerity between solitude and love?
Soft
14:00 > UK > 2007
Director: Simon Ellis BEST DRAMA
Synopsis: A father rediscovers his fear of confrontation, at the worst possible time.
Vartan LLP
17:15 > USA > 2007
Director: Myles Price AUDIENCE CHOICE C
Synopsis: One of the most powerful and successful businessmen working on Wall Street is shaken to his core by one phone call.
Turn Back South
13:40 > USA > 2006 > NYC premiere
Director: Igor Borovac
Synopsis: A story of the inescapable relationship between Border Patrol agents and Mexican migrants.
2007 Official Selections
Der Aufreisser [The Pick-up Artist]
12:35 > Germany > 2006 > NYC premiere
Director: Steffen Weinert
Synopsis: Olli only wants to have noncommittal sex but that becomes difficult when he meets the 6 year-old daughter of his one-night stand.