4TH ANNUAL
NEW YORK CITY
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
S E P T E M B E R 1 9 - 2 0, 2 0 0 8
BY FILMMAKERS, FOR FILMMAKERS
2007 FILMS
41 Sekunden
[41 Seconds]
LGBT, 3:43, Germany, 2006
Directors
:
Tobias Martin, Rodney Sewell
Synopsis
:
What do you do when your girlfriend says your best friend kisses better than you?
Contact
:
Rodney Sewell, rodney@sewell.de
5:55
<<NYC premiere>>
Drama, 9:00, Mexico, 2007
Directors
:
Illegal Artists
Synopsis
:
A five level labyrinth that spreads across Europe but has no real way out.
Contact
:
Silvia Urban, surban@distritofilms.com
A bout de truffe
[The truffle hunter]
<<NYC premiere>>
Foreign language, 15:00, UK/France, 2007
Director
: Tom Tagholm
Synopsis
: After years of searching, a struggling truffle hunter makes the discovery of a lifetime.
Contact
: Tom Tagholm, tom@aboutdetruffe.com, www.aboutdetruffe.com
Aquarium
Student, 17:00, USA, 2007
Director
: Rob Meyer
Synopsis
: For a kid growing up in the suburbs, the truth can lie at the bottom of a fishtank.
Contact
: Rob Meyer, robpaulmeyer@gmail.com, www.robmeyerfilms.com
Colours
<<NYC premiere>>
Drama, 8:50, Singapore, 2007
Directors
: Chee Tian Lee, Derrick Lui
Synopsis
: A colour-blind girl's journey to find colours in her life.
Contact
: Chee Tian Lee, klctlee@singnet.com.sg
Der Aufreisser
[The Pick-up Artist]
<<NYC premiere>>
Foreign language, 12:35, Germany, 2006
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.
Contact
: Steffen Weinert, steffenweinert@gmx.de
Dog Days
Animation, 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.
Contact
: Autourdeminuit.com, info@autourdeminuit.com
Equal Opportunity
Comedy, 6:30, USA, 2006
Director
: Howard Duy Vu
Synopsis
: Diverse co-workers share their true feelings about one another in the break room.
Contact
: Camille Mana, equalopportunityfilm@gmail.com
Fair Trade
<<NYC premiere>>
Foreign language, 15:00, Germany/Morocco, 2006
Director
: Michael Dreher
Synopsis
: The shortest distance between Morocco and Europe can be the most treacherous.
Contact
: Franziska Remmele, F.Remmele@gmx.de
Fission
Animation, 5:00, USA, 2006
Director
: Kun-I Chang
Synopsis
: A man sees himself as graffiti on the wall.
Contact
: Kun-I Chang, kunyichang@gmail.com
I met the Walrus
Animation, 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.'
Contact
: Kim Jackson, imetthewalrus@gmail.com
Infinite Justice
Animation, 2:00, Germany, 2006
Director
: Karl Tebbe
Synopsis
: Choking hazard. Small parts.
Contact
: Karl Tebbe, karltebbe@gmx.de
Isabelle au bois dormant
[Sleeping Betty]
<<NYC premiere>>
Animation, 9:14, Canada, 2007
Director
: Claude Cloutier
Synopsis
: In a sumptuous palace in the basement of a house in a Montreal working-class neighborhood, Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. Will Betty be wakened with just a kiss?
Contact
: National Film Board of Canada, m.belisle@onf.ca
Llévame a otro sitio
[Take me somewhere else]
<<North American premiere>>
Foreign language, 21:00, Spain, 2004
Director
: David Martín de los Santos
Synopsis
: On a long road trip, an innocent game between a married couple becomes dangerous.
Contact
: Lolita Films, lolitacine@yahoo.es
Madame Tutli-Putli
<<NYC premiere>>
Animation, 17:21, Canada, 2007
Directors
: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Synopsis
: Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.
Contact
: National Film Board of Canada, m.belisle@onf.ca
Paradise
<<NYC premiere>>
Animation, 7:54, Canada, 2007
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.
Contact
: National Film Board of Canada, m.belisle@onf.ca
Pomiedzy
[In between]
<<NYC premiere>>
Foreign language, 16:40, Poland, 2006
Director
: José E. Iglesias Vigil
Synopsis
: Is there a place for sincerity between solitude and love?
Contact
: José E. Iglesias Vigil, filminbetween@gmail.com
Real Men
<<NYC premiere>>
Comedy, 10:00, USA, 2006
Director
: Sean Hanish
Synopsis
: Best friends push the boundaries of their relationship to discover what a 'real man' is.
Contact
: Sean Hanish, sean@cannonballproduction.com
Rubberheart
<<NYC premiere>>
Drama, 15:00, USA, 2007
Director
: Brian Crano
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.
Contact
: Brian Crano, info@rubberheart.com
Simanei Derech
[Road Marks]
<<NYC premiere>>
Student, 21:14, Israel, 2006
Director
: Shimon Shai
Synopsis
: On a trip to the desert, Gili stands up to his father, which leads to a terrifying sequence of events.
Contact
: Hila Ron, hila@jsfs.co.il, www.dvornik.org
Sirenas de Fondo [
Background Sirens]
<<NYC premiere>>
Foreign language, 10:00, Mexico, 2006
Director
: Arcadi Palerm-Artís
Synopsis
: When will the background sirens stop?
Contact
: IMCINE, difuinte@imcine.gob.mx
Snake
Animation, 3:00, USA, 2005
Director
: Becky James
Synopsis
: Deceptively playful,
Snake
is a film about stubbornness in the face of change.
Contact
: Becky James, james.becky@gmail.com
Soft
Drama, 14:00, UK, 2007
Director
: Simon Ellis
Synopsis
: A father rediscovers his fear of confrontation, at the worst possible time.
Contact
: Simon Ellis, simonellis@bubtowers.com
Spinning
LGBT, 7:30, Norway, 2006
Director
: Heidi Arnesen
Synopsis
: Boundaries shift for 3 naked women when the lights go out in a communal gym shower.
Contact
: Heidi Arnesen, heidi.arenesen@chello.no
Tanghi Argentini
Foreign language, 13:13, Belgium, 2006
Director
: Guido Thys
Synopsis
: Despite the faceless and cold atmosphere at his work place, an office clerk tries to make his colleagues happy.
Contact
: Anja Daelemans, ad.idea@pandora.be
The Flower
Animation, 1:40, Canada, 2007
Directors
: Dale Hayward, Phil Dubrovsky
Synopsis
: It’s the world’s most optimistic flower’s birthday and he gets presents!
Contact
: Dale Hayward, dalehayward@rogers.com
The Goat that ate time
<<NYC premiere>>
Animation, 7:00, Australia, 2007
Director
: Lucinda Schreiber
Synopsis
: A goat with an appetite for life realizes that time is dangerously delicious.
Contact
: Lucinda Schreiber, ponymikado@yahoo.com
The Tribe
Documentary, 17:45, USA, 2006
Director
: Tiffany Shlain
Synopsis
: An unorthodox, unauthorized history of the Jewish people and the Barbie doll.
Contact
: Tiffany Shlain, t@tiffanyshlain.com, www.tribefilm.com
Turn Back South
<<NYC premiere>>
Documentary, 13:40, USA, 2006
Director
: Igor Borovac
Synopsis
: A story of the inescapable relationship between Border Patrol agents and Mexican migrants.
Contact
: Igor Borovac, iborovac@hotmail.com
Vartan LLP
Drama, 17:15, USA, 2007
Director
: Myles Price
Synopsis
: One of the most powerful and successful businessmen working on Wall Street is shaken to his core by one phone call.
Contact
: Myles Price, mylesprice@aol.com
Warming
<<NYC premiere>>
Animation, 4:24, Canada, 2007
Director
: Colleen MacIsaac
Synopsis
: An exploration of global warming through watercolors.
Contact
: Colleen MacIsaac, occasionally.colleen@gmail.com
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