| Film | Running Time | Description | Country | Director |
Tarot |
1 | A mysterious Gypsy Tarot reader deals the cards for her nervous customer
but what secrets will they reveal? Festivals: Nokia Shorts 2006 (Short Listed), Faux Film Festival 2007 (Official Selection) |
United Kingdom | John Condon |
| Tennis Anyone?
|
97 | Two mid level Hollywood losers attempt to find redemption, revenge and
meaning in their lives through celebrity tennis tournaments. Stars Donal Logue, Jason Isaacs, Kirk Fox, Danny Trejo, Stephen Dorff, Paul Rudd Festivals: Smash Film Festival - Best Feature, World Fest Houston - Best Comedy, US Comedy Arts Festival. |
USA | Donal Logue |
The 9:13 |
16 | Joe waits quietly for the nine o'clock train when he is approached by
Thunder. Joe just wants to be left alone but an announced train delay of thirteen minutes
only gives Thunder more time to focus on Joe. On the train Thunder's harmless antics
continue and for a time Joe warms to him until Thunder's racial slurs hint at something
more sinister. Festivals: SA Short Screen Awards 2006 (Best Actor), Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2006, Venice International Short Film Festival 2006, Adelaide Film Festival 2007 |
Australia | Matthew Phipps |
The Collector |
10 | Neither a lender nor a borrower be. WORLD PREMIERE. |
Australia | Itai Guberman, Arthur Panagiotaras |
| The Cow Thief
|
20 | The Cow Thief is a peculiar black comedy that explores the relationships
between a boy, his Mother and his recently deceased Father through the arrival of a
strange new man. It is the story of a boy, his Mother, their cows... and the man who came
between them. Festivals: Seattle International Film Festival 2006, Worldwide Short Film Festival 2006 (Honourable Mention), Filmstock Film Festival 2006. Last showing in Australia. |
Australia | Charles Williams |
The Garage |
94 | A man reflects on his childhood and working at his dads garage during the
late seventies. Two best friends plan to leave the small town they grew up in. Matt; 18,
works at his dad's garage, smart, sensitive, just graduated from high school. Schultz; 21,
works for his dad in construction, strong headed, high school dropout. For Matt it's
getting out of the garage and pursuing his passion. For Schultz, it's simply survival, to
get away from his abusive father. Even though Matt has a strong loyalty to his dad,
despite his father's drinking problem, he also knows the impact leaving the garage will
have. Then a devastating incident occurs and Matt will have to find his true direction in
life. Festivals: Fargo Film Festival 2006 ('Winner' Best Narrative Feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay, Nominated for Best Actor and Best Cinematography), Idaho Panhandle International Film Festival 2006 ('Winner' Best Narrative Feature and Best Screenplay), Rome International Film Festival 2006 ('Winner' Best Narrative Feature), California Independent Film Festival 2006 ('Winner' Best Picture and 'Best Director' Nominated for Best Cinematography and Music ), Top Ten Films in America Festival 2007 ('Winner' Top Ten Feature Film Award) AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE |
USA | Carl Thibault |
The Great Zambini |
14 | The remains of an ancient circus can still be seen on the outskirts of a
big city. Festival: Basque Film Festival 2006 |
Spain | Igor Legarreta, Emilio Pérez |
The Little Terrorist |
15 | Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border
between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian
soldiers descend on Bhola's village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed
over. Bhola's neice, Rani, insists they can't let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With
Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set
prejudice against Muslims, Jamal's only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated
by artificial boundaries a long time ago. Festival: Academy Awards 2006 |
Afghan | Ashvin Kumar |
The Morning After |
10 | A man and woman awaken after a one night stand and try to recall the events that led them to wind up in bed together. | Canada | Casey Walker |
The Oates' Valor |
14 | Fourth chair trombonist, Boyson Oates, bends to his father's will and
quits the marching band to join the high school ROTC squad. After a failed attempt to run
away with his neighborhood girlfriend, Boyson rolls the dice at reconciliation with his
father. Festivals: Sundance 2007 |
USA | Timothy Cahill |
| The Offering
|
11 | 'The Offering' is an elegiac meditation about the passing of life, told through the story of love and friendship between a Japanese monk and the novice who came into his life, from their initial encounter to their final parting. | Canada | Paul Lee |
| The Olive Harvest
|
88 | Upon his release from an Israeli prison, older brother Mazen (Mazen
Saade) develops romantic feelings for his childhood friend, Raeda (Raeda Adun). However,
Raeda is already engaged to Mazen's younger brother Taher (Taher Najeeb), their love kept
a secret because of the tradition for the eldest brother to wed first. The two brothers
become estranged soon after reuniting as they struggle to win over Raeda's heart. Mazen,
with his romantic poetry and simple love for the olive groves that provide his community
and family with their livelihood, shares in Raeda's dreams to remain in the village and
harvest the olives. Taher, on the other hand, prefers to live in the city and ambitiously
seeks to contain the growing Jewish settlement of the territories as a member of the
Palestinian Legislative Counsel. Although his love for Raeda is strong, Taher's devotion
toward this cause leads him to neglect his commitment to her. Unsure of her true feelings,
the beautiful Raeda is forced into making a decision by the feuding brothers and by her
authoritative father.
Palestinian nomination for Best Foreign film 2005 Academy Awards Australian Premiere |
Israel | Hanna Elias |
| The Pit and the Pendulum
|
7 | Animation: The Pit and the Pendulum, rediscovers this tale of judgment, condemnation, despair, hope, and eventual redemption. We watch our hero struggle to understand his quandary in order to find hope and faith, while discovering the fiendish machinations his captors employ, to ratchet up the pressure in their efforts to unhinge him. | Canada | marc lougee |
| The Portraitist
|
52 | DOCUMENTARY: This is a story of a pre war photographer, Wilhelm Brasse.
Art of photography was his life passion. However all of this changed when he got
imprisoned in Auschwitz. He was engaged in taking photos of not only prisoners and SS
officers but also in medical experiment that took place in the concentration camp. When
war ended Wilhelm Brasse rescued the camp's archives, but never took a photo again Festivals: International Days of Documentary Film ROZSTAJE EUROPY 2006 (Grand Prix of Students Jury), International Film Festival Jewish Motifs 2006 (Grand Prix - The Gold Warsaw Fenix), International Film Festival Jewish Motifs 2006 (Audience Award), 12th International Shanghai TV Festival 2006 (nominated for Best History & Biography Documentary of the MAGNOLIA AWARD) |
Poland | Ireneusz Dobrowolski |
The Reader |
11 | The Reader is about an older blind woman, Sissel, and the young Irish gal
that reads to her, Eilene. When a letter arrives from Copenhagen for Sissel,(Tony Winner
Elizabeth Franz) containing some important news, Eilene makes a monumental decision. Can
an act of great love spring from a lie? Festivals: Garden State Film Festival 2005 (Best Homegrown Short), NYC Home Film Festival 2005 (Best Short Film and Best Actress (Elizabeth Franz)), Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival 2005, The Golden Lion Film Festival 2006. |
USA | Duncan Rogers |
The Shovel |
15 | When weekender Paul Mullin discovers his neighbor digging a hole in the
middle of the night, he writes it off simply as a bizarre encounter... until the neighbor
and his cheating wife both disappear. Worried he's stumbled onto more than he bargained
for, Paul calls on the local sheriff to help unearth the truth. And finds out that, in
this small town, some secrets are better left buried. Festivals: Winner Tribeca Film Festival 2007 |
USA | Nick Childs |
The Spirit Child |
8 | Animation: Orli, the spirit child resides in a cemetery on the earth
plane. She loves to play with her friends, oblivious to other planes of existence. Oneday
Orli stumbles into the 'dark'. Who will lead Orli to safety and what amazing events does
spirit life still have in store for her and her friends? She meets awesome beings who
reveal her real place in the world. When Orli refuses to stay with them on the spirit
plane, the angels must come to a compromise. In compensation for forgetting Orli and her
friends to the earthly world, they bring a bit of their world to the cemetery in the form
of a magical transformation. Many surprises await Orli, her friends, and all spirit
children. Festivals: Slamdance Anarchy film festival 2006, Independent Film Festival of North Texas 2006 (Best Childrens' film), 2D or not 2D Animation Festival 2006 (merit award for best student production), FYLMZ short film festival 2007 (BEST ANIMATED SHORT) |
United Kingdom | Elinor Geller |
The Substitute |
19 | Zoahra is an Israeli soldier on an isolated military base who is about to get a much-anticipated transfer. Her hopes are shattered when her substitute appears to be suicidal. | Israel | Talya Lavie |
The Turkey Alibi |
95 | THE TURKEY ALIBI, a romantic comedy for the suicidally challenged. In a moment of weakness, Holly Normans makes a hasty and dramatic decision to end her life... until her plan is thwarted by a vulgar intruder, Keith, who breaks into her apartment and threatens her with a huge carving knife, ironically forcing her to postpone her suicidal endeavors. It isn't long however before Holly manages to turn the tables on her would-be-attacker, leaving Keith to convince her of the truth behind his turkey alibi. When suicides collide, two people who seem to have nothing in common suddenly realize that not everything is as bad, or as good, as it seems. | USA | Ruthie Aslan |
The Visitors |
39 | Karla hosts a couple in trouble. The visitors occupy her apartment as it
was their own. They involve the young woman in contradictory and dangerous lies and
familiarities until Karla is almost unable to breathe anymore. She can't find out, who is
telling the truth, but gets forced to help whether the one or the other. - A story about
the tiny step in the offside-trap. Festivals: Winnipeg Int. Film festival 2006 (BEST ACTRESS - Johanna Geissler), Lakedance 2006 (BEST NARRATIVE SHORT + BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE), Beloit International Film festival 2007 (BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT), Slamdance Film Festival 2007, San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2007 |
Germany | Ulrike Molsen |
The Witness |
10 | A short Kafkaesque thriller about a confused witness of a brutal murder trying to remember the perpetrator. Finally she points out a man at the police station, but is he really guilty? | Netherlands | Erik de Bruyn |
Tickets Please |
14 | The mind sharpens when survival is all that matters. A train, a pursuit, only one way to escape | Spain | LUCAS FIGUEROA |
Tomcat |
14 | Animation: TOMCAT is a frustrated Streetcat who is in fact happy when a
streetcar sets an end to his short life. But now he recognizes, that it's not that easy
for a cat to get away, because a cat has 9 lives...! Festivals: Cinema Tout Écran, section tout enfant 2005 (First prize best Animation film), interfilm Berlin 2005 (KUKI-First prize childrens films), Seagate Foylefilmfestival, Derry 2005, FIKE Évora International Filmfestival, 2005 |
Germany | Tine Kluth |
Tommy the Kid |
12 | When Tom's pushbike is stolen by a local junkstore owner, Rob, he feels
powerless to do anything about it. But an encounter with Rob's dog gives Tom an idea. Will
hiding the pooch help Tom reclaim his bike? Festivals: Hills Film Festival 2006 (Best Film, Director, Cinematography and Sound), NYC Shorts 2006, Traildance Film Festival 2007 (Best Foreign Film), Berlin International Film Festival 2007, Tribeca Film Festival 2007. |
Australia | Stuart Clegg |
| Two Shadows
|
16 | Ramon returns to Seville after 15 years. He meets two friends in his
favourite bar to get drunk. On the way home he notices graffiti in the streets. He soon
realises that something isn't quite right...
|
Spain, Poland, United Kingdom | Pawel Kloc |
