SHORT FILMS
Contemplation and something serious, or perhaps just something worth looking at; this year’s short selections mirror these current themes through the myriad of artistic vision. From Germany to Mexico, Canada to USA, the 2008 Shorts Program is sure to offer you an objectively subtle journey through film that you quite possibly have never seen before.
Miranda Felch & Cody Nipper,
Co-Directors of Short Programming
Sunday, December 7 at 5:15 PM - Fireweed Theatre
Sunday, December 14 at 3:15 PM - Anchorage Museum
I Saved the World From Global Warming
USA – 18 min. - Short
Nolan Wang & Kyle Dickinson
Date completed: August 2007
Kiefer Donovan saved the world from Global Warming. The only problem was...no one really cared. Now, 10 years later, he's trying to deal with his past while getting fired from his teaching position, facing his scientific nemesis, and confronting his own animated psyche! Can Kiefer come to terms that Global Warming is 'like, so 10 years ago'?
UK – 13 min. - Short
Chris Jones
Date completed: January 2008
Financed by 150 film makers, Gone Fishing is a touching short film directed by Guerilla Film Makers Handbook Author Chris Jones. Thirteen minutes of magic that will touch and move you.
Germany – 14 min. - Short In Competition
Directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Date completed: September 2007
Germany 1942: In order to protect her son Marianne Meißner tried to make him believe that the Jewish neighbors are going on a journey to “Toyland”.
Sikumi (On the Ice)
Alaska/USA – 15 min. – Short
Director/writer Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Date completed: 2008
An Inuit takes his dog team out onto the frozen Arctic Ocean hunting for seals only to inadvertently stumble upon a murder. This film will only be presented as a part of this program on Saturday 12/7, the second screening is part of the "Snowdance" shorts on Saturday, 12/13 at 12:45 at the Bear Tooth.
The film maker is scheduled to attend the screening.
USA – 17 min. - Short
Directed by Kate Buhrmaster
Date completed: February 2008
When 14-year-old Allie discovers that her hard-earned prom dress savings have been spent on the thoroughbred horses her mother raises, a pregnant horse gets caught up in their confrontation. This film will only be presented on Saturday, 12/14
USA – 15 min. - Short
Directed by Lev Gorn & Gabe Fazio
Date completed: December 2007
Paul Ben Victor of HBO's hit television series "Entourage" and "The Wire" stars in this working class drama based on a true story.
Sur La Terre Comme Au Ciel (On Earth As It Is In Heaven)
Quebec, Canada – 21 min. - Short
Directed by Herve Demers
Date completed: September 2007
When his loving wife passes away, a retired farmer faces the silent looks of those around him who seem to condemn him to an imminent death.
Saturday, December 6 at 8:45 PM - Anchorage Museum
Tuesday, December 9 at 8:15 PM - Fireweed Theatre
Note: Parents are strongly cautioned, content is not suitable for pre-teenagers
USA – 20 min. - Short In Competition
Directed by Ben Hicks
Date completed: May 2007
A teenage girl, her childish mother and her younger sister find themselves in a strange restaurant.
Mexico – 16 min. - Short In Competition
Directed by Federico Schmucler
Date completed: 2007
Can a TV reality show change the course of your own life?
Mexico – 30 min. - short
Directed by David Michan
Date Completed: August 2007
John Doe was seeking the American dream but instead he found his worst nightmare, and the most frightening thing is he isn't dreaming.
USA – 15 min. - Short
Directed by Martin Keegan • 15 min. USA
Date completed: October 2007
A peculiar teenage boy develops an obsession with his tyrannical father’s girlfriend.
Cosita Linda (Pretty Little Thing)
Mexico – 20 min. Short
Directed by Fernando Urdapilleta
Date completed 2008
Graphic horror thriller set in Mexico. Film has been banned from screening in it’s home country.
Sunday, December 7 at 1:00 PM - Fireweed Theatre
Wednesday, December 10 at 7:30 PM - Fireweed Theatre
Parents are strongly cautioned, material is not suitable for pre-teenagers
Canada - 4 min. Short
Directed by Sharon Katz
A woman in profiled by an airport behavior detection device ser aching for "otherness" or threat. This film will only show on Sunday, December 7
USA – 15 min. - Short In Competition
Directed by Susan Cohen
Date completed: May 2008
A journey of self-discovery begins when a woman diagnosed with breast cancer finds herself locked in a bathroom with a stranger during a bridal shower.
The film maker is scheduled to attend the screening.
Belgium – 19 min. - short In Competition
Directed by Jeroen Bogaert
Date completed September 2007
Martha is a passionate dancer. She and her company are at the verge of international success. A coming tour will make her ambitions come true. However, she is 7 weeks pregnant and keeps this delicate matter secret from her colleagues and boyfriend.
Land Gewinnen (Gaining Ground)
Germany – 20 min. - Short In Competition
Directed by Marc Brummund
Date completed: June 2007
A young illegal immigrant couple spends their time furtively avoiding the German authorities, until the wellbeing of their young son dictates that they resolve their untenable situation.
125 Jeon seung-chul
South Korea – 21 min. - short
Directed by Jung-Bum Park
Date completed: January 2008
Everything felt awkward to Seung Chul as he stepped out of the Hanawon(a state-run facility for the settlement of North Korean Defectors In South Korea). Living in an empty rented apartment room, he is discriminated because he is a defector - the factory Seung Chul's undertaking detective applied him for a job turned him down. He feels lonely in this alien society, as he spends his day in his room with a wardrobe he found in the streets. He crawls into the wardrobe as the detective comes home drunk, trying to avoid the cold, trying to keep himself company.
USA- 25 min. - Short
Directed by Paul Harrill
Date completed: March 2008
Quick Feet, Soft Hands follows a minor-league baseball player and his fiancee as they struggle to pursue the American dream.
Saturday, December 6 at 12 noon - Bear Tooth Theatre
Saturday, December 13 at 8:00 PM - Anchorage Museum
Parents are strongly cautioned, material is not suitable for pre-teenagers
USA, 15 min. short In Competition
Directed by James Baker & Joe Haidar
Date completed: May 2008
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A 'toon hating executive has a hare raising experience when he meets an out of work toon rabbit.
The producer, Susan Cohen is scheduled to attend the screening.
UK – 18 min. - Short In Competition
Directed by Paul Gowers
Date completed: January 2008
A black comedy. One small random act of malice forces an ordinary man off the safe road and on to a dark journey that he'll never forget.
USA – 14 min.- Short
Directed by Annetta Marion
Date completed April 2008
A chain-smoking daughter and a food-obsessed mother try to resolve their bad habits (and their relationship) with a simple bet.
USA – 10 min. - Short
Directed by Timothy Anderson
Date completed: March 2008
Jack has to pick his girlfriend up from the airport. Instead, he is assaulted, drugged, and made to witness a game of smack-ass by two guys in rabbit suits.
The director is scheduled to attend the screening.
USA – 35 min. short
Directed by Dennis Hauck
Date Completed January 2008
Bloodied, barefoot, and branded like cattle, a mysterious woman comes to town with an aim to kill the man that done her wrong.