2015 Shorts

Advent

Directed by Mahalia Belo
(UK/2014/15.28)

An estranged mother (Anna Friel) abducts her two sons on Christmas Eve, but can she keep her children from harm.

Bedbugs: A Musical Love Story


Directed by Matthew Kowalchuk

(Canada/2014/15:58mins)

Poor Tracy Polowski. Her only true friends are bedbugs.

Birthday Boy


Directed by Josef Lorenzo

(USA/2014/8:32mins)

8 year old Jeremy Finkle is having the worst birthday of his life, after killing all of his friends.

Bowes Academy

Directed by Greg Emetaz
(USA/2014/15mins)

Daniel Bloom, a 15-year-old presidential hopeful, will do anything to get to the elite boarding school of his dreams

Call Me Cappy

Directed by Maja Holzinger
(USA/2014/18m)

Wally never knew he wanted anything out of life until he fell for a junk mail scam advertising a Caribbean cruise.

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Directed by Sarah Smith

(USA/2014/9:30mins)

Identity is in the eye of the beholder.

Enhanced

Directed by Jeremy David White
(USA/ 2014/16:30)

When Jamie Rothschild receives a call from his estranged sister he’s forced to confront the surprisingly emotional decision to get ‘Enhanced.’

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Directed by Hugo P. Thomas

(France/2013/6:24mins)

Damien rehearses in the public toilets for his first begging session on the metro.

Francesca


Directed by Gaena de Sylva

(Canada/2014/4mins)

A soulful music video.

My Love is Real


Directed by Russell Max Simon

(USA/2014/18mins)

Can we can trust our feelings when life is crashing down around us?

Rabbit

Directed by Matthew Richards
(Australia/2014/15mins)

Abandoned by his parents, a damaged young teen is faced with a difficult choice when he brings his foreign girlfriend into the family home.

Schnee in Rio (The Way You Die)


Directed by  Manuel Vogel

(2014/Germany/25mins)

1960. Night. A train on its way to the Iron Curtain. A bizarre spy story.

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Directed by Shio Chuan Quek

(Malaysia/2014/34mins) 

An orphaned girl wants to be a famous makeup artist but life and death take her on a different path.

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Directed by Miguel Angelo Pate
(Germany/2014/26mins)

A girl fights for her and her infant brother’s survival in a brutal post-apocalyptic world.

THE ART POLICE


Directed by Jonah Zeiger and Kimberly Harwood

(USA/2015/11:42)

Harry Scribner is a frustrated writer who finds himself caught between fictional worlds of his own making.

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Directed by Seung Yeob Lee

(South Korea/2014/13:45mins)

Sungyong’s mom has a vampire son and she tries to get him fresh blood everyday. One day, there’s no blood left at home.

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Directed by Viktor Hertz

(Sweden/2014/3:20mins)  

There’s so much to feel guilty about nowadays.

We Know


Directed by Seandor Szeles and Olaf Steel

(USA/2014/9m)            

A young man goes to his girlfriend’s house for the first time when the worst thing imaginable happens.

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