INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS

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Total Running Time: 90 Minutes

Mite.jpgMITE (MILBE)
GERMANY, 2008, 6 MIN
DIRECTED BY KARL TEBBE
In German with English subtitles
East Coast Premiere

Karl Tebbe, director of last year's outrageous Midnight Shorts opener, Karaoke Show, returns to Central Florida with this weird and funny stop motion/live action hybrid about his grandmother and her gigantic dust mites that threaten to destroy the world.

1977.jpg1977
UK, 2007, 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY PEQUE VARELA
Southeast Premiere

A small town, a growing knot, and a girl's search for her identity are the subjects of this multiple award-winning, clever mix of animation styles that features music by Le Tigre.

PatienceOfTheMemory.jpgPATIENCE OF THE MEMORY
GERMANY, 2009, 6.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY VUK JEVREMOVIC
World Premiere

A visually complex and experimental meditation on one of the most painted and devastated cities of the 20th century--Dresden, Germany.

TheBigStore.jpgTHE BIG STORE
SWEDEN, 2008, 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY LARS ARRHENIUS & JOHANNES MUNTZING
North American Premiere

A closer look at the customers in a department store minutes before the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in 2003.

TheCableCar.jpgTHE CABLE CAR (DIE SEILBAHN)
SWITZERLAND, 2008, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY CLAUDIUS GENTINETTA & FRANK BRAUN
Southeast Premiere

An old man with a case of the sneezes and a roll of duct tape has quite an adventure on a cable car.

Lies.jpgLIES
SWEDEN, 2008, 13 MIN
DIRECTED BY JONAS ODELL
In Swedish with English subtitles
Florida Premiere

Three perfectly true stories about lying based on documentary interviews with a burglar, a boy, and a woman.  Winner of the Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

TheSurpriseDemise.jpgTHE SURPRISE DEMISE OF FRANCIS COOPER'S MOTHER
UK, 2008, 7.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY FELIX MASSIE
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Darkly funny and produced by Aardman Animation and Arthur Cox Limited, these three absurd and original stories all revolve around death--both accidental and impending.

Snowtime.jpgSNOWTIME
SCOTLAND, 2007, 1.5 MIN
DIRECTED BY DANA DORIAN
In Welsh with English subtitles
Florida Premiere

Colin takes his grumpy dog Cumberland for a walk in the local park during a blizzard.  The sequel to the hilarious BAFTA winning short, Fetch (FFF 2008).

TheTourists.jpgTHE TOURISTS
CANADA, 2007, 3 MIN
DIRECTED BY MALCOLM SUTHERLAND
East Coast Premiere

A day at the beach set to the music of "Out the Fire" by Lord Invader.

Procrastination.jpgPROCRASTINATION
UK, 2007, 4 MIN
DIRECTED BY JOHNNY KELLY
Florida Premiere

Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.  An investigative and ingenious hands-on/gloves-off study into the practice of putting things off.

KJFGNo5_300.jpgKJFG NO.5
HUNGARY, 2008, 2 MIN
DIRECTED BY ALEXEI ALEXEEV

Bear, Rabbit, and Wolf are jamming in the woods when they are suddenly interrupted by a hunter.  One of the most acclaimed short films of the year and winner of 19 international awards!

Chainsaw.jpgCHAINSAW
AUSTRALIA, 2007, 24 MIN
DIRECTED BY DENNIS TUPICOFF
Southeast Premiere

Moving between fact and fiction, Hollywood and Spain, past and present, and lumberjacks and bullfighters, this incredibly ambitious work is a chain of stories about romance and celebrity, machismo and power tools, fantasy and death . . . and how the natural world endures.