INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE - SPONSORED BY
TOTAL RUNNING TIME 107 MIN

Sunday, April 17, 2005 at 4:15pm at Enzian Theater
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CAFFALIC EDUCASHUN
SCOTLAND, 2004, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY BRONAGH KEEGAN
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE, 2nd US SHOWING
When 9-year-old Biddy seeks refuge in a church from playground bullies, the sight of Christ on the Cross inspires her to commit a highly sacrilegious modification. The priest is not amused.

GIRL CLEANS SINK
CANADA, 2004, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY SOOK-YIN LEE
EAST COAST PREMIERE
A lesbian with a gun and thoughts of suicide opts to give a guy a try before offing herself. Both embarrassment and compassion ensue.

TUMSHIE MCFADGEN’S BID FOR ULTIMATE BLISS
SCOTLAND, 2004, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY SIMON HYND
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
A determined sensualist sets his sights on the big bang: To experience orgasmic pleasure from all five senses simultaneously.

JACK AND JACQUES
CZECH REPUBLIC, 2004, 14 MIN
DIRECTED BY JOSEPH CAHILL
WORLD PREMIERE
A mismatched pair of gangsters struggle to flee the law and their own pasts in their surreal attempt to deliver a stash of aggressive seeds. Another funny and bizarre creation from the creator of Okena (FFF 2001).

VICTIM
AUSTRALIA, 2003, 12 MIN
DIRECTED BY CORRIE JONES
In this haunting and powerful work based on a spoken-word poem by New Yorker Nicole Blackman, life flashes before the eyes of a kidnapped woman. The original poem appears on The Golden Palominos’ album Dead Inside.

FLUENT DYSPHASIA
IRELAND, 2004, 16 MIN
DIRECTED BY DANIEL O’HARA
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE
Soccer fan and single dad Murph (Stephen Rea, The Crying Game) awakens after a night of revelry to find he’s forgotten English completely and can now speak only Irish -- a language he never knew before.

THE CARPENTER & HIS CLUMSY WIFE
IRELAND, 2004, 14 MIN
DIRECTED BY PETER FOOTT
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Careful with that axe! A cheerful but consistently unlucky wife discovers the depth of her husband’s carpentry skills. Narrated by acclaimed filmmaker Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America).

RIEN DE GRAVE (NOTHING SERIOUS)
FRANCE, 2004, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY RENAUD PHILLIPPS
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
An airplane in trouble depends on a pilot instructor still on the ground. Unfortunately, the instructor isn’t having the best night.

GET THE PICTURE
UK, 2004, 11 MIN
DIRECTED BY RUPERT WYATT
EAST COAST PREMIERE, 2nd US SHOWING
In a bombed-out Arab village, four suspected terrorists are set to be executed in front of two Western journalists (including Brian Cox, Manhunter). Are they merely reporters, or is their presence inciting the event?