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1. Enzian Theater
   Saturday, 4-10 11:59 pm
2. Enzian Theater
   Saturday, 4-17 11:59 pm

Midnight Shorts

Midnight Shorts

My Rabit Hoppy

DIRECTED BY ANTHONY LUCAS
AUSTRALIA, 2008, 3 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

The director of 2006 Best Animated Short Academy Award nominee The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (FFF 2006) is back—this time with a charming yet disturbing family film. For a “Show and Tell” school project, little Henry shoots a home movie about his pet rabbit… until things go horribly wrong.

Fiddlestixx

DIRECTED BY DAVID ZELLNER
USA, 2009, 3 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

The insanity continues when FFF favorites the Zellner Brothers (Goliath, FFF 2008;_ Aftermath on Meadowlark Lane_, FFF 2007) present the crazy adventures of a very special monkey.

Cosmic Honeymoon

DIRECTED BY ONDREJ RUDAVSKY
USA/SLOVAKIA, 2008, 1.5 MIN
FLORIDA PREMIERE

Aliens have sex, too. One of two Midnight animated works from the always twisted Ondrej Rudavsky (Massage, FFF 2009; Reproduction, FFF 2007).

BMZ (Bazillion Mile Zone)

DIRECTED BY CORKY QUAKENBUSH
USA, 2009, 1.5 MIN
WORLD PREMIERE

Some unlikely children’s characters hit the gossip-TV limelight in this stop-motion, claymation spoof from the one and only Corky Quakenbush (Celebrity Pets, FFF 2008; Yompi, FFF 2007).

Tub

DIRECTED BY BOBBY MILLER
USA, 2010, 12.5 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

Paul can’t commit to his girlfriend. Paul jerks off in the shower. Paul just impregnated his bathtub. Let the fun begin…

Shit Chronicles V

DIRECTED BY ANDY LONDON AND ZACHERY NEWTON
USA, 2010, 2 MIN
WORLD PREMIERE

A perennial favorite, these defecation-centric tales somehow always locate that nougat or kernel of truth—this time, it’s memories of day-camp horrors past.

Feeder

DIRECTED BY JOSEPH ERNST
THE NETHERLANDS/UK, 2009, 4 MIN
FLORIDA PREMIERE

We want it. We buy it. We eat it. A simple story of excess over the course of a single day, seen from a totally new perspective.

Rocky: Negative Arne/Swingers

DIRECTED BY MARTIN KELLERMAN
SWEDEN, 2008, 4 MIN
IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
US PREMIERE

Dog-headed Rocky begins his day by arguing with his cat-headed girlfriend, Maria, who’s of the opinion that he masturbates for all the wrong reasons. Two sketches from an ordinary day in the life of this Scandinavian underground comics sensation.

Lambs

DIRECTED BY STEPHEN HUFF
USA, 2009, 12.5 MIN
FLORIDA PREMIERE

A Christian Fundamentalist family in early 1960s rural Texas stop to help a pair of brothers with bad intentions pretending to have broken down on the side of the road.

Mother’s Day

DIRECTED BY DAVID LOBSER
USA, 2008, 2 MIN
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE

From the director of FFF 2009’s freaky Elephant Girl comes this colorful tale of adventure, love, deception, cruelty, and rebirth populated by an assortment of adorable insects.

52 Takes Of The Same Thing, Then Boobs

DIRECTED BY T. ARTHUR COTTAM
USA, 2010, 4 MIN
WORLD PREMIERE

The most important aspect of filmmaking is a good story. Another Dirty Little Short from Midnight legend T. Arthur Cottam (Dirty Words: The Letter C, FFF 2008; Filthy Food, FFF 2007).

True Confessions

DIRECTED BY IAN MILLER
USA, 2009, 1.5 MIN
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE

Simple animation fulfills this documentary short based on an audio verite recording of a phone call from a drug addict.

Beautiful As You Are

DIRECTED BY DOUG MALLETTE
USA, 2009, 7 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE

A lonely TV addict finds his co-star…floating in a creek!

Hot Dog

DIRECTED BY ONDREJ RUDAVSKY
USA/SLOVAKIA, 2009, 2 MIN
US PREMIERE

The second half our Rudavsky-animated one-two punch! An old man on a park bench tries to eat his Kosher frank in plain view of a dog trying to take a dump.

Renegades

DIRECTED BY JIM HOSKING
USA, 2009, 12 MIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE/2ND US SHOWING

Direct from Sundance! After short-changing a prostitute, two balding guys visit the King of the Pimps for Blue Cake and Pink Cake. There they meet the Sailor, who eats the Clown Cake and suggests they all go the Bar to watch the Dancer, which has disastrous consequences. Oh, them renegades…

Oral Report

DIRECTED BY DANIELLA URDINLAIZ
USA, 2009, 3.5 MIN
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE

Catholic school third-grader, Juju, decides to do her oral report on her gay neighbors’ courtship instead of how her parents first met.

Treevenge

DIRECTED BY JASON EISENER
CANADA, 2008, 16 MIN
FLORIDA PREMIERE

What if Christmas trees suddenly decided they weren’t going to take it anymore? That this holiday season they have simply had enough? Sometimes Christmas is worth crying over…