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Sundance Unveils 2010 Short Film Program

by Andy Lauer (December 7, 2009)
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U.S. ANIMATED SHORTS

MEATWAFFLE (Director and Screenwriter: Leah Shore)—An old man recalls his strange and bizarre memories.

N.A.S.A. A Volta (Director and Screenwriter: Alexei Tylevich)—Another day, another drug deal gone wrong in this NC-17 bit of ultra violence, set in 8-bit isometric metropolis.

One Square Mile of Earth (Director: Jeff Drew; Screenwriters: Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen) —Bill the bunny is a struggling novelist, who has never actually written anything, much to the chagrin of his perfectionist life partner, Gary the frog. Thad the bear is a hopeless romantic who can’t find the right words to express his feelings for the scandalous and alluring Lucy the goat.  And Leon the hippopotamus, one the coolest and hippest guys in town, has struck up a unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck high school sociology teacher, Pedro the mouse.

Wisdom Teeth (Director and Screenwriter: Don Herzfeldt)—Nigel recently had his wisdom teeth removed.

INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC SHORTS

The Armoire/Canada (Director and Screenwriter: Jamie Travis)—11-year-old Aaron plays a game of hide-and-seek in which his friend Tony is never found. The mystery of their relationship—and of their queer attachment to the armoire in Aaron’s bedroom—can only be revealed, it turns out, through hypnosis.

Birthday/Poland/Sweden (Director and Screenwriter: Jenifer Malmqvist)—Sara loves her wife Katarina. For her 40th birthday, Sara wants to surprise her wife, not knowing Katarina also holds a surprise for this memorable day.

Can We Talk?/United Kingdom (Director and Screenwriter: Jim Owen)—Vince gets way more than he bargains for when he dumps his girlfriend. Again.

Chicken Heads/Palestinian Territories/USA (Director and Screenwriter: Bassam Ali Jarbawi)—After his father’s prized sheep goes missing, Yousef devises a strategy to keep the truth buried.

Echo/Poland (Director and Screenwriter: Magnus von Horn)—After murdering a young girl, two boys have to relive the brutal crime they committed and confront the strange and shocking feelings that still linger.

The Fight/Norway (Directors/Screenwriters: Dag Åstein, Keio Åstein)—Mads should have told the truth. He is terrible at fighting.

How I Met Your Father/Spain (Director and Screenwriter: Álex Montoya)—Every couple has their story, some more romantic than others.

Little Miss Eyeflap/Norway (Director and Screenwriter: Iram Haq)—The fantastical, magical story of a Norwegian-Pakistani girl who escapes the forced marriage her family has planned for her.

My Invisible Friend/Spain (Director and Screenwriter: Pablo Larcuen)—With the arrival of Andy—his invisible friend—an extremely shy Tomas starts to realize how much better his life would be if he was able to communicate with the people around him.

My Rabbit Hoppy/Australia (Director and Screenwriter: Anthony Lucas)—Henry’s ‘Show and Tell’ school project about his pet rabbit goes horribly wrong.

Plastic and Glass/France (Director and Screenwriter: Tessa Joosse)—In a recycling factory, the machines dance, the workers join in song, and the truck drivers circle as if all part of a factory ballet.

Raw Love/Argentina (Directors: Martín Deus, Juan Chappa; Screenwriter: Martín Deus)—The story of two friends at the end of high school, and a secret love that is threatened by the closing of the school year.

Seeds of the Fall/Sweden (Director and Screenwriter: Patrik Eklund)—Middle-aged Rolf and Eva live in a passionless relationship full of sexual frustration. But then something happens that will change their relationship forever.

The Six Dollar Fifty Man/New Zealand (Directors/Screenwriters: Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland)—Andy, a gutsy eight year-old boy, is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.

Still Birds/Norway (Director and Screenwriter: Sara Eliassen)—A dystopic fable that takes place in an enclosed world in which meaning is about to disappear.

Tungijuq/Canada (Directors: Paul Raphael, Félix Lajeunesse; Screenwriters: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël, Tanya Tagaq, Stéphane Rituit)—A thought-provoking meditation on the seal-hunt and what it means to the traditional way of life for the Inuit.

Young Love/Australia (Director and Screenwriter: Ariel Kleiman)—Clarity can often be found in the eyes of strangers.

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posted on December 7, 2009
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