Short of the Week

Live-Action

Dark Comedy about Revenge in Live-Action
Nash Edgerton / 9 min / Australia / 2009

It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Dark Comedy about Friendship in Live-Action
Ryan A. Levin / 14 min / USA / 2009

There’s one in every group—the guy who always shows up late because he can’t get away from work—like serial killing. Warning: this is a dark, dark comedy. Enter at your own risk.

Drama about Sexuality in Live-Action
Connor Clements / 17 min / Ireland / 2009

Focusing on a boy in Northern Ireland isolated by his sexuality and alienated from his family due to his parent’s marital troubles, the title character, “James”, reaches out in desperation to his teacher for support and guidance.—A Sundance 10/10 film

Dark Comedy about Sexuality in Live-Action
Madeleine Olnek / 15 min / USA / 2009

Comedy about an unwell woman and her deranged therapist.

Drama about Redemption in Live-Action
Khary Jones / 16 min / USA / 2009

A musician and his manager are on their way to sign a recording deal, but the off-the-wall musician has other things on his mind.—A Sundance 10/10 film: currently offline

Drama about Sexuality in Live-Action
Justin Nowell / 14 min / USA / 2009

This darkly humorous, doc-like comedy explores the interior of an acting class, as an instructor pushes the limits to get the best performances he can.—A Sundance 10/10 film: now online

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
Patrik Eklund / 22 min / Sweden / 2009

A young, amateur magician gets his chance to make an impression on an attractive new neighbor when a gig for his father’s birthday party opens up.—A Sundance 10/10 film: currently offline

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
H. Blake Edwards / 5 min / USA / 2009

Quirky, romantic micro-budget film is the winner of Youtube’s Project Direct 2008

Drama about Life & Society in Live-Action
Lars Henning / 12 min / Germany / 2008

Catching a pretty young shoplifter, a security guard must choose between compassion and what is right.

Film Noir about Crime in Live-Action
Vincent Bal / 10 min / Belgium / 2008

A Christmas classic, this hilarious comedy is a loving ode to film noir, full of murder, love triangles and double-crosses.

Dark Comedy about Family in Live-Action
Larry Ziegelman / 5 min / USA / 2008

Introducing your new lady to your parents can be an interesting experience — or it can be awkward, painfully intense and totally uncalled-for. Thanks, Dad!

Drama about Loss in Live-Action
Daryl Wein / 11 min / USA / 2008

A young woman refuses to acknowledge her grief over her mom’s cancer until she meets someone on the street who may understand. Or maybe what he wants is more sinister.

Drama about Abuse in Live-Action
Simon Ellis / 13 min / UK / 2008

Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.

Adventure about Life & Society in Live-Action
Scott Ingalls, Ford Austin / 5 min / USA / 2008

Rollicking period-spoof tells the untold tales of the Wright Brothers—airplane inventors and adventurers extraordinaire! First ep of a series.

Drama about Nothing in Live-Action
Bernardo Dutra, Manitou Felipe / 15 min / Brazil / 2008

Ever find yourself so wrapped up in a film that you feel as through you’ve become a part of the plot? Watch obsession turn into a story of its own.

Poem about Life & Society in Live-Action
Jason van Genderen / 4 min / Australia / 2008

Shot by cell-phone on the streets of New York and Sydney, Mankind is no Island stitches together words from posters, displays and street signs—to create a poem of breathtaking beauty and emotion.

Adventure about Redemption in Live-Action
Ray Tintori / 6 min / USA / 2008

A man serially obsessed with faking his own death, sires a son who destroys most of the world, but this son, along with his wife, (the greatest swordsperson in the world), rise up against the totalitarian regime that’s emerges from the wreckage. It sounds like a mess, but its good!

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
Devi Snively / 7 min / USA / 2008

Possibly “the finest low-budget vampire beach movie of all time.”

Experimental about Nothing in Live-Action
Igor Zimmermann / 2 min / USA / 2008

Gorgeous images grace this mood piece, created for the runway of Beckmans fashion designer Sarah Törnqvist

Dramedy about Growth in Live-Action

A young woman (Selma Blair) becomes a medical oddity when it is discovered that she is “empty”. She struggles with that emptiness, but can anyone help her?

Dark Comedy about Revenge in Live-Action
Rob Meltzer / 18 min / USA / 2008

For character-actor Andy Shrub, life means always playing the sidekick. What would life be like if he was a leading man? Somebody like…John Stamos?

Documentary about Life & Society in Live-Action
Casimir Nozkowski / 10 min / USA / 2008

The Internets Celebrities Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam go in for an investigative report on Check-Cashing. Themes explored include usury, economic instability, commercial banks and their profit line, and the cycle of poverty.

Comedy about Childhood in Live-Action
Michelle Lehman / 7 min / Australia / 2008

A story about “a little girl who likes a little boy, and a little boy who likes his BMX bike”, this light-hearted film about young love won 2008′s Tropfest.

Horror about Love in Live-Action
Spencer Susser / 14 min / Australia / 2008

A ton of festival kudo’s have poured in for this special effects-laden, post-apocalyptic, zombie-film. That is probably because of its twist—it is actually quite sweet.

Sci-Fi about Loss in Live-Action
Wong Kar Wai / 8 min / China / 2008

Gorgeously garish lighting accentuates this sci-fi piece by renowned auteur Wong Kar Wai. Agent 006 is undercover to catch the mysterious, charismatic “Light”, but wrestles with her own feelings in doing so.