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THE BLACKBIRD TREE
Ireland 2008 4min 4sec DVD Colour
The story of a man’s lie.
Director Gary Gill
OFFICE RIVALRY
Ireland 2007 2 min30 sec DVD Colour
A water dispenser finds that people are no longer going to him for their refreshment needs because of a cola vending machine in the office. He confronts his competition only to be abused. The water dispenser doesn’t give up.
Director Colin Reid
PLASTASEX
Ireland 2008 2min 32sec Beta sp Colour
Two Plasticine characters get down for some stopmotion lovin'!
Director Conor Finnegan
TOLERANTIA
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 6min 30sec 35mm Colour
At the end of the last ice age, primitive human wakens and starts building a wonder. What happens after he has finished has deep roots in the history of Bosnia, as well as human nature itself.
Director Ivan Ramadan
ATENCION AL CLIENTE (CUSTOMER SERVICE)
Spain 2007 8min 35mm Colour
In a cold and hostile future, a little old lady is forced to break the rules in order to get some food for her filthy little dog. Some of the things standing in the way of the elderly woman’s loutish deed include metallic security guards, foulmouthed and compulsive shoppers, and paranoid security measures.
Director: Marcos Valín, David Alonso
TOMATO SOUP
Ireland 2008 3min 12sec DVD/Cam Colour
When a messy eating grandfather gets shunned from the dinner table for spilling his soup, he has to rely on his young grandson to make his parents realise the error of their ways.
Director Paul O'Brien
SEBASTIAN’S VOODOO
USA 2008 4min 07sec DVD colour
A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.
Director Joaquin Baldwin
MY DAY
Ireland 2008 2min 20sec DVD/Digi Beta Colour
A film about personal space.
Director Eamonn O’Neill
BORDER CONTROL
Ireland 2008 2min 38sec DVD Colour
Belfast 1984. In a time of division and strife, even the simplest of journeys becomes an epic challenge. What borders will one loving father cross to make sure his little daughter has a happy Christmas?
Director Riana McKeith
THE CAVE
USA 2007 3min 10sec DVD Colour
An adaptation of Plato's, 'Allegory of the Cave' animated in clay.
Director Michael Ramsey
MAC & ROE
The Netherlands 2007 3min 13sec DVD Colour
Things get out of hand when Mac and Roe take the rules of tennis cinematography not too seriously
Director Elmer Kaan
OUR WONDERFUL NATURE
Germany 2008 5min 10sec 35 mm Colour
The mating habits of the water shrew as they’ve never been seen before.
Director Tomer Eshed
GEISWISTERLIEBE (SIBLINGS)
Germany 2007 4min 20sec 35mm Colour
A boy feels bugged by his little sister. One day when she gets on his nerves again, he accidentally detects that he can manipulate time. Thrilled by his discovery, he begins to experiment with his sister…
Director Jan-Marcel Kuehn, Matthias Scharfi
GIRAFFES DON’T GO TO HEAVEN
Switzerland 2007 7min 35mm Colour
A lonely giraffe at a deserted filling station out in the middle of nowhere desperately searches for love.
Director Philip Delaquis, John Timms
MAHLZEIT
Switzerland 2006 2min Beta Sp/35mm colour
The closer two persons are the more difficult something as simple as digestion becomes. A prime example of a love-hate relationship
Director Lynn Gerlach & Irmgard Walthert
PUNKT UND STRICHE
Switzerland 2007 6min DVD Colour
A small being is born from the hand of its creator. Very quickly, it is confronted with the harsh reality that surrounds it, namely that it is not alone… There are thus suddenly two protagonists, who will fight and fight again with great zeal for their right.
Director Jesús Pérez
A BREAK IN THE MONOTONY
Australia 2007 4min 3sec HDV Colour
In a post Zombie holocaust world, a man laments his empty lifestyle and questions the futility of working in a corporate wasteland. But all is not what it seems.
Director Damien Slevin