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6th ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL |
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S E P T E M B E R 2 4 - 2 5, 2 0 1 0 |
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 BY FILMMAKERS, FOR FILMMAKERS
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2008 FILMS
 6.5 MINUTES IN TEL-AVIV
Winner: BEST STUDENT SHORT
Foreign | 6:30 | Israel | 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM B
Director: Mirey Brantz
Synopsis: On the 2006 Purim Holiday, an Arab guy, an Israeli woman,
paranoia and bus passengers who do not suspect a thing.
Contact: Mirey Brantz, miriebaraness686@hotmail.com
A DAY IN A LIFE
Winner: AUDIENCE CHOICE PROGRAM B
Foreign | 21:16 | Belgium | 2008 (NYC premiere) - Program B
Director: Nicolas Daenens
Synopsis: In a crazy daisy chain of events, Mario and Tom rob a bank,
Emin drives the getaway car and Jimmy picks pockets.
Their fortunes intertwine over the course of a day.
Contact: Ief Stuyvaert, www.adayinalife.be, i.was@createdbyconception.be
 A PICKLE
Drama | 12:27 | Canada | 2008 (N. American premiere) - Program K
Director: Karen Nielsen
Synopsis: An unlikely friendship emerges that challenges a young boy
and will define his life forever.
Contact: Karen Nielsen, karen@bluefinnproductions.com
 AWKWARD
Comedy | 6:26 | Canada | 2008 (NYC premiere) - Program CDirector: Kellie Ann Benz
Synopsis: A dinner party conversation takes the most unexpected of turns.
Contact: Kellie Ann Benz, kelliebenz@hotmail.com
 BALL POSSESSION [BALBEZIT]
Comedy | 8:11 | Netherlands | 2007 (NYC premiere) - Program B
Director: Willemiek Kluijfhout
Synopsis: An amateur soccer match ends. All players head for the cosy
clubhouse. All except Willem, who needs to retrieve his soccer
ball.
Contact: Reinette van de Stadt, reinette@true-works.nl, www.true-works.nl
 BIG COMMISSION
Animation | 3:51 | USA | 2008 (World premiere) - Program K
Director: Alex Frenklakh
Synopsis: A portrait painter is confronted with a challenging high profile
commission when he is asked to paint a famous general with a
pronounced mole.
Contact: Alex Frenklakh, alex.frenklakh@gmail.com
 BYE-BYE BOOBIES
LGBT | 14:00 | Australia | 2008 - Program B
Directors: Wednesday & Jez
Synopsis: In October 2007, Jeremy had chest surgery, completing the
female-to-male transition he has been working toward for two
years.
Contact: Claire Henry, wednesdailypress@yahoo.com.au
 FERTILIZE
Student | 8:00 | Belgium | 2008 (NYC premiere) - Program B
Director: Senne Dehandschutter
Synopsis: A pretty girl surrounded by thousands of warriors is part of a
magnificent choreography of dance and struggle. In the end
only one warrior meets destiny.
Contact: Senne Dehandschutter, info@senne-d.com,
www.fertilizethemovie.com FIRST BASS
Drama | 15:20 | USA | 2007 (NYC premiere) - Program KDirector: Philip Hodges
Synopsis: Abbey Jacobs is a 12-year-old upright bass prodigy whose true
love is baseball.
Contact: Jonah Ansell, jonah.ansell@gmail.com FLORENT
LGBT | 15:45 | USA | 2007 - PROGRAM C
Director: Laura van Schendel
Synopsis: Florent Morellet, owner of legendary restaurant Florent, battles
his dark side as he tries to keep the lights on in his popular
nightspot.
Contact: Laura van Schendel, laura.vanschendel@gmail.com
 HOSE
Winner: BEST KIDS SHORT, AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM K
Animation | 12:30 | USA | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM K
Director: Kevin Watkins
Synopsis: A garden hose in search of adventure, discovers that the grass
isn't greener on the other side - in fact there isn't even any
grass...
Contact: Kevin Watkins, public@watkinsworldwide.com, www.hosefilm.com
 HUNGU
Animation | 9:10 | Canada | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM ADirector: Nicolas Brault
Synopsis: Under the African sun, a mother's soul resurrected by music
will return strength and life to her child.
Contact: Madeleine Bélisle, NFB of Canada, festivals@nfb.ca, www.nfb.ca
INTERIOR.
BLOCK OF FLATS HALLWAY
[INTERIOR. SCARA DE BLOC]
Winner: BEST DRAMA SHORT
Student | 16:00 | Romania | 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM C
Director: Ciprian Alexandrescu
Synopsis: The death of a person starts a chain reaction which involves the
neighbors.
Contact: Ciprian Alexandrescu, cipicul@yahoo.com
 MUTT
Animation | 7:15 | Australia | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM KDirector: Glen Hunwick
Synopsis: All work and no play leads to disaster for a disgruntled farmer,
his cow and hardworking dog.
Contact: Beth Frey, blackout@bigpond.net.au, www.mutt.name
 MY DAD RALPH
Drama | 11:44 | Canada | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM KDirector: Nicholas Wong
Synopsis: Ralph has been keeping his profession a secret from his
7-year-old son, Zack. But when Zack’s class participates in
`Take-Your-Kids-to-Work’ Day, keeping the secret becomes a lot
harder.
Contact: Nicholas Wong, nicklaswong@yahoo.com
ON THE ASSASSINATION
OF THE PRESIDENT
Drama | 6:00 | USA | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM ADirector: Adam Keker
Synopsis: A top-secret government file, to be viewed only in the event of
the President's death by assassination.
Contact: Adam Keker, akeker@earthlink.net
 PADAM
Winner: BEST COMEDY SHORT
Foreign | 12:00 | Spain | 2007 - PROGRAM C
Director: Jose Manuel Carrasco
Synopsis: Pilar doesn’t want to be alone, so she decides to go to a dating
agency and get a blind date. What she doesn’t know is that her
date has his own plans and they have nothing to do with hers.
Contact: Ismael Martin, ismael@ecam.es, www.ecam.es
 PASEO
Winner: BEST OF FEST, AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM C
Foreign | 13:00 | Spain | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM C
Director: Arturo Ruiz Serrano
Synopsis: Gabino has never declared his love to a woman.
Contact: Ismael Martin, ismael@ecam.es, www.ecam.es
 PROCRASTINATION
Winner: BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Animation | 4:15 | UK | 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM C
Director: Johnny Kelly
Synopsis: Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do
two-dozen other things first.
Contact: Johnny Kelly, johnny@mickeyandjohnny.com,
www.mickeyandjohnny.com
 RATTUS
Winner: BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Documentary | 14:00 | USA | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A
Director: Carlos Barbot
Synopsis: People will love what they want to love.
Contact: Carlos Barbot, cmbarbot@gmail.com
 RECYCLE
Animation | 2:58 | USA | 2008 (World premiere) - PROGRAM KDirector: Darrell Van Citters
Synopsis: From dinosaurs to petroleum to plastics, from sand to glass, a
light-hearted look at why recycling the earth’s resources is so
important.
Contact: Jamie Breuer@artisanspr.com
ROADMARKERS
[KESTOMERKITSIJÄT]
Student | 18:40 | Finland | 2007 (N. American premiere) - PROGRAM ADirector: Juho Kuosmanen
Synopsis: A world where people talk with few words and where violence is
way to express your feelings.
Contact: Saara Toivanen, Festival Film Office, foffice@taik.fi, www.uiah.fi/eto
 SEÑAS PARTICULARES
Foreign | 11:35 | Mexico | 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM BDirector: Kenya Márquez
Synopsis: Ramona loses her tranquility when her son Osvaldo disappears.
She begins a search that leads her to the coroner’s office and to
accept the possibility that her son has died.
Contact: Alejandro Díaz San Vicente, IMCINE, difuinte@imcine.gob.mx
 SUBMERGED
Documentary | 5:30 | USA | 2008 (World premiere) - PROGRAM BDirector: Jakob Daschek
Synopsis: Amidst the madness of New York City, a virtually unknown surf
culture is driven by a different current.
Contact: Kate Cunningham, kate@syrupnyc.com
 THE CONFESSION
Comedy | 3:40 | Ireland | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM ADirector: Thomas Hefferon
Synopsis: A young man nervously goes to confess his sins, but the priest
seems to be more interested in gossiping about the women of
the town than granting him absolution.
Contact: Thomas Hefferon, thomashefferon@gmail.com
 THE ELEVATOR
Winner: BEST LGBT SHORT
LGBT | 23:00 | Israel | 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A
Director: Ben Hakim
Synopsis: 23 minutes with a person can change your life.
Contact: Ben Hakim, benhak5@gmail.com, www.elevator-movie.com
 TONY ZOREIL [TONY ZEAR]
Winner: BEST FOREIGN SHORT, AUDIENCE AWARD PROGRAM A
Foreign | 20:00 | France | 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A
Director: Valentin Potier
Synopsis: Tony is a 28 year-old single guy with very big ears. Looking for
love, he only finds women who reject his remarkable physical
traits.
Contact: Valentin Potier, pvalentinp@hotmail.com
 THE TURTLE AND THE SHARK
Animation | 4:00 | USA | 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM KDirector: Ryan Woodward
Synopsis: After defying the King Malietoafaiga of Samoa, and deceiving
their families, Fonuea and her husband flee to the island of
Tutuila.
Contact: Ryan Woodward, rwoodward@mac.com
 WOMAN IN BURKA
Comedy | 20:33 | USA | 2008 - PROGRAM C
Director: Jonathan Lisecki
Synopsis: A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of
Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post 9/11 culture.
Contact: Jonathan Lisecki, jonny2rock@aol.com
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