INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PACKAGE 1
SATURDAY 21st NOVEMBER 2:00pm
THE NERVE CENTRE CINEMA 2.
FLAT LOVE
A man, convinced that the world is actually flat, falls in love with a two-dimensional woman at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Flat Love is a unique, funny tale of love and obsession narrated by Isabella Rossellini.
Spain/USA 2009 Andres Sanz 15mins
THE FUNK
Jack woke up in a funk one day….
Australia 2008 Cris Jones 7mins
THE CONTINUING AND LAMENTABLE SAGA OF THE SUICIDE BROTHERS
Brothers Barath (Tom Mison) and Bourbon (Rupert Friend) live their clockwork-like monotonous lives despite constantly trying to top themselves every day at the same time. The brothers are ignorant of their fairy godmother (Keira Knightley) who tries to show them there is magic in day to day life.
UK 2009 Arran & Corran Brownlee 10mins
SORES & SÎRÎN
Kurdish siblings Sores and Sîrîn have lost their parents in the Iraq war.With severe injuries, both children are taken to Germany for medical treatment by an aid organization. They find a new home with their German foster mother, but as Sores calls his grandfather in order for him to take them back to Iraq…
Germany 2008 Katrin Gebbe 24mins
ADELAIDE
Adelaide is looking for love in all the wrong places. Seeking attention by faking illnesses, she runs into Brad at the pharmacy counter, turning her strategy - and their lives - upside down.
USA 2009 Liliana Greenfield-Sanders 12mins
THE LAST PAGE
A tortured author struggles to overcome writer's block and is propelled into a bizarre series of events.
USA 2008 Kevin Acevedo 21mins
Total Runtime: 1hr 30mins
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PACKAGE 2
SATURDAY 21st NOVEMBER 4:00pm
THE NERVE CENTRE CINEMA 2
LIEBERMANS IN THE SKY
This is the story of Alan Lieberman, a beleaguered waterbed salesman, on the worst day of his life. It is a story about failure and one man’s journey towards realizing that, like levitation, there are some things in life we cannot achieve.
Australia 2008 Richard Vilensky 18mins
TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT
Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met...
USA 2009 Peter Besson 10mins
EL HOMBRE OR’QUESTA (ONE MAN BAND)
He just wants to plays his music, but other people appear to make his life very difficult.
Spain 2008 Martin Rosete 6mins
A SON’S WAR
Prague 1939: The true story of a boy and his mother who are torn apart at the outset of Nazi occupation duringWorldWar II.
Czech Republic/USA 2009 Steven Edell 26mins
LOVE HATE
Love Hate is the story of an affair between a sweetnatured young charity worker and a woman who turns out to be the physical embodiment of his hatred.
UK 2009 Blake & Dylan Ritson 19mins
DIPLOMACY
Relations between the United States and Iran take an unexpected turn when two senior diplomats and their interpreters meet for a closed-door session.
USA 2009 Jon Goldman 9mins
Total Runtime: 1hr 25mins
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PACKAGE 3
SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2:00pm
THE NERVE CENTRE CINEMA 2
ODE TO MODERN DEMOCRACY AND THE HAIRDRESSER
Janice is a working class single mother. Once a month she becomes the most powerful woman in the nation as the hairdresser to the Prime Minister. She's learned to switch off until the day she realises how easy it would be to cause serious political damage with just the few items in her kit bag.
UK 2009 Matt Strachan 6mins
TRANSIT
A young boy returns from holiday with his parents and passing through the airport he meets a stranger who transforms his life forever.
UK 2009 Chris Roche 8mins
HECTOR CORP
The Hector Corporation takes extreme measures to manage their employees with unexpected executioners.
USA 2009 Gary Lee 10mins
BOOND EUROPEAN PREMIERE
The Thakur, who is the centre of power in the village, is threatened by Jeevni and her nine year old son Manka.
India 2009 Abhishek Pathak 26mins
THE HAPPINESS SALESMAN
Struggling with the realities of life, a young mother is offered a second chance at fulfilling her dreams. Starring Christopher Eccleston.
UK 2009 Krishnendu Majumdar 15mins
SUPERHERO EUROPEAN PREMIERE
An amnesiac is stranded in a desert dressed as a superhero. A young boy believes he's real...
South Africa 2009 Hanneke Schutte 15mins
THE ODDS
You know the odds but not the truth.
UK 2009 Paloma Baeza 12mins
Total Runtime: 1hr 30mins
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PACKAGE 4
SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 4:00pm
THE NERVE CENTRE CINEMA 2.
WASHDAYS
Kyle is 11 and has a problem; he’s a bedwetter. His mum thinks making him wash his own sheets will cure him, but it only makes him late for school.When she writes a note stating the unvarnished truth, he bunks off and goes in search of his own solution.
UK 2009 Simon Neal 11mins
MIRACLE FISH
8 year-old Joe has a birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
Australia 2009 Luke Doolan 18mins
ANA’S PLAYGROUND
Ana's Playground depicts just another day for children surrounded by armed conflict.When Ana is forced into a sniper zone to retrieve a soccer ball, she finds herself in a game of cat-and-mouse with a mysterious shooter.
USA 2009 Eric D. Howell 18mins
EIKO
Handyman Alex is no stranger to life on the road, but his life takes a sharp turn when Lili, a mysterious young hitchhiker obsessed with sex and suicide, appears in the back of his truck.
Austria 2008 Christoph Kuschnig 14mins
SOCARRAT
Socarrat is the appreciation of what lies beneath, the hidden and concealed.
Spain 2009 David Moreno 12mins
LAS PELOTAS
There’s nothing better than having a son with a great talent for football. Now, if your children aren't good enough, it takes a good mix of science, sex and a grandmother to get there.
Switzerland 2009 Chris Niemeyer 15mins
THE ONE LAST TIME
Two groups of robbers rob the same bank, on the same day, at the same time, after being given the same tip.
USA/UK 2009 ScottWeintrob 9mins
Total Runtime: 1hr 40mins
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