INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE - SPONSORED BY
TOTAL RUNNING TIME 92 MIN

Sunday, April 17, 2005 at 2:00pm at Enzian Theater
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LITTLE THINGS
UK, 2004, 11 MIN
DIRECTED BY DANIEL GREAVES
Charming and humorous, this multiple-award winner presents varied sketches of a dysfunctional world in which everybody has their foibles. Will a cataclysmic event shake things up, or are we too set in our ways to change?

HELLO
AUSTRALIA, 2003, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY JONATHAN NIX
FLORIDA PREMIERE
In a digital world, can an analog find true love? The wise old Gramophone has the answer for a lovesick loner in this sweet film from Down Under.

MUMMO
FINLAND, 2003, 7 MIN
DIRECTED BY TATU POHJAVIRTA & MARK STAHLE
US PREMIERE
After her heart attack, Granny finds new meaning in her lonely existence. But how long can she keep Death at bay?

MUKA
POLAND, 2003, 3 MIN
DIRECTED BY NATALIA WILKOSZEWSKA
EAST COAST PREMIERE, 2ND US SHOWING
This visually striking, urban folk-art–influenced music video from Poland creates its own unique and painterly style.

THROUGH MY THICK GLASSES
CANADA, 2004, 13 MIN
DIRECTED BY PJOTR SAPEGIN
EAST COAST PREMIERE
When Grandpa must convince his short-sighted granddaughter to wear her cap outside in the Norwegian winter, he spins quite a tale. Based on a true story, this tongue-in-cheek epic—starring clay puppets—relates a child’s hazy view of World War II.

ALLERLEIRAUH
GERMANY, 2004, 8 MIN
DIRECTED BY ANJA STRUCK
US PREMIERE
Music by Goldfrapp and life-sized puppets add to the surreal atmosphere of this fascinating adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, which features a legless girl, a dead deer, and a dancer with a fox head.

THE TRIBE (IL BRANCO)
ITALY, 2003, 2 MIN
DIRECTED BY STEFANO BUONAMICO
A pack of gorillas must get creative to force their prey down from a tree.


SEVENTEEN
THE NETHERLANDS, 2004, 12 MIN
DIRECTED BY HISKO HULSING
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE
Animated in the Dutch “magical realism” painting style, this film about the demons of adolescence features a shy 17-year-old construction worker trying to hold his own in the macho world of roofers.

LA REVOLUTION DES CRABES (THE CRAB REVOLUTION)
FRANCE, 2004, 5 MIN, IN FRENCH W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES
DIRECTED BY ARTHUR DE PINS
EAST COAST PREMIERE
A wacky little comedy about the tragic, 120 million year plight of the Pachygrapsus Mormatus, more commonly known as the “depressed crab.”

MINOTAUROMAQUIA
SPAIN, 2004, 10 MIN
DIRECTED BY JUAN PABLO ETCHEVERRY
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Inspired by both Pablo Picasso’s work and the myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, this terrific stop-motion cinematic journey among the ins and outs of artistic creation looks like an art lover’s dream.

RYAN
CANADA, 2004, 14 MIN
DIRECTED BY CHRIS LANDRETH
This truly remarkable CGI work defies categorization as it hovers between animation and documentary. Thirty years ago, Ryan Larkin was one of the most influential animators around. Now he lives on welfare and panhandles in Montreal. 2005 Academy Award Winner - Best Animated Short.