2012: Shorts
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- DirectorMiranda JulyStarsRichard GreilingCarrie BrownsteinMia CianciulliA man tells the story of a movie he once saw.
- DirectorPhilippe BaylaucqStarsLindsey Renée DerrySarah FregeauAlexandre JolicoeurORA is a stunning meeting between the artistic worlds of choreographer José Navas and filmmaker Philippe Baylaucq. It is the first film to use 3D thermal imaging, producing visuals like none that have ever been seen before: the luminous variations of body heat seen on skin, bodies emitting a multitude of colours, a space filled with movement that transforms itself.
- DirectorCharles SheelerPaul StrandThis groundbreaking silent documentary captures the beauty and majesty of the New York City in its streets, skyscrapers, bridges, rail yards and harbors.
- DirectorGina HaraStarsMadeline ThomsonRoch TibauldA man, a dead woman, a rundown apartment. Far from your typical murder mystery, Waning engages in a visual and temporal deconstruction of a homicide in a single, multi-layered frame.
- DirectorGina HaraStarsMadeline ThomsonRoch TibauldA man, a dead woman, a rundown apartment. Far from your typical murder mystery, Waning engages in a visual and temporal deconstruction of a homicide in a single, multi-layered frame.
- DirectorPatrick DoyonStarsChantal BarilNatalie Hamel-RoyJacques LavalléeOn a typically boring Sunday a small boy goes to church with his parents before being taken to a relative's house for a family lunch. Still bored he amuses himself by placing a coin on the adjacent railway track,an action which has unfortunate and bizarre results for a passing bear.
- DirectorWilliam JoyceBrandon OldenburgMorris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.
- DirectorGrant OrchardWhen a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyStarsAdam BlackwoodLuba GoyAnthony BekennCalgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.
- DirectorPeter McDonaldStarsAndrew BennettScott GrahamMichael McElhattonIreland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch (Scott Graham) is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as an altar boy when he knocked Father O'Toole off the altar, Damien is serving a 3 month ban from his only passion in life...football. To make matters worse, Damian's team, Liverpool FC, are playing in their first European cup final in two weeks time. Damien's father (Michael McElhatton) offers him a reprieve and crucially a chance to see the European cup final if he serves the mass correctly. Damien now faces a choice: either conform to the status quo or never watch his beloved Liverpool play again...
- DirectorMax ZähleStarsWotan Wilke MöhringJulia RichterKrish GuptaA German couple adopts in Kolkata an Indian orphan. Their child suddenly disappears and they realize that they are part of the problem.
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsAnthony BrophyConleth HillPacky LeeThe story of Joe and Paddy, whose childhood friendship is shattered by the troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty five years later they are reunited.
- DirectorAndrew BowlerStarsMichael NathansonJohn Conor BrookeEmilea WilsonA neurotic inventor creates a time machine and gets lost traveling around yesterday.
- DirectorHallvar WitzøStarsEdvard HægstadIngrid VikenTerje RanesEverybody will die one day, but 70-year-old Oskar will die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a long-ago disagreement. Will he reach his brother, whom he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
- Krazy Kat, carrying his banjo, leaves home and flies his plane "Kazook" to the house of Ignatz Mouse, whom he loves. Outside Ignatz's window, Krazy starts his serenade. Meanwhile, Ignatz sneaks off to Kelly's Brick Yard and returns with a load of bricks, which he throws at the unsuspecting Krazy from behind. It's no news to Krazy when he's told he has the wrong house.
- DirectorPatrick BouchardAn allegory of mankind heading for disaster, this animated short is a tragic vision inspired by the 4th movement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Drawing on the composer's brilliant ability to evoke work and labour in his music, animator Patrick Bouchard brings earth to life through animated clay sculptures, creating a tactile nightmare in which man is his own slave driver.
- DirectorJavier ChillonStarsFederico MartínJaroslaw BielskiBenito SagredoAn astronaut returns to Earth after a fatal accident on a distant planet.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorPaul HurstStarsHelen HolmesLeo D. MaloneyJ. Gunnis DavisHelen, working alone on the late shift, guards a strongbox full of money. When two robbers make off with the money, Helen goes to great lengths to prevent the crooks from escaping with the loot.
- DirectorJ.P. McGowanStarsHelen HolmesLeo D. MaloneyRex DownsA runaway train hurtles toward a passenger train on the same track. A female telegraph operator hired over the objection of the owner is the only person who can stop it. She overcomes impossible odds to save the imperiled passengers.
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonCecil M. HepworthStarsBlairMay ClarkBarbara HepworthA dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorPhillips SmalleyLois WeberStarsLois WeberVal PaulDouglas GerrardAbandoned by her maidservant in an isolated country house, a mother must protect herself and her baby from an invading tramp while her husband races home in a stolen car to save them.
- DirectorFrancis FordThomas H. InceStarsFrancis FordEthel GrandinAnn LittleThe U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians' land and violate the treaty. The Army refuses to listen to the Indians' complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious Indian war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshLeslie LoveridgeAlfred PagetThe fact that an Indian tribe is eating puppies starts an action-packed battle in a Western town.