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Short Shot: 1977, a Year to Remember- by Sarah Keenlyside | Jan 27, 2008 | Short Shots
A fast-paced collage of images, photos, and animation tell the story of a young girl struggling with gender-identity issues within the less-than-understanding confines of a small, conservative town. Read more
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Short Shot: A Momentary Suspension of Sound- by Mike Plante | Jan 25, 2008 | Short Shots
The audience may be listening, but Suspension is mum, opting to forego an emotionally loaded soundtrack to give viewers a clean aural slate. Read more
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Short Shot: Filmmaker Myna Joseph Brings the Man to Sundance- by Sarah Keenlyside | Jan 24, 2008 | Short Shots
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Man tells the story of two sex-ready teenaged sisters who venture to a lonely cabin in the woods in search of some fumbling first-time experience with a young Internet find. Read more
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Short Shot: Farewell Packets of Ten Lights Up the Screen- by Claiborne Smith | Jan 23, 2008 | Short Shots
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One of multiple shorts from Ken Wardrop that focus on matters of the mouth (he’s made four in all), Farewell Packets of Ten focuses on the smoking habits of the filmmaker’s firecracker of neighbor and his own mother. Read more
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Short Shot: August 15th- by Cristy Lytal | Jan 22, 2008 | Short Shots
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Filmmaker Xuan Jiang examines the culpability of not-so-innocent bystanders during two terrible events that occur on the very same day in August. Read more
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Short Shot: La Corona (The Crown) Finds Beauty Behind Bars- by Claiborne Smith | Jan 20, 2008 | Short Shots
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Filmmakers Isabel Vega and Amanda Micheli capture the glamorization of convicts competing in an annual beauty pageant put on by Colombia’s largest women’s prison in documentary short La Corona. Read more
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Short Shot: Take a Ride with the The Rambler- by Holly Willis | Jan 20, 2008 | Short Shots
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A hitchhiker’s day goes completely off the rails when he accepts a ride from a mad scientist behind the wheel of a car that doubles as a dream machine. Read more
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Short Shot: Wrestling’s Sweet Embrace- by Cristy Lytal | Jan 20, 2008 | Short Shots
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While locked in fixed grip of the Icelandic sport of “glima,” two rural wrestlers fall head over heels in love in this blue-collar romance from filmmaker Grímur Hákonarson. Read more
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Short Shot: Crossbow from David Michôd Hits the Bullseye- by Cristy Lytal | Jan 19, 2008 | Short Shots
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Australian filmmaker David Michôd has suffered for his art: To find the perfect non-actor to portray the uncomfortably close view of adolescent male sexuality found in his short film, Crossbow, he weathered a grueling parade of auditions from singing and dancing drama-school kids. Read more
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Shorts, Shorts, Everywhere Shorts- by Sarah Keenlyside | Jan 18, 2008 | Short Shots
See ten shorts over ten days for free right here on the site, or download shorts anytime for a wee fee at iTunes, Netflix, or Xbox.
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Short Shot: History of America
from art collective MK12- by Mike Plante | Jan 18, 2008 | Short Shots
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Kansas City arts collective MK12 celebrates cowboys, space heroes, Las Vegas, and other starred-and-striped Americana in a short film that combines live action and inspired animation. Also includes spacesuit shopping tips. Read more