| 1 | Dive of Dave | 5"23' |
|  | Dive of Dave captures an English Summer's day following Dave as he embarks upon his first, and perhaps last, sky dive.
Film-makers Tristan C. Anderson and Grant Wilkinson first collaborated as part of the Straight 8 Film competition, and their first production was screened at Vue West End during the Rushes Film Festival 2006. |
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| 2 | Posthaste | 7"10' |
|  | A criminal postman finds something in the mail that he shouldn't have seen, unleashing chaos when he attempts to capitalise on it.
Director Rob Zywietz studied Animation at the Edinburgh College of Art, and now works freelance. The script was written by Niki Rooney. |
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| 3 | One Little Step | 15"00' |
|  | With a spirit full of music and heart aching to love, a young woman finds enchantment amongst the tarnished glitter of a decaying seaside town.
One Little Step was created by film-maker Emily Blickem's creative team, mad&bad. Emily has created a number of short films in recent years. |
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| 4 | A Mouse Funeral | 1"40' |
|  | The Mouse is dead, and the soldiers of the bathroom decide he deserves a proper send-off.
Director Greg Butler recently graduated from the London College of Communication film course, and spends all of his free time making films. The music was provided by Joel Cox, bass player from the Good Shoes. |
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| 5 | Portrait of an Artist | 18"17' |
|  | We delve into the world of Elliott Higson, an up-and-coming artist, as he struggles to establish himself as a fresh talent.
Director/producer Alex Emslie has been creating short films for the past 5 years. Some of them are quite good. |
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| 6 | Black or White? | 3"36' |
|  | A cross section of society is asked a series of either/or questions, revealing as much about the audience as it does about the people on screen.
Black or White was written, produced and directed by Debbie Howard, for Big Buddha Films. |
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| 7 | One Step at a Time | 6"33' |
|  | A small town mayor sets out to reduce traffic by introducing an anything-but pedestrian crossing.
Director Scott Gairdner is a senior film production major at Loyola Marymount University, and has been producing short comic films since 2001, primarily distributed via online video websites such as iFilm and Youtube. |
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| 8 | Below The Silence | 14"52' |
|  | A stalled relationship between father and son gets new blood when the son discovers a long-buried secret in his father's apartment.
Film-maker Beata Gzik studied with the Polish National Film School. |
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| 9 | My Name is Bob | 2"57' |
|  | Stuck in traffic, Bob's eyes begin to wander and make contact with a beautiful woman.
Writer/director and producer Larissa Innes is an Associate Producer at Piper Films, and has produced a number of short films. This is her second project as director. |
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| 10 | The End of the Party | 19"00' |
|  | This adaptation of Graham Greene's story of the same name tells the story of a young boy with a paralysing fear of the dark.
The End of the Party was directed by Sebastian Godwin, as his graduation film for the Polish National Film School. He is currently directing a short for the UK Film Council.s |
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| 11 | Foreigners | 9"40' |
|  | An animated documentary telling the stories of ten foreigners who live in London, revealing a metropolis which is both exciting and alienating.
Director and animator Ayala Sharot is an Israeli animator working and living in London. |
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| 12 | Lonely Hearts | 13"40' |
|  | A recently divorced man takes dating advice from a talking soft-toy pig.
Film-maker James Keaton is a production assistant in the film and TV industries, and this is his first short. Actor Martin Freeman voices the pig. |
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| 13 | Girl 23 | 11"50' |
|  | When a young man approaches his thirties it's time to get serious about girls. Serious about dumping them before they get serious, that is.
Writer Nigel Hunter, producer Jo Keaney and director Elise Keusch first met a year and a half ago on a screenwriters course. Girl 23 was a self-funded production, and their first short. |
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| 14 | Tape Thirteen | 13"00' |
|  | Kathleen and Steven are shooting a documentary in Iraq, when their production is interrupted by insurgents.
Directed by Harry Hayes and produced by Christine Barratt, as part of a team currently studying Film & Video at the International Film School Wales. |
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| 15 | To Shoot a Rurf | 8"35' |
|  | An atmospheric 3D animation, this dark comedy tells the tale of a drunken man's attempts to sober up after a binge on mind-altering drink 'rurf'.
Written and Directed by sibling Shane and Paula Sheils, who formed Dwarfed Films in 2003 with the intention of making high-quality, low budget films. |
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