| 50 | Dick Dobson P.I. and the Case of the Kidnapped Cookies | 4"15' |
|  | On the verge of retirement at age nine-and-a-half, veteran detective Dick Dobson takes on one last case when a mysterious dame stumbles through his doorway. Writer/Director Henry Dalton escaped last year from Bournemouth Media School. He is currently enjoying some luck working his way in television and expects it to run out very soon. |
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| 51 | Eyes Wide Open | 10"30' |
|  | A documentary crew follows the progress of Dave Watson as he prepares to travel to America to take part in the World Staring Contest, in the hope of being crowned the World Stare Master. Writer/director Carlo Ortu studied film at Bournemouth University and has worked on a number of commercial projects for the BBC and ITV, as well as directing a number of shorts with the film-making collective SugarSpun Pictures. |
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| 52 | Ahaarrr! | 14"37' |
|  | An actor engaged to voice a radio commercial as a pirate faces the horror of a director whose concept of 'pirate' is very peculiar to him. Writer/producer and actor Jonathan Kydd also did some of the voices in Flushed Away, and sings with the Singing Dentists. Steve Skinner directs. |
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| 53 | Cheat Neutral | 12"43' |
|  | CheatNeutral.com offers a unique market-based solution to an essential problem of modern life. For the cost of a condom, those who have cheated on their partners can have their cheating 'offset' by a global network of fidelity. Documentary maker Beth Stratford follows website creators Alex Randall and Christian Hunt as they try to sell their idea to a bemused public. |
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| 54 | Fetch | 1"15' |
|  | Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a game of fetch, but Cumberland has other ideas. Fetch is writer/director Dana Dorian's first short film. |
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| 55 | Mahlzeit | 2"15' |
|  | The closer two are, the more difficult something as simple as digestion becomes. A prime example of a love-hate relationship. Film-maker Irmgard Walthert graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design in 2005, and has since taken a large number of courses in animation and film-making. |
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| 56 | Minding Rocco | 10"52' |
|  | When Ben's young son is murdered by an evil demon, he seeks revenge. Each time Ben defeats Rocco, the monster returns stronger and more blood thirsty, forcing Ben to take drastic action. Roys Boys is an independent film company established in the West Midlands in 2006 by brothers Neil and Nathan Turner. They are currently planning their first feature film. |
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| 57 | Missed | 4"41' |
|  | Will is told his colleague Emma has died while on holiday, and is surprised to see her walking passed the window Ð is this his chance to get to know the girl he'd been meaning to talk to for so long? Writer/director Guy Ducker met director of photography Dan Rack at film school in Bristol, and Dan has shot all of Guy's short films since. Guy met producer Paul Hyman in the cutting room of the worst feature film of recent years. |
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| 58 | Nose Hair | 3"00' |
|  | Vanity has its dangers, as a bickering young couple discover in this short, twisted tale. Writer/director James Sharpe has been writing, doodling, taking photos and making films for most of his life. He is based in the Midlands. |
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| 59 | The Sickie | 13"34' |
|  | When events at work prove too stressful, a diligent office manager throws a sickie, only to have his peace sabotaged by the insidious voice of his conscience. Directed by Rupert Jones, who co-wrote the script with Neil Hunter. Produced by Matthieu de Braconier. |
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| 60 | The Last Thing to Go Through a Fly's Mind | 9"00' |
|  | A man dies in a car crash and is given an ultimatum by god: repent or suffer for eternity. Not until his most lowly incarnation does he find true happiness, but god has one last trick up his sleeve. Written and directed by brothers Phil and Steve Webb, and featuring Ralph Ineson, from TV's 'The Office', in the lead role. |
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| 61 | Two Burglars and a Ballerina | 17"00' |
|  | Two unlikely partners in crime, blackmailed by their own landlord, turn against their landlord themselves in an attempt to buy their freedom, and both find something they hadn't expected. Director/Writer Leo DeHaan studied Film & Drama at Reading University, and has worked his way up in the film industry to create this, his first personal project. |
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| 62 | Death by Scrabble | 5"53' |
|  | A disillusioned husband expresses his rage through the medium of scrabble. Director/animator Katie Steed produced Death by Scrabble as her graduation film, during a degree in animation with the University College in Surrey. Based on a story by Charlie Fish adapted by Katie Steed. |
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| 63 | Save the World | 11"57' |
|  | Marketing adviser Richard decides to quit his job, leave his girlfriend and family, and focus on a more ambitious task: saving the world, in a very special way. Writer/Director David Casals-Roma studied Film & Media at Birkbeck College, and has attended film courses around the world. He has six shorts to his name, and is working on a debut feature. |
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| 64 | Four Weeks Notice | 7"58' |
|  | Tired of his relationship with Debbie, Matt hands in his notice and looks forward to a relationship with better prospects. He didn't, however, count on having to train his replacement. Director Pay Wintersgill directed his first film from inside a bin bag, and declared himself obsessed. A third of his productions feature flame-thrower toting female super-villains and a woman dressed as a pear. |
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| 65 | The Watchman | 6"40' |
|  | Every year, around thirty-eight people throw themselves to their deaths at Beachy Head. Keith, an Eastbourne window cleaner, now devotes his life to guarding this eight mile stretch of coastline. What drives a man to such dedication? Filmed and edited by Edward Brooke-Hitching, a talented documentary maker who works for a larger post-production facility in London. |
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