HEAVEY METAL JR./ Scotland (Director: Chris Watt, 24 minutes)- In this hilarious
documentary, we follow "Hatred", a heavy metal band from Scotland, whose average age is 11
as they prepare for their first public gig.
I WANT TO BE A PILOT/ Kenya/Mexico (Director: Diego Quemada-Diez, 12 minutes)-
Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday airplanes fly overhead. He dreams of
becoming a pilot so he can fly away.
JACK AND JACQUES/ Canada (Director: Marie-Hélène Copti, Canada, 14 minutes)- Jacques
is chosen for a small part in a big Hollywood production being shot in Montreal and he'll be
acting opposite none other than Jack Nicholson! A college student follows Jacques to document
his one-day on the set as his final school assignment in this delightful behind-the-scenes comedy.
KOONIKLASTER/ Poland (Director: Mariko Saga, 18 minutes)- A young boy who comes from
a family of magicians is taught that magic is much greater than a trick performed for an audience
it's in accepting who you are.
MAURIS FROM TITICACA/ Peru (Director; Marcel Bukin, 10 minutes)- On the shores of
Lake Titicaca - the highest navigable lake in the world - lives a precarious and precocious family
of five children who survive on sustenance fishing and farming. While life is hard, the children
find beauty in their love for each other and glories of nature that surround them in Mauris from
Titicaca.
NEARLIFE/ U.S.A. (Director: Jason Sobrack, 15 minutes)- Jason is challenged to examine his life
when he survives a near-death experience and is visited by a past love.
NINTH STREET CHRONICLES/ Canada (Director: Megan Martin, 27 minutes)- It's
summer in the 1980s and Sara's been banned from playing with her usual friends, so she
befriends two neighborhood outcasts in Ninth Street Chronicles.
NOT A WORD/ Northern Ireland (Director: Cathy Mooney, 10 minutes)- It's another late shift
at the department store for Maggie, Sheila, and David. When Maggie heads off on holiday, Sheila
and David try to find a way out of their monotonous rut in Not a Word.
PARTIALLY TRUE TALES OF HIGH ADVENTURE/ U.S.A. (Director: Murphy Gilson,
12 minutes)- Charlie McDonough is a guy from Muncie, Indiana trying to make it Hollywood.
To keep his dream going, he'll need to rely on the story-telling gifts granted him by his Irish
family growing up in a small Hoosier city (and casting Shannon Elizabeth certainly won't hurt).
A PRAYER FOR AREA 23/ U.S.A./Malawi (Director: John Alberts, 6 minutes)-Featuring the
children of The Madalitso Orphan Care Project in Malawi, Africa, A Prayer for Area 23 is a
poetic and dignified exploration of childhood for those orphaned in the midst of the raging
storm of AIDS in Africa.
SNOOZER/ U.S.A. (Director: Jason Affolder, 11 minutes)- Love, watermelon, and pirates
merge in this silent, surreal dream-laden romance inspired by classic cartoons, Jorge Luis Borges,
and the Beach Boys.
