SAM AND PICCOLO/ Australia (Director: Adam Walker, 15 minutes)- Friendship, greed,
corruption, and irresponsible stewardship of the land are dealt with in the charming animated
film Sam and Piccolo.
THE WINDMILL BOY/ England (Director: Dan Richards, 10 minutes)- A young boy
imprisoned in the town's windmill by strange, invading creatures plans his daring escape in The
Windmill Boy.
OUTTA THIS WORLD
When the world simply isn't enough, IIFF has packaged this collection of science fiction (and
science fiction-ish) short films about astronauts, aliens, invaders oh, and just for fun, a little
story of sci-fi geeks in love.
AMBASSADORS DAY/ U.S.A (Director: David Kellum, 21 minutes)- Long after the End of
The World has passed into myth, two diplomats must defuse a volatile international dilemma
before the apocalypse happens for real in Ambassadors Day.
DVD/ Spain (Director: Ciro Altabas, 17 minutes)- A romantic comedy about sci-fi geeks told as
if you were watching a real DVD: with audio commentary, scene selection, featurette, a music-
video, trailer, deleted scene, alternative ending, etc.
MICROGRAVITY/ U.S.A (Director: David Sanders, 12 minutes)- In Microgravity, Eniko has
been orbiting the moon for far too long. When a malfunction forces her to perform a
spacewalk, she must pit her wits, her training, and her will to live against the fatal certainty of
cold, hard vacuum.
THE SIGNAL/ U.S.A (Director: Thomas C. Gaunt, 15 minutes)- Dylan is having a bad day
when events take an apocalyptic turn for the worst changing his outlook on life forever. The
end is near in The Signal.
THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT/ U.S.A (Director: Stephen O'Regan, 8 minutes)- After
years of probing humans in every possible manner, two alien researchers meet at a late night
diner to discuss a most unusual discovery about our species in They're Made Out of Meat.
LATE NIGHT COMEDY SHORTS
Warm up your funny bone for a good workout as IIFF presents this collection of nine short films
all geared toward busting your gut.
ALIVE AND WELL/ U.S.A (Director: Chris Peckover, 9 minutes)- A hungry airline pilot tries
to convince a college badminton team that cannibalism is the only way to survive in Alive and
Well.
BARNEY THE TERRIER/ Australia (Director: Anny Slater, 2 minutes)- The White House dog
has his day, and a discussion with Secret Service in Barney the Terrier.
COLOURBARS/ Canada (Director; Timothy Moore, 2 minutes)- It's just about time for the
cast and crew to kick off for the day, just one more take for the Colourbars.
