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The seven year of the Short Film Festival was divided over four night, two for international films (including the Urbis Animax animations) and two for kiwi shorts programme. The event was held over four nights between 7 July and 10 July 2008 at the Christchurch Art Gallery auditorium.
7 July 2008

Buskers Gold 12m 56s
Valerie Reid  Documentary
New Zealander Sam Wills won the People’s Choice Award at the world’s biggest buskers festival, his honesty may surprise you!

Struct It           1m 30s
Videodance
Morning, noon, night they ceaselessly climb and push at the walls.


Pregnant Pause 
       9m
Marcus Freeman       Drama
Two young women reveal how their friendship unravelled when pregnancy tested their personal beliefs. Can the hurt be healed?

 

Axolotl 4m 26s
Allan Cameron          Experimental/Drama
A solitary man becomes increasingly obsessed with his pet axolotl.  Has he, like the axolotl, been subjected to some strange transformation?

 

Head Above Water   7m
Drama
A mother struggles to keep from drowning in the past.

 

Dying For A Drink     11m 10s
Kieran Taylor Drama
An intense young man finds himself by a polluted river without drinkable water, then he starts to hear voices. After drinking the water his paranoia only gets worse.


Ewan McDougall 
      5m 51s
Pat O’Neill      Documentary
New Zealand artist Ewan McDougall filmed painting ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and talking about being a painter and the act of painting itself in his Broad Bay Studio.


Mr Bo
  8m
Drama
Eight year old Rain discovers the cost of growing up.


Embers  
        12m
Marc Laureano          Drama
An isolated young wife awaits the return of her husband from World War II. Her fears about his demise come to vivid life in her imagination, but his sudden return only brings new fears.

 

Total running time 68 minutes

 
8 July 2008

 

A Diamond Forms Under Pressure (6m, Ireland)
dir. by Paul O Donoghue

 

Horizon Diner (3m, U S A)
dir. by Joseph Crockett

 

The Lump (7m, Australia)
dir. by Paul O Gardner

 

Charcoal Traffic (7m, Kenya, Somalia)
dir. by Nathan Collett

 

The View from Cleopatra's Knee (4m, U S A)
dir. by Jack Ofield

 

L'amie De Zoe (2m, U S A)
sub. by Danny Robashkin

 

Rex (9m, Australia)
dir. by Damian Foley

 

Ancestors (3m, U S A)
dir. by Cable Hardin

La Tangente (13m, France)
dir. by Vincent Vesco


Before, ever after (3m, New Zealand)
dir. by Thomas Løken


First Memories (4m, U S A)
dir. by Soo Hee Han


Variations Sur Marilou (6m, Canada, France)
dir. by Felix Dufour-Laperriere

 

Alona White Wash (12m, Australia)
dir. by Mark Inducil

Total running time 70 minutes

 
9 July 2008

 

Tickle Me Silly (8m, U S A)
dir. by Miguel Martinez-Joffre

 

Manny (2m, U S A)
dir. by Kyoung "Kay" Park

 

Wunderkammer (13m, U S A)
dir. by Andrea Pallaoro

 

Near (5m, U S A)
dir. by John Lane

 

Dirty Laundry (4m, Australia)
dir. by Cassie Dart

 

Hold On (12m, France)
dir. by Damien Roussineau

 

Simulacra (4m, U S A)
dir. by Tatchapon Lertwirojkul

 

Talking Distance (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Hyun Jin Cho

 

Zoologic (4m, U S A)
dir. by Nicole Mitchell

 

The Cave: An adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay (3m, U S A)
dir. by Michael Ramsey

 

Laura - in Action (15m, Denmark)
dir. by Laerke Drews

 

Total running time 71 minutes

 
10 July 2008

FOT - Champion Of The World       2m 28s
Alex Dron       Animation
FOT shows off his amazing array of athletic talents in a game of school yard soccer.

Our Voices Are Mute            4m 42s
SJ.Ramir        Experimental
Following on from his trilogy:  Man Alone, Gulf Transmission, and Departure, SJ.Ramir continues to explore the existence of both internal and external landscapes - and the journeys that we make as we move through them…

Ares    11m 17s
Stacey Robertson     Drama
Zac Henessey, a retired pilot, prepares for the annual flight to Ares, but a chance encounter with a runaway child starts him questioning the system he has dedicated his life to.

Krumping In Gisbourne         2m 50s
Ben Cowper  Documentary
Short video about krumping.

Living Toanga            12m
Joanne Rye    Documentary
Zella Roberts, 103 years, has seen Hayleys Comet twice, lived through epidemics, two World Wars and seen the invention of sliced bread and Bic pens. This is but a snap shot of the life story of a remarkable Kiwi woman getting on with the job.

The Crystal Palace   5m 54s
Paul Veart      Drama
A lonely young woman is drawn into an abandoned cinema, however she soon discovers she is not alone.  But is this old inhabitant friend or foe?

Impulse Repression  1m 30s
Videodance
In this realm, there is no light.

Tempting Faith          8m
A light-hearted look at a man on the edge of temptation.

Street Light    1m 42s
Luna Lee        Animation

Betty Banned Sweets           14m 50s
Michelle Savill            Drama
Benjamin just wants to travel but his mum has other plans.

Total running time 65 minutes


 
     
     
     
     

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