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Raindance Film Festival · 2008

Raindance Film Festival 2008

Short Films

Selection of independent shorts, vying for prizes in a number of categories: UK Short, International Short, Dailymotion Short Circuit Award, SAE Digital Short Film Award and Film Of The Festival.

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122 films · 4 reviews

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1 Or 2 Things I Don't Know About Him

Review preview for 1 Or 2 Things I Don't Know About Him

All the fixed camerawork, while certainly capturing Guido's emotional stasis, makes for rather unengaging spectacle.

Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
A man considers his lost love.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Maurizio Von Trapp; Writer: Maurizio Von Trapp; Stars: Pedro Reichert, James Nield) , Official site

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Africa! (Afrique!)

Annie's family gather to celebrate her birthday at the train station... but it doesn't stop.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Hervé Lavayssiere; Writer: Hervé Lavayssiere, Jean-Bernard Pouy)

Ahoy

Piratical problems.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tara Baker-Miles, The Renowned Baker-Miles; Writer: Terra Marique; Stars: Sally Somerville, Agnieszka Baginska)

Air Hostess

Psychological problems for an air stewardess.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Richard Lecoq; Writer: Richard Lecoq)

Alfie Is Go

A man's attempts to build a flying saucer.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Joe Godard, Tom Cerroni) , Official site

All Embracing

A lonely woman's attempts to make a connection.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Andrew Love; Writer: Dave Pescod; Stars: Zahra Taghavi, Carole Love, Karl White)

The Ambient Medium

Experimental short, inspired by 19th century spirit photography.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Bill Domonkos; Writer: Bill Domonkos)

Aunty Betelnut

An intimate documentary set in a suburban Australian backyard.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Natasha Henry; Writer: Natasha Henry; Stars: Aunty Rita, Aunty One and Aunty Amy)

The Aviatrix

A life or death battle is fought by a superhero. (S)

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Toddy Burton; Writer: Toddy Burton; Stars: Barbara Chisholm, Hannah Morgan, Garry Peters, Jessica Robertson, Nicholas Yedinak) , Official site

Banditos

Two women try to get in touch with their inner cowboy on a trip into the desert.

(Country: USA, IMDb USA section; Year: 2008; Director: John Robinson Irwin; Writer: Vanessa Ragland; Stars: Vanessa Ragland, Amanda Shumate, Raymond French, Jim Greulich) , Official site

The Basket Case

Darkly comic tale of a lengths a man will go to in order to avoid separation from his dying wife.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Owen O'Neill; Writer: Owen O'Neill; Stars: Declan Colon, Simon Delaney, Deirdre O'Kane)

The Bent Penny

Lives are connected through a curious coin.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Darrel J Butlin; Writer: Darrel J. Butlin; Stars: Olegar Fedoro, Simon Poland, Kay Curram, Toby W. Davies, Angus Barr, Guy Davies, Kat Ballie, Julie-Ann Dean, Sarah Flower, Leila Gray, Rebecca Tranter) , Official site

The Big Read: A Conversation With Ray Bradbury

Documentary about an initiative that aims to promote reading in American culture.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Lawrence Bridges)

Charcoal Traffic

Brothers trapped in a environmentally destructive cycle, in Somalia.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Nathan Collett; Writer: Fatima Jibrell, Pamela Collett) , Official site

Claxon (Clacson)

The Raindance programme says: "Every morning, every woman gets up and knows she will have to make her way through the traffic to the clacson music in order to survive; every man gets up and knows he will have to be very very patient in order to survive"

(Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Tak Kuroha; Writer: Tak Kuroha)

Clocked

A daughter's unconditional love is tested to its limits.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Michael Sharck; Writer: Ben Blair, Michael Sharck; Stars: Robyn Mellor, Anna Cottis, Chris Preddie )

Come Here Today

The philosophical journey of Alex, Rhys Ifans, through his most intimate relationships towards an emotional reconciliation with his father.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Writer: Simon Aboud; Stars: Felicity Gilbert, Rita Tushingham)

The Confession

A man at confession, grapples with a gossiping priest.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Thomas Hefferon; Writer: Thomas Hefferon; Stars: Donncha Crowley, Sean Flanagan, Stephen Morris) , Official site

A Day In A Life

Two street punks, Mario and Tom plan a bank job. Emin agrees to be their driver - but he doesn't have a car.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2007; Director: Nicolas Daenens)

Directions

A desperate man finds inspiration in a broken shopping trolley.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Kasimir Burgess; Writer: Kasimir Burgess; Stars: Greg Muller)

Screening with Who Is KK Downey?

DJ:LA

The sights of LA set to the music of the city.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jerry Chan; Writer: Jerry Chan)

Screening with Year Of The Nail

E1even Roses

A mix of 3D and 2D short film that explores love and pride in a film noir style.

(Year: 2008; Director: Pedram Goshtasbpour; Writer: Pedram Goshtasbpour)

The Electric Koi

Satsuma, a young girl living on a strange and apparently deserted island one day discovers that she is no longer alone.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Sam Lanyon Jones, Andrew Cope; Writer: Sam Lanyon Jones; Stars: Jason Isaacs and Jeanette Sutton)

Emerald City

A musician tells his friends about a vision.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Henry McComas; Writer: Henry McComas; Stars: Darrick Mosley, Damian Black)

Esplendido

A vet saves a famous race horse.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: David Ciurana; Writer: David Ciurana; Stars: Carles Sales, Dafnis Balduz, Joan Massotkleiner)

The Eye (El Ojo Unico)

In Buenos Aires 2068, a motorcycle courier stumbles on a truth that will irrevocably change his life.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2008; Director: Adrian Castanga; Writer: Cristian Bernard; Stars: Martin Slipak, Mario Ramirez)

The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow

A single image that tells an entire story.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone; Writer: Rodrigo Gudiño; Stars: Alan Alderton, Lea Lawrynowicz, Tony Morrone, Julian Richings)

Fight

Two schoolboys are pressurised into a fight.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Lewis Metcalfe; Writer: Lewis Metcalfe; Stars: Adam Clayton, Callum Marhum and Leo Plevin)

È Finita La Commedia

A father and son chat in a parked car... but what are they waiting for?

(Country: Belgium, Spain; Year: 2006; Director: Jean-Julien Collette, Olivier Tollet; Writer: Jean-Julien Collette, Olivier Tollet; Stars: Christian Crahay, Cédric Eeckhout)

First

Showing at EIFF as part of the UK Shorts showcase.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Tinge Krishnan) , Official site

The First Night

A man takes his girlfriend to a motel - with plans to spend their first night together.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2008; Director: Ricardo de Almeida; Stars: Adriano Teixeira, Lais Saíd, Rafaela Malagueta, Rosa Malagueta, Wander Luis)

A Fitting Tribute

A naïve local newspaper reporter on a 'death knock' gets more than he bargains for from a grieving mother.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Daniel Cormack; Writer: Ben Clover; Stars: Sally Bretton, Thomas Nelstrop, April Nicholson) , Official site

Screening with Goliath

From The Diaries Of Jojo

A short musical love story with a werewolf twist.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Marco Puig; Stars: Earl Carpenter, Laurie Hagen)

Fujica Single-Date

Video diary mourning the loss of Fuji Super 8mm film.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2007; Director: Kenji Murakami; Writer: Kenji Murakami)

The Funk

A man wakes up in a funk - but where did it all begin?

(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Cris Jones; Writer: Cris Jones; Stars: Jacek Koman, Steve Adams, Trudy Hellier)

Gravel And Stones

A remarkable film by four 6th form students about disabled people in Cambodia, a country with one of the highest disability rates in the world.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Ben Hollins, Edward Hofman)

The Gravity of Belief

Ever wonder where all the missing people go?

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Martin Gooch; Writer: Martin Gooch; Stars: Alexandria Beck, Paul Ready)

Screening with Production Office

Greaseland

In an isolated roadside cafe the owner likes to reminisce about the days when he was Elvis Presley's minder.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Peter Boyd Maclean; Writer: Simon Crump)

A Head B Body

A look at the frontier of organ transplanting in the Fifties.

(Country: US; Director: Jim Fields; Writer: Jim Fields)

Hope Springs Eternal

Mort has been hopelessly depressed ever since the love of his life, Vida, dumped him. Now all he wants for Christmas is to die in his sleep. But poor Mort is such a loser he can't even commit suicide without blowing it...

(Country: US; Director: Ron Noble; Writer: Ron Noble)

Hot Dog

The third in Bill Plympton's DOG series, sees him join the fire service.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Bill Plympton; Writer: Bill Plympton)

Hourglass

The commission of a lifetime for a clockmaker.

(Country: UK; Director: Rory O'Donnell; Writer: Rory O'Donnell; Stars: Julian Glover, Anthony O'Donnell)

Screening with No Through Road

Imaginary Lines

Homage to a Seventies pop idol.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Yumi Yoshiyuki; Writer: Yumi Yoshiyuki)

In August

Two people - in different time periods - anticipate the end of the world.

(Country: Columbia; Director: Andres Barrientos, Carlos Andres Reyes; Writer: Andres Berrientos)

Irish Twins

Brothers Michael and Saemus come to blows over their fathers ashes. (N)

(Country: US; Director: Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong; Writer: Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong; Stars: Rider Strong, Shiloh Strong, John DiMaggio, Al Vicente, Chris Solari, Devon McGinn ) , Official site

JediGym

Gym-goers take on the mantle of Star Wars characters for a workout... but is The Force to be reckoned with?

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Ben Koldyke, Timothy Kendall, Van Roble; Writer: Van Roble; Stars: Ben Koldyke, Bill Ims)

Joystick

Animation about the destructive power of love.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Kevin Richards)

A Juicy Turkey (La Dinde marinée)

A man faces problems when his wife gets hooked on George Clooney.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Benoît Ameil; Writer: Benoît Ameil, Laurent Freynet; Stars: Maëllys Battesti, Nicolas Buchoux, Patrick Noerie, Aude Roman) , Official site

Just Add Water

Your perfect partner for £9.99.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Nick Collett; Writer: Errol Wallace, Natalie Scheetz, Phil Gilbert; Stars: Errol Wallace, Natalie Scheetz, Phil Gilbert)

Karaoke

An elderly actress's desperate search for a new role.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Carolina Hellsgård; Writer: Carolina Hellsgård; Stars: Renate Serwotke)

Screening with Wild Blue Yonder

Kix

A crooner gets in over his head with booze and women, in this animated parody of Cole Porter's I Get A Kick Out of You.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: George Fort; Writer: George Fort)

Left Behind

In Waldenburg all mines are closed down. Lukasz and his friend Jacek have been digging coal at their own risk for several years now. Like hundreds of other former miners, they are illegally digging for the black gold on the outskirts of their city. The local police are constantly after them. The miners have also been trapped in the tunnels several times. But they keep going.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Fabian Daub and Andreas Grafenstein)

A Letter To Colleen

Animated short in which a haunted man tries to put his demons to rest.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Carolyn London; Writer: Carolyn London)

Like Other People Do

A community's response to unconditional giving.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Kelly; Writer: Alex Kelly; Stars: Sagar Arya)

Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Cara

A mix of biscuits and a girl's shot at stardom.

(Country: US; Director: Chris Nelson; Writer: Chris Nelson; Stars: Cara Failer, Amanda Alch, Owen Beckman)

Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Come Wander With Me

Meditation on the loss of childhood innocence.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Phillip Van; Writer: Phillip Van)

Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: She Walked Calmly Disappearing Into Darkness

After a shooting, a young man tries to work out what happened.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Malik Hassan Sayeed; Writer: Malik Hassan Sayeed)

Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Waffles For Breakfast

A man is in for a surprise when he wins a Winnebago in a card game.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Josh Miller; Writer: Josh Miller; Stars: Jim Connor, Stephen Mendillo, Aviva)

Little Whispers

A small race of people appear... but do they wish a stranger good or ill?

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Delvin Crow; Writer: Delvin Crow, Kennedy Crow; Stars: Richard Briers, Nicholas Patterson, The Illumins)

Looking Up Dresses

After getting dumped for being “too nice,” Jade Williams has until the end of a church service to convince his girlfriend he’s actually a wild man.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jared Ingram; Writer: Jared Ingram; Stars: Sam Huntington, Jlynn Johnson, Andrew Grenier, Mickie Banyas, Don Margolin, Joshua Salvati)

Screening with Crawford

Losing Hope: Women In Afghanistan

A report on the plight of Afghan women nearly six years after the overthrow of the Taliban regime by international forces.

(Country: Afghanistan; Director: Paul Anderson, Salma Zulfiqar; Writer: Paul Anderson)

The Lost Child (L'Enfant perdue)

A woman becomes convinced she is being spied on and lures the man to her apartment, but what transpires will make them both face up to the past.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Josephine Mackerras; Writer: Josephine Mackerras, Gilles Noël; Stars: Thomas Courcoul, Maria Derrien, Antonio Ferreira)

Screening with Lost Ear

Lover's Lane

After a chance encounter, former lovers must face their past.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Guy Ducker; Writer: Guy Ducker; Stars: Carl Prekopp, Katherine Reilly) , Official site

Screening with Chris And Don

Love And Kisses

Kathy and Danny - will their best be good enough?

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Patricia Aspinall; Writer: Patricia Aspinall)

Madrugada

Max buys a rundown hotel. Frank, his son comes to visit. However Frank finds his father in a more decrepit state than the hotel.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Michael Pearce; Writer: Michael Pearce)

Making The Man

An interview hangs on the brink of disaster.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: John Susman; Writer: John Susman; Stars: Kymberly Harris, Matthew Bible, Noelle Hardy, Dana Lynne Gilhooley, Angelina Lyubomirova, Natalie Jeckel McGee)

A Man Of Letters

A postie has a fall out with a pal.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tom Turley; Writer: Patrick Thompson, Tom Turley; Stars: Ian Attfield, Nick Von Schlippe, Laura Steele)

Mending Fences (Sin Oko Fo)

A man's sister comes to visit from Nigeria... and brings her customs with her.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Heather Murphy; Writer: Ebbe Bassey, Heather Murphy; Stars: Aminah James, Ash Roeca, Ebbe Bassey)

The Milky Audition

Memory and time collapse as a woman meets two men.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Yumi Yoshiyuki; Stars: Yumi Yoshiyuki, Takashi Urai)

Mime And Punishment

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Ronni Raygun Thomas)

Mite (Milbe)

According to the write up, this is "a short animation film about my grandmother, Oma Grete, and gigantic house dust mites that threaten to destroy world."

(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Karl Tebbe; Writer: Karl Tebbe; Stars: Helga Uthmann, Alexander Maria Schmidt)

Mr McKinley In Moviola Mayhem

Mr McKinley takes on the Evil Doctor at a fair.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: David Lilley, Stephen Gray; Writer: David Lilley; Stars: Kevin Norcross, David Lilley)

Noise

Three young men have a blast after they find a ticking time-bomb.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Krishna DK; Writer: Krishna DK, Raj Nidimoru; Stars: Alok Chaturvedi, Pitabash Tripathy, Sudheer Chaudhary, Vijay Verma)

Non-Intervention Game

A battle of the sexes, over dinner.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Yoshihiro Itoh; Writer: Yoshihiro Itoh)

Nosebleed

A man's disasterous attempts to stop a nosebleed.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jeff Vespa; Writer: Jeff Vespa; Stars: David Arquette)

Nothing's The Same

Anemone, a girl raised with strict Christian values, must deal with a harsh new reality on the eve of her wedding.

(Country: Burundi, Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Linda Kamuntu)

Not Enough Night

A swansong for bygone hipsters.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Dan Boord, Luis Valdovino; Writer: Jack Kerouac; Stars: Jack Kerouac, Robert Frank)

Ochrasy

Ochrasy is a song by Mando Diao about their fantasy world called... Ochrasy - surprise, thy name is not Mando Diao.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Lovisa Inserra) , Official site

One Careful Owner

One man and the love of his - his Ford Capri.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Sean Van Hales; Writer: Sean Van Hales; Stars: Denise Van Outen, Dexter Fletcher, Sheila Reid)

Screening with The Milky Way

One Of The Last

An elderly Italian peasant and his love for the landscape.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Paul Zinder)

Ottica Zero

Review preview for Ottica Zero

While the accompanying imagery is quite impressive, it is more of a distraction than an aid to the story.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Exploration of one woman's quest for a better future.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Maja Borg)

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The Outlaw Emmett Deemus

Don Quixote on a motorbike.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Stephan Szpak-Fleet; Writer: Larry Hankin; Stars: Larry Hankin, Edie McClurg, Paul Willson)

Out Of Nowhere

In this hilarious very short short, a writer has submitted the perfect manuscript, but the publisher has one minor quibble.

(Country: UK; Director: Gary Fannin; Writer: Martin Scorer, John Schwab; Stars: Howard Ward, Sam Caughlan)

The Pig Farm

An open air service to commemorate a concentration camp but there is no memorial. Only a pig farm.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Michelle Coomber) , Official site

Player

The story of a claustrophobic relationship between a single mother and her piano prodigy son.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Mary Nighy; Writer: Sam Hodges; Stars: Sam Hodges, Pete Postlethwaite, Haydn Gwynne and Celia Imrie)

Primitive Technology

A group of misfits aim to test their creativity by making inventions out of rubbish.

(Country: US; Director: Bo Price; Writer: Bo Price; Stars: Adam Shapiro, David Hood, Jeff Atherdeen, Matt Berck)

Procrastination

An investigative and exploratory hands–on gloves-off study into the practice of putting things ‘off’. Showing as part of McLaren Animation 2 at EIFF.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Johnny Kelly; Writer: Johnny Kelly)

Rachel

An adoption, leaves the prospective parents with memories that will haunt them forever.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Chris King; Writer: Chris King; Stars: Kelly Nixon, Eric Wheeler)

The Ranger

In the mid 1850s, a soldier returns from serving overseas to discover his family have died from famine.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: PJ Dillon; Writer: PJ Dillon; Stars: Máirtín Jaimsie o'flaharta, Owen Mcdonnell)

Raspberries

Short about "the dreams that come along while waiting for the better".

(Country: Norway; Year: 2008; Director: Morgan Davidsen; Stars: Morgan Davidsen, Vemund Kaurstad Mørk)

Red Sands

Celebration of the San Fermin fiesta.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: David Procter; Writer: Tom Turley, Stoff Bellhouse; Stars: Manuel Revilla)

Second Guessing Grandma

A gay man comes out to his grandma.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Bob Giraldi; Writer: Eddie Safarty; Stars: Kathleen Chalfant, Shawn Hollenbach, Lori Wilner)

Second Guest

On a night amongst friends, Pete and Suzy await the arrival of Pete’s fiancée Kim. But as the delays mount, her whereabouts become ever more unclear.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Dan Turner; Writer: Dan Turner; Stars: Claire Goose, Gemma Langford, Milo Twomey)

Seeking You

A man goes in search of his lost love on the streets of Hong Kong.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Jean-Julien Pous; Writer: Jean-Julien Pous)

Self-Portrait With Cows Going Home And Other Works - A Portrait Of Sylvia Plachy

A camera-shy photographer. (D)

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Rebecca Dreyfus )

Shadow Play

When life's story comes undone, what's a man to do but start all over again?

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Ramon Bloomberg; Writer: Ramon Bloomberg)

Silent Star

Documentary about silent film star Anita Page.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2008; Director: Vera Iwerebor; Stars: Randal Malone)

Single Girl

Women find intimacy in unexpected places.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Kristen Swanbeck; Writer: Kristen Swanbeck; Stars: Jessy Ginsberg, Sandra Hernandez, Izzy Marrero)

Small Avalanches

A teenager is pursued on the way home.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Gillian Munro; Writer: Gillian Munro, Gillian Munro; Stars: Katelyn Pippy, Bruno Oliver, Noah Blake, Wendy Herrick)

Small Collection

A love story caught in the corridors of memory. Through fragments of conversations still echoing in now empty places, we piece together the record of a relationship cut short.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jeremiah Crowell; Writer: Jeremiah Crowell)

Something Wriggling Along In The Womb

No details available.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Satoe Kamino)

Son

A boy tries to cope with the realities of his mum's abusive relationship.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Daniel Mulloy; Writer: Daniel Mulloy)

Stolen Youth

A delinquent’s rampage on a small town is not as horrifying as the secret he discovers.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Leon Chambers; Writer: Leon Chambers; Stars: Perry Spencer, Simon Poland, Jade Williams)

The Sweetest Sound

A woman bumps into her ex and finds their lives have undergone a massive transformation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jamie Rafn; Writer: Jamie Rafn; Stars: Adam Tabraham, Isabel Walker, Lizzie Rainbow)

The Tangent (La Tangente)

As a couple's relationship grows will they be forced to reconsider their rock and roll lifestyle?

(Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Vincent Vesco; Writer: Vincent Vesco, Vlad Sprinceana)

Terrafarmer

An astronaut tries to terraform a hostile planet with the help of a malfunctioning robot.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Will Adams; Writer: Will Adams)

Testudo

Estranged parents take their children to the zoo in the hopes of rebuilding their relationship.

(Country: France, UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jörg Tittel; Writer: Jörg Tittel; Stars: Alex Helfrecht, Jörg Tittel, Philippine Julia)

Screening with PVC-1

Tide

Does a kiss mark the beginning of love or the end?

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Felix Wiedemann; Writer: Felix Wiedemann)

The Tournament (Il Torneo)

Footballing boys learn lessons in sportsmanship. (N)

(Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Michele Alhaique; Writer: Federico Mazzei ; Stars: Lorenzo De Angelis, Andrea Meloni, Fabio Scotti, Alessio Attanasio, Danilo Meloni, Giada Fradeani, Giordano de Plano )

Toyland (Spielzeugland)

When a wartime German mother tries to protect her son by telling him their Jewish neighbours are going to Toyland, she little realises the consequences.

(Country: Germany, IMDb Germany section; Year: 2007; Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank; Writer: Johann A. Bunners, Jochen Alexander Freydank; Stars: David C. Bunners, Cedric Eich, Julia Jäger, Torsten Michaelis)

Troubles Sens

Dangerous liaisons in Paris.

(Country: France, US; Year: 2008; Director: Anna Condo; Writer: Anna Condo; Stars: Alexandra Stewart, Aurélien Recoing, Erin Roth, Cyril Descours)

Umeshinju

A blossoming romance between two people unable to use their arms.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Yoshihiro Itoh; Writer: Yoshihiro Itoh)

Under Ginkgo Trees

A man mourning the loss of his wife, goes in search of a time capsule.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Eiji Shimada; Writer: Eiji Shimada; Stars: Ikue Shimizu, Katsutoshi Nakajima)

Unmanned

A motion captured tale of commercial conflict in the homeland security state.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: John Butler; Writer: John Butler)

U: The Underwood Company

A terminally ill man founds a company in an attempt to discover the fate of a train that disappeared.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Joseph Varhola; Writer: Joseph Varhola)

Veils

Review preview for Veils

A neat twist that brings more sonority than the seemingly simple set up would suggest.

Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
Will a young bride and groom’s marriage bridge their cultural divides?

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Dan Susman; Writer: Dan Susman; Stars: Maureen Lipman, David Horovitch, Ray Panthaki, Andy Lucas, Jessica Manley, Janie Booth, Danielle Allan)

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Screening with The Blue Tower

Voices Over (Voci fuori campo)

A worn-down family man finds solace in his car, where he is guided by a friendly voice.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Alessio Cigliano; Writer: Alessio Cigliano; Stars: Ciro Scalera, Daniela Calo, Paola Majano)

Vortex

A gaijin’s view of Tokyo’s Shibuya district.

(Country: Japan; Director: Yoshihiro Itoh; Writer: Yoshihiro Itoh)

Why Now?

A true story of a bus driver who drove through 15 roadblocks while transporting 41 passengers during Kenya's post-election voilence.

(Country: Kenya; Director: Guy Wilson; Writer: Guy Wilson; Stars: Paul Karuri )

Wife's Knife

A man faces problems with the arrival of an ex.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Yoshihiro Itoh; Writer: Yoshihiro Itoh)

Woman in Burka

A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post 9/11 culture.

(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Jonathan Lisecki; Writer: Jonathan Lisecki; Stars: Katherine Atkinson, Samantha Buck, Sarita Choudhury, Debra Eisenstadt, Zeke Farrow, Catherine Kellner, Jonathan Lisecki, Annie Parisse, Sam Rockwell, Kerry Washington,) , Official site