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Raindance Film Festival · 2009

Raindance Film Festival 2009

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1000 Voices

Review preview for 1000 Voices

With such powerful subject matter it would be difficult to make a film that didn't leave an impression.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
Dark animation which gathers together voices of detained asylum seekers.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Tim Travers Hawkins; Writer: Tim Travers Hawkins; Stars: Adam Buxton, Tamsin Clarke) , Official site

Full review

Act Your Age

A memoir of early adolescence constructed from a 1950s instructional video.

(Year: 2008; Director: Roger Deutsch) , Official site

Adelaide

Adelaide is looking for love in all the wrong places.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Liliana Greenfield-Sanders; Writer: Liliana Greenfield-Sanders; Stars: Hank Harris, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Damian Young) , Official site , Trailer

Alkaa ja päättyä

A woman makes a life-changing decision to have a baby, against the will of the father, marking the end of one relationship and the beginning of another.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2008; Director: Ville Kerimaa; Writer: Ville Kerimaa; Stars: Kaisa Leppänen, Samuli Vauramo)

All Day Breakfast

Nineteen, washed up and pissed off, Daryl is going nowhere fast. His 'not quite' girlfriend wants to get on Coronation Street! His mother does his head in and there's the boat! That big daft, stupid stuck boat...

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Julian Kerridge; Writer: Julian Kerridge; Stars: Joanne Anderson, Dylan Brown, Jack Guttman, Michelle Holmes, Zoe Iqbal, Ray Keith, Alison King)

Almost a Legend

Biography of jazz lyricist and poet Fran Landesman.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Mia Vuorio; Stars: Fran Landesman, Carolyn Cassady, Bob Dorough, Tom Smothers, Simon Wallace)

And Another Thing

Details to follow...

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Zak Emerson, Daniel Gifford)

And What Remains

Examination of a complex father-son relationship, set in Kansas.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Marc W. Havener; Writer: Rick Cree; Stars: Micah Cree, Rick Cree, Rick Mumford)

Annwyl Plant

Sorry, no details yet, but it was short-listed for the Glamorgan Purchase Prize.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Catrin Doyle)

An Ode To Modern Democracy And he Hairdresser

A hairdresser's mind wanders as she trims Downing Street fringe and imagines the consequences of an assassination attempt using only hair salon essentials.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Matt Strachan; Writer: Daniel Hesford; Stars: Holly Horner, Gerard Mcdermott)

The Award (Il premio)

The true story of two Italian students who won an award for a useful invention.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Ermanno Olmi; Writer: Ermanno Olmi; Stars: Stefania Berselli, Maral Kinran, Matteo Bessone, Marco Costantini, Paolo Ferro, Maurizio Marchetti)

Be Ok

Short music video.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Madeline McCarty)

Biet- Ly

Animation about Vietnamese boat people.

(Country: Denmark; Director: Alfred Nguyen)

Botnik!

A frustrated artist tries to impress a beatnik chick by going robotic.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jacqueline Smessaert; Writer: Jacqueline Smessaert)

Bull Republic

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Director: Jonathan Simcox)

Bunny In Hovel

One of three films that makes up the collection Peaches, this film examinations domestic abuse in rural Japan.

(Year: 2009; Director: Mayumi Yabe; Writer: Mayumi Yabe)

The Capgras Tide

After suffering a concussion, a man becomes convinced that his father is an impostor.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Hutchings; Writer: Adam Hutchings; Stars: Brendan Patricks, Martin Bendel, Kezia Burrows, Peter Henderson)

The Cats

Details to follow.

(Country: Turkey; Director: Hakan Oztan)

The Cat Piano

Review preview for The Cat Piano

The narration by Nick Cave lends this film a creepiness that goes way beyond the scope of its central poem.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
In a city of singing cats, a lonely beat poet falls for a beautiful siren. When a mysterious dark figure emerges, kidnapping the town’s singers for his twisted musical plans, the poet must save his muse and put an end to the nefarious tune.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Ari Gibson, Eddie White; Writer: Eddie White; Stars: Nick Cave) , Official site

Full review

Children of Manila

Documentary which looks at the lives of three street children in Manila.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Alessandro Molatore) , Official site

Coffin Call

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Martin Gooch)

The Connoisseurs

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: George Milton; Writer: Mark Tilton; Stars: Stacey Roca, James Frost, George Lenz, Laurie Hagen)

Conrad the Wise

Darkly comic tale about a young boy who uses his imagination to fight the oppressive rule of his uptight guardian, Miss Anthrop.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Alan Miller; Writer: Alan Miller, Hector Hugh Munro; Stars: Connor Stanhope, Valerie McNicol, Michael Dobson, Darryl Bosa, Iain Graham, Cristien Murphy, Tania Saulnier, Denise Steller, Tom Summers) , Official site , Trailer

Crazy Hands

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Charlie Graley)

Csikospost

A little girl tries to find a new 'mum' to marry her single dad. Part of the Peaches collection.

(Country: China; Year: 2008; Director: Yumiko Beppu; Writer: Yumiko Beppu)

Cupid

The mischievous matchmaking god is the victim of his own arrow.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Melvin Montalban; Writer: Trinni Franke, Melvin Montalban; Stars: Richard Brancatisano, Julie Goss, Tahki Saul, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) , Official site

A Daily Day

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Elsa Blayau)

Das Paket (The Package)

Two gangsters are held up by a traffic light on their way to deliver a package which absolutely must not be late.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Marco Gadge; Writer: René Jacob; Stars: Michael Schrodt, Thomas Dehler) , Official site

The Deaths Of Chet Baker

Exploration of the death of jazz icon.

(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2009; Director: Robert Budreau; Writer: Robert Budreau; Stars: Stephen McHattie, Ted Dykstra, Sten Eirik) , Official site

Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman

Short filim about the filmmaker.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2009; Director: Matthew Mishory; Writer: Matthew Mishory; Stars: Clint Catalyst, Kevin Collins, Jeremiah Dupre, Matthew Mishory, Edward Singletary, Kaiden Blake, Samuel Perone, Aldo Vento, Andreas Andrea, Dalilah Rain, Stuart Potter, Juan Guillen, Kamran Ali Taylor, Samuel Garfield, Jeff Onassis) , Official site

Deux Regards

Experimental film created by working directly on film strips.

(Country: US, South Korea; Year: 2008; Director: Kangmin Kim)

Echoes

Details coming soon

(Country: UK)

Emerger

Part of a triumverate of short films - Peaches - this tells the story of a lonely wife and a gay man trying to reconnect with a former lover.

(Year: 2008; Director: Aki Sato; Writer: Aki Sato) , Official site

Forgotten Bird of Paradise

A rare insight into the struggle of the West Papuan people under Indonesian occupation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Dominic Brown) , Official site

Gardens with Red Roses

Love story set in the midst of the 1997 general election.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Richard Oliver; Writer: Paul Watson, Richard Oliver, Matt Cook; Stars: Helen Mutch, Andy Bates, Barry Martin, Harry Towb)

The Girl with Liquid Eyes

A fairytale of love and loss.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith, Adam Smith; Writer: Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith; Stars: Maryam d'Abo)

Henna Night

Secrets come out on the night before a wedding in a British-Arab family.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Sally El Hosaini; Writer: Sally El Hosaini; Stars: Beatriz Romilly, Amber Rose Revah, Badria Timimi)

Hollywood Jerome

Story of a teenager who idolises Hollywood gangsters... which leads him to sign up to a street gang.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Frey Hoffman; Writer: Frey Hoffman, Malik Yusef; Stars: Ronald L. Conner, Zanny Laird, Malik Yusef) , Official site

Honour me

Documentary about a British Pakistani girl abused at home and sent to Pakistan to marry aged 13.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Tweddle)

How To Stop A Man From Committing Suicide

Frank, more known as God, tries to save a depressed man from killing himself.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2008; Director: Markus Bohman; Writer: Markus Bohman; Stars: Christopher Papastefanou, Rickard Åberg, Kent Arvidsson, Millan Forsström, Jenifer Thejls, Henrik Westberg) , Official site , Trailer

Imprint

A woman is caught between love for her daughter and trauma from the past.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Edwin Mcgill; Writer: Edwin Mcgill; Stars: Kristian Beddow, Sharon Davis, Carter Doyle, Siobhan Heenan, Catherine Lee, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Stuart Orr, James Vegter)

The Incredible Story Of My Great Grandmother Olive

The course of true love doesn't run smoothly for an ageing alien and a love-struck gran.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Alberto Rodriguez) , Official site

Infidel

One of a series of comic parables, entitled Sins Of London, this focusses on a disastrous dinner party.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: George Milton; Writer: Mark Tilton; Stars: Dan Fredenburgh, William Beck, Elize du Toit, Orla Fitzgerald, Jo Bourne-Taylor)

Interpretation

A romantic couple encounter a bunch of philosophical thugs.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Lin Oeding; Writer: Lin Oeding, Matt Olmstead; Stars: Ian Bohen, Cindy Chiu, Jay Giannone, Jeremy Luc, James Harvey Ward)

Jericho

Details to follow.

(Director: Liam Gavin)

John And Gaynor

We'll bring you details, as soon as we can find some...

(Country: Tanzania; Year: 2009; Director: Thomas Whitworth)

JSY

Exuberant call to action in an emergency which mixes live action footage with collage.

(Country: UK; Director: Marco Espirito Santo; Stars: Fred Fannon, Sean Power (voice),) , Official site , Trailer

Kavi

A young boy attempts to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced to work as a bonded labor slave in India.

(Country: US, India; Year: 2009; Director: Gregg Helvey; Writer: Gregg Helvey; Stars: Sagar Salunke, Ulhas Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Madhavi Juvekar, Debu Bhattacharya, Rishi Raj Singh, Mukesh Barahti)

Killer

A night of adrenaline and rights of passage.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Leon, Jack Pettibone Riccobono; Writer: Adam Leon, Jack Pettibone Riccobono; Stars: Xavier Peña, Tysheeb Hickson, Ra'eed Harris, Jelani Swaby, Alisa Alexander, Bo Riccobono)

Larry (The Actor)

Larry reminisces on life as a black actor, positivism, and where to buy the freshest oranges in Inglewood...all with an eye on the phone and his mind on the Southside of Chicago. Described as a "mofaux" documentary.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Eric Poydar; Writer: Brett Portanova, Eric Poydar; Stars: Lionel Mark Smith) , Official site

The Last Supper

Sorry, no information available... we'll bring you some as soon as we can.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Rupert Bryan)

Leonardo

Animation shows Leonardo create a flying machine.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Jim Capobianco; Writer: Jim Capobianco) , Official site

Legacy: Black Ops

Review preview for Legacy: Black Ops

The real star here is creator Eromose.

Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
A former special agent holed up in a hotel room in the aftermath of a failed Eastern European mission grows suspicious of his brother's political success.

(Country: Nigeria, UK; Year: 2010; Director: Eromose; Writer: Eromose; Stars: Idris Elba, Eamonn Walker, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Richard Brake) , Official site

Full review See: Legacy interview with Idris Elba, Thomas Ikimi, Eammonn Walker , Tribeca diary and capsule reviews: Legacy, My Brothers, Zonad, Brilliantlove

Loss

Based on a short story by David Constantine.

(Director: Kate Jessop) , Official site

Lucky Quid

A homeless kid finds a coin that could change his life forever.

(Year: 2009; Director: Andy Jenkins; Writer: Andy Jenkins)

Make Yourself At Home (Fais Comme Chez Toi)

A Basque man new to Paris throws a party to make friends, but finds himself stuck with three guests who outstay their welcome.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Gautier About; Writer: Gautier About; Stars: Gautier About, Alain Fromager, Emmanuelle Destremau,) , Official site

Mama

Spooky short, sees two sisters try to avoid their mother.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Andy Muschietti; Stars: Victoria Harris, Berta Ros, Irma Monroig)

Marker

Story focussing on a young girl catching reindeer.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Susanna Wallin)

Meatwaffle

Animation pastiche in which an elderly man recalls some bizarre memories.

(Country: USA; Director: Leah Shore; Writer: Leah Shore)

Meltdown

An ice block invades a refrigerator.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: David Green; Stars: Emanuel Borria, Ryan Bradley, David Cross, Martin Dusig, Daniel Hartley, Genevieve Jones, Sunny Peabody, DeAnn Trimarchi, Justin Uretz)

Mentoring Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke's aging acting teacher, Carl Montgomery Baker, has one last student he hopes to mentor to stardom...

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Robert Postrozny; Writer: Jessica Simons; Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert Postrozny, Carl B. Montgomery)

Metro Boulot Dodo

What is the difference between a ready-made and a real object?

(Country: Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Elisa Minuzzo, Nicola Crivellari)

The Mouse That Soared

Animated adventures of a foundling mouse who becomes a flying circus attraction.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Kyle Bell; Writer: Kyle Bell, Matthew J. Hayes; Stars: Kyle Bell) , Official site

My Horizon

A young American in London tries to come to terms with his brother's death as he drifts through the city.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Matt Tromans; Writer: Matt Tromans; Stars: Sean Brosnan, Brawley Nolte, Nick Nolte, Margo Stilley)

My Identity

True story of an Irish transgender person and their fight for recognition of their basic human rights.

(Country: Ireland; Director: Vittoria Colonna)

Natal Attraction

An adulterous doctor gets into trouble via internet dating.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Tom Fry; Writer: Tom Fry; Stars: Anthony Richardson, Mandy Kaplan)

No sana hoy: It Will Not Heal Today

The director travels to Cuba to reconnect with the forgotten past of her grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Becky Korman; Writer: Becky Korman)

Of Best Intentions

Five characters collide with cosmic consequences.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Brian Durnin; Writer: Brian Durnin)

The Old Song and Dance

Surreal music video from the 1920s set to Whispering Jack Smiths' 'Gimme A Little Kiss'.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Ronni Raygun)

Open Your Eyes

Diagnosed with breast cancer, Julia struggles to come to terms with her life and new self image.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Susan Cohen; Writer: Susan Cohen; Stars: Traci Dinwiddie, Suzy Nakamura, Eric Lange, Teresa Huang)

Partir

Anna is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and is about to enter a nursing home. Lucette, the housekeeper, is packing up the home where Anna has always lived and Clementine, Anna's grandaughter, comes to help and spend the last days in the house with her grandmother.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Melodie Lamotte D'Incamps; Writer: Melodie Lamotte D’Incamps; Stars: Betty Krestinsky, Clementine Mazzoni, Lucette Martini)

Pictures

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: P.D. Blake; Stars: Alan Convy, Andrea Corr, Neil Pearson)

Pom-Pom

Short.

(Year: 2009; Director: Yves Courbet)

Post-It Love

Nothing says I love you like a post-it.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Simon Atkinson, Si & Ad, Adam Townley; Writer: Simon Atkinson, Adam Townley; Stars: Lee Ingleby, Charity Wakefield)

Roar

A lonely Londoner takes drastic action after being snubbed by a girl.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Wimpenny; Writer: J S Hill; Stars: Russell Tovey, Jodie Whittaker, Tom Burke, Melanie Gray, Victoria Wicks)

Rolfe

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Director: Thomas Whitworth)

The Rules Of The Game

Dark comedy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Tom Daley)

The Screaming Skull

One need not be a house to be haunted.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Ashley Thorpe; Writer: Ashley Thorpe; Stars: Ed Berry)

Second Chance

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Director: Clint Dyer; Stars: Alison Steadman, Aml Ameen, David Harewood, Susan Vidler)

Seeds

A chance encounter at a bus stop may hold the key to moving on.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Stewart Hendler; Writer: Richard Bloom, Lonny Pugh; Stars: Steve Filice, Sarah Jane Morris, Greg Rikaart, RuPaul, Irene White)

Sertoli, Sertoli, Sertoli

Orwellian tale in which the top man in an underground resistance movement sets out to uncover the truth behind a corporate behemoth.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Owen Williams, Adam Wright; Writer: Owen Williams, Adam Wright; Stars: Michael Dixon, Kiki Kendrick, Richard Hollingworth, Rob Jones, Gwenda Williams, Christopher More)

Shakespeare, Tarantino and the Mitchell Brothers

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Director: Mark Davis)

Shank

An ex-con fresh out of prison tries to atone for his past, but finds going straight harder than he expected.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Chris J. Taylor; Writer: Chris J. Taylor; Stars: Gary Kitching)

Sky People

In this surreal satire people race to live above the 13th floor to double their life-span as a "sky-person".

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Shanti Thakur; Writer: Shanti Thakur; Stars: Mike Callahan, Carson Grant, Guy Olivieri, Youngblood Roche, Gayle Kelly Landers, Kristopher Kling, Olivia Villanti, Paul Breen, Shanti Thakur, Chandler Sante, Sherry Russell, Sadie Jones, Danielle Sante, Tyler Anderson, Sri Gordon)

The Slow Game (La partita lenta)

Rugby and trusting the bank.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2009; Director: Paolo Sorrentino; Writer: Umberto Contarello, Paolo Sorrentino; Stars: Monica Dugo, Roberto Bernardini, Renato Gnani, Francesco Iacorossi, Flavio Gregori)

The Sound of the Bell

For two boys on opposite sides of the world, school means very different things.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Esteban Gitton; Writer: Esteban Gitton; Stars: Pablo Gitton, Javed Khan)

Sparks

The tale of a former rock-and-roll goddess who may or may not have burnt her house down. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Writer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elmore Leonard; Stars: Carla Gugino, Eric Stoltz, Xander Berkeley, Elizabeth Clemmons)

Stalk Much?

After a crushing breakup, Michael journeys through the five stages of grief.

(Country: US; Director: Bill Baykan; Writer: Bill Baykan; Stars: Rob Janas)

Sunshower

An encounter between a teenager and an elderly men... after she knocks him down with a boosted car.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2009; Director: Liam Gavin; Writer: Liam Gavin; Stars: Brendan Conroy, Jenn Murray)

Super Hero Blues

Details to follow.

(Country: UK; Director: Cass Marks)

Swipe

A man resorts to unconventional means to get money from his girlfriend.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Max Blustin; Writer: Max Blustin; Stars: Lauren Shein, Daniel Mendoza)

Tall Greens Tight Yellows

A seasonal worker mum struggles against her daughter's attachment to the local community.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ornette Spenceley)

The Taxidermist

A dark and quirky love story.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Bert & Bertie, Katie Ellwood, Amber Templemore-Finlayson; Writer: Bert & Bertie, Katie Ellwood; Stars: Paul Bhattacharjee, Ford Kiernan, Craig Parkinson, Camilla Rutherford)

Tea And Biscuits

Billy and Eva are two people who meet in the gap of time between life and death. A short and sweet moment where memories are shared over a cup of tea and biscuits.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Chris Klockner; Writer: Alex Barker; Stars: Toby Kebbell, Alex Barker, Marcus Lezard, Stephen Gressieux, Dave Whitlam, Matthew Shanfari, Rupert Bryan, Jolene Farmer, Rachael Kahn) , Official site

Tender as Hellfire

Two boys try to come to terms with the loss of their father, while their mother's boyfriend has to decide whether he can shoulder the responsibility.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Jason Stone; Writer: Joe Meno, Jason Stone; Stars: Chris Aguilar, Johnny Brazell, Sean Christian Day, Sean-Christian Day, Jeff Edwards, Craig Harrill, John Hawkes, Rick Mueller, Greg Travis, Robert Van Winkle, Bellamy Young)

Ten For Grandpa

An introspective look at the enigmatic life of an influential ancestor that pushes an individual to immerse himself in a nefarious web of danger and infamy.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Doug Karr; Writer: Doug Karr; Stars: David Alpay, David Huband, Catherine Black, Shannon Beckner, David Cormican, Ann de Villiers, Connor Edwards, Colette Kendall)

Thorns and Silk

Snapshot documentary about the lives of four women from the West Bank who work in male-dominated jobs.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Paulina Tervo; Stars: Majda Al-Bahr, Niveen Al-Sawi, Hanan Al-Sharef, Yusra Mansur)

A Time Comes

Documentary about the Kingsnorth six, environmental activists who scaled the chimney of Kingsnorth power station.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Nick Broomfield)

The Title Was Shot

Details to follow.

(Country: France/USA)

Top Girl

Donna is fifteen and fearless – the hottest babe in the whole of Brixton. She and her best friend Felicia are looking for Legz, a cool guy of around 20 who has a sound studio – in the bedroom of his mother’s flat. But Donna’s date with him doesn’t exactly go as she expected...

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Rebecca Johnson; Stars: Rumbi Mautsi, Naomi J. Lewis, Alexis Rodney, Jay Brown, Kerron Darby)

Touche

Review preview for Touche

It's a quirky calling card but it's difficult to say how well this style would work if applied to a longer project.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A cat decides to pick on a dog stuck in a car.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Trevor Hardy; Writer: Trevor Hardy)

Full review

War School

A children's school for soldiers.

(Year: 2009; Director: Ben Newman)

Where the Monsters Go

A troubled schoolboy coerces his cousin to take part in a crazed plan to break into a mysterious abandoned house in the forest.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Van Poynton; Writer: Leigh Oakley, Van Poynton; Stars: Bradley Hall, Geoff Loynes, Maria Massini, Ben Smith) , Official site

Wrap

In a cloud of mistaken glamour, making films can be murder.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Portia Barnett-Herrin; Stars: Barbara Joslyn, Rosy Benjamin, Shaun French, Natasha White) , Official site

Young Love

A jogger might be struggling... but it isn't safe to stop.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Ariel Kleiman; Writer: Ariel Kleiman; Stars: Anna Dudas, Alex Ford) , Official site