2008 Short Program B
Jun 2nd, 2008 by MIFF Team
SCREENING TIME: 11am SUNDAY JULY 13th, 2008
Approximate Rating Range: PG-13 to R
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The Atheist Clitoris | ||
| A first date goes awry when a Christian man learns that his date’s clitoris is a full-blown atheist! | |||
| Director: Brooks Hunter | |||
| Starring: Ginette Gaskin, Gregory Vitale, Dylan Argument | |||
| Henrietta’s clitoris has special needs. With a mind of its own and strong atheist beliefs, it scares away every man she fools around with. Will this next date with Bill be any different? Well that’s for you to find out!
Note: the opinions in this film do not reflect those of the filmmakers! |
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Communication Breakdown | |
| Hal has finally arrived | ||
| Director: Stefano Matteo Colacitti | ||
| Starring: Aurora Browne, Stephen Lobo | ||
| A short story about the trials and pit falls of dating in the 21st century – from the fast paced world of PDA’s and instant messaging, to latte’s over a cell phone…here comes a short story that will change the way we date forever, as two unsuspecting souls find each other in the most unlikely of scenarios! | ||
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The Decision | ||
| Director: Darryl Callender | |||
| Starring: Wynton Callender | |||
| After buying a winning lottery ticket, a young man is faced with an extremely difficult decision; to tell, or not to tell. Realizing that his life is about to dramatically change, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind. Little does he know that he will be torn between the two sides of his decision. | |||
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Duel | ||
| Directors: Josh Coulas, Matt Dorman | |||
| Starring: Andrew Udell, Reg Taylor, Luke Dorman, Sandy McMaster, Matthew McCrory, Jason Brown, Courtney Guest | |||
| A dark and brooding tale in the vein of Sin City, in which Caleb, a young artist, struggles to overcome his troubled past by sketching a comic book world in his graphic novels, a world that only he could pull himself into. Soon enough, Caleb finds himself unable to distinguish between what is fantasy and what is reality in the real world, forcing him to wage war against his own creation, Seth, his antagonist character. | |||
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Foreign Soil | ||
| Sacrifice, Humility and Shoes…an Immigrant story. | |||
| Director: Mazi Khalighi | |||
| Starring: Anousha Alamian, Simin Parsa, Mathew Zargham | |||
| Maggie Taheri and her two sons, Ali and Shawn, have just arrived in Canada from Iran. Unfortunately, their entry into the country starts off on the wrong foot – literally. When Maggie’s heel snaps in the airport it is a sign of things to come for this family that had such high hopes of starting fresh in a new country. | |||
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Karim | ||
| Sometimes We Break… | |||
| Director: Yaz Rabadi | |||
| Starring: Ryan Persaud, Rishma Malik, Mukesh Asopa, Blake Chorley, Roderick Crawford | |||
| Karim tells the tale of a troubled boy who finds himself trapped in a world where fear, violence and abuse surround him, preying on his every thought and action. Having lived with these issues for years, Karim slowly turns in to what he hates the most. | |||
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The Last Bang | ||
| A coming of old age story | |||
| Director: Emmanuel Shirinian | |||
| Starring: Bernard Behrens, Russell Bennett, Beatriz Yuste | |||
| The Last Bang explores a loving but tumultuous relationship between a grandson and his grandfather. Max Solomon, 88 years old, asks his grandson, Benjamin Pinter, 29 years old to take him to an escort agency just once before he dies. After a feeble attempt at offering an alternative to his grandfather’s wish, Benjamin is left neurotic and morally conflicted. | |||
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My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders | ||
| Director: Adam Swica | |||
| Starring: Kristen Holden-Ried, Adam Schurman, Doug Murray | |||
| A family cursed with an odd history of misfortune must come to terms with the fact that history is about to repeat itself again with the impending birth of a baby boy. An idiosyncratic comedy, MY UNCLE NAVY and Other Inherited Disorders follows Hodgie and his Uncle Navy as they search for his father in order to get him to the hospital in time for the birth of his ill-fated second son. | |||
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Nameless | ||
| Director: Greg Kovacs | |||
| Starring: Thomas M. Gofton, Martin Uus, Laura Neilsen, Brad McMillan, Aaron Soch | |||
| Waking abruptly in the dead of winter, Mr. X searched for his identity in world unknown to him or the eccentric personalities he meets. With strange Curiosity, a little Patience, a touch of Wrath and a hand from Selflessness, Mr. X finds his identity in a world that is all but black and white. | |||
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The Passenger | ||
| Director: Michael Mercy | |||
| Starring: Mark Folks, Beverly Gail Witzig, Fane, Randy Butcher, Gabriel Moza, Luana Mercy, Michael Mercy | |||
| On her way home from visiting her sister, a young woman’s car runs low on gas in a dark, rural town where several murders have taken place. She has just enough gas to take her to a gas station, but her relief turns to fear when the gas station attendant acts suspicious. | |||
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Play With Me | ||
| Director: Kenny Mariasin and Andrew Goring | |||
| Starring: Laura Furtado, Bruce Klorfine | |||
| ‘Play With Me’ is a portrait of misplaced passion as told through the sensual dance moves of renowned dance choreographer and performer Laura Furtado as well as the angelic piano playing of Bruce Klorfine. The short is a tragic yet interpretive co-directing venture between Kenny Mariasin and Andrew Goring. | |||
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The Self Tapping Screw | ||
| Director: Dylan McDonald | |||
| Starring: Gord Wiebe, and J. Brian McDonald | |||
| The Self Tapping Screw is designed with a serious approach in the sense that the message is the challenge. It shows that deep and less focused thoughts can be understood more extremely through an audiovisual experience, opposed to just through words or symbols.
Not to pretend that it’s intended to be serious. The message is definitely a joke, abstract as it is. It was a fun project throughout and seems to be pretty fun for the audience as well. |
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The Supermarios | ||
| The Koopa di tutti Koopa | |||
| Director: Rudy Jahchan | |||
| Starring: Casey McKinnon, Dave Noiseux, Rudy Jahchan | |||
| It’s not easy being Mario… between dealing with his enemies, his wife and his no good kid brother, it’s no wonder he’s got to see a shrink now and again. | |||
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Thirst | ||
| Directors: Tyler Williams, Ken Mohabir | |||
| Starring: Simon Fon, Tyler Williams, Kevin Robinson | |||
| Two soldiers stranded in a barren radioactive wasteland discover a much needed canteen of fresh water, but when their primal instincts take over it becomes survival of the fittest. | |||
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