Anchorage International Film Festival
SUPER SHORTS
This years Super Shorts program “The Deep End” runs deep with emotion and insight into the human condition. From the humorous take on jealousy from Easy on the Eyes to the lighthearted simple joy of Patrick Warren, you are bound to be in discussion as you exit these screenings.
Mike Allison,
Director of Super Short Programming
THE DEEP END
Sunday, December 7 at 3:15 PM - Anchorage Museum
Saturday, December 13 at 8:45 PM - Fireweed Theatre
Stop & Go
Alaska/USA - 3 min. – Super short
Directed by Brad Swenson
Sure to make you laugh, this film about movie watching is a Hoot from fade up to fade out.
Easy on the Eyes
USA - 6 min. – Super short
Directed by Nick Wenger
Date completed: December 2007
John, a male chauvinist pig, cannot stop gawking at beautiful women. That is, until Beth cuts out his eyes with a spoon, rendering him blind.
USA - 5 min. – Super short
Directed by Abra Chouinard
Date completed: June 2008
Josh plans to propose to Tiffany while his best friend secretly films from the bushes but his romantic plan is undone by a mysterious alien creature out for murder.
Italy - 6 min. – Super short
Directed by Takhito Kuroha. 6 min.
Date completed: October 2007
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...
This Life
Australia - 9 min. – Super short
Directed by Sarah Spillane
Date completed: August 2008
Based loosely on the Virginia Tech Massacre, the film illustrates the demise of humanity and the helplessness of society in the face of tragedy.
Patrick Warren
USA- 2 min. – Super short
Directed by Colin Rich
Date completed: March 2008
A magician learns the true nature of his abilities.
The Untethered Citizen
USA - 7 min. – Super short
Directed by Alix Duggins
What do you do when you don't know where home is?
Australia - 7 min. – Super short
Directed by Matthew Jenkin
Date completed: July 2008
Believing the answers to many of life’s questions lay somewhere in the world, a young traveler backpacks his way across the globe. He encounters friendship, love and a confusing washing system in southern France.
Double Talk
Switzerland - 5 min. – Super short
Directed by Julien Ezri
Date completed: January 2007
An interesting seduction scene in a restaurant
USA - 7 min. – Super short
Directed by Damian Hora
Date completed: July 2008
In a blink her love was gone. Now she will do anything to bring him back. True love never dies.
I passi deli' anima (Soul Walking)
Italy- 10 min. – Super short
Directed by Matteo Galante
Date completed: March 2008
The ordinary walk of a man becomes a physical and mental walk through his memories. Memories of his youth and of a tragic event that changed his whole life.
Picture of a Good Woman
Australia - 5 min. – Super short
Directed by Goran Stolevski
Date completed: July 2007
An unorthodox wedding takes place between a pair of mismatched immigrants.
You're Only What I See Sometimes
Ireland - 10 min - Super short
Directed by Donal Foreman
Date completed: June 2008
A girl travels home the morning after a one night stand, reflecting on her experience. A sensual and subjective film about the traces an intimate encounter leaves in our memory.
The film maker is scheduled to attend the screening.
Switzerland - 10 min.- Super short
Directed by Villi Hermann
Date completed: January 2008
In the near future, young Gaia’s dreams are shattered by the evil people who populate the city. Her grandfather tries to distract her by using her imagination. He creates for her, a fantastic place to hide from reality, a reality in which the oil reserves are almost finished and in which plastic has become a valuable material.
USA - 8 min. – Super short
Directed by Kathi Carey
Date completed: August 2008
When a nondescript violin shows up at an upscale auction it seems wildly out of place. But who decides what something or someone is really worth? The answer may surprise you.
USA - 3 min. - Super short
Directed by Ben Insler
A short parody of the film Cloverfield. Told entirely from a first person perspective it follows a group of young adults through the streets of New York City as they struggle to survive a monster attack.
Australia - 9 min. – Super short
Directed by Nash Edgerton
Date completed 2007
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.