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Search 2000, Narrative Short films by title (28)
A FEELING CALLED GLORY
Dir: Coreen Mayrs, Canada, 28 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A delightfully morbid and life-affirming story about a quirky summer friendship between two oddballs who have unique and opposing outlooks on coping with l ... more »
A FISTFUL OF KEBAB
Dir: Roar Uthaug & Espen Egeland, Norway, 9 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A dusty kebab dive. Twelve heavily armed men. A stranger without a name. An extra strong kebab.... Norway's first kebab western. ... more »
A VISIT TO NY
Dir: Brenden Flynt, United States, 6 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A German mother flies to New York City to visit her daughter and finds out she quit an important internship to become an actress on Broadway. ... more »
A WHOLE NEW DAY
Dir: William Garcia, United States, 18 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Bukowski meets Stanley Kowalski in the form of James Gandolfini's portrait of Vincent. Vincent is a blue collar "family man" of Italian decent who has a dr ... more »
BILLY TWIST
Dir: Eva Aridjis, United States, 9 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Billy takes action by mounting a military campaign prior to his piano recital. His objective: retrieving his walkie talkie from the enemy (Billy's mom). Hi ... more »
BONBON
Dir: Franziska Stünkel, Germany, 23 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A raucuos romantic turqoise-blue pop-art fairy-tale about the relationship of Julie and Pierre. Julie loves Pierre. Pierre loves Julie. Julie loves France ... more »
BROKE
Dir: Matt Goldman, United States, 20 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Imagine Cassavetes directing a Seinfeld episode on methamphetamines while Charlie Mingus and the Pixies do the score. "Broke" weaves through an urban web o ... more »
COPIER, THE
Dir: Christian Taftrup, Denmark, 20 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Christian Tafdrup is the script copier at Zentropa. He is the company's absolute dog's body and the other employees treat him like dirt. But his friends ar ... more »
DALEKO
Dir: Andrea Staka, United States, 9 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Ana lives in New York, her family in Belgrade. Spring 1999. She is listening to the monotony of the dialtone's humming sound. ... more »
DE TODO UN POCO
Dir: Jordan Mintzer, United States, 11 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Set in the streets, restaurants, and brothels of Queens, this film follows a Mexican dishwasher in the hours that pass between work. ... more »
DIGITAL HARVEY
Dir: Federico Hatoum, United States, 10 min, 1999, Narrative Short
In this hilarious mockumentary, two misguided digital effects gurus "improve" the classic Jimmy Stewart film Harvey, in which Stewart befriends an invisibl ... more »
DOT DOWN
Dir: Christophe Dunert, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
After a fight with his girlfriend, Ezee goes out for a walk... ... more »
ENGAGED
Dir: Eric Deacon, England, 12 min, 1999, Narrative Short
"Engaged" is a black comic fable about love and grief and how the two things often go hand in hand. Eileen and her 40 year old son Mick, run a tatty hotel ... more »
FULL MOON AT MIDNIGHT
Dir: Henrik Kozlowski, United States, 5 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A struggling artist is contemplating suicide. An angel disguised as a burglar breaks into the artist's home. A confrontation ensues. During the struggle th ... more »
HOMELAND
Dir: Doug Scott, El Salvador, 30 min, 1999, Narrative Short
This is the story of Adrian, a young gang member who is deported to his native El Salvador after taking part in a shooting on the streets of New York City. ... more »
HUMIDITY
Dir: Nyle Cavazos Garcia, United States, 25 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Leigh is getting older and finding herself stuck in a frustrating routine, only that routine belongs to somebody else. Clark, her neighbor, is a fifty-year ... more »
IN THE JUNGLE
Dir: Kim Yong-Hwa, Korea, 27 min, 2000, Narrative Short
The film reveals the desperate lives of two brothers. Myunghoon takes care of his mother, who suffers from an incurable illness, and younger brother, who i ... more »
LAST REQUEST
Dir: Tom Hodges, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A hit man takes his victim to the middle of the desert to make the victim dig his own grave. But when the victim finds out this is the hit man's first time ... more »
LAUGHTER OF GOD, THE
Dir: Dylan Verrechia, United States, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Mr. Gouliate, an Algerian journalist in exile, lives with his daughter in New York. He has to deal with the burden of his memory and the reality of his dau ... more »
MARSHMALLOW
Dir: Nathan Fleet, Canada, 6 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A sexual predator entices a four year old girl into his car and goes to an abandoned rail station. The musical score and a train are the only sounds in thi ... more »
META
Dir: Marcella Steingart, United States, 19 min, 1999, Narrative Short
A girl with a bald spot meets a boy with a worm. "Meta," explores with honesty and simple detail, the universal teenage struggle to find love and save face ... more »
NIGHT ON THE TOWN
Dir: James Holland, United States, 19 min, 1999, Narrative Short
"Night on the Town" is the story of three children left at home while their parents enjoy a night out. Inspired by memories of the filmmaker's own childhoo ... more »
NOMI'S BAT MITZVAH
Dir: Jessica Sharzer, United States, 13 min, 2000, Narrative Short
A sentimental comedy about what it means to become a woman. There is family, ritual and all the trappings of "femininity." On the other hand, there are boy ... more »
RAZOR'S EDGE
Dir: Lorenzo Benedick, United States, 13 min, 1999, Narrative Short
An old fashioned barber finds himself at a loss when called upon to shave an unusually jittery customer. When all attempts at idle everyday chatter fail to ... more »
RIPPLE
Dir: Tim Kerns, United States, 5 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Two fishermen find Jesus Christ floating in a lake and have to figure out what to do with him. ... more »
RUNNING STILL
Dir: Peter LoGreco, United States, 13 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Robert Walker, a man who always does the right thing, now finds himself trapped between his wife, his lover, and a choice that could change his life foreve ... more »
STATION #77
Dir: Bryan Furst, United States, 12 min, 2000, Narrative Short
Joe, the lone attendent at a remote desert gas station, decides to do something. Something big. ... more »
TORMENTS
Dir: Andrea Seligmann, Brazil, 15 min, 1999, Narrative Short
Loneliness and incommunicability. 20-year-old Lucy tries to discover what gives her pleasure. ... more »