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Search 2009, Narrative Short films by title (27)
AFTER TOMORROW
Dir: Emma Sullivan, England, 15 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James grows increasingly concerned when the sinister owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave. A ... more »
ALTER EGO
Dir: Cédric Prevost, France, 20 min, 2008, Narrative Short
In a park of Paris, Esther and Nadir come across each other, having apparently very little in common. Apparently... ... more »
CHAMBERMAID, THE
Dir: Ann Holmgren, Norway, 22 min, 2008, Narrative Short
A young man arrives at a hotel on a small island. He contacts an elderly woman who works at the hotel as a chambermaid. It proves that they have a common ... more »
CONCERTO
Dir: Filippo Conz, United States, 14 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Detective Ray Lorenz returns home to discover his wife sleeping with Phillip, her violin teacher. When Ray impulsively kidnaps Phillip, the two go on a jou ... more »
COTTON CANDY
Dir: Aritz Moreno, Spain, 11 min, 2008, Narrative Short
The cold always complicates things. ... more »
DINNER, THE
Dir: Karchi Perlmann, Hungary, 26 min, 2008, Narrative Short
The Dinner revolves around a day in the life of a small rural Hungarian family during the riots of September 2006. The day starts when the adult son of the ... more »
FORBACH
Dir: Claire Burger, France, 35 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Samuel returns to Forbach, his birthplace, to receive a medal. In this coal mining city of Lorraine, everyone is proud of his Parisian success: a native of ... more »
GARDENS WITH RED ROSES
Dir: Richard Oliver, England, 16 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Set in May 1997 at the time of the New Labour election victory, 'Gardens with Red Roses' is an independently produced and funded short film about love, asp ... more »
IMPASSE
Dir: Bram Schouw, Netherlands, 5 min, 2008, Narrative Short
An encounter between a white boy and an African girl in a night train. They look at each other: he wants to, but doesn't dare. She lets him, but stays elus ... more »
KNIFE POINT
Dir: Carlo Mirabella-Davis, United States, 27 min, 2009, Narrative Short
An evangelical family passing through upstate New York gives a ride to an unusual traveling knife salesman. ... more »
LENNY
Dir: Cyril Amon Schaublin, Germany, 17 min, 2009, Narrative Short
Two teenagers lives are brought together through internet webcams. Anton's desire is awakened after discovering Lenny's personal video blog on Youtube. Awa ... more »
LIONESS(ES)
Dir: Jae-Hee Hong, Korea, 20 min, 2008, Narrative Short
A meat market: Jung-hee, a butcher, run away from her abusive husband, Sung-chil, who gambles and even beats her. Her neighbors, pitying her situation, sug ... more »
LUXURY
Dir: Jarek Sztandera, Poland, 39 min, 2008, Narrative Short
The lives of two boys converge at the central train station in Warsaw a day before Christmas. One is a teen prostitute nicknamed Luksus (Luxury) and the ot ... more »
NEXT FLOOR
Dir: Denis Villeneuve, Canada, 12 min, 2008, Narrative Short
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic ... more »
PINCHAS
Dir: Pini Tavger, Israel, 30 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Pinhas & his mother are new immigrants from Russia His mother barely makes a living working night shifts, she devotes her spare time to the affair she has ... more »
PRISONFOOD
Dir: Uwe Flade, Germany, 8 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Set during a very special Sunday in a single prison cell, Prisonfood is a tale of entrapment, tension and the power of the human imagination. With only a s ... more »
ROOTS
Dir: Eileen Hofer, Switzerland, 18 min, 2008, Narrative Short
In a small Turkish village, doomed to be flooded by the construction of a dam, an unemployed widower wants to celebrate his birthday of his child, who drea ... more »
SIX AND A HALF
Dir: Ana Lily Amirpour, United States, 5 min, 2008, Narrative Short
When a little girl tries to catch a frog in a pond, she has a painful accident and blames the frog... so she goes back for revenge. ... more »
SMALL COLLECTION
Dir: Jeremiah Crowell, United States, 6 min, 2008, Narrative Short
A different kind of love story - unfolding not in real time, but in the corridors of memory. The lovers' faces are never seen, only their voices heard. We ... more »
SPOTTER, THE
Dir: Thomas Beug, United States, 14 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Set on a fire escape in Brooklyn at dawn, a boy and girl meet to perform a weekly ritual in their makeshift crow's nest. She's the spotter, he's the sniper ... more »
TAIAN LU
Dir: Mathieu Borysevicz, China, 13 min, 2008, Narrative Short
The story centers around Taian Lu No.6, a dilapidated colonial era building, now home to an eclectic cross section of Shanghai's demography. Through the da ... more »
THAWING OUT
Dir: Jean-Julien Chervier, France, 27 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Since he arrives to the nude-camp forced by his mother, Leo a 12 year-old, feels like dying. Until he meets Antoinette and her magic mushrooms... ... more »
TOP GIRL
Dir: Rebecca Johnson, England, 19 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Set in Brixton South London, and shot using a cast of new and non-actors, TOP GIRL is a truthful and tender coming of age tale. Fearless 15 year old Donna ... more »
TROUBLED WATERS
Dir: Charlotte Erlih, France, 20 min, 2008, Narrative Short
1910. Louis, 17, helps a wealthy stranger, Théodora, 40, to find the body of her husband, who shipwrecked. He drags her, at sunset, on his weak skiff. Thei ... more »
US
Dir: Olivier Hems, France, 11 min, 2007, Narrative Short
A police officer carries out a search of a man's apartment and enters the life of someone forgotten by everyone. ... more »
WUNDERKAMMER
Dir: Andrea Pallaoro, United States, 13 min, 2008, Narrative Short
An elderly woman and her son struggle to coexist in a house that shelters a spectacular menagerie of birds. Surrendering to their codependence, inside a w ... more »
YOUNG LOVE
Dir: Ariel Kleiman, Australia, 7 min, 2008, Narrative Short
Young Erno struggles to jog. He clutches his stomach with his hand and winces with pain as he hobbles through a deserted farmland. His white socks are gath ... more »