WORLD OF COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL 2009 SCHEDULE OF FILMS



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009

OPENING NIGHT – A FEAST OF COMEDY SHORTS – program #1

SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS

SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS

Bill Plympton/ USA/ 2008/ 3:25 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Biljara Labovic/ Print Source: Bill Plympton plymptoons@aol.com

Who knew that Santa Claus had a dark, hidden past that’s very un-jolly? This short film uncovers and explores Santa’s flirtation with politics and greed. From Academy Award© nominee Bill Plympton.

DECEITFUL ONES

DECEITFUL ONES

Paul Wensley/Canada/ 2 minutes
Producer: Paul Wensley/ Print Source: Paul Wensley paulwensley@rogers.com

Desperate men try to use an expired pizza coupon.

THREE FIFTY

THREE FIFTY

Maurice Chauvet/ USA/ 2007/ 9 minutes/ Ontario Premiere

A video store customer tells a white lie to get out of his late fees only to discover how much personal info is just a keystroke away.

SPACEMEN THREE

SPACEMEN THREE

Hugh O'Conor/ Ireland/ 2008/ 12:31 minutes/ North American Premiere
Producer: Lucy Dyke/ Collaborator: John Butler/ Print Source: Lucy Dyke lafillelucy@gmail.com

Astro-geologist Dr. Glen Hosey is in space for the first time. His unusual method of passing the time isn’t exactly compatible with the peaceful voyage the other two astronauts had in mind…

SHAUN THE SHEEP: wash day

SHAUN THE SHEEP: wash day

Jay Grace/ UK/ 2008/ 2 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Julie Lockhart/ Print Source: neil.warwick@aardman.com

Playing with the clean clothes on the clothesline leads to disastrous results. Trying to rectify the problem leads from one calamity to another. Academy Award© winning Aardman Animation.

FELIX MELMAN

FELIX MELMAN

Dan Lantz/ USA/ 2007/ 13 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Adrian Sam/ Print Source: Dan Lantz dl@impulsetv.com

Felix Melman is a human doormat whose life hasn’t turned out quite the way he would have liked. He’s divorced, failing at his job and with the ladies. Today, he just wants to get home a little early to pick up his kid. Fate, however, has other plans for Felix Melman.

UNDER A MINUTE GUIDES TO THE WORLD

UNDER A MINUTE GUIDES TO THE WORLD

Philip Travis/ Canada/ 2007/ 2:57 minutes/
Producer: Philip Travis/ Print Traffic: Philip Travis phil@eyeballtraffic.com

Three short films that take you to Honduras, USA and Canada all in under one minute each!

TWO MEN IN A CAR

TWO MEN IN A CAR

carlos Domeque/ UK/ 2008/ 14:21 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: carlos Domeque/ Print Source: carlos Domeque carlos@domeque.wanadoo.co.uk

Bill and his friend Ben are on a road trip through Britain. After they pick up a beautiful hitchhiker strange things begin to happen and soon they realize the seriousness of their situation: they are characters in a short film!

THE JOB

THE JOB

Jonathan Browning/ USA/ 2007/ 20:30 minutes/ Ontario Premiere
Print Source: Jonathan Browning jb@jonathanbrowning.com

A twisted look at the current immigration debate in this country. A short film about role reversal, with hilarious results.
Grand Prize sinner, Festival International des Très Courts 2008

EARANO

EARANO

Luke Matheny/ USA/ 2007/ 13:00 minutes/ Ontario Premiere
Producer: Sasha Gordon/ Print Source: Luke Matheny lukemathenylives@yahoo.com

In this comical twist on the classic Cyrano de Bergerac tale, a shy, big-eared tutor named Earl longs for a romance with the lovely librarian Roxie. But the arrival of a hunky janitor puts a kink in Earl’s plans and sets into motion a surprising and funny story of unrequited love.

MIRACLE INVESTIGATORS

MIRACLE INVESTIGATORS

Jeremy Dehn/ USA/ 2008/ 13:07 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Executive Producer: Maggie Dehn/ Producer: Lindsay Stillman/ Print Source: Jeremy Dehn jeremydehn@yahoo.com

Veteran miracle investigator Father Dominic and his rookie partner Father Justin judge the authenticity of miracles and bust the spiritual criminals who dare disagree.

SURPRISE!

SURPRISE!

Fabrice Maruca/ France/ 2007/ 18 minutes/
Producer: Fabrice Maruca/ Print Source: Fabrice Maruca fabrice@pleinlavue.net

As an attentive husband, Pierre has prepared a surprise for his wife Brigitte’s birthday. But a series of harmless incidents (like a draft and a sun beam reflected off a window) brings the young next-door neighbour into his bed just as Brigitte walks through the door…

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2009

1:00 PM – FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION AND SHORT APPETIZERS – SHORTS

LA AVENTURA DE ROSA

LA AVENTURA DE ROSA

Angela Armero/ Spain/ 2008/ 12:35 minutes/ North American Premiere
Producer: Alvaro Fernandez Armero/ Print Source: Angela Armero angela.armero@gmail.com

By chance, a young girl named Rosa finds a book and discovers she's the main character in a story which will lead her to take choices about her own life.

THE OFFICE FROM HELL

THE OFFICE FROM HELL

Raymond Carroll/ USA/ 2007/ 3:36 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Raymond Carroll/ Print Source: Raymond Carrollyesfan2001@yahoo.com

“The Office From Hell” is a fast paced comedy that takes place in a unique, highly dysfunctional office.

BAD DAY, GOOD DAY, BAD DAY

BAD DAY, GOOD DAY, BAD DAY

Noah Pink/ Canada/ 2007/ 4 minutes/
Print Source: Noah Pink noahpink@gmail.com

The Good, The Bad, and the ugly: it happens to the best of us, just not usually in the span of one walk – or as tightly choreographed!

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FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

KILL PETER, PAY PAUL

KILL PETER, PAY PAUL

Kenny Foster, Dustin Massie/ USA/ 2008/ World Premiere
Producers: Kenny Foster, Dustin Massie/ Print Source: Ken Foster kjfoster09@yahoo.com

Marshall, an anal retentive Midwest banker has his world turned upside down when his deadbeat cousin Derrick comes to stay with him. Derrick is being pursued by goons determined to collect the money he owes them. Marshall is forced into helping his cousin in his effort to pay his debts an effort which leads to a wild and adventurous night dodging hit men, police and burying evidence.

1:00 PM – SEMINAR #1

FILM 101: BACK TO BASICS or WHAT THEY DIDN’T TEACH YOU IN FILM SCHOOL!

3:00 PM – GET YOUR SHORTS! – program #2

SUPERGLUE

SUPERGLUE

Billy Duberstein/ USA/ 2008/ 17:28 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Billy Duberstein/ Print Source: billy.duberstein@gmail.com

Dave, a screenwriter new to Los Angeles, is invited for dinner by his distant cousin Paul, an established actor on a daytime soap. Paul is overly pushy in his invitation, and Dave accepts, only to soon find himself caught in the middle of a gigantic fight between Paul and his underwear-model girlfriend Lauren, and Dave soon finds his life in danger, as he cannot escape the apartment.

THE QUEUE

THE QUEUE

Jonathan Miles/ UK/ 2007/ 9:20 minutes/ Toronto Premiere
Executive Producer: Bruce Webb/ Producer: Charmaine Jacobs/ Print Source: Jonathan Miles jonathanmiles@dsl.pipex.com

A warning to managing directors everywhere.

HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME?

HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME?

Nick Ball, Gus Johnston/ Australia/ 2008/ 7 minutes
Producer: Gus Johnston, Nick Ball/ Print Source: Nick Ball, Jamroll nick@jamroll.com.au

A man’s insistence on rating everything in his life out of 10 begins to annoy his partner. When the numbers fail to add up one day, she does some subtractions of her own. Math can be downright maddening in this hilarious story of 1 + 1.

I SAW HER FIRST!

I SAW HER FIRST!

Jim Buchholz/ USA/ 2007/ 3:03 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Jim Buchholz/ Print Source: Jim Buchholz jim_buccholz@hotmail.com

“I Saw Her First” is both a celebration and a spoof of the great silent movie era that started this whole wonderful industry.

MY CLAUDIA

MY CLAUDIA

Gianpaolo Venuta, Lindsey Pierre/ Canada/ 2007/ 9 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Ken Proulx/ Print Source: : Ken Proulx ken@ciudadfilms.com

My Caludia is a short film about a guy who wakes up to find the phone number of the girl he met the night before…all signs point to him meeting the girl of his dreams….his ‘Claudia Cardinale’. But is it true, or has his mind been playing tricks on him?

JOEY AND JEROME'S ARTISTIC MEANINGFUL INDEPENDENT FILM

JOEY AND JEROME'S ARTISTIC MEANINGFUL INDEPENDENT FILM

Josh Bass/ USA/ 2008/ 23:12 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Josh Bass/ Print Source: Josh Bass joshbass@sbcglobal.net

Two dudes, after being exposed to the lyrical, poetic world of independent film for the first time, are so inspired they decide to make their own lyrical, poetic independent film. . .with no money, resources, or know-how.

PEACE IN OUR TIME

PEACE IN OUR TIME

Rich Devaney/ USA, Norway/ 2007/ 12:13 minutes/ North American Premiere
Producer: Alan Milligan/ Co-Producer: David Trites/ Print Source: David Trites dtrites@filmfaction.com

'Peace in Our Time' is a political satire about the Patriot Act.

I DO

I DO

William Westaway/ UK/ 2008/ 1:47 minutes/ World Premiere
Print Traffic: Haley Hudson hayley@westawayfilm.co.uk

A man contemplates a big decision on a beach…

SOFT COP

SOFT COP

Owen Elliott/ Australia/ 2008/ 6:48 minutes/ North American Premiere
Producer: Jon Williams, Owen Elliott/ Print Source: Owen Elliott owenelliottmedia@hotmail.com

He may be soft but he's hard on crime.

SKATE DATE

SKATE DATE

Richard Meaney/ Canada/ 2008/ 11:10 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Richard Meaney/ Co-Producer: Samantha Gutstadt/ Print Source: Richard Meaney Richard@aquamaroon.net

In less than a week, Tim has a one in a lifetime skating date with the girl of his dreams...too bad he can't skate.

LOVE DOES GROW ON TREES

LOVE DOES GROW ON TREES

Bevan Walsh/ UK/ 2008/ 10 minutes/ North American Premiere
Producer: Geraldine Patten/ Print Source: Geraldine Patten geraldine@keelfilms.com

Love Does Grow on Trees is a coming of age comedy about a teenage boy whose life is thrown into chaos when he discovers porn magazines, girls and the embarrassment that goes with both.

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5:00 PM – MORE SHORTS! – program #3

EDGAR AND ELIZABETH

EDGAR AND ELIZABETH

Renee Webster/ Australia/ 2007/ 17:15 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Melissa Kelly/ Print Source: Melissa Kelly Melissa@factor30films.com.au

Elizabeth begins her first day on the job as the new photocopy girl. She comes face to face with a beast of a copier with a dangerous personality and a vicious staple gun. Elizabeth calls on the local photocopy mechanic to help. Work place attraction has never been so dangerous.

Welcome to Earth

Welcome to Earth

Kutsy Vaptsarov/ Bulgaria/ 26:14 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Executive Producer: Kutsy Vaptsarov/ Print Source: Kutsy Vaptsarov superart@abv.bg

A man ends up a world after death. He faces the choice of selecting the country in witch he wants to live and pick a profession. Of course he needs to pick his new mom and dad too.

BOYFRIEND LATTE

BOYFRIEND LATTE

Mark Sanders/Canada/ 2007/ 8 minutes
Producer: Mark Sanders, Randal Kumano/ Print Source: mark.sanders@sympatico.ca

Every woman wants a boyfriend who is honest, deep, sweet and very hot. When a young woman finds that and more all in her coffee cup, why should she look any further?

THE 8TH SAMURAI

THE 8TH SAMURAI

Justin Ambrosino/ USA/ 2008/ 29 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: David Stephenson/ Print Source: Justin Ambrosino justinambrosino@gmail.com

“It cannot be eight; it has to be Seven Samuari” THE 8TH SAMURAI is a tragic comedy about fate that pays homage to the samurai films, Italian Neorealism and the American comedies of the 1950s.

I OWN YOU

I OWN YOU

Gary Anthony Williams/ USA/ 2008/ 18 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Gary Anthony Williams, Snehal Patel/ Print Source: Snehal Patel snehalmp@gmail.com

OK. So this black guy, who’s married to a white girl, finds out that her family used to own his. Crazy right? It could happen. In fact, it did

BEWICK’S MAMBO

BEWICK’S MAMBO

Peter Snowdon/ Belgium/ 2008/ 8:58 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Peter Snowdon/ Print Source: Peter Snowdon peter@redrice.net

Late one evening, Adam and Eve find themselves alone in the library. Suddenly, the plants and animals pictured in the books around them start to come alive...

THE OUTLAW EMMETT DEEMUS & THE PORNO QUEEN

THE OUTLAW EMMETT DEEMUS & THE PORNO QUEEN

Alex Ferrari/ USA/ 2008/ 7:30 minutes/ World Premiere
Producers: Jill-Michele Melean, Larry Hankin/ Print Source: Larry Hankin ihfable@aol.com

'Don Quixote on a motorcycle - A Biker Comedy'. Emmett Deemus, a semi-delusional 70 year-old Outlaw Biker wannabe takes on a gang of young outlaw bikers to save a voluptuous young lady they've kidnapped in order to collect the reward. But his heroism and events create a bizarre way in which he earns the money.

PARTIALLY TRUE TALES OF HIGH ADVENTURE!

PARTIALLY TRUE TALES OF HIGH ADVENTURE!

Murphy Gilson/ USA/ 2007/ 11:58 minutes
Executive Producer: Murphy Gilson/ Producer: Hilary Glaholt/ Print Source: Murphy Gilson moifee@yahoo.com

Charlie is just a guy from Indiana trying to make it in Hollywood. To keep his dream alive, he’ll have to rely on the gifts of every mid-western kid: a love of booze and the ability to tell outrageously wild tall-tales. Cameo by Shannon Elizabeth.

7:30 PM – FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION AND SHORT APPETIZERS

Shorts

ASCENSION

ASCENSION

Stephen Irwin/ Australia/2007/ 14 minutes /
Producer: Vickie Gest/ Print Source: Vickie Gest vickie@vizpoets.com

In this comedy of apocalyptic proportions, a man stumbles upon a group of cultists who are anxious to escape Earth and ascend to another solar system. Unfortunately for Tim, they need a sacrifice!

SECTION 44

SECTION 44

Daniel Wilson/ UK/ 2008/ 4:38 minutes/ World Premiere
Executive Producer: Johathon Cartrer-Meggs/ Producer: Daniel Wilson/ Print Source: Daniel Wilson steadicam_dan@yahoo.co.uk

Richard walks out of his house and his world is turned upside down as he is stopped in the street, handcuffed, hooded and thrown in a van. Under the spotlight of the interrogators lamp and the threat of torture will he give up everything and everyone he can to spare himself?

OUTERVENTION

OUTERVENTION

Jonathan Joffe/ Canada/ 2008/ 7 minutes/ Ontario Premiere
Producer: Jonathan Joffe/ Print Source: Jonathan Joffe jonathan@joffepictures.com

Poor Kevin has been addicted to everything but now his family is beginning to suspect he has become addicted to the interventions themselves. Time for something different…time for an Outervention!

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FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

CERTIFIABLY JONATHAN

CERTIFIABLY JONATHAN

Jim Pasternak/ USA/ 1 hour 19 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Richard Marshall/ Co-Producer: Matt Fortnow/ Print Source: Richard Marshall pov@earthlink.net

Comic Icon, Jonathan Winters is alive and crazy as ever. Also a talented artist, he wants his paintings to hang in the Museum of Modern Art. The filmmakers set out to help him make this happen but when Jonathan claims he has lost his sense of humor and can?t finish the new paintings for his big opening, everyone from Robin Williams to Sarah Silverman get involved.

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9:30 PM – SHORTS ON THE LINE (and we don’t mean laundry!) – program #4

DR. MORI’S TELESHOPPING

DR. MORI’S TELESHOPPING

Spiros Jacovides/ Greece/ 2008/ 6:10 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Lambros Triphyllis/ Print Source: Spiros Jacovides spirosja@hol.gr

Dr. Mori, a japanese psychologist, is selling his brand new, Hi-Tech, revolutionairy, completely automatic, state of the art HARAKIRI-KIT for the whole family!

MANSCAPING

MANSCAPING

Shanra Kehl/ USA/ 2008/ 18:17 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Chioke Dmachi/ Print Source: Shanra Kehl shanra22@yahoo.com

To groom or not to groom? Changing men’ lives…one pair of balls at a time.

0PENING NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

0PENING NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Shalena Oxley-Butler/ USA/2008/ 3 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Doug Howell/ Print Source: Doug Howell dohowl@yahoo.com

Even zombies hate being stereotyped – they have feelings too!

È FINITA LA COMMEDIA

È FINITA LA COMMEDIA

Jean-Julien Collette/ Belgium/ 2007/ 13 minutes/
Producer: Anthony Rey/ Print Source: Olivier Tollet jjmovie@gmail.com

A parked car in a residential neighbourhood. A father and his son slowly set up a discussion. Love, sex, mother and death. An atypical connivance, a fusional relationship. Time goes by, tone rises and some questions stay in abeyance: what are they waiting for? And above all… what are they about to accomplish?

DER PFANDLAIE (The Pawn Layman)

DER PFANDLAIE (The Pawn Layman)

Frank-Peter Lenze/ Germany/2007/5 minutes/ North American Premiere
Producer: Ralph Schwingel/ Print Source: Frank-Peter Lenzle fplenze@aol.com

A young man comes in a pawn shop and needs desperately 200 €! The pawnbroker refuses stubbornly! When a dominatrix suddenly appears the young man learns that one is not like the other in this new kind of pawnshop!

X-TREME WEEKEND

X-TREME WEEKEND

Mark Herrier/ USA/ 2008/ 29 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Executive Producer: James Arnold Taylor: Producer: Anna Littles/ Print Source: Thomas Babbes thom@babbesuniplex.com

A dark comedy about lies, treachery and justifiable homicide...you, know, friendship. Three guys go on a camping trip from hell only to realize that sometimes a friend is not a terrible thing to waste.

MY DEER FRIEND

MY DEER FRIEND

Andrew Cherry/ USA/ 2008/ 11 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Andrew Cherry/ Print Source: Suzan Ertumen sertumen@scad.edu

A story about friendship and sacrifice. One deer bridges the gap between his friend’s relationship with his dad.

STAN MAYNARD'S BEST DAY EVER

STAN MAYNARD'S BEST DAY EVER

David Tamkin/ Canada/ 2008/ 32 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Tammy Tamkin/ Print Source: Tammy Tamkin tammytamkin@gmail.com

With the help of a highly trained 'Lifestylist', mild-mannered Stan Maynard changes his entire life in one day.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009

12:30-2:30 PM SEMINAR #2: (funny) BUSINESS

1:00 PM FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION
“3 DAYS BLIND”

Some family secrets should remain a mystery

3 DAYS BLIND

Clete Keith/ USA/ 2009/ 1 hour 42 minutes/ World Premiere
Executive Producer: Arthur Bergel/ Producer: Chris Keith/ Print Source: Chris.keith25@gmail.com

Three bizarre days, two infidelities, one death and zero communication equal the Blinn’s surprise birthday party for their dad.

3:00 PM EVEN MORE SHORTS! – program #5

LES COUILLONS

LES COUILLONS

Edouard Mahieu/ Belgium/ 15:45 minutes/ World Premiere
Print Source: Dewalque Benjamin dewalqueb@hotmail.com

Gaetan is doing everything he can to make his girlfriend leaving him because he's too weak to tell her.

SOULMATES

SOULMATES

Tom Flynn/ USA/ 2008/ 18:30 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Dianne Ward/ Print Source: Tom Flynn tomflynn961@hotmail.com

A fledging couples therapist must rely upon his shoddy couples therapy skills in order to survive a blind date.

THE 2000 MAN

THE 2000 MAN

Timothy Kolesk/ USA/ 2008/ 15 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Scott Rickels/ Print Source: Timothy Kolesk timothykolesk@gmail.com

A post-apocalyptic comedy following a team of archaeologists struggling to find evidence of man's past greatness. What they find will change the course of history...or perhaps slightly alter it.

CHECK PLEASE

CHECK PLEASE

Larry Ziegelman/ USA/ 2007/ 5 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Executive Producer: Larry Ziegelman/ Producer: Leigh Jones/ Print Source: Larry Ziegelman larryzandsarahb@yahoo.com

Meeting her boyfriend’s parents for the first time could not have gone any better for Julie. And then the check comes.

ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE

ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE

Alon Gur Arye/ Israel/ 2007/ 45 minutes
Producers: Davida Ginter, Eyal Shindler/ Print Source: Reem Ornath reem@hipopotam.co.il

Rami Haruvi, a daring Mossad Agent, is sent by his boss Hayim to rescue the abducted US ambassador held at the state of Sugyra. If Rami fails in his mission, the annual mossad vacation at 'Olga Resort' will be canceled. Due to the importance of the mission, Rami is assigned a new agent to aid him on his mission. The two are get into trouble both in their mission and their relationship. Are the Americans good? Are the terrorist bad? Yet none of it compares to the real important question: will Hayim get his longed for annual vacation at the Olga Resort? This Israeli "naked gun" film became a hit in Israel's cinmatheques with people coming to see multiple times.

STRUCK

STRUCK

Taron Lexton/ USA/ 2007/ 7 minutes/
Producer: Nathan Lorch/ Print Source: Nathan Lorch txlfestivals@gmail.com

When Joel spies a beautiful woman, his heart might have been instantly stolen, but it’s his chest that’s struck by a very noticeable arrow. He tries dating a parde of other beauties with his extra inches, including Kelly Preston (Jerry McGuire) and Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg), but it’s nearly impossible when love has made other plans for you.

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5:00 PM ANIMATION AND MOCKUMENTARY SHORTS

MOCKS

FOOBIE JESUS

FOOBIE JESUS

Katharine Leis/ USA/ 2006/ 6:30 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Katherine Leis/ Co-Producer: Gary DeJidas/ Print Source: Katharine Leis yakh26@msn.com

A woman in FL receives signs from above that lead her to believe her cat Foobie, is Jesus.

THE MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST

THE MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST

Brian Smith/ Canada/ 2008/ 4 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Brian Smith/ Print Source: Brian Smith skitsomania.com

Competing in the violent sport of mixed martial arts can be the way to get the girl – in Scarborough.

THE LAST WHITE DISHWASHER

THE LAST WHITE DISHWASHER

Claudia Duran/ USA/ 2008/ 11:40 minutes/ World Premiere
Executive Producer: Carlos Alazraqui/ Producer: German-Michael Torres/ Print Source: German-Michael Torres gmichaeltorres@sbcglobal.net

The Last White Dishwasher is the comedic story of an ordinary man with an ordinary job) and an EXTRA ORDINARY passion - - - for washing dishes. Starring Reno 911 Star Carlos Alazraqui.

CHILDREN OF SCUM: A RETROSPECTIVE

CHILDREN OF SCUM: A RETROSPECTIVE

Danny Grossman/ USA/ 2007/ 13:07 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Executive Producer: Danny Grossman/ Producer: Steve Barr/ Print Source: Danny Grossman dannyboy52472@yahoo.com

A look back at one of the classic films our time, “Children of Scum”.

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Animation

TOKEN HUNCHBACK

TOKEN HUNCHBACK

Tim Reckart/ USA/ 2008/ 6:23 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Print Source: Tim Reckart treckart@gmail.com

A stop-motion mockumentary about an actor with a hunchback and his struggle against typecasting.

HOT DOG

HOT DOG

Bill Plympton/ 2008/ USA/ 5:50 minutes/
Producer: Biljara Labovic/ Print Source: Bill Plympton plymptoons@aol.com

The 3rd film in Bill Plympton’s “Dog” series. In this episode, our plucky hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he deserves. However, the results never turn out the way he plans.

FRENCH ROAST

FRENCH ROAST

Fabrice O. Joubert/ France/ 2008/ 8:15 minutes/ World Premiere
Producers: Eric Bibo Bergeron, Louis Viau, Pascal Chevé/ Print Source: Fabrice O. Joubert Fabriceojoubert@yahoo.fr

In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight businessman finds out that he's lost his wallet and that he can't pay the check. To save time he decides to order more coffee...

MY HAPPY END

MY HAPPY END

Milen Vitanov/ Germany/ 2007/
Line Producer: Holger Lochau/ Print Source: Cristina Marx, Festivals & Distribution/ HFF-Filmmesse distribution@hff-potsdam.de

All dogs chase their tales. When one succeeds in catching it, it changes his life.

SHAUN THE SHEEP: off the baa

SHAUN THE SHEEP: off the baa

Christopher Sadler/ UK/ 2008/ 2 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Julie Lockhart/ Print Source: neil.warwick@aardman.com

The sheep find that a mysterious object that has fallen off a truck into the farmyard makes an excellent soccer ball. But is that really what it’s for? From Academy Award© winning Aardman Animation.

DADDY, WHERE DOES CHOCOLATE MILK COME FROM?

DADDY, WHERE DOES CHOCOLATE MILK COME FROM?

Wade Vroom/ Canada/ 2007/ :30 minutes/
Producer: Wade Vroom/ Print Source: Wade Vroom wade@wadevroom.com

That is a good question. Maybe it’s best not to know.

CAT-MAN-DO

CAT-MAN-DO

Simon Tofield/ UK/ 2007/ 1:37 minutes/ Ontario Premiere

A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to wake up its sleeping owner.
Best Comedy, 2008 British Animation Festival

SMALL BIRDS

SMALL BIRDS

Linda McCarthy/ UK/ 2007/ 6:55 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Linda McCarthy/ Print Source: Linda McCarthy linmcar@btinternet.com

Every day in Monday at the English country home of the Unbelievable family. Tiny elephants, arguing apples and a body in the hedge…just another ordinary day at Small Birds Singing.

WHAT BLOWS UP MUST COME DOWN!

WHAT BLOWS UP MUST COME DOWN!

Linda Adam Dubin/ USA/ 2008/ 7 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Adam Dubin/ Print Source: Adam Dubin adubin@slantfin.com

An animated road map to pieces. Cat vs. Mouse has never been funnier! Hilarity ensues when Mordechai Mouse and Jihad Jo square off in a houseful of trouble in Jerusalem. It’s a real punch up in the Promised Land! Featuring the voices of comedy legends Jackie Mason, Lewis Black, Greg Giraldo and Nick Kroll.

LOVE ON THE LINE

LOVE ON THE LINE

G. Melissa Graziano/ USA/ 5 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: G. Melissa Graziano/ Print Traffic: G. Melissa Graziano animazzata@gmail.com

Follow the dots and dashes to a time before the Internet, even before telephones, when star-crossed lovers had to curb their raging hormones using the quickest form of communication available: the telegraph.

PROCRASTINATION

PROCRASTINATION

Johnny Kelly/UK/ 2007/ 4 minutes
Print Source: Johnny Kelly Johnny@mickeyandjohnny.com

This witty animated exploration of “putting things off” is definitely not a waste of time.

THE INTERIOR MONOLOGUE OF GILL THE GOLDFISH

THE INTERIOR MONOLOGUE OF GILL THE GOLDFISH

Jim Goodall/ Canada/ 2007/
Producer: Paul Lenart/ Print Source: Paul Lenart paul_lenart@yahoo.ca

Gill, a disgruntled goldfish, decides to take drastic action in order toget the fish-babe of his dreams. Featuring the voice of Seán Cullen.

WINDOW PAINS

WINDOW PAINS

Paul Allen Tillery IV/ USA/ 2008/ 4:45 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Paul Allen Tillery IV/ Print Source: Suzan Ertumen sertumen@scad.edu

Gill, a disgruntled goldfish, decides to take drastic action in order toget the fish-babe of his dreams. Featuring the voice of Seán Cullen.

FED UP

FED UP

Simon Tofield/ UK/ 2007/ 1:37 minutes/ Ontario Premiere
Producer: Paul Allen Tillery IV/ Print Source: Suzan Ertumen sertumen@scad.edu

A hungry cat can’t resist the offerings of generous diners and suffers the consequences

AT HOME WITH PIP AND POG

AT HOME WITH PIP AND POG

Aardman Animation/ UK/ 2007/ Ontario Premiere
Print Source: neil.warwick@aardman.com

SHAUN THE SHEEP: bathtime

SHAUN THE SHEEP: bathtime

Christopher Sadler/ UK/ 2008/ 2 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Julie Lockhart/ Print Source: neil.warwick@aardman.com

What’s is one to do when it’s bath day but here’s no hot water? The sheep solve their dilemma in their own unique way. From Academy Award© winning Aardman Animation.

THE RACE

THE RACE

Kate Mills/Australia/ 2007/ 4:48 minutes/ World Premiere
Producer: Kate Mills/ Print Source: Kate Mills kmills8@hotmail.com

2007 sees The Race between Government, Corporation and Religion who are all competing for the ulitmate prize - Miss Public Opinion!

SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS

SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS

Bill Plympton/ USA/ 2008/ 3:25 minutes/ Canadian Premiere
Producer: Biljara Labovic/ Print Source: Bill Plympton plymptoons@aol.com

Who knew that Santa Claus had a dark, hidden past that’s very un-jolly? This short film uncovers and explores Santa’s flirtation with politics and greed.


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