April 4, 2011
Margaret And The Dollhouse (2011) ***
Very amusing and innovative Canadian short comedy about a young girl forced to eat carrots by her parents, but determined to get her hands on sweeter things.
The Shore (2011) ***
Set in Northern Ireland, a sweet little short film about love, immigration, nostalgia and forgiveness.
Ryan & Ally (2011) **
Ryan and Ally are just fuck friends, but he would like it to be more than that.
Les Bons termes selon Dewey (2011) **
Short comedy about a guy trying to break with his girlfriend in a library (so that she will not be able to yell too loudly).
Les Interdits (2011) **
Short film set in a post-apocalyptic future, when people are forbidden from going outside.
Tuba Atlantic (2011) **
An old man has only 6 days left to live and uses that time to shoot seabirds. Uneven short from Norway.
La Statege (2011) **
A documentary about Olga Hrycak, a short 63-year-old woman coaching a male basketball team. Quite a character.
Noeud papillon (2011) **
Amusing Canadian short about a little boy forced to wear a fancy suit to school.
La Piece (2011) **
This short film is set on September 11, 2001, but the story concerns an old man suffering from Alzheimer.
Suburban Swingers (2011) **
Either a real documentary or a mockumentary about a swingers' club in suburban Ontario.
Dulce (2011) *
Tragic film about love. Unbearably old-fashioned and emotionally manipulative. What pornography is to erotica, this film is to romanticism.
Close To Her (2011) *
A young man wants to leave a desolate Canadian Prairie town to go to an arts school and asks his girlfriend to come with him.
It's Nobody's Fault (2011) *
Short Spanish film about a husband who tries to break up with his wife.
Brother's Keeper (2011) *
A young boy saves his older brother from drowning, but his chances of recovery from a coma are very slim.
Bento Monogatari (2011) *
Belgian short about a worker's wife who is obsessed by every thing Japanese, from manga to sushi.
Recits d'hyperinflation (2011) *
Confusing and disjointed short film about hyperinflation. A failure.
Leben Lassen (2011) *
Short film about a Russian nurse who discovers that an old man under her care is a former SS-man.
Looking Up (2011) *
Short film about an astronomer living like a hermit in a mobile home in the middle of nowhere.
Faraway (2011) *
A short film about a relationship between a Chinese-Canadian girl who doesn't speak Chinese and her grandmother who doesn't speak English.
Jardiniers clandestins (2011) *
Short documentary about clandestine gardeners illegally cultivating public spaces.
The Ame Seller (2011) **
Puppet-animated film based on a Japanese folk tale about a premature burial.
Wild Life (2011) **
A cartoon about a lazy Englishman trying to become a farmer in Alberta and failling miserably.
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore (2011) *
Mushy and sentimental cartoon about a strange library full of flying books. An undeserved winner of an Academy Award for best animated short.
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