April 4, 2011

J'aurais pu etre une pute (2011) ****

Tabula rasa (2011) ****

Brilliant short film about a flood in Manitoba.

Countdown (2011) ****



Face To Panty Ratio (2011) ***

Clean (2011) ***

Somebody That I Used To Know (2011) ***

Chers amis (2011) ***

The Force (2011) ***


You And I (2011) ***

As A Whistle (2011) ***

Hotel Desire (2011) ***

Le Diable en personne (2011) ***

A musical short film about the Devil.

Munted (2011) ***

L'Offre et la demande (2011) ***

Ti-Minou Gros-Minet (2011) ***

Runner (2011) ***

Nature Zones (2011) ***

Changes (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.

Otis (2011) ***

Excellent music video by Kanye West and Jay-Z, directed by Spike Jonze.

We Found Love (2011) ***


Gritty music video from Rihanna.

Beast (2011) ***

Judas (2011) ***

Time Freak (2011) ***

A guy invents a time machine, but it doesn't get him very far.

The Shore (2011) ***

Set in Northern Ireland, a sweet little short film about love, immigration, nostalgia and forgiveness.

Blink (2011) **

Innovative short film about love, computers, delusions and technology.

Ryan & Ally (2011) **

Ryan and Ally are just fuck friends, but he would like it to be more than that.

No Words Came Down (2011) **

Intriguing short film about a very strange blind date.

Vodka canneberge (2011) **

A short film set in a bar during closing time.

Hotel Alpha Mike (2011) **

Nice experimental film about ham radio operators.

Pas de deux (2011) **

Two dancers used to be lovers.

Beyond Man (2011) **

Short film about a former soldier who becomes an actor in student films.

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).

Mise a pied (2011) **

Short film about losing a job.

Landing (2011) **

Short film about marital infidelity.

Bill Please (2011) **

Short comedy about who will pay the bill.

La Queue du peloton (2011) **

Short film about a man and woman competing for a promotion.

I'll Be Waiting Outside (2011) **

Short film about a young man trying to find a job.

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.

Raju (2011) **

A German couple adopting a child in India discover that he isn't an orphan.

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.

Bred In Captivity (2011) **

What if someone's life was just a koala`s dream ?

La Piece (2011) **

This short film is set on September 11, 2001, but the story concerns an old man suffering from Alzheimer.

L'Invite (2011) **

Short film about a solitary fisherman who finds a frozen body.

Je les aime encore (2011) **

Surprising documentary about a surprising seducer of women.

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.

Going (2011) *

Short film about kendo.

Strike 3 (2011) *

Set in a bowling alley, a short film about false hopes and disappointments.

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.

Wiggle Your Toes (2011) *

Documentary short about drunk driving.

Entre deux etats (2011) *

Short film about a tragic death.

It's Nobody's Fault (2011) *

Short Spanish film about a husband who tries to break up with his wife.

Moving Slowly (2011) *

Short film about two brothers and grief.

De quel sommeil reviendrons-nous ? (2011) *

Experimental film.

The Kidnapping (2011) *

Clearly inspired by Quentin Tarantino, a short film about two killers.

Breathing (2011) *

Short experimental film from Canada.

Hit Me (2011) *

A man hires a hitman to kill himself.

Rising Son (2011) *

Experimental film about a young man.

Bip Bip (2011) *

A watch. A bip. A couple inside a car.

Eka utshite - N'oublie pas (2011) *

Documentary short about an Innu abstract painter.

Release (2011) *

War. Forest. Killing.

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.

Celia (2011) *

Strange film about a strange woman.

Recits d'hyperinflation (2011) *

Confusing and disjointed short film about hyperinflation. A failure.

All That You Loved (2011) *

Short film and grief and despair.

Brain Juice (2011) *

Short comedy about stealing someone else's ideas.

She's A Soul Man (2011) *

Short film about a young suburban girl raised on soul music.

Leben Lassen (2011) *

Short film about a Russian nurse who discovers that an old man under her care is a former SS-man.

Despertar (2011) *

Short film about a maid in Mexico.

Les Fausses notes (2011) *

Short film about two excellent pianists.

Pentecost (2011) *

Irish short about soccer and religion.

Looking Up (2011) *

Short film about an astronomer living like a hermit in a mobile home in the middle of nowhere.

Liz (2011) *

Short film about separation.

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.

Exilio e transhumancia (2011) *

Documentary short about traveling artisans in northern Argentina.

Smoulder (2011) *

short film about a shy lesbian girl from a very conservative family.

Le Grand Cycle (2011) *

Documentary short about cyclist vagabonds.

L'Ete indien (2011) *

A short film about an arranged Indian marriage.

Cafe Cleopatre (2011) *

Documentary short about a transvestite strip club.

Awake (2011) *

Short film about death.

Amor Azul (2011) *

Un court metrage sur un echange de couples.

Shades Of Grey On The Silver Screen (2011) *

Short film about a Oriental actress from the Jazz Age.

The Fruit Machine (2011) *

Boring and bizarre film about a strange family.

Muybridge's Strings (2011) ****

A Morning Stroll (2011) ***

Oscar-nominated cartoon set in three different times: 1959, 2009 and 2059.

Breakfast On The Grass (2011) ***

Ballad Of Nessie (2011) ***

Whimsical cartoon about the Loch Ness monster.

Door (2011) **

Amusing cartoon about trying to open a door.

Les Petites chimeres (2011) **

Pixilated animated film set in an old house.

Dimanche (2011) **

Cartoon about a little boy so bored on Sundays he places coins on train tracks.

The Ame Seller (2011) **

Puppet-animated film based on a Japanese folk tale about a premature burial.

La Luna (2011) **

Oscar-nominated cartoon about a family cleaning the Moon.

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.

Rivière au Tonnerre (2011) *

Another abstract animated film from Pierre Hébert.