FRIDAY, APRIL 24

NARRATIVE NIGHT

Love Bombing
United Kingdom, 7 mins
Dir. Philip Lepherd
Four friends discuss the cult recruitment technique of 'Love Bombing'. Three of them seem to know an awful lot about it...

Animated American
U.S.A., 15 mins
Dir. James Baker & Joe Haidar
The future is about to collide with the past. Eric, a digital-loving executive on a mansion hunting expedition, finds himself crossing swords with his realtor Max, an out-of-work toon rabbit. Like it or not, Max will make Eric see things through the eyes of an ?Animated American.? Contains sexual situations.

Land Gewinnen (Gaining Ground)
Germany, 20 mins
Dir. Marc Brummund
Andrej and his Ukrainian family have been living in Germany illegally for years. When his son reaches school age, he can´t hide any longer. Mischa´s future is at stake.

Valley of the Moon
U.S.A., 11 mins
Dir. John Monteleone
An unscheduled overnight bus trip provides a chance meeting between a world-famous, self-absorbed Chicago architect and a brilliant eleven year old Nebraskan boy -- a meeting that proves to be a life-changing test of wit and will.

È Finita la Commedia
Belgium, 13 mins
Dir. Jean-Julien Collette & Olivier Tollet
In a parked car in a residential neighborhood, a father and his son slowly set up a discussion: love, sex, mother and death. Contains drug use, adult language.

Plein Face
France, 15 mins
Dir. by Comelli Adrien
In a dark parking lot, a man dressed in black points his gun at Hyppolite's face and shoots. But Hyppolite can't die yet. A young lady appears and proposes that they start an investigation...

Just Act Normal
U.S.A., 16 mins
Dir. Hollie Lavenstein
This short film monitors a man?s descent into disorientation through four episodes, raising the question whether there is something wrong with him or with everything else.

September 12th
U.S.A., 23 mins
Dir. Matthew Lewis
The day after the attack, a young Middle Eastern girl has a brutal racially-motivated encounter, while halfway across the world, a special forces soldier weighs his own feelings against his orders as he holds the life of a potential terrorist captive in his hands. Contains adult language, graphic violence.

Open Your Eyes
U.S.A., 14 mins
Dir. Susan Cohen
Struggling to come to terms with her life and marriage after breast cancer, Julia gets more than she bargained for when she attends a bridal shower and finds herself locked in a bathroom with the frank-talking sister of the bride-to-be.

Open Air
U.S.A., 12 mins
Dir. Shira-Lee Shalit
Under the watchful eye of a hidden sniper, two women in an unnamed country attempt some form of normality in their everyday lives, knowing one misstep would mean immediate death. Contains violence.

Surprise!
France, 18 mins
Dir. Fabrice Maruca
As an attentive husband, Pierre has prepared a surprise for his wife Brigitte?s birthday. But a series of harmless incidents brings the young next-door neighbour into his bed just as Brigitte walks through the door...