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The sixth year of the Short Film Festival was split between the traditional kiwi short film offerings and the new Urbis Animax international animation programme. The event was held over four nights between 16 July and 19 July 2007.
July 16 @ CHCH Art Gallery (7.30pm)
The Last Words - 9m
Peter Bell - Comedy
Alan plans revenge on his ex-fiancée by filming his fake suicide, but his plan falls apart when a local bum decides to help.

Cake Tin - 11m 54s
Rosemary Riddell - Drama
When Florence breaks out of the rest home and goes walkabout who knows what might happen.

The Customer Is Always Trite - 4m 19s
Greydon Little - Comedy
An observational comedy about the last link in the supermarket chain - the humble checkout operator.

How To Baa - 2m 45s
Jemaine Clement & Guy Capper - Animation
Sheepy and Robert practice and compare their baaaa techniques.

Bach Lore - 8m 42s
Neru Aleki Fa'avae - Drama
Adultery, isolation and the great New Zealand outdoors.

Super8man - 9m 35s
Alex Porter - Experimental
Super8man's camera is poised for the ultimate shot of a bird in flight. Propelled into a cyclical journey his focus literally remains on infinity.

Fumpston Works - 9m
Justine Flanagan - Documentary
An exploration of the concepts and processes behind the vibrant images of the one of New Zealand’s leading print makers.

Taupiri - 2m 38s
S J Ramir - Experimental
A visual kaleidoscope of a lone cabbage tree sitting amongst the grave stones of Taupiri Mountain, Waikato.

Ralphie - 11m 25s
Rachel Neems - Comedy
A dad comes under pressure to make good for his daughter.

Total running time approx 69 minutes
 
JULY 17 @ Our City O-Tautahi (7.30pm)
O2 (8m 03s, NZ)
dir. Matt Bentley

The Pen (2m 11s, NZ)
dir. Jemaine Clement & Guy Capper

A Brush With Life (1m 59s, Australia)
dir. Rhett Dashwood

A Garota (3m 59s, Brazil)
dir. Fernando Pinheiro

Vitruvius' Toybox (6m 59s, USA)
dir. by Dennis Iannuzzi

Bad Karma In Yokohama (3m 44s, NZ)
dir. Christopher White

Family Freud (1m 18s, USA)
dir. Michael Langan

Nasuh (7m 55sm, USA)
dir. Anya Belkina & Ken Calhoun

Ectype's End (9m 28s, NZ)
dir. Jeremy Hay & Dane Jacobs

Snail (1m 15s, USA)
dir. Michael Langan

The Madness Of Being (7m 50s, USA)
dir. Hal Miles

La Sacoche Perdue (13m 27s, France)
dir. Jean-Luc Greco & Catherine Buffat

Total running time approx 67 minutes
 
JULY 18 @ CHCH Art Gallery (7.30pm)
Their Circumstances (10m 05s, USA)
dir. Ji Hyun Ahn

Getting Shorn (1m 57s, NZ)
dir. Jemaine Clement & Guy Capper

Creepers (6m 16s, USA)
dir. Mark Simon

The Hut (3m 49s, NZ)
dir. Susan Jowsey

Rainy Day Muse (3m, USA)
dir. Heather Macdonald

Prickle Britches (6m, USA)
dir. Jill Johnston-Price

Open The Door (4m 42s, NZ)
dir. Phil Jopson

Evocation (4m 11s, South Korea/USA)
dir. Jaeyoon Park

I Forgot My Name
(4m 26s, USA)
dir. Matthew Cox

Fission (4m 50s, USA)
dir. Kun-I Chang

Phantom Canyon (9m 43s, USA)
dir. Stacey Steers

La Pauvre Histoire Du Maraud (7m, France)
dir. Anne Larricq

Total running time approx 67 minutes
 
JULY 19 @ CHCH Art Gallery (7.30pm)
Outside In - 7m
Storm Johnson - Comedy
Daniel's obsessive-compulsive world is turned upside down when the girl he loves hints that its time to give her the keys to his flat.

Rowdy Women - 11m
Amy O'Connor - Drama
An insight into colonial nightlife in early Canterbury through the eyes of three single women.

Like Milk - 9m 04s
Tony Wright - Drama
A Polynesian woman struggles to accept her identity.

Brown Is The Flavour - 6m 30s
Mareena Facoory & Maree A Webster - Doco
Explores the need for Pacific Island stories told by Pacific Island people in the NZ television/ film/theatre industry.

The Hit - 6m 06s
Campbell Cooley - Comedy
A street kid is forced by his boss to execute a contract 'hit' on the head of a gang.

Life After Death - 3m 11s
Jemaine Clement & Guy Capper - Animation
Sheepy reflects on the possibilities of life after death but Robert is more interested in the peanuts.

The Sunshine Man - 5m 44s
Peter Tonks - Drama
For just one easy payment you too can escape the disappointment and heartache of your meaningless existence.

Gift - 12m 44s
Dan McQuillan - Drama
Dr Tang is faced with the unthinkable question, how do I kill the one I love?

Silence - 1m
Phil Jopson - Animation
Silence is a word but not a sound, or is it?

Us - 7m
James Blick - Drama
In the middle of the night a woman struggles with the memory of all she once had, and everything she has now lost.

Total running time approx 69 minutes

 
     
     
     
     

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