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12:01 PM
(1990, 25 min, USA)Director: Jonathan Heap
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It is a story of Myron Castleman who is caught in a time loop from which he is trying to escape.
12:01 Pm, based on Richard A. Lupoff's short story of the same name, was nominated for Oscar in category of Best Live Action Short Film in 1991.
Alive in Joburg
(2005, 6 min, Canada)Director: Neill Blomkamp
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Friendly aliens land in Johannesburg and start to live among humans, but after a while, although they live in an isolated area and in poor conditions, they are not welcome anymore.
Movie District 9 was based on this short film and both were directed by Neill Blomkamp. Sharlto Copley appears in both movies, but in different roles.
BlinkyTM
(2011, 13 min, USA and Ireland)Director: Ruairi Robinson
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Blinky is a family robot cute as a button, but his angry young owner turns a fairy tale into a nightmare.
Brink
(2010, 9 min, USA)Director: Shawn Cristensen
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This beautiful and touching movie reminds us to tell our loved ones how much we care and love them before it is too late.
Connected
(2009, 7 min, Denmark)Directors: Jens Raunkjær Christensen and Jonas Drotner Mouritsen
Comment:
Two strange figures, connected with pipes, roam across a bleak and scorched land of a post-apocalyptic future when they meet a third one.
High Maintenance
(2006, 9 min, Germany)Directors: Phillip Van
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Jane and Paul celebrate their anniversary with a candlelight dinner. Paul is a bit too tense and preoccupied with his job for Jane's liking. As she crosses the room and hugs him, she decides that the time has come for some radical makeover.
Phillip Van won several awards for this short movie including BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence at Aspen Shortsfest, Groundbreakers Award at HATCHfest and Golden Space Needle at Seattle International Film Festival.
La Jetée
(1962, 28 min, France)Director: Chris Marker
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Chris Marker won in 1963 a Prix Jean Vigo award for this black and white short film which 33 years later inspired director Terry Gilliam and screenplay writers David and Janet Peoples to make the movie 12 Monkeys.
Mr. Gun
(2009, 8 min, USA)Director: Ben Juhl
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In the year 2025 things look pretty grim for Mr. Gun, the odd-looking weapons' dealer. However, in 2010 there were still a few options left for him.
Tommy Mack is great in the role of Mr. Gun and it would be nice to see him get more screen time soon.
Out There
(2001, 8 min, Canada and USA)Director: John Coven
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Gary, alien abduction victim, seeks out a help of a psychiatrist, but before Dr. Gerard gets to treat this patient, some unforeseen complications arise.
This short movie stars Jeff Fahey (Gary) whom you may remember from The Lawnmower Man and Harry Shearer as Dr. Gerard - he played in the movies My Stepmother is an Alien, The Truman Show and Godzilla.
In 2002, this movie won a Platinum Award in the category Independent Short Subject-Film & Video at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
Panick Attack!
(2009, 5min, Uruguay)Director: Fede Alvarez
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Panic Attack! is an action-packed short movie about alien robots which attack and destroy the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo.
It got the attention of big kahunas in Hollywood and landed the director Fede Alvarez a juicy contract with Sam Raimi.
Portal: No Escape
(2011, 6 min, USA)Director: Dan Trachtenberg
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This short was inspired by a video game called Portal and it's one cool CGI treat.
Replica
(2009, 9.5 min, Finland)Director: Jan Inberg
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A man wakes up on a Christmas morning. He talks with his wife, they exchange presents, nothing seems out of the ordinary... Or does it?
Sooner or Later
(2006, 11 min, Hungary)Director: Isti Madarász
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At the end of WWII, Nazis experiment with time travel hoping to turn the odds in their favor, but it does not go as planned.
Stasis
(2010, 25 min, USA)Director: Christian Swegal
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In search for his identity, a former soldier who suffers from amnesia will stumble upon answers he didn't expect.
Starring Reshad Strik, Beau Bridges, Rachel Specter, Ernie Hudson.
The 3rd Letter
(2010, 15 min, USA)Director: Grzegorz Jonkajtys
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This short movie tells a story about Jeffrey Brief who lives in an overpopulated dystopian world.
When the last hour comes, he would face a temptation which would mean the difference between life and death.
The Gift
(2010, 4 min, UK)Director: Carl Erik Rinsch
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Six lines ("What is that?; It's a unicorn.; Never seen one up close before; Beautiful!; Get away, get away.; I'm sorry.") inspired five directors to make short movies in five different genres for Phillips' Parallel Lines project.
Carl Erik Rinsch chose SF. :)
In a future high-tech dystopian Moscow the only thing that stands out from the gray reality is a gift-wrapped package in red and gold.
The Raven
(2010, 6 min, USA)Director: Ricardo de Montreuil
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Raven has powers which put him on the government's most wanted list.
The Small Multiple
(2009, 6 min, USA)Director: Daniel Piatt
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A physicist obsessively tries to find a way to save the woman he loves, but overlooks a variable in the equation.
The Un-gone
(2007, 8 min, UK)Director: Simon Bovey
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Transporters are commonplace in 2020. A person steps on a platform in one city and in a fraction of the minute materializes in another. But what happens when there is a glitch in the machinery?
Julian Salinger gets to peek behind the curtains and learn an answer to that question.
World Builder
(2007, 9 min, USA)Director: Bruce Branit
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It is a wonderful, heartwarming story about a builder who turns an empty virtual space into a street full of colorful buildings just to see a smile on his beloved's face.
Bruce Branit, who signed this short, is a visual effects artist who worked on movies and series such as Serenity, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and FlashForward.
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