page two - short-length films
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With 14 short film collections, the San Joaquin Film Society curated a highly-selective collection of some of the world's most celebrated and newest discoveries in filmmaking.
| finding wonderland : short films programme #4 |
A TV station team decides to venture into the Demilitarized Zone in 155 Mile. A new Chinese immigrant begins a new dream beyond the Beijing Haze. A loner returns home to repair his past in Dugong. An Inuit hunter becomes a witness to murder in Sikumi. Terminus: finds a businessman in a bizarre predicament. Under My Garden: A boy’s fascination ants solves a neighborhood mystery. Wonder as you wander into six captivating stories.
Total Running Time: 96 min.
SHOWTIMES
SUN. 5/17 at 9:00PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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155 Mile
25 min | South Korea | 2007
Director: Lee Hyung-Suk
California Premiere, Live-Action Short
Losing their video footage of Arctic animals, a TV station documentary team decides to venture into the Demilitarized Zone, hoping to find rare animals.
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Beijing Haze
9 min | USA, China | 2008
Director: J.P. Chan
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
For a new Chinese immigrant, one dream ends as another begins.
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Dugong
18 min | Australia | 2007
Director: Erin White
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
A loner and his dog return home on the day of his brother's wedding to repair the past.
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Sikumi
15 min | USA (Alaska) | 2008
Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
An Inuit hunter drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals, but instead, becomes a witness to murder.
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Terminus
9 min | Canada | 2008
Director: Trevor Cawood
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
After inadvertently offending a strange entity that accosts him on his way to work, a 1970s businessman quickly finds himself in the midst of a bizarre predicament.
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Under My Garden
20 min | Italy | 2008
Director: Andrea Lodovichetti
Live-Action Short
Marco, a 10-year old boy who has a passion for insects, strives to solve a neighborhood mystery.
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| live, love, laugh! : short films programme #5 |
A group of men discovers the joy of Cinema Paradise. A short comedy about Feelings and Stuff. The Humberville Poetry Slam follows a group of hopefuls. The immigration debate gets funnier in The Job. A woman stuck in traffic accepts a collect call in Memphis Calling. An Africa child becomes a New Boy in an Irish school. The Rabbi discovers a new tune in Song of Slomon. A blind date turns absurd in Sombrero. Eight stories to help you live, love, and laugh!
Total Running Time: 89 min.
SHOWTIMES
SAT. 5/16 at 9:00PM | Stockton Empire Theatre
THUR. 5/21 at 8:00PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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Cinema Paradise
4 min | South Korea | 2008
Director: Kim Tai-Yong
California Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Feelings and Stuff
12 min | Germany, USA | 2008
Director: Samuli Valkama
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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The Humberville Poetry Slam
18 min | USA | 2008
Director:Emily C. Chang, Dan De Lorenzo
Central Valley Premiere, Documentary, Live-Action Short |
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The Job
4 min | USA | 2007
Director: Jonathan Browning
Central Valley Premiere, Narrative Short
The immigration debate just got a little funnier.
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Memphis Calling
12 min | USA | 2008
Director: Colin Mitchell
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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New Boy
11 min | Ireland | 2007
Director: Steph Green
Live-Action Short |
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Song of Slomon
16 min | Canada | 2007
Director: Emmanuel Shirinian
West Coast USA Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Sombrero
12 min | USA | 2008
Director: Nathaniel Atcheson
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
An awkward blind date in a Mexican restaurant quickly takes a turn toward the absurd.
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| rite of passage : short films programme #6 |
A woman returns to her sick mother in Ancestor Eyes. A boy with fever thinks of death in As I Lay Dying. A relationship between Father and Kid is defined. A Megatron for Maxim. The Pond holds a deep dark secret. Man cannot see beyond his own Reflection. A war veteran finds Solace. A girl makes Communion her own with The White Dress. Follow eight coming-of-age stories of living and learning. Total Running Time: 98 min.
SHOWTIMES
MON. 5/18 at 6:15PM | Stockton Empire Theatre
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Ancestor's Eyes
15 min | USA | 2008
Director: Kalani Queypo
Live-Action Short
After getting sick, a young Native American woman, Willa, returns to her mother's home where they both must come to terms with her illness.
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As I Lay Dying
10 min | Malaysia | 2007
Director: Ho Yuhang
Northern California Premiere, Narrative Short
A boy has fever and thinks he is going to die.
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Kid
13 min | USA | 2007
Director: Miguel Alvarez
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
A coming-of-age ritual defines the relationship between a thirteen-year-old boy and his estranged father.
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Megatron
15 min | Romania | 2008
Director: Anca Puiu
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
He just want to meet his father!
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The Pond
16 min | United Kingdom | 2008
Director: Sonja Phillips
Central Valley Premiere, Narrative Short
The pond holds a deep dark secret.
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Reflections
14 min | Singapore | 2007
Director: Ho Tzu-Nyen
USA Premiere, Live-Action Short
This film is a parable about how man is a creature that perpetually cannot see beyond his own reflection.
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Solace
11 min | USA | 2008
Director: Sandino Moya-Smith
World Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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The White Dress
4 min | Ireland | 2006
Director: Vanessa Gildea
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
The White Dress is the story of a girl on her communion day, but unlike most other little girls, she is making her communion all on her own.
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| kids of all ages : short films programme #7 |
Dream away in Dorme. Save the classroom's Goldfish. Experience Love in the Summertime. Paint with My Dad Ralph. Find your own song with Western Spaghetti. Be inspired by His Good Will. Pick up a magical pair of glasses with Colours. Shape the world with Papiroflexia. Play the Triple Concerto in D Minor with a triangle. Follow a red balloon to a living museum with The Watchman and the Little Girl. Hide with a fussy zookeeper in Zoologic. Experience eleven enchanting stories for Kids of All Ages.
Total Running Time: 99 min.
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SUN. 5/17 at 1:00PM | Stockton Empire Theatre
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Colours
9 mins | Singapore | 2007
Director: Lee Chee Tian
Live-Action Short, Central Valley Premiere at SJCFF 2009 |
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Dorme
7 min | USA | 2007
Director: Sylvia Binsfeld
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action and Animated Short
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Goldfish
13 min | USA | 2007
Director: Joe Wein
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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His Good Will
12 mins | USA | 2008
Director: Cayman Grant
Live-Action Short, Northern CaliforniaPremiere at SJCFF 2009 |
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Love in the Summertime
14 min | USA | 2008
Director: Paul Wie
Northern California Premiere, Narrative Short |
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My Dad Ralph
11 min | Canada | 2008
Director: Nicholas Wong
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Papiroflexia
3 min | USA | 2007
Director: Joaquin Baldwin
Animated Short
An origami tale of a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands.
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Triple Concerto in D. Minor
8 min | Australia | 2008
Director: Daniel Mitchell
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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The Watchman and the Little Girl
10 min | Germany | 2007
Director: Christoph Englert
California Premiere, Live-Action Short
A little girl takes a museum watchman for a trip through the world of paintings seen through the eyes of a child.
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Western Spaghetti
7 min | USA | 2007
Director: Joseph Procopio
Live-Action Short |
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Zoologic
5 mins | USA | 2007
Director: Nicole Mitchell
Animated Short, Central Valley Premiere at SJCFF 2009
A fussy zookeeper who maintains strict order in his zoo by arranging the animals to his liking. |
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| true stories : short films programme #8 |
In 12 Notes Down, choir boy Jorgis faces new life as a young man. Experience the daily life of a child in Uganda in Anita’s Africa. If a Body Meet a Body looks at the nature of the Los Angeles Coroner's office. World champion cyclist Craig MacLean experiences exhilaration in Standing Start. Solitary John reflects on his life through food and teaching his grandson to cook. Witness the reality under a burka in Veil. Experience these six true stories.
Total Running Time: 101 min.
SHOWTIMES
MON. 5/18 at 7:30PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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12 Notes Down
26 min | Denmark | 2008
Director: Andreas Koefoed
West Coast USA Premiere, Documentary Short |
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Anita's Africa
18 min | Canada, Uganda | 2007
Director: Beverley Reid
Northern California Premiere, Documentary Short |
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If A Body Meets a Body
20 min | USA | 2007
Director: Brian Davis
Central Valley Premiere, Documentary Short |
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Standing Start
13 min | United Kingdom | 2008
Director: Adrian McDowall & Finlay Pretsell
Central Valley Premiere, Documentary Short
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John
18 min | USA | 2007
Director: Eveleen Hsu
California Premiere, Documentary Short |
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Veil
6 min | Norway | 2008
Director: Thomas A Østbye
USA Premiere, Documentary Short |
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| revolution : short films programme #9 |
A war prisoner in 1937 Spain struggles in The Blind Revolution. In Bookie, a a man takes a risk. A young scientist confronts his future version in Hirsute. A young soldier chooses between his life or his friend’s in The Kolaborator. Inside the gates of Short Term 12, fights happen daily and supervisor Denim responds. Anita must join the Colombian Guerilla in Catching Rats. Six stories bring you face to face with revolutions and resolutions.
Total Running Time : 99 min.
SHOWTIMES
SUN. 5/17 at 6:30PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
MON. 5/18 at 9:30PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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The Blind Revolution
17 min | México | 2008
Director: Alvaro Zendejas
USA Premiere, Live-Action Short
A war prisoner in 1937 Spain struggles to survive while nationalism is destroying her cause.
Director Alvaro Zendejas in Person
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Bookie
18 min | USA | 2007
Director: Bao Tran
Live-Action Short
His job was taking bets, but tonight he takes a risk.
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Catching Rats
14 min | Ecuador | 2008
Director: Vero Shamo-Garcia
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Hirsute
14 min | Canada | 2007
Director: A.J. Bond
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
A young scientist is confronted by an arrogant and hairless future version of himself.
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The Kolaborator
14 min | Australia | 2007
Director: Chris Bessounian
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
During the conflict in the Balkans, a young soldier is forced to choose between his own life and the life of an old friend.
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Short Term 12
22 min | USA | 2008
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
Denim supervises a residential facility housing 15 kids who are all affected by child abuse and neglect in unimaginable ways.
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| film + art + lab : short films programme #10 |
Eight avant-garde experiences: A Taste of Home reconciles the past. Angelica Fuentes, The Schindler House recounts the history of an icon. Two women bat their wings and take off during Flying Lessons. Go on a personal journey with P.S. Beirut, Chapter One. Japanese Internment camps meets Guantanamo Bay in The Pain with Being Thirsty. Remote Intimacy brings a stream of consciousness with fictitious and found stories. Habits explores obsessions. Slow is the tale of a man who learned to stop.
Total Running Time : 65 min.
SHOWTIMES
TUE. 5/19 at 6:00PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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A Taste of Home
8 min | USA | 2007
Director: David Yun
California Premiere, Experimental Short |
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Angelica Fuentes, the Schindler House
11 min | Austria | 2008
Director: Sasha Pirker
USA Premiere, Live-Action, Experimental Short |
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Flying Lessons
5 min | USA | 2008
Director: Rosane Chamecki, Phil Harder, Andrea Lerner
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action, Experimental Short |
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Habits
3 min | USA | 2008
Director: Hye Jin Kwon
California Premiere, Live-Action, Experimental Short |
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P.S. Beirut, Chapter One
8 min | USA, France, Lebanon | 2008
Director: Michael H. Shamberg
West Coast USA Premiere, Experimental Short |
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The Pain with Being Thirsty
7 min | USA | 2007
Director:David Yun
Central Valley Premiere, Experimental Short |
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Remote Intimacy
15 min | Germany | 2008
Director: Sylvia Schedelbauer
California Premiere, Live-Action, Experimental Short |
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Slow
8 min | USA | 2008
Director: Kurt Kuenne
Live-Action, Experimental Short |
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