page three - 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..
| passionate trouble : short films programme #11 |
A man’s final epiphany after 27,000 Days. A German soldier plays a piano in no-man's land in Appassionata. A woman faces trouble in Bonsai. A mother discover her son's sexuality in Dolls. A young lady’s life is examined in God’s Beach. Two immigrants discover reality in The State of Sunshine. Desperate teenagers need uniforms for The Tournament. A heart is broken in To Be With You. These are eight stories to help you cherish life.
Total Running Time: 115 min.
SHOWTIMES
SUN. 5/17 at 9:00PM | Stockton Empire Theatre
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27,000 Days
10 min | USA | 2007
Director: Naveen Singh
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
A dying man’s search for respite collides with the existential and the spiritual as he awakens to his final epiphany.
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Appassionata
16 min | Germany | 2008
Director: Mirko Echghi-Ghamsari
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
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Bonsai
21 min | Spain | 2008
Director: Roberto Aznar
USA Premiere, Live-Action Short
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Dolls
10 min | USA | 2008
Director: Randy Caspersen
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
When a garage sale turns violent, a mother reluctantly comes to terms with her teenage son's sexuality.
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God's Beach
15 min | USA | 2007
Director: Abigail Carpenter
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
A meditative look at a young girl’s life over 48 hours, as she copes with the loss of a loved one while trying to come to terms with a decision that has left her deeply shaken.
Director Abigail Carpenter in Person
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The State of Sunshine
23 min | USA | 2007
Director: Z. Eric Yang
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
Danny and Lily made it to the United States, but find the reality of their life as immigrants to be very different from their childhood hopes.
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To Be With You
5 min | USA | 2008
Director: Matthew Cruz
Live-Action Short |
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The Tournament
15 min | Italy | 2008
Director: Michele Alhaique
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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| power of love : short films programme #12 |
Anjali runs off to India with Bombay Dreams. Four college friends and lovers reunite after ten years in Cry Me a River. Arthur's broken heart is revealed in Fortune Hunters. Two lonely dreamers masquerade in lives that are not their own in Just Make Believe. Joel is impaled through the chest by a three-foot arrow in Struck. Two teenagers in a Mexican town must decide on the fate of their love while Watching it Rain. Here are six stories to love.
Total Running Time: 93 min.
SHOWTIMES
SUN. 5/17 at 4:30PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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Bombay Skies
21 min | India, USA | 2006
Director: Rita Rani
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
American-born Anjali runs off to India with dreams of becoming a movie star in Bombay. Her father, Anand, goes after her vowing to bring her back home.
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Cry Me a River
20 min | China | 2008
Director: Jia Zhangke
California Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Fortune Hunter
20 min | USA | 2007
Director: Thom Harp
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short
Instead of telling Megan that he'll wait for her, Arthur makes the biggest mistake of his life and dumps the girl of his dreams.
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Just Make Believe
12 min | USA | 2007
Director: Jadrien Steele
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Struck
7 min | USA | 2007
Director: Taron Lexton
Live-Action Short
On his way to work one day, Joel is impaled through the chest by a three-foot arrow.
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Watching It Rain
13 min | México | 2007
Director: Elisa Miller
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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| power of love II : short films programme #13 |
A grieving man folds 364 Cranes until his lover comes home. Anne escapes from reality as an intergalactic superhero in The Aviatrix. Discover a time of night when anything is possible in Goodbye Variations. If you can't find it in The Phone Book, maybe it doesn't exist! In Fade Into Me and Side Effects love has the power to save life. In Tony Zoreil, a man with peculiarly big ears finds love. Seven stories of love and power.
Total Running Time: 92 min.
SHOWTIMES
FRI. 5/15 at 8:30PM | Stockton Empire Theatre
WED. 5/20 at 9:30PM | Stockton Empire Theatre
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364 Cranes
15 min | USA | 2008
Director: Vincent Lin
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
After a car accident leaves his girlfriend in a coma, the grieving lover vows to fold a paper crane everyday until she comes home.
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The Aviatrix
10 min | USA | 2008
Director: Toddy Burton
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Fade Into Me
9 min | USA | 2008
Director: Anthony Hunt
World Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Goodbye Variations
8 min | Czech Republic | 2008
Director: Luka Rukavina
USA Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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The Phone Book
22 min | USA | 2008
Director: Kurt Kuenne
Central Valley Premiere, Live-Action Short |
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Side Effects
8 min | USA | 2008
Director: Chuck Rose
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
A lonely man is stopped in his attempt to kill himself by the pharmacist who secretly loves him.
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Tony Zoreil
20 min | France | 2007
Director: Valentin Potier
Northern California Premiere, Live-Action Short
Tony is a 28 year-old single who inherited from an remarkable physical particularity. He has like the rest of his family very big ears and suffers from an extreme sensitivity to the slightest noise.
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| an evening with kimuak : short films programme #14 |
A woman enters a restaurant at 7:35 de la Mañana - only to be met with silence. Millions of African children are sent to work in Asämara. Experience Berbaoc. A mother-in-law returns home in Éramos Pocos. An older virgin hires a young man to be her first in La Primera Vez. Marìa must have her father by her side in No Es Una Buena Idea. City cab drivers have followed a course on kindness in Taxi? For ten years and two Oscar® nominations, Kimuak has shared powerful stories from the Basque region of Spain with the World!
Total Running Time: 68 min.
SHOWTIMES
WED. 5/20 at 7:30PM | Matinée Movie Lounge
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7:35 De La Mañana
8 min | Spain | 2003
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Live-Action Short |
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Asämara
9 min | Spain | 2008
Director: Jon Garaño, Raúl López
Documentary Short |
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Berbaoc
5 min | Spain | 2008
Director: Taller de animación de Arteleku
Animated, Experimental Short |
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Éramos Pocos
16 min | Spain | 2003
Director: Borja Cobeaga
Live-Action Short |
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La Primera Vez
11 min | Spain | 2001
Director: Borja Cobeaga
Live-Action Short |
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No Es Una Buena Idea (Not a Good Idea)
13 min | Spain | 2007
Director: Ugo Sanz
Live-Action Short |
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Taxi?
6 min | Spain | 2007
Director: Telmo Esnal
Live-Action Short |
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