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Diva, BS

A thinking man’s look at the supremo diva, Barbara Striesand. Is she still relevant? Is she still necessary? Has it all been worth it?

Dinky Menace

A spoof in which Super 8 filmmaker Irving Speck fights to retain his artistic integrity in the face of the big Hollywood machine.

At three o’clock every day, Nia phones Burke at the Appliance Repair Shop (motto: “We Repair Appliances!”) to organize the evening meal. At three o’clock. Exactly. Every day. Burke and Nia live inside safe and comfortable routines that pattern their work, their relationship, and their life together. Their morning bathroom routine is a mechanical ballet, their meals are consumed in precise synchronization. If not exactly joyful, the couple is at least exceedingly stable, until the germ of an idea is planted in Nia’s head by the magazines at the supermarket – her relationship is supposed to have romance! Emotion! “The…

Whites, The

A dark and comic look at a tortured family and their frenetic daily rituals. The Whites’ existence centres around a mysterious library card catalog, which serves both as a source and repository for traces of family life. The catalog’s system of perfection intersects with the rigid hierarchy of this household. Manipulated voices replace dialogue, and although words are unintelligible, we understand the Whites very well. Highly sylized yet grounded in humanity, this film is a disturbingly funny tale of home and hearth.

Contretemps of Christmas

It’s Christmas day and festivities are underway in the Porkloin household. Mother’s holiday fever runs high, the ill-advised gifts have been opened, but the biggest gift still remains. . . In the spirit of demented fairy tale, this microfilm explores a darker side of the holidays.

Intrigue of Manners, An

A short restoration comedic drama set in England’s 17th Century. Loosely adapted from Sir George Etherege’s restoration comedy “Man of Mode,” “An Intrigue” revolves around the grandeur lives and sexual innuendos of the upper classes of England. Our Protagonist, and renowned womanizer, Dorimant (Mahonen) is in pursuit of the fair lady Emilia (Dwyer). Through his scheming, Dorimant learns that “a certain Sir Fopling Flutter has recently arrived from Paris,” the en vogue city of the arts and high fashion, and has “certain designs on the fair Emilia…” Determined to be deemed the more favorable in the lady Emilia’s eyes, Dorimant…

Alpha Expedition, The

A tale told with a profusion of animated cut-outs, and the occasional intrusion of an authorial hand or head. Entering Deep Space, a team of scientists has been given the mission of discovering the Alpha Point, that point where our universe began in the Big Bang. Depression and elation flow through them, childhood memories haunt them, boredom drags at their extended lives.

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