Short But Not Sweet

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A mixture of short films from around the world, in a variety of genres - all a little creepy, wacky and unique!

ANIMAL CONTROL (http://www.animalcontrolfilm.com)
Canada, 2010, 17 min, Director: Kire Paputts 
*Winner Jury Award, Best Narrative Short - CUFF 2011*
A socially isolated animal services worker collects roadkill and practices taxidermy.

BAD MISTAKE
France, 2010, 6 min, Director: Xavier Hibon
Sophie is not scared anymore by horror movies until the day when...

ALL FLOWERS IN TIME (http://www.allflowersintime.com)
USA, 2010, 14 min, Director: Jonathan Caouette (Starring Chloe Sevigny)
Shape-shifting personalities infect young children with an evil signal in the form of a Dutch TV show.

MARTIAN PRECURSOR
USA, 2010, 1 min, Director: Robot Hand
A homeless man is tormented by transmissions from the planet Mars.

THE WONDER HOSPITAL
South Korea, 2010, 11 min, Director: Beomsik Shimbe Shim
*Winner Jury Award, Best Animated Short - CUFF 2011*
A surreal journey through a mysterious hospital that alters the perception of physical beauty.

FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS
Canada, 2011, 7 min, Director: Jeff Barnaby
A spiritually exhausted and destitute Mi’gMaq man visits a surgical clinic and undergoes a gruesome procedure to rid him of his red skin.

SUCKATHUMB
Canada, 2010, 9 min, Director: Xstine Cook
Fuelled by horrific bedtime stories, a child’s imagination runs wild in the Canadian Wilderness.

ROMANCE
Canada, 2010, 6 min, Director: Mathieu Handfield
A man tries to spoon his girlfriend, but his arm keeps getting in the way....

THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES
The Netherlands, 2010, 11 min, Director: Floris Kaayk
In this darkly futuristic, post-apocalyptic parable, mutated limbs look hopelessly for cooperation.

WRECKING BALL
Calgary, 2011, 6 min, Director: Lyle Pisio
A bartender fantasizes about what he would like to do to some patrons.

SACRIFICE: A VAMPIRE TALE (http://www.robertjukicfilms.com)
Australia, 2011, 9 min, Director: Robert Jukic
A race against time leads an unsuspecting victim into the path of an ancient evil.