SHORTS PACKAGE - A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES

Shorts screened:

BIRD HOSTAGE

13 minutes Canada (Comedy / Dark Comedy / Narrative)

Lauren takes a job pet-sitting a parrot named Reggie, who longs for freedom and has a mouth like a sailor. The two strike up a friendship, and hatch a plan for his escape.

CALLER NUMBER NINE!

8 minutes United Kingdom (Comedy / Narrative / Woman Director)

A telemarketer accidentally calls into a radio show and wins a radio contest.

THE RAINBOW BRIDGE

12 minutes United States (Narrative)

Tina and her elderly dog visit a mysterious clinic offering human-to-pet communication. Two sinister doctors uncover a bond that transcends time and space.

FÁR

5 minutes Iceland (Narrative / Woman Director)

A bird hits a window of a café and disrupts its customers. A woman faces a decision on whether to ignore nature or to react.

YUMMO SPOT

8 minutes United States (Narrative)

Corny lovebirds move to the boonies and experience big, wild, American love.

FAVOURITES

5 minutes Australia (Narrative)

Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly.

TINY THING

15 minutes United States (Narrative)

It’s the tiny things that fuck us over in the end.

YOUR MONEY’S NO GOOD HERE

9 minutes Canada (Narrative)

A common phrase's misinterpretation propels one man's life into a dark, downward spiral.

THREADS

3 minutes Canada (Animation)

A harrowing clay animated story of a seamstress's desperate battle against an insidious parasite that threatens to consume her from within.

THE YEAR OF STARING AT NOSES

22 minutes Canada (Narrative)

A hybrid narrative-documentary about a woman who undergoes plastic surgery in an attempt to become a contestant on a reality television show.