Shorts Program #1

	Blue Stephen Kang New Zealand \| 2011 \| 14m The life and hard times of a human-sized plush toy, formerly a children’s TV star, now a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Winner, Grand Prix, Cannes Critics Week.
	The Five Stages of Grief Jessica Brickman USA \| 2011 \| 11m Death is both an aid and an impediment to romantic bliss in this wry comedy about the mourning after, co-starring Fran Kranz and Jason Ritter.
	The Bird Spider / La Migala Jaime Dezcallar Spain \| 2011 \| 14m A lovelorn man enters into a deadly game of chance when he intentionally sets a poisonous arachnid loose in his apartment.
	Graffitiger Libor Pixa Czech Republic \| 2010 \| 10m A lonely graffiti-drawn tiger wanders the walls and sidewalks of Prague looking for companionship.
	The Runner Ana Lazarevic Serbia and Montenegro / USA \| 2011 \| 17m In the lush and weedy Serbian countryside, a first time human trafficker becomes stranded with the Roma boy he is assigned to deliver.
	The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Ari Aster USA \| 2011 \| 28m In the picture-perfect Johnson family, a scandalous secret bubbles to the surface with outrageous, darkly comic complications.

	Blue Stephen Kang New Zealand \| 2011 \| 14m The life and hard times of a human-sized plush toy, formerly a children’s TV star, now a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Winner, Grand Prix, Cannes Critics Week.
	The Five Stages of Grief Jessica Brickman USA \| 2011 \| 11m Death is both an aid and an impediment to romantic bliss in this wry comedy about the mourning after, co-starring Fran Kranz and Jason Ritter.
	The Bird Spider / La Migala Jaime Dezcallar Spain \| 2011 \| 14m A lovelorn man enters into a deadly game of chance when he intentionally sets a poisonous arachnid loose in his apartment.
	Graffitiger Libor Pixa Czech Republic \| 2010 \| 10m A lonely graffiti-drawn tiger wanders the walls and sidewalks of Prague looking for companionship.
	The Runner Ana Lazarevic Serbia and Montenegro / USA \| 2011 \| 17m In the lush and weedy Serbian countryside, a first time human trafficker becomes stranded with the Roma boy he is assigned to deliver.
	The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Ari Aster USA \| 2011 \| 28m In the picture-perfect Johnson family, a scandalous secret bubbles to the surface with outrageous, darkly comic complications.