Shorts Program #1

Discover the next generation of NYFF filmmakers with two programs of original short films by exciting new talents on the world cinema stage.

RUNTIME
94 minutes
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 GriefThe 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.

Bird SpiderThe 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.

GraffitigerGraffitiger
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 JohnsonsThe 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.

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