1) No Joke Burma

Li-Anne Huang / 2008 / 12min / Singapore & Burma / PG

Synopsis:
The Moustache Brothers, Burmese comedians, were imprisoned for telling jokes and live under house arrest today. They continue to defy the government by performing their shows. Will they finally be free or will their jokes lead to their demise?

Contact:
liannehuangfilms@gmail.com

2) Bright Lights & Aspirations

Tay Aik Tiao / 2009 / 10min / Singapore / PG

Synopsis:
“Bright Lights & Aspirations” is a documentary that takes a look at the Getai (stage) singing scene in Singapore through the eyes of a young Getai singer.

Contact:
aik_tiao@hotmail.com

3) Elevated

Jared Mark / 2008 / 14min / USA / PG

Synopsis:
Ted Fisher lives a life of routine as a lonely customer-service representative in Strongman Frozen Foods’ complaint department. When he meets Valerie on the office elevator, his imagination goes wild, and his routine will never be the same again.

Director’s Statement:
“Elevated” is a story about being stuck in a routine, then finally finding the will and the desire to break that routine.

I owe tremendous gratitude to the cast and crew of “Elevated”. They worked so hard, with so little, to make so much. We also could not have made this short without the generosity of my family and friends. We hope you enjoy it.

Director’s Bio:
Jared is a Los Angeles native and a recent Directing MFA graduate at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.  He makes up half of a writing-directing team with his brother, Darin Mark.

Film Festivals:              
- Newport Beach Film Festival, 2009
- Cinelympics, 2009 (Winner in Comedy Category)

Contact:
jmark78@gmail.com

4) Down the Rabbit Hole

Eva Pervolovici / 2009 / 15min / UK & Romania / M18 (Sexual Scene and Drug Use)

Synopsis:
A young girl is willing to make a painful sacrifice in order to help her lover escape a jail sentence, but the decisions she faces will not leave her unharmed and will forever change her views on love and life.

Director’s Bio:
Eva is a young Romanian director, recently having completed her MFA Advance Film Practice in Edinburgh. Her short and experimental films have been screened at festivals around the world and won several prizes. My Undone School Film (2007), a 16mm fictional short won the best Experimental Film at Hyperion Film Festival in Romania and was screened at Milwaukee Short Film Festival, USA. She currently develops with Strada film a feature film project, written during an 'artist’s in residence' in Paris.

Film Festivals:                                                  
- Edinburgh International Film Festival (MIFF Awards)

Contact:
eva@metacult.ro

5) Rip it Off

Han Yohan / 2009 / 5min / South Korea / PG

Synopsis:
In this work, randomly shot pedestrians and vehicles on the street are shown on a monitor while a spectator in front of the screen freely inserts and removes selected objects via a hand as if ripping off memo papers.

Director’s Statement:
Originally inspired by a book written by Michel Foucalt, “Discipline and Punishment” which describes and criticizes the structure of the Panopticon, once designed in a circular shape as an ideal prison by Jeremy Bentham. It is formed in an effective shape to manage prisoners, for the observer is able to clearly investigate every little detail of the prisoners at the center of the Panopticon.

Today’s media has a great deal of power and invades our everyday lives. Personal spaces can be transformed unintentionally into a body and mind tamed by the media.

Contact:
hanyohan@yonsei.ac.kr

6) El Ataque De Los Robots De Nebulosa-5 (The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5)

Chema Garcia Ibarra / 2008 / 7min / Spain / PG

Synopsis:
Almost everybody is going to die very soon.

Director’s Bio:
Chema Garcia Ibarra was born in Elche and works as a copywriter in advertising.

Film Festivals:

- Mostra Cinema Jove d’Elx, 2008 (Ciutat d’Elx award)
- Visual Majadahonda, 2008 (Fiction Best short film)
- Manlleu Film Festival, 2008 (Video Best short film)
- Premios Rendibú, 2008 (Best Short Film)
- Certamen Fira Magica, 2008 (Best Short Film)
- Premios de la Diputación de Alicante, 2008 (Best Short Film)
- Festival Fantosfreak, 2008 (Best Short Film)
- Cinemad (Award Renoir Best Short Film)
- Sundance Film Festival (Honorable Mention)
- Film Front, Serbia (Special Jury Award)

Contact:
chemagarciaibarra@gmail.com