SHORTS PROGRAMME 01

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LUNA MACAROONA USA Beta SP 8 mins Dir Steve Buscemi Prod Saxon Eldridge

Twelve year old Lucian Buscemi discovers the 1980s East Village performance scene by interviewing pioneer performance artist Tom Murrin, AKA The Alien Comic. Features performances by The Alien Comic, Jo Andres, Mimi Goese, Dancenoise, Steve Buscemi & Mark Boone, and Ethyl Eichelburger.

BOBBY CRUSH USA 16mm 10 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Cam Archer DoP Aaron Platt Print Source Cut and Paste Films E camarcher@yahoo.com

Twelve-year-old Bobby Stone has a crush on best friend Dylan Hammer who doesn't feel the same way. The film pulls us into a dreamy netherworld with enough unabashed voyeurism and rueful melancholy to make you wonder if you are indeed asleep and dreaming. Music by The Honeys, The Cookies and The Apollas.

THE NINE MILE WALK Spain/Uruguay 35mm 20 mins Director/Producer/S'play Alvaro Brechner DoP Pablo Vallejo Print Source Baobab Films E abrechner@yahoo.com

Two friends in a Spanish medieval city initiate a game of words that leads to an unexpected twist.

HAWA BEIRUT [THE WIND OF BEIRUT] Lebanon Digibeta 16 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Fouad Alaywan DoP Thomas Harmeier Print Source Exit Film Production E foufa@cyberia.net.lb

One fine spring day, Khalil enters his bathroom to take a shower before going to a business meeting. A powerful gust of wind causes his old bathroom door to slam shut and trap him inside. A series of events leaves Khalil through an embarrassing and risky adventure while trying to get back to his apartment.

SALARYMAN 6 UK DV 7 mins Dir Jake Knight Prod/S'play Ryoko Tanaka DoP Jacques Nuit P/S Eye Candy E ryk@ne-o.co.uk

A modern animated tale of a salaryman (a typical male officeworker who is a symbol of post-war Japan's work ethic) in Tokyo. His mundane and repetitive life is shown in detail as he attempts to piece together his life using the aid of a pocket camera, after losing his memory. A widescreen mini spectacular as reality is stretched and warped to dramatic effect.