Our juries and programming committees have met and made their decisions.  It’s unanimous that the quality of short films submitted to EIFF has been improving by leaps and bounds over the years.  We’re so proud of each and every one of you who sent us your ‘baby’ and sad that we couldn’t screen every one of them – but then we’d be a 30-day festival!  Organizers encourage audiences to come out and support these short filmmakers as many of them will be making the trek to Edmonton and will be participating in a Q&A following their screenings.  And you know, they just might make a feature film one day!

The ‘Official Selections’ for Short Films are… View alphabetical listing of short films

Animated Shorts
Running time: 85-minutes
Sunday, Sept. 30 at 7pm in Princess II Theatre
For those interested in animation, this is the shorts package to see.  And even if you’re not an animator, these films are all engaging stories.  We proudly mention the final film in this package ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ (an NFB film from Montreal) which recently won the Best Short Film and Petit Rail d’Or Audience Awards at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.  Way to go Canada!
View 'Animated Shorts' Package

International Shorts – International Shorts screen Monday thru Friday during the festival at 7pm in Princess II Theatre.  These films are curated from the phenomenal number of submissions we received and are an outstanding representation of the short film work being produced internationally.  Tickets are $12 and only available at the door.

All films in the International Shorts series are juried and are in competition for:
Frame 30 Productions Award for Best Alberta Short.
Kodak Canada Award for Best Canadian Short.
Parcom Marketing Award for Best International Short.
View ‘International Shorts’ packages

Irish Shorts
Running time: 80-minutes
Saturday, Sept. 29 at 4pm in Princess II Theatre 
Irish Shorts is a compilation of films from Network Ireland Television – the foremost independent distribution company in Ireland whose programming portfolio consists of over 1,000 hours of TV and DVD/video material (including 500+ short films).  Curated by Toni Powell, Festival Producer at Heart of Gold International Film Festival in Gympie, Australia, these are the finest filmic gems from a country full of gems. 
View ‘Irish Shorts’ packages

Lunchbox Shorts – This is our third year programming Lunchbox Shorts at Edmonton City Centre and we’re wowed by the growing audiences that attend each year.  Films screen from Monday to Friday (October 1-5) between noon and 1pm at Empire Theatres in Edmonton City Centre.  $10 gets you lunch and short films from around the world.  If you love the films, you can watch them again at 7pm the same night at the International Shorts packages in Princess II Theatre.

All films in the Lunchbox Shorts series are juried and are in competition for:
Frame 30 Productions Award for Best Alberta Short.
Kodak Canada Award for Best Canadian Short.
Parcom Marketing Award for Best International Short.
View ‘Lunchbox Shorts’ packages 

Our Own Backyard - Sunday, September 30 from 10am to 11pm at Metro Cinema. 
We are proud to present a full day of programming produced by Albertans!  This is a first-time venture for EIFF, so please bear with us if there are ‘kinks’ in the day’s line-up.  Our plan is this… we’ve created ten (10) packages of films that are 45- to 50-minutes in length.  Following each package, the always-fabulous Mark Scholz will introduce attending filmmakers and moderate a brief Q&A with audiences.  This is your chance to see, and experience, movies being made right here – in our own backyard.  Tickets are just $10 (cash only) at the door, and you are free to come and go throughout the day.  Reel Deal and 6-pack passes can be used at the Our Own Backyard screenings.
View ‘Our Own Backyard’ packages


Reel Youth Shorts
Running time: 90-minutes
Sunday, Sept. 30 @ noon in Princess II Theatre
Showcasing the best of youth filmmaking, the touring Reel Youth Film Festival is a surprisingly insightful and entertaining series of shorts made by youth 19 years and younger. The films are gathered from innovative new filmmakers from across Canada, US and beyond. This year’s films range from a bitter-sweet documentary on a group of young street kids in India, to hilarious schoolyard duals, to a touching expose on happiness. The program is made up of 18 short films, with an average of four minutes each in length.

 RUSHES Soho Shorts
Running time: 80-minutes
Sunday, Sept. 30 at 4pm in Princess II Theatre
The RUSHES Soho Shorts Film Festival takes place each year in London, England and showcases emerging and established filmmakers from the UK. We thought we save you the price of a plane ticket by bringing these award-winning films to Edmonton!

Shorts for Young People are three (3) short film packages created for the young, and young at heart!  These films appeal to everyone and are a wonderful way to introduce young people to stories made outside of the Hollywood ‘system’.  All the films screening in these youth packages were chosen by our ‘Youth Jury’ – comprised of Edmontonians aged 10 to 15.  Please note that a few films have English subtitles.  Some filmmakers may be in attendance.
View ‘Shorts For Young People’ packages


Shorts on the Edge is made up of two (2) short film packages that are ‘edgier’ – fascinating, yet some people might find the content a bit disturbing.  We watched these with our Short Film Jury and felt that audiences need to know ahead of time that a lot of these films might stick with you for a very long time.  And THAT is what great filmmaking is all about, isn’t it?  Films programmed in Shorts on the Edge are in competition for:
Frame 30 Productions Award for Best Alberta Short.
Kodak Canada Award for Best Canadian Short.
Parcom Marketing Award for Best International Short. 
View ‘Shorts on the Edge’ packages

 Spanish Shorts
Running time: 80-minutes
Saturday, Sept. 29 at 2pm in Princess II Theatre
Saturday, Oct. 6 at 4pm in Princess II Theatre
Spain submitted a phenomenal number of fantastic films to be considered by our 2007 programming committees.  We were so honored, and impressed with the filmmaking and storytelling excellence that we created a shorts package to salute the beautiful people of Spain.  All films are Spanish with English subtitles.
View 'Spanish Shorts' Package
Animated Shorts
Running time: 85-minutes
Sunday, Sept. 30 at 7pm in Princess II Theatre

The Power of Suggestion / Come Again in Spring / I Met the Walrus / The Key to the Mystic Halls of Time / Winston’s Shuttle / Are You Norma? / Coucou Clock / Flutter / A Garote (The Kid) Madame Tutli-Putli / The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish
'International Shorts' Packages
Princess Theatre II (7 p.m.)

International Shorts Package #1
Monday, October 1 at 7 p.m. in Princess II Theatre            Running Time: 90 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
What’s Wrong With This Picture? / Hungarian Salami (Sibel Guvenc (Producer/Director) in attendance) / Gone (Bill Madden) / Humongous, USA (Christopher Elke (Producer/Director) in attendance) / Naturalized / Just / I Have Seen the Future / No Menus Please / Going To School in A Mud Desert

International Shorts Package #2
Tuesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. in Princess II Theatre           Running Time: 90 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
The Vampire (Ryan Furlong (Director/Producer) and Andreas Kyprinaou (Co-Producer) in attendance)/ Paradise / The Birthday / Saturday Night Newton/Sunday Morning Enmore / When Erma Made Herman / Love On Track / Loveproof / The Bar / smallfilm (Richard Lawrence (Director) in attendance)

International Shorts Package #3
Wednesday, October 3 at 7 p.m. in Princess II Theatre       Running Time: 85 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
Coucou Clock / The Windfisherman / New To Laundry / Nagpapanggap (Pretend) / Die Flugbegleiterin (The Stewardess) / Quincy & Althea (Doug Lenox (Director) in attendance) / Wednesday

International Shorts Package #4
Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. in Princess II Theatre        Running Time: 90 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
Truck Stop Grill (Daniel Seideneder (Director) in attendance) / Hunter / Chinese Dumplings / Slingers / Les Rabiboches (The Playgrounded) / The Little Gorilla

International Shorts Package #5
Friday, October 5 at 7 p.m. in Princess II Theatre        Running Time: 85 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
2 (Kim Anderson (Producer/Director) in attendance) / What You’re Ready For (Corey Lee (Producer/Director) in attendance)/ The Gift (Ryan Furlong (Director/Producer) and Andreas Kyprinaou (Co-Producer) in attendance)/ My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film (Karen Hines (Producer/Director) in attendance) / The Answer Key (Samir Rehem (Director) and Robin Crumley (Producer) in attendance) / Rock Pockets / Hirsute / The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish / Back in ‘93  
Irish Shorts
Running time: 80-minutes
Saturday, Sept. 29 at 4pm in Princess II Theatre

Badly Drawn Roy / Why the Irish Dance That Way / Mebollix / Dutch Bird / Marion and the Princess / Agricultural Report / My Name is Yu Ming / Teeth
Lunchbox Shorts at Edmonton City Centre
 
Lunchbox Shorts #1
Monday, October 1 at 12:10pm in Empire City Centre 9            Running Time: 42 minutes
What’s Wrong With This Picture? / Naturalized / Hungarian Salami (Sibel Guvenc (Producer/Director) in attendance) / Humongous, USA (Christopher Elke (Producer/Director) in attendance)/ Going To School in A Mud Desert 

Lunchbox Shorts #2
Tuesday, October 2 at 12:10pm in Empire City Centre 9           Running Time: 44 minutes
The Vampire / Paradise / Saturday Night Newton/Sunday Morning Enmore / When Erma Made Herman / The Bar

Lunchbox Shorts #3
Wednesday, October 3 at 12:10pm in Empire City Centre 9       Running Time: 42 minutes
Coucou Clock / The Windfisherman / New To Laundry / Die Flugbegleiterin (The Stewardess) / Quincy & Althea (Doug Lenox (Director) in attendance)

Lunchbox Shorts #4
Thursday, October 4 at 12:10pm in Empire City Centre 9          Running Time: 42 minutes
Truck Stop Grill (Daniel Seideneder (Director) in attendance) / Chinese Dumplings / Les Rabiboches (The Playgrounded) / The Little Gorilla

Lunchbox Shorts #5
Friday, October 5 at 12:10pm in Empire City Centre 9           Running Time: 45 minutes
What You’re Ready For (Corey Lee (Producer/Director) in attendance) / The Planning Lady / My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film (Karen Hines (Producer/Director) in attendance) / Back in ‘93 / Rock Pockets / Hirsute / The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish   
'Our Own Backyard' Packages
Metro Cinema

Our Own Backyard Package 1 @ 10am
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 50 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
Stranger in My Own Skin / Robot Love (Michael Peterson (Producer/Director) in attendance) / Echo Park

Our Own Backyard Package 2 @ 11am
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 47 minutes
To Costco and Ikea Without A Car / Viva Jopo! / Ehsaas / The Sunday Holdup (Sean Smith (Writer/Director) in attendance). / Freedom At Risk! (James Reckseidler (Producer/Director) in attendance).

Our Own Backyard Package 3 @ Noon
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 42 minutes
CEA / Hypertrophy (Leslea Kroll (Writer/Director) in attendance) / That Thing Between Us / End of the Rope (Eva Colmers (Producer/Director) in Attendance).

Our Own Backyard Package 4 @ 1pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 46 minutes
I’mWorthIT-ISM / Pineapple Baby / The Experience / Locked Out (Tovah Paglaro(Producer/Director) and Kirsten Kilburn (principal actor) in attendance).

Our Own Backyard Package 5 @ 2pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 50 minutes
Matt Dunigan: HIStory / Henry ‘Gizmo’ Williams: HIStory

Our Own Backyard Package 6 @ 3:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 46 minutes
Utopia City / RARE / Dog Watch

Our Own Backyard Package 7 @ 4:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 41 minutes
Alberta Ride of the Valkyrie / Sleepless / Warming / Rant – Little Darlins (Ben Babchishin (Producer/Director) in attendance)

Our Own Backyard Package 8 @ 5:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 48 minutes
I Hate Popcorn (Spencer Estabrooks (Producer/Director) in attendance) / Middle Men

Our Own Backyard Package 9 @ 6:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 47 minutes
return / Departure / Inside Charlie / Cornered / Dear and Departed

Our Own Backyard Package 10 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 47 minutes
Lust For Blood / Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus / 8 1/2 Short Films About Zombies

Our Own Backyard Climax @ 9:15pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 at Metro Cinema       Running Time: 88 minutes

Sure Shot Dombrowski
88:00 / HD Cam / Canada Director (1st feature): Tim McKort
Comedy - WORLD PREMIERE
Featuring a plethora of Western Canada’s brightest comedic talents, ring in the start of another hockey season with this Made in Edmonton hockey comedy!
DIRECTOR TIM MCKORT and CAST IN ATTENDANCE
'Shorts for Young People' Packages
Princess II Theatre

Shorts for Kids Package #1
Saturday, Sept. 29 at noon in Princess II Theatre      Running Time: 75 minutes
Appropriate for all ages, please note that the final film, Mondmann, is in German with English subtitles – so we would recommend that your child have basic reading skills.
Coucou Clock / Chinese Dumplings / Kemo Sabe / What’s Wrong With This Picture? / Me, Masi & Mr. Clean / Dominoes / Mondmann/Moonman

Shorts for Kids Package #2
Saturday, Oct. 6 at noon in Princess II Theatre       Running Time: 79 minutes
Consider this the ‘kids meal’ of the film festival experience.  Small bites, and you walk away feeling full.  This is a wonderfully diverse compilation of international shorts that is suitable for all ages but our Youth Jurors felt the content skews a little older – ages 8 and up. 
Ed Meets His Maker ( Laurence Sarezky in attendance) / Going To School in A Mud Desert / The Planning Lady / For All the Marbles / The Windfisherman / Come Again in Spring / The Little Gorilla

Shorts for Teens
Saturday, Oct. 6 at 2pm in Princess II Theatre       Running Time: 85 minutes
Your teen doesn’t want to be seen in public with you anymore, right?  That’s why we created Shorts For Teens.  The movie theatre is dark, so no one will see you together.  Interesting, intelligent and eye-opening, these international films might even cause your teen to talk to you.  Please note there are a few swear words in a couple of these films, but nothing we all haven’t heard in music lyrics, or on television.
Cash On Delivery / Are You Norma? / Earano / Moon Cake / Isabelle Au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Betty) / Laces / Deacon’s Mondays / Gone (Bill Madden) / Back in ‘93
'Shorts on the Egde' Packages

Shorts on the Edge Package #1
Saturday, Sept. 29 at 9:15pm in Princess II Theatre           Running Time: 80 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
Nuts / Pismo (The Letter) / Year of the Dog / Last Day of December / Noir Total/Full Black

Shorts on the Edge Package #2
Friday, Oct. 5 at 9:15pm in Princess II Theatre           Running Time: 100 minutes
*There will be a moderated, audience Q&A with attending filmmakers immediately following this screening.
Au Suivant (Hard Man To Love) / A.W.O.L. / Anonymous / The Price of Acorn / L’Ecouteur (The Listener)/ Show Time
Spanish Shorts
Running time: 80-minutes
Saturday, Sept. 29 at 2pm in Princess II Theatre

La Parabolica (The Parabolic Dish) / El Canto Del Grillo (The Song of the Cricket) / DVD / Dos Veces (Twice) / Antes Y Despues de Besar A Maria (Before and After Kissing Maria)
Official Selections

                           
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2:40 / 16-mm / Canada Producer/Director: Kim Anderson Animation. 
An animated meditation on human communication through visual language.  Kim Anderson (Producer/Director) in attendance.
INT’L. SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 7pm in Princess II 
8 1/2 Short Films About Zombies
40:00 / 16-mm and Beta-SP / Thorsby Producer: Jason Pichonsky Zombie/Live-Action. 
8 1⁄2 short films about zombies that intertwine and unfold to reveal the truth about Canada’s living dead.  Featuring performances by: Christian Zip, Clinto Carew and Anthony Karos.
Our Own Backyard 10: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7:30pm in Metro Cinema 
A Garote (The Kid)
4:03 / Animation / Brazil Producer/Director (1st film): Fernando Pinheiro Experimental. 
Condemned to playing. The story of a child in black and white and a watercolor doll in painting on canvas.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
Agricultural Report
A cow is listening to the radio show ‘Agricultural Report’ which is discussing a new strain of a disease that could be dangerous to livestock herds.  The cow gets progressively more agitated as the symptoms and effects of the disease are described.  She unexpectedly finds a solution to her worries.
IRISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 4pm in Princess II  
Alberta Ride of the Valkyrie
3:16 / HDCam / Calgary Producer/Director: David Hauka in collaboration with Myra Davies Spoken Word/Live-Action. 
Young horse women ride in an Alberta winter landscape.
Our Own Backyard 7: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 4:30pm in Metro Cinema
Anonymous
20:00 / DigiBeta / Spain Director (1st film): Cristian Pozo Drama/Live-Action.  Anonymous is a love story, a love in a daydreaming universe with no time, and no reference to place.  This is Fred and Laura’s love.
SHORTS ON THE EDGE 2: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15pm in Princess II  
The Answer Key
20:00 / 35-mm / Canada Director: Samir Rehem Drama/Live Action. 
The Answer Key is the urban fairy tale of esteemed problem-maker Joe Strobe whose obsession with an overdue contract for the Ministry of Education is interrupted with the arrival of a self-diagnostic kit for a particularly dismal, post-industrial pestilence known as Terminal Loneliness.  When Joe tests positive he finds himself faced with his greatest problem of all time.  Disturbing scenes.  Samir Rehem (Director) and Robin Crumley (Producer) in attendance.
INT’L. SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 7pm in Princess II 
Antes Y Despues de Besar A Maria (Before and After Kissing Maria)
7:00 / HDCam and 35-mm / Spain Director: Ramon Alos Comedy/Live-Action. 
Before and after kissing Maria narrates, from the point of view of Raúl, a 9 year-old child from a small village in the Spanish countryside, his adventures to kiss Maria, his 12 year-old cousin, which as every summer, has come to the village to spend her holydays.
SPANISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 2pm in Princess II
Are You Norma?
3:08 / 16mm / Canada Producer/Director/Animator: Angela Edmunds Animation. 
Are You Norma? Is an experimental animation exploring fashion restrictions placed on the female body.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II

Au Suivant (Hard Man To Love)
9:46 / 35 mm / Canada Producer/Director: Douglas Bensadoun Drama/Live-Action. 
A tollbooth operator in the middle of nowhere is faced with a life decision when a car does something a car has never done before - stops after passing through.
SHORTS ON THE EDGE 2: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15pm in Princess II
A.W.O.L.
20:00 / 35mm / USA Producer/Director: Jack Swanstrom Drama/Live-Action. 
1972.  An American soldier, Marquette (David Morse), is captured and tortured in Vietnam.  At the height of agony, Marquette suddenly finds himself home, living an idyllic life in the US with a loving wife and children that he’s never seen before.  As he struggles to take in what’s happening to him, he discovers the cruel pain of war isn’t over after all.  Contains disturbing scenes.
SHORTS ON THE EDGE 2: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15pm in Princess II
Back in ‘93
10:00 / Super-16mm / Canada Producer/Director: Mark Montefiore Family/Drama. 
A ten year old boy’s coming of age tale as a closet Montreal Canadiens’ fan living in Leafs-Loving Southern Ontario during the 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Narrated by George Stroumboulopoulos.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 7pm in Princess II
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II 
Badly Drawn Roy
The film is set in the present day in a working class suburb of Dublin. We meet Roy, Ireland’s only living animated character. He was born in 1972 into an ordinary ‘live action’ family. This fly on the wall documentary film allows us exclusive access into Roy’s life where we learn of the prejudices he must overcome on a daily basis.
IRISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 4pm in Princess II
The Bar
9:00 / HDCam / Canada Director: Mike Jackson Comedy. 
“The Bar” tells the story of Mac, a down-and-out writer who thinks he's lost everything, and Adeline, a hooker with a history of feeling out of place.  “The Bar” is a typical boy-meets-girl story involving chicken breasts, pool sharks, and a xylophone. Film noir meets Airplane!
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Tuesday, Oct. 2 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Tuesday, Oct. 2 @ 7pm in Princess II
The Birthday
13:30 / HD / Canada Director: Kabir Shaukat Ali Live-Action/Drama. 
Harbans refuses to accept the news that his beautiful wife will die soon and gathers the family around for what might be her final birthday.  Something changes in him on this day.
INT’L. SHORTS: Tuesday, Oct. 2 @ 7pm in Princess II
Cash On Delivery
12:56 / DVCPro 50 / Canada Producer/Director (1st film): Manny Parmar Action/Adventure
Jay and Randy are on a mission.  They have lost what they shouldn’t have and now must get it back.  Charged with adrenaline and desperation, they must now wrestle their way through the American Postal System.
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II 
CEA
4:12 / DVCPro / Calgary Producer/Director: Dominique Keller Dance. 
Cea, a film without words draws us into a captivating sensory experience . The slow, melodic rhythms and quiet energy of this film offer a powerful dichotomy to the frenetic pace of today’s dominant urban culture.   The movement flows with the grace of poetry, to an original score that takes us back, through our collective rural history.
Our Own Backyard 3: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ noon in Metro Cinema
Chinese Dumplings
7:59 / 35-mm / USA Producer/Director (1st film): Michelle Hung Family/Drama.
Chinese Dumplings illuminates how, in childhood, small moments define us in big ways. Like so many Chinese-American kids growing up in the late 1970s, Lucy, 9, and Grace, 7, would rather be playing outside after school than practicing violin in their living room.  Chinese dialogue with English subtitles.
SHORTS FOR KIDS 1: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ noon in Princess II
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ 7pm in Princess II

Come Again in Spring   
12:00 / Animation / Canada Director: Belinda Oldford Drama. 
Come Again in Spring is a gentle tale about mortality that works in subliminal ways.  Can we negotiate our time on earth?  A lyrical look, exquisitely animated, at a reality as old as humanity, as young as today.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
SHORTS FOR KIDS 2: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ noon in Princess II 
Cornered
10:00 / HDV / Calgary Producer/Director: Chris Scheuerman Live-Action/Drama. 
Ryan finds himself 'cornered' when Blake, his gang leader, orders Ryan to a decrepit industry shop, where Blake reveals a figure sitting tied to a chair. It's Ryan's mother. Ryan is forced to prove his loyalty to Blake's protection by making a choice: Ryan must shoot his mother, or be shot himself. Fighting through Blake’s quiet manipulation, Ryan revisits moments from his past that ultimately help him make up his mind.  *Contains disturbing scenes and coarse language.
Our Own Backyard 9: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 6:30pm in Metro Cinema
Coucou Clock
3:23 / Video / France Directors: Cailleau Francois and Fobis Audrey Comedy/Animation. 
Objects of a kitchen take life when there is nobody.  The corkscrew and the vase pass the time playing darts, until a new playmate arrives.
SHORTS FOR KIDS 1: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ noon in Princess II
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II 
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Wednesday, Oct. 3 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Wednesday, Oct. 3 @ 7pm in Princess II

Deacon’s Mondays
18:30 / Super-16 mm / USA Producers/Directors: Destin Cretton and Lowell Frank Live-Action/Drama. 
Deacon lives in a fantastical world of snowing feathers, hailing golf balls and incredible guilt.  After a petty accident begins to haunt him, the lonely landscaper must stumble through his mundane life while combating his inner torment.
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II 
Dear and Departed
7:13 / 35-mm / Thorsby Producer/Director/Writer: Jason Pichonsky Live-Action/Drama. 
The souls of a serial killer’s victims end up in a laundromat on the edge of purgatory. As they cleanse their dirty laundry they compete to move to a state of nirvana. Will they receive justice?
Our Own Backyard 9: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 6:30pm in Metro Cinema
Departure
12:00 / 16-mm / Edmonton Director (1st film): Ryan Daddi Live-Action/Drama.  Departure is a 12-minute short centering on choices, indecision and the consequences thereof, under the guise of an action film. The production was completed using a spring-wound Bolex camera in 16mm format, shooting over 4 days in Edmonton, Alberta.
Our Own Backyard 9: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 6:30pm in Metro Cinema
Die Flugbegleiterin (The Stewardess)
11:19 / HDV / Germany Producer/Director (1st film): Marcin Glowacki Black Comedy.
Where desire ends and addiction begins.  A film about the amount of food in a society which has lost its proportions, about the work of people, who don't know anymore, what their calling is.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Wednesday, Oct. 3 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Wednesday, Oct. 3 @ 7pm in Princess II
Dog Watch
19:57 / HDV / Edmonton Writer/Director: Kevin Dillese Comedy/Drama. 
Isn’t marriage crazy?  Full of ups and downs and wacky adventures.  Especially when you mix in a goofy priest, a couple of doofuses and a downright pesky pooch!  But I bet everything’s going to work out for silly old Morthew as long as he survives his latest suicide attempt.  Performances by: Barb North, Becky Johnson, Dana Andersen, Donovan Workun, Glenn Nelson, Mark Meer and Shenoah Allen.  *Coarse language and gorey scenes.
Our Own Backyard 6: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 3:30pm in Metro Cinema
Dominoes
10:07 / Animation / Canada Director: Daniel Schorr
A film without words.  Dominoes uses characters based on the tiles of this universal game to illustrate the tensions and conflicts when a newcomer struggles to integrate into a pre-established group.  This lively animated film is set to tunes inspired by Brazil’s chorinho music.
Precedes the documentary Dogwalker: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 7pm in Metro Cinema
SHORTS FOR KIDS 1: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ noon in Princess II
Dos Veces (Twice)
24:00 / HDCam / Spain Producer/Director: Joseba Fuentes Drama/Live-Action. 
Laura wants to divorce Mario.  He agrees to give her whatever settlement she asks for on one condition: she must accept to re-enact the first time they met.
SPANISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 2pm in Princess II 
Dutch Bird
The tale that follows is a touching comedy about Irish village life, pigeon racing and international drug smuggling but is ultimately about the lengths to which people will go for friendship.
IRISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 4pm in Princess II
DVD
17:30 / Mini-DV and HDCam / Spain Producer/Director: Ciro Altabas Comedy/Live-Action. 
This short film includes: scene selection, trailer, selected cut scenes, alternative ending, eliminated scene, videoclip, featurette: “What’s a freak?”, audiocommentary, character selection and a boy-meets-girl story.
SPANISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 2pm in Princess II 
Earano
12:45 / DV-Cam / USA Director: Luke Matheny Comedy/Live-Action. 
In this comic twist on the classic Cyrano de Bergerac tale, a shy, big-eared tutor named Earl longs for a romance with the lovely librarian.  But the arrival of a hunky janitor puts a kink in Earl’s plans and sets into motion a surprising story of unrequited love.
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II 
Echo Park
20:00 / Mini-DV / Edmonton Producer/Director: Alyssa McGowan Drama/Romance. 
The parallel of a boy coming to terms with his life and the downfall relationship that brings it full circle.  *Coarse language.
Our Own Backyard 1: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 10am in Metro Cinema 
Ed Meets His Maker
14:40 / Super-16 mm / USA Producer/Director: Laurence Sarezky Comedy/Live-Action. 
In 1959, a nine-year-old loner needs the help of scornful neighborhood kids to conduct a funeral for his pet tortoise (named Ed, in honor of Edmonton – where the young boy spent his first 8 years) and achieve closure on his father’s death.  Laurence Sarezky in attendance.
SHORTS FOR KIDS 2: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ noon in Princess II  
Ehsaas
12:34 / Mini-DV / Edmonton Director: Alykhan Gulamani Drama/Live-Action. 
After a brief and random encounter with an elderly couple, a young man is forced to come to the realization of what true love really is.
Our Own Backyard 2: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 11am in Metro Cinema
El Canto Del Grillo (The Song of the Cricket)
17:00 / HDCam and 35-mm / Spain Producer/Director: Dany Campos Drama/Live Action. 
Joseba Perurena wants to start a new life together with his girlfriend. However, cutting ties with the past is never an easy thing to do especially when the consequences have not been fully considered.
End of the Rope
8:07 / HDCam / Edmonton Producer/Director: Eva Colmers Experimental/Fantasy/Live-Action. 
In a faraway space, torn between forces above and below, two people reach the end of their ropes. Where to go, when there is no safe haven? What to do when confronted by a potential threat? Breathtaking aerial acts illuminate the dark sky, as the characters climb and fall, pull and push in their struggle for survival.  Stunning camera work and a compellingly alien soundscape make this short film an unique cinematic treat.  Features performers Annie Dugan and John Ullyatt.  Music composed by Dave Clarke.  Eva Colmers (Producer/Director) in Attendance.
Our Own Backyard 3: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ noon in Metro Cinema 
The Experience
17:30 / DV / Red Deer Director: Dan Rocque Drama/Live-Action. 
The story centers on Tom, a young man with plans of meeting several friends out in the woods for a weekend of camping.  Soon after his arrival, a shocking discovery forces him to make several sporadic decisions which set him on a downward spiral.  The Experience is not only a gripping visual framework, but a harrowing investigation into the nature of human decision. 
Our Own Backyard 4: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 1pm in Metro Cinema
Flutter
6:52 / Animation / Canada Director: Howie Shia
A film without words.  A young boy searches for the answer to the question ‘How big is the world?’  He hops the schoolroom fence and begins a life-changing quest.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II 
For All the Marbles
11:09 / Mini-DV / Canada Director: Kris Booth Action/Adventure. 
It’s recess and ten-year-old Jeff reveals his prized Cat’s Eye marble in a bid to win the ‘Universal Marble Championship’. But when the schoolyard bully grabs and launches it to the other side of the playground, Jeff must cross a schoolyard fraught with danger in order to reclaim his marble.
SHORTS FOR KIDS 2: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ noon in Princess II
Frankenstein, or: The Modern Prometheus
3:24 / Animation / Edmonton Director: Mark Jowett Animation/Silent. 
Victor Frankenstein robbed graves.  He chopped up a lot of murderers and sewed them together into a giant green monster.  Then the monster was struck by lightning and came to life.  Shockingly, this plan did not go well.  *Contains coarse language.
Our Own Backyard 10: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7:30pm in Metro Cinema
Freedom At Risk!
6:47 / Super-8 mm / Calgary Producer/Director/Writer: James Reckseidler Drama/Live-Action. 
The Attendant of the Communication Centre at the Earth's core receives a distress signal and must go to the Earth's surface to save the world from an impending Atomic Missile launch.  James Reckseidler (Producer/Director) in attendance.
Our Own Backyard 2: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 11am in Metro Cinema 
The Gift
10:00 / DVCam / Canada Screenwriter/Producer/Director: Ryan Furlong Drama/Live Action. 
A father and daughter reunite for her birthday at a local café.  The awkward patrons are affected by the gift that she is given.  Disturbing scenes.
Ryan Furlong (Director/Producer) and Andreas Kyprinaou (Co-Producer) will be in attendance.
INT’L. SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 7pm in Princess II
Going To School in A Mud Desert
9:40 / Digi-Beta and Beta-SP / India Director: Aseem Misra Family/Documentary.
This film is a celebration of what school is like for children living in the desert. It explores different ways of going to school in India, told through the eyes of a child who goes to school in adverse conditions and inspires people of all ages to think of going to school as fun and an adventure.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm in Princess II
SHORTS FOR KIDS 2: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ noon in Princess II
Gone (Bill Madden)
2:59 / Mini-DV and DVCam Director: Andrew Watson USA Experimental. 
Bill Madden brings the worlds of film and music together with a metaphorical environmental warning alert. This compelling video raises questions, fusing art, social commentary, and music to spark debate on what it means to be alive and grapple with the consequences of environmental change.
INT’L. SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm in Princess II
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II
Henry ‘Gizmo’ Williams: HIStory
24:40 / HD / Calgary Director: Tom Pilong
The greatest kick returner in pro football, Henry ‘Gizmo’ Williams played his final game for the Edmonton Eskimos on October 28, 2000.  No CFL player since has broken open games like Williams through 14 CFL seasons with the Esks.  Born May 3, 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee, ‘His Story’ is told in his words.
Our Own Backyard 5: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 2pm in Metro Cinema
Hirsute
13:30 / HDCam / Canada Producer/Director: AJ Bond Drama/Live Action. 
A young scientist struggling to create a time machine is visited by an arrogant, time-traveling, future version of himself.  Shocked to discover that his future holds a preoccupation with body-hair removal, a penchant for boiled eggs and an unusually passionate self-interest, the young scientist vows to change the course of his life.
INT’L. SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 7pm in Princess II 
Humongous, USA
8:55 / 35-mm/ Canada Producer/Director: Christopher Elke Live-Action/Drama.  When Jane wakes up one hot summer day and decides to succumb to Dick’s early morning advances, she’s late for work. Commuting isn’t an option now. Like everyone else in the neighbourhood, she must drive her SUV to get to work on time. But this time, Nature’s had enough…  Christopher Elke (Producer/Director) in attendance.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm in Princess II 

Hungarian Salami
15:00 / 35-mm / Canada Producer/Director/Writer: Sibel Guvenc Producer/Writer: Murat Guvenc Cast: David Sparrow, Toni Ellwand, John Kozak, Bernadeta Wrobel, Karl Graboshas, Louca Tassone. Live-Action/Drama. 
Louis, a cook who runs a family restaurant in a small village, discovers his unique gift of resurrecting the dead.  When he is visited by a pregnant bride and groom due to the sudden death of the bride’s father foregoing the wedding.  Sibel Guvenc (Producer/Director) in attendance.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm in Princess II 

Hunter
18:00 / Super-16 mm / France Producer/Director: Julien Guerif Drama/Film Noir. 
Hugh serves the corporate world as an expert “headhunter.” When a company needs new executives, his job is interviewing applicants and weeding out the weak. His ruthless methods begin to affect his personal life, dissolving his humanity into a cold mercantile evaluation process.  But one day Hugh goes too far and stomps someone who doesn’t have much to lose...
INT’L. SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ 7pm in Princess II
Hypertrophy
23:00 / DV / Edmonton Writer/Director: Leslea Kroll Drama/Live-Action. 
A woman arrives late one night bearing bad news and a mysterious package.  Everything changes in a heartbeat…  Leslea Kroll (Writer/Director) in attendance.
Our Own Backyard 3: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ noon in Metro Cinema 
I Hate Popcorn
3:20 / Super-8 mm / Calgary Producer/Director: Spencer Estabrooks Experimenta/Live-Action. 
Inside the magical world of popcorn.  Tastes great.  Less filling.  A cornucopia of ideals about everyone’s favorite consumable snack.  Winner of the Goden Reel for Best Super-8 at the Calgary $100 Film Festival.  Spencer Estabrooks (Producer/Director) in attendance.
Our Own Backyard 8: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 5:30pm in Metro Cinema  
I Have Seen the Future
6:07 / Digi-Beta and Beta-SP / Canada Producer/Director: Cam Christiansen Animation/Live-Action. 
I Have Seen the Future is an animated, camera-based motion capture of the colourful Kris Demeanor song. It is a witty and humorous experience of a suburban kid growing up in the 70’s. Think: hot summer days, North Star running shoes, and your dad in “athletic gear”.
INT’L. SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm in Princess II
I’mWorthIT-ISM
4:27 / Animation / Edmonton Animator: Katalin Szonyi
The protagonist of I’mWorthIT-ISM is a female pig from the East who enters the world of humanoids in the West on a transport.  After being bombarded with unsolicited messages telling her that she is ‘not perfect’ she embarks on a mission to become one.
Our Own Backyard 4: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 1pm in Metro Cinema 
I Met the Walrus
5:10 / Animation / Canada Director: Josh Raskin Documentary. 
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about piece for his school paper. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multi-pronged animation.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
Inside Charlie
12:00 / HDV / Lethbridge Director: John Poliquin Live-Action/Drama. 
Inside Charlie is a comedic drama written, filmed and produced by six Canadian artists.  It is an exploration of the mind that exposes the emotional complexities that can drive a human being to choose their career over everything else in their life.  Meet Charlie, who relives a lifetime of memories and comes to understand that he has a reason to live, even more important than his career.
Our Own Backyard 9: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 6:30pm in Metro Cinema
Insignia
14:58 / 35-mm and DigiBeta / Australia Director/Writer: Jarrod Factor
Live Action/Drama.  
The once celebrated graphic designer Paul Andrews has fallen from grace. Battling against the demands of vacuous clients, deprived of his voice, he descends into an obsessive and distorted search for creative expression.
Insignia screens before the feature film ‘Memory Thief’ on Friday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15pm in Metro Cinema.
Precedes the feature film Memory Thief: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15pm in Metro Cinema
The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish
6:46 / HDCam / Canada Director: Jim Goodall Comedy/Animation. 
GILL, a disgruntled goldfish, hates the world. He has nothing better to do than swim around in his fishbowl all day as entertainment for his arch nemesis THE KID, who constantly annoys him and feeds him “flaky crap food.” Gill needs a babe—and needs one badly—but foul-mouthed rants and raves don’t get you any action when you’re trapped in a lonely fishbowl.  Finally, Gill decides to take drastic action. But he never expected what’s coming to him! *This film contains coarse language.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 7pm in Princess II 
Isabelle Au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Betty)
9:14 / Animation / Canada Director : Claude Cloutier Comedy. 
In a sumptuous palace nestled in a working-class neighborhood of Montreal, Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor.  The King appeals to the ‘handsome’ prince – he’s a Prince Charles lookalike – to waken his daughter with a kiss.  Will it work?
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II
Just
16:00 / 35-mm / USA Producer/Director(1st film): Jesse Wheeler A comedy noir. 
Idealistic attorney Eddie Winkle only wants to do what’s right…even if it means convincing himself that his scumbag clients are actually innocent!   Starring: Brendan Hines, Paul Dillon, and William Windom.
INT’L. SHORTS: Monday, Oct. 1 @ 7pm in Princess II
Kemo Sabe
12:22 / HDV / USA Director (1st film): Rana Kazkaz Western/Live-Action. 
Kemo Sabe tells the story of Yussef, a six year old Arab-American boy who longs to be the Cowboy instead of the Indian on the playground.
SHORTS FOR KIDS 1: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ noon in Princess II
The Key to the Mystic Halls of Time
17:00 / Mini DV / Australia Director: Ben C. Lucas Comedy. 
A college student and a suburban husband, on opposite ends of the globe, team up in the world of an on-line game (a 'MMORPG') to seach for the Mystic Halls of Time. As their earth-bound relationships are tested by their obsession with their fantastic quest, they must each decide which world matters more.
Stephen Popernik, Producer, in attendance.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
La Parabolica (The Parabolic Dish)
12:00 / HDV / Spain Producer/Director: Xavi Sala Comedy/Live-Action. 
During the broadcast of the Pope’s visit, Vicente’s television is broken.  Desperate, he decides to make a homemade parabolic dish.
SPANISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 2pm in Princess II 
Laces
9:30 / Super-16 mm / Canada Producer/Director: Lindsay MacKay
Live-Action/Drama. 
Set in a small community, where life seems to be stagnant, a child’s imagination is the only thing that can allow him to break free.
SHORTS FOR TEENS: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ 2pm in Princess II
Last Day of December
15:00 / 35-mm / Romania and USA Producer/Director: Bogdan George Apetri Drama/Live-Action. 
A man tries to reconcile a harrowing tale from his past and confront old questions that will keep on haunting him forever. But what will it mean for the present?  Romanian with English subtitles.
SHORTS ON THE EDGE 1: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 9:15pm in Princess II
L’Ecouteur (The Listener)
13:30 / 35-mm / Canada Producer/Director: Kester Dyer Drama/Live-Action. 
A man who takes pleasure in listening becomes the aural witness of a violent assault. Having until then avoided all contact with his neighbors, the man must now venture outside of his apartment and face the society which surrounds him.
SHORTS ON THE EDGE 2: Friday, Oct. 5 @ 9:15pm in Princess II
Les Rabiboches (The Playgrounded)
17:30 / HDCam / Canada Producer/Director: Anh Minh Truong Live-Action/Drama.
In his mid forties, Jerome encounters his imaginary friend from childoohd, Jerry, who has also grown older over the years.  French with English subtitles.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ 7pm in Princess II
The Little Gorilla
12:00 / Super-16 mm / USA Director: Harry Kellerman Family/Drama. 
The Little Gorilla is about a boy who must find the courage to climb a tall and scary jungle gym. In the shadows of looming NYC skyscrapers, and an older brother who lacks faith, The Little Gorilla must unchain the King Kong within.
LUNCHBOX SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ noon in Empire City Centre 9
INT’L. SHORTS: Thursday, Oct. 4 @ 7pm in Princess II
SHORTS FOR KIDS 2: Saturday, Oct. 6 @ noon in Princess II
Locked Out
14:57 / 35-mm / Edmonton Producer/Director: Tovah Paglaro Comedy/Drama. 
When Liz is locked out of her downtown condo in her pink pajamas, she faces cold weather and colder people. As the day goes from bad to worse, she watches her dream job slip away. Can a bad day spiral completely out of control? With nothing to loose and everything to gain, Liz chases her dream - arriving just in time to announce the 5 o'clock weather.  Tovah Paglaro(Producer/Director) and Kirsten Kilburn (principal actor) in attendance.
Our Own Backyard 4: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 1pm in Metro Cinema 
Love On Track
4:15 / DVCam / Australia Producer/Director: Alison Heather Romantic Comedy. 
The promise of true love goes temporarily off the rails when a man and woman have a misunderstanding on the Sydney monorail. Hardly a word is spoken, yet passions ignite and feelings fray.  A pair of buskers help get the romance back on track.
INT’L. SHORTS: Tuesday, Oct. 2 @ 7pm in Princess II
Loveproof
14:00 / 35-mm / Australia Director: Maia Horniak Live-Action/Drama. 
Set in a world destroyed by chemical warfare and a declining population, a soldier brings his new love back to his utopian home only to resort to desperate measures to stay together.
INT’L. SHORTS: Tuesday, Oct. 2 @ 7pm in Princess II
Lust For Blood
3:05 / DVCam / Edmonton Director: Travis Milne
Our Own Backyard 10: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7:30pm in Metro Cinema
Madame Tutli-Putli
17:21 / Animation / Canada Directors: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski Drama. 
Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train.  As day descends into dark, she finds herself alone, caught up in a despite metaphysical adventure.  Adrift between real and imagined worlds, she  is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense.  WINNER of Best Short Film and the Petit Rail d’Or Audience Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
ANIMATED SHORTS: Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 7pm in Princess II
Marion and the Princess
Ireland 1961 – Princess Grace of Monaco is making her first official visit to Ireland and little Marion is determined to meet her. Monaco 2005 – a woman makes her first visit to the Principality of Monaco.
IRISH SHORTS: Saturday, Sept. 29 @ 4pm in Princess II
Matt Dunigan: HIStory
24:40 / HD / Calgary Director: Mark Christy Documentary. 
This is the story of the man who followed the brilliant quarterbacking of Warren Moon to forge his own Edmonton Eskimos legend with five (5) Grey Cup wins.  This film is ‘His Story’ as Edmontonians would remember a bearded man tremoring fists