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The Killing of An EggSummary: "The Killing of an Egg" and is about a guy who is about to eat a soft-boiled egg. As he's cracking the egg, he can hear a voice coming from within--telling him to STOP! Every time he hits the egg, someone from within the egg yells at him.
Genre: Animation, Short
| A Time ComesSix Greenpeace volunteers in 2008 were tried and acquitted for shutting down Kingsnorth power station in the UK. This was in protest at the government's plans to build a new generation of dirty coal-fired power plants. Their thoughtfully staged defense included testimony from a NASA Director and leading climate scientist, and from environmentalist Zac Goldsmith.
Genre: Documentary, Short, News
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Chicken CowboyShelly the Chicken Cowboy wasn't looking for a fight, but he found one. Can he face his fears and stand up for himself?
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
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Seeing ProofThe younger generations of Cambodians do not believe their parents when they tell them about the mass killing and deaths of the Khmer Rouge genocide that occurred from 1975 to 1979. The level of denial is pervasive in Cambodian society and is deeply traumatic for the generation that survived.
Genre: Documentary, Short
| Jasper in a JamThis George Pal "Puppetoon" (production number U5-7) features the music of Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra and the voice of singer Peggy Lee. It takes place in a pawnshop where, when the clock strikes midnight, all of the hocked instruments in the shop come to life. Barnet and the band are featured on "Pompton Turnpike", Peggy Lee sings "Old Man Mose is Dead", and they get together on a rousing rendition of "Cherokee", while "Jasper" (a black-kid puppet character) dreams he is trapped by a totem pole.
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Short
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The SpineA group therapy session for couples begins. The therapist asks Dan, a small, shrunken man, to comment. Dan is interrupted by Mary, his huge wife, who complains about Dan and scolds him. Her harangue follows them home. He reaches over to touch her hand; he calls her his songbird. She melts - or at least the air leaves her. Six months later, Dan returns to the group alone; he's looking well. Lights shine from him. He extends a kindness to Angela. What is Dan's story?
Genre: Animation, Short
| Shackleton's Antarctic AdventureShackleton's Antarctic Adventure is a giant-screen film that tells the dramatic true story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's now-legendary 1914-1916 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. A testament to heroism and human endurance, the 28-man crew survived nearly two years in the Antarctic when its ship, the Endurance, was trapped and then crushed by pack ice.
Genre: Documentary, Short
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Undercity2010 USA / Duration: 28 mins Directed by: Andrew Wonder
Most people come to New York City to see the sights, and understandably they look up. Steve Duncan, a historian and self-described urban explorer, looks downway downinto the maze of tunnels that run beneath the city. Directed by Andrew Wonder, Undercity, is a short documentary that follows Duncan as he shows us some of the citys secrets and introduces us to some of the peculiar characters that that lurk below the streets. Not content to explore underground, Duncan sets his sights on some hard-to-reach landmarks aboveway aboveground. Before long he is carefully climbing the Wiliamsburg Bridge. Its a thrilling tour with a high degree of exposure and serious illegality, but Duncan, a confident climber, seems to know what he is doing as he shows us the city from angles rarely before seen.
Genre: Short
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