A series of shorts for teens and adults offers an entertaining variety of clever, kung fu–kicking, cross-genre, mixed media, mind-bending moments.

The Lost Tribes of New York
In this humorous stop-motion "animadoc" the voices of anonymous New Yorkers are brought to life through subtly animated pay phones, fire hydrants, suitcases and other familiar objects. (Andy London, Carolyn London, USA, 3 min)

The Little Dragon
An old Bruce Lee action figure comes to life in this kung fu spoof and kicks some butt, despite a deteriorating rubber body. Haay-yah! (Bruno Collet, France, 8 min)

Photograph of Jesus
Odd, actual requests to the Getty photo archives form the basis of this wryly hilarious photo-montage documentary fantasy. (Laurie Hill, England, 7 min)

Hitchhiker's Choice
This tour-de-force DIY white-board animation is a music video for Swedish progressive house techno-minimalists Minilogue. (Kristofer Storm, Sweden/England, 3 min)

Fard
In a near future, the world seems to work in an effective and controlled way, but under the surface, darkness lurks. (Luis Briceno, France, 13 min)

The Six Dollar Fifty Man
Set in 1970s New Zealand, this Sundance-winning short explores what it means to be different in the ruthless jungle of the schoolyard playground. (Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland, New Zealand, 15 min)

Operator
A young man decides to call God to find the answer to a question that has nagged him for so long in this beautifully understated, oddly touching film. (Matthew Walker, England, 2 min)

Madagascar, a Journey Diary
This visual travel diary uses gorgeous rotoscope animation to capture the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar, as a Western traveler explores and observes the people, culture and customs of this foreign land. (Bastien Dubois, 2009, 11 min)

The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!
In this student film from New Yorker Jake Armstrong, an interstellar bounty hunter goes out in search of a killer space monster. (Jake Armstrong, USA, 5 min)

My 13
She loves me, she loves me not. Thirteen-year-old Jonathan has a bad crush on the cutest girl in school and needs to know if she feels the same. When he sneaks into her room and steals her diary, he gets quite a bit more information than he bargained for. (Rudi Rosenberg, France, 10 min)



Recommended for ages 12 and up. (Total running time 77 min, in English and other languages with subtitles)