Short Films
Average Forty Matches
Showtime: Sunday, January 15 @ 1:00 p.m.
Director(s): M. Sakir Arslan and Burkay Dogan
Country: Turkey, 2010
Film Length: 4 minutes
This is the story of a package of matches, a package that comes to life and comes out of the box they are entrapped in. They are simply trying to satisfy their desire to smoke a cigarette.
Bygnings (Deconstruction Workers)
Showtime: Friday, January 13 - Opening Night @ 7:30 p.m.
Director: Kajsa Næss
Country: Norway, 2010
Film Length: 6 minutes
Two construction workers have a serious discussion about life and an existential question. While this discussion is going on, they keep on building even while the world around them falls apart.
Flawed
Showtime: Saturday, January 14 @ 2:00 p.m.
Director: Andrea Dorfman
Country: Canada, 2010
Film Length: 12 min.
Artist/filmmaker Andrea Dorfman's animates the story of her long distance relationship with a man whose profession, plastic surgery, gives her plenty of fodder.
Irene
Showtime: Monday, January 16 @ 7:00 p.m.
Director: Lindsay Goodall
Country: UK, 2008
Film Length: 10 minutes
At 92, Irene suffers from Alzheimer’s but struggles to keep her independence.
Love on the Line
Showtime: Sunday, January 15 @ 7:00 p.m.
(will also be shown during the opening night banquet)
Director: G. Melissa Graziano
Country: USA, 2008
Film Length: 5 minutes
Follow the dots and dashes as star-crossed lovers curb 
their raging hormones via the quickest form of communication available: the telegraph.
Miracle Lady
Showtime: Saturday, January 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Director(s): Moran Somer & Michal Abulafia
Country: Israel, 2010
Film Length: 10 minutes
A tale of two elderly women who spend their days waiting.
Namrata
Showtime: Monday, January 16 @ 10:00 a.m.
Director: Shazia Javed
Country: 2009
Film Length: 9 minutes
For the first time in 17 years, Namrata Gill wraps herself in her wedding sari. It doesn't bring back happy memories.
Her husband was supposed to be Prince Charming – whisking her away from Punjab to a new life in Canada. But instead of living a fairy-tale dream, Gill found herself in a nightmare. She worked long hours in her husband's Edmonton convenience store, while facing increasing physical and emotional abuse from her husband and in-laws. And the situation only worsened after the birth of her daughter.
The Translator
Showtime: Sunday, January 15 @ 3:00 p.m.
Director: Sonya De Rienzo
Country: Canada, 2010
Film Length: 8 minutes
A foreign-film translator finds her story on a subway line.
Touch
Showtime: Saturday, January 14 @ 10:00 a.m.
Director: Jen McGowan
Country: USA, 2010
Film Length: 11 minutes
Two women make an unusual connection while waiting for a train.