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Monday, Dec 17, 2012 7:30 PM
A collection of shorts from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival
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General Admission Adult - $8.75
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General Admission Student - $7.25
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General Admission Senior - $6.25
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General Admission Child - $7.25
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General Admission Military - $7.25
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Event Date Passed
Since 2006, the Belcourt has been one of a handful of venues nationwide to be selected to screen a special package of shorts put together by Sundance programmers under the guise of the Sundance Institute Art House Project. As the lead up to January’s 2013 Sundance Film Festival begins with the announcement of the lineup, we’re revisiting the standout shorts of the 2012 festival.
ROBOTS OF BRIXTON
Dir. Kibew Tavares / England / 6min
Jury Prize: Animation Direction
The trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living the predictable existence of a populous hemmed in by poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment.
FISHING WITHOUT NETS
Dir. Cutter Hodierne / Kenya, USA / 17min
A story of pirates in Somalia, told from the perspective of the pirates themselves.
THE RETURN
Dir. Blerta Zeqiri / Kosovo / 21min
Jury Prize: International Fiction
A man comes back from a Serb prison to his wife and son. Much has changed since he was declared missing, and continuing where they left off four years ago may not be as easy as it seems.
THE ARM
Dirs. Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis / USA / 9min
Jury Prize: Comedic Writing
In an attempt to keep up with social pressure in a technologically advanced world, Chance starts a texting relationship with Genevieve, a girl he meets at a yogurt shop.
DON’T HUG ME I’M SCARED
Dirs. Joseph Pelling, Rebecca Sloan / England / 3min
A short film about teaching creativity by This Is It Collective.
FIRST BIRTHDAY
Dir. Andrew Ahn / USA / 12min
A gay Korean-American man yearns for a family life just out of reach.
SONG OF THE SPINDLE
Dir. Drew Christie / USA / 4min
An animated, humorous and informative conversation between a sperm whale and a man. Each one tries to convince the other that his brain is bigger.
FUNGUS
Dir. Charlotta Miller / Sweden / 9min
Katrin decides to face her old boyfriend, who is back to collect some of his stuff.
MEANING OF ROBOTS
Dir. Matt Lenski / USA / 4min
The benevolent Mike Sullivan, age 65, has been shooting an epic stop-motion robot sex film in his apartment for the last 10 years. Obsessed with constructing the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands of them.
BEAR
Dir. Nash Edgerton / Australia / 10min
Jack means well, but sometimes good intentions have horrible consequences.
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