Friday June 15, 2007:


4pm
Desarrollo Humano
Dir: David Munoz
SPAIN, 30 min
Every year, the United Nations Organization (U.N.) publishes a Report on Human Development which establishes a worldwide ranking of countries based on statistical indicators. Norway appears as the most developed country on the planet, while Niger again takes last place on this prestigious list. This documentary arose from the intention of getting to know the people who live in these countries. But it reveals that peopleÕs happiness is not necessarily tied to the concept of "development" as we usually understand it.

Prison Pups
Dir: Alice Bouvrie
MA, 58 min
In the loneliness of incarceration, four prison inmates gain confidence and experience love as they train puppies for the handicapped and hearing impaired.


6pm
A Garota
Dir: Fernando Pinheiro
Brazil, 4 min
Sometimes the favorite doll must be left behind.

The Girl who could run 600 miles per hour
Dir: Mark Thimijan
NE, 21 min
A habitual office worker encounters a rude character on his daily travels. The woman of his dreams turns him down. A chance encounter leads him to the Girl who can run 600 miles per hour.


Alleyball
Dir: Dan Consiglio
IL, 84 min
Stuart has a problem. His girlfriend wants to get married, move to Portland and get on with their lives. His buddies want him to hang around Chicago, drink beer and play wiffleball. He's stuck somewhere in between. She's given him two months to decide. This is day one.
http://www.alleyballthemovie.com/
Alleyball Trailer

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8pm
Sym-Tales
Dir: Weichieh Yu, Yawen Chang
NY, 3 min
Sym-Tales is a 3D animation of telling stories inside stories. The goal of this project is to present a non-linear and multi-layered story in linear storytelling.

The Max Brixton Chronicles: Box of Blood
Dir: John Maxwell, Andrew Maxwell
IL, 5 min
Buried somewhere in the heartland of America is a dirty secret, and amateur archaeologist Max Brixton is about to dig it up.

Boletos Por Favor
Dir: Lucas Figueroa
SPAIN, 14 min
A train, a pursuit, only one way to escape.

The Planning Lady
Dir: Marty Shea
IL, 8 min
The Elementary school guidance counselor wants seven-year-old Candace to plan out her career. Is it ever too early to start planning?

Antes y Despues de Besar a Maria
Dir: Ramon Alos
SPAIN, 7 min
Before and after kissing Maria narrates, from the point of view of Raœl, 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.

Dear Sweet Emma
Dir: John Cernak
NC, 5 min
Unbeknownst to all, Emma has an uncontrollable dark side.

Detroit Unleaded
Dir: Rola Nashef
MI, 20 min
Sami, a young Arab-American believes his family's Detroit gas station will give him a chance to see his girl Naj away from the pressures of their family and friends, while his cousin Mike is sure the station holds the key to an empire built on rolling papers and fake perfume.



My Eskimo Friend
Dir: Sean Heyboer
FL, 10 min
A young 10 year old boy dealing with the loss of his best friend buys an Eskimo at a garage sale.

The Eyes Have It
Dir: Steven Addair
NY, 24 min
Private investigator Jonathan Splain takes on a seemingly routine job to track down a missing husband and steps unwittingly into a quagmire of dames, dolls, and danger.


10pm
First Date Meltdown
Dir: Tim Bartell
CA, 6 min
A Man and a Woman who have met on line experience the power trips and anxieties of a first date. But when tensions boil over, the comedy takes an absurd turn. And the date spirals in a weird direction neither ever dreamed of.

Offshore
Dir: Diane Cheklich
MI, 90 min
A corporate tale of cowboys and Indians, where outsourced Americans wage war on their replacements.
http://www.offshorethemovie.com/


12am
The Cycles of the Mental Machine
Dir: Jacqueline Caux
FRANCE, 57 min
This 57 minute-documentary film aims at telling about the social and musical destiny of Detroit, from Blues, to Gospel, to Rhythm and Blues, to Jazz, to techno. Within the maze of this city, which bares the marks of its different periods of peak, decline and rebirth... with "The Electrifying Mojo's" itinerary, the passer, the brilliant unifier of all styles, the creator of techno philosophy and Mad Mike the legendary creator of the first independent label Underground resistance, and the brilliant DJ and producer Carl Craig.