Scklana Pulapka (The Glass Trap)

2008. Poland. Directed by Pawel Ferdek. A look into the lives of some Polish toughs fueled with alcohol and drugs who raise fighting aquarium fish and train them for competition. In Polish, English subtitles. New York premiere. 15 min.

The Portrait 

2008. USA. Directed Irra Verbitsky. An animated retelling of how a Stalin purge in the Ukraine saved the life of the filmmaker's father, a portrait painter. World premiere. 4 min.

Steel Homes 

2008. Scotland. Directed by Eva Weber. An exploration of a self-storage warehouse and its cells of fragmented memories, past dreams, secret hopes. An insight into our modern industrial heritage. New York Premiere. 10 min.

Dix (Ten)

2008. France. Directed by Bif. In this innovative animation a man, attacked by paving stones, seeks psychiatric help. U.S. premiere. 7 min.

Second Hand Pepe 

2007. USA/Haiti/Canada. Directed by Hanna Rose Shell, Vanessa Bertozzi. In this commentary on used clothing an historical memoir of a Jewish American rag picker intertwines with the present day story of 'pepe', second hand clothing that flows from North America to Haiti. In English, French, Haitian Creole; English subtitles. 24 min.

Was Ubrig Bleibt (Left Behind)

2008. Germany. Directed by Andreas Graefenstein, Fabian Daub. In the Lower Silesian coalfields of present day poland the mines are closed but a man and his two sons carry on a Robin-Hood like venture, illegally mining coal and covertly making pre-dawn discount sales to local villagers. U.S. premiere. In German; English subtitles. 13 min.

Eclipse 

2007. India/Australia/New Zealand. Directed by Mark Lapwood. A mesmerizing, atmospheric essay on street life in Mumbai, India at the time of an eclipse of the moon. 9 min.

Logner (Lies)

2008. Sweden. Directed by Jonas Odell. Three animated true stories based on interviews: a burglar claims to be an accountant, a boy confesses to a crime he did not commit, and a woman admits she has lied throughout her life. New York premiere. In Swedish; English subtitles. 13 min.

Photograph of Jesus 

2008. Great Britain. Directed by Laurie Hill. Do you have a photograph of Jesus, of Hitler in 1948, of a yeti? True animated stories of unlikely picture requests at the Getty Images Hulton Archive in England. New York premiere. 7 min.