The Mad Maestro

When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool. Part of the Screen Directors Playhouse series, sponsored by Kodak, and in association with Screen Directors Guild.

Ten year old Lukas acts out a bloody revenge on his bullies in this Tarantino-for-kids short film.

A trendy Los Angeles couple fixes up an Ancient Evil Deity From Beneath The Sea on a blind date.

When a young woman fills in for her friend on a babysitting job, she begins to suspect things are not as they seem. She's right.

A woman is attacked by a stranger after being warned by her brother, who died when they were children. It's up to her brother to save her.

When Ana's childhood friend dies she attempts to skip the five stages of grief with the help of her best friends, ex-boyfriends and naked Twister.

If Frankenstein's Monster is to the dark side of science, King Kong is to the Great Depression, Alien Invaders (like The Blob and The Thing) is to the Communist Threat, Godzilla is to the bomb, and The Milpitas Monster and Hedorah the Smog Monster are to pollution. Now, this robotic dinosaur made of various technological devices from Japan is to Japanese consumerism and possibly globalization!

Flying through a tunnel made of kaleidoscopic photographs.

Two deadbeat photocopier technicians discuss their recently deceased boss, who has been found dead the morning of. The conversation turns sour and some sinister and bizarre truths are revealed.

On her 15th birthday, a young girl learns to navigate the complexities of budding adolescent romance with the guidance of her two best friends.

Noah battles to overcome his grief at the death of his mother, a journey that takes him from his flat to beyond the stars. An animation in stop-motion and oil paint.

One person with a strange condition, multiple inappropriate therapy techniques, and an indefinite number of rapidly spreading post-it notes. That’s just K’s reality, a young adult who’s leaving a trail of yellow post-its wherever they go. In a desperate attempt to get some sort of medication for this “disease”, K goes through an ordeal of psychiatrist appointments only to discover the unpleasant and unwelcome surprises.

Ollie loves to play the tuba but his playing upsets all the people in town. He goes to the country and disrupts the milking habits of the cows. He finally takes a boat and practices at sea in order not to disturb anyone. His tuba-playing saves a ship from going on the rocks and he becomes a town hero.

Wally Walrus conducts the school band's performance of Franz von Suppé's 'Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna' overture.

Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that.

In the vein of Troma trash cult pieces and Italian rip-offs, comes an all new trash "disasterpiece". Dentes e Garras!(Fangs & Claws!) A drunk military recruit accidentally sets free a terrifying prehistoric monster, which will devour and destroy everyone who dares to cross his path. Throughout the carnage a hero rises to end the creature's reign of terror.

In the line of b-movies from the VHS craze and Italian splatter and trash films, comes the continuation of the story of "Dentes E Garras!". Three months after the events of the first film, an aquatic monster that escaped from the grip of the army is terrorising tourists and swimmers at a summer lake resort. Meanwhile a surviving dinosaur hatchling is about to join in the fun, triggering a catastrophic outcome.

The 12-year old Dolores, a feisty preteen desperate to be seen as a grown-up in 1976 suburbia is on her humiliating, hilarious journey from girlhood to growing up. She fantasizes about sex, womanhood, work... and Freddie Prinze. The girl thinks she's got the lowdown on being a woman, but when her overworked single mom Janice hires Cleo to babysit her world collides with the super cool black 16-year old's, each learns painful truths about what it really means to grow up.

Lisa, who is cleaning hotels, is a person with high work ethics that doesn't always take advantage of her own rights. She dreams about the ocean. 'Soon, I will leave', has been her most frequently used phrase since she started working at the hotel three years ago. Kalle is practicing the work and a different kind of person.

A 5 minute animation on the nature of addiction.