Mental Poise

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper called Mickey and the other, the Crown Prince.

A documentary film about the cherished tradition of costuming during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Members of the city's colorful costuming community share their unique traditions while gathering at the epicenter of all things costuming - the family-owned fabric store, Jefferson Variety.

Short comedy

A young Belgian of Maroccan decent identifies himself with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

A mysterious remote falls from the sky.

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.

A young woman goes with her mother for a routine medical check-up, but this appointment will provide way too much information for her to handle - Some things should remain private, right?

Join us down deep within the basement of ToonMan as a not so colorful cast of characters join together only once in a half moon to play poker for one night. Who will win, and who will lash in anger?

These two men need information, and they'll use every pun in the book to get it.

THERE ARE MERMAIDS IN LA follows Cassie. Bored of her relationship. Having mediocre orgasms. Trying desperately to reupholster a lamp because why not? “It might be the first step towards sewing patchy jeans or something.” But one day Cassie’s boat is rocked by a mysterious silent visitor. A woman. With long, fire-engine red hair and almost no discernible personality or clothes. We’ll call her Mermaid. Because, as the legend goes, she made a bad trade somewhere down the line, swapped her voice out for legs, and then wound up in the wrong place. The place being this woman's beach... RIP the prince. As Mermaid makes herself comfortable in Cassie’s home, the two women begin to form an unlikely bond. The game is simple: Cassie talks and Mermaid listens. Until they both get sick of it.

Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train. Academy Award Winner: Best Live Action Short Film – 2005

Mired in a concussed haze, an ex-NFLer struggles to adjust to life off the field during Super Bowl Sunday.

George, hopelessly in love, has his heart broken by a fiery redhead named Ginge. As he stumbles home, fueled with grief, the familiar pathway turns into a nightmare. What appear to be figments of George's imagination, develop into haunting hallucinations by seductive females of the ginger persuasion. One after the other, they come at him from every angle. There is no escaping their zombie like presence. Is it a simple case of withdrawal, or something more ominous?

When dad has to unexpectedly step in for mom to do his daughter Zuri’s hair before a big event, what seems like a simple task is anything but as these locks have a mind of their own!

Two brothers are bored on a Saturday and decide to start a band. They then realize the stress of being in a band. Once they get a gig, they must put together a setlist and get ready for show, but they fear they don't have the time.

In the special, Yodonna is given an opportunity to revive as a human on the condition she learn about the emotion of love on Valentine's Day.

Set in a satirical vision of modern Britain, Hadrian is a young and ambitious civil servant who arranges to receive Greek lessons in preparation for a government promotion which will see him steer British economic policy throughout Greece. But when he meets his teacher Maria, she asks that instead of payment, Hadrian exchanges an hour of his time each week to help her prepare for a citizenship exam that offers potential promotion from Class B to Class A immigrant.

A lonely postman (Gilbert) secretly recreates postcards for a woman (Aurore) on his postal route when her boyfriend's homemade postcards stop arriving from his travels around the world. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, (Paul Dooley) a blind widower and retired literary professor/poet, Gilbert (James Michael Tyler) learns to open himself up to the prospect of love, and in the process of trying to bring someone else happiness, discovers it for himself.

Film produced as an opening short for the 2009 Annecy International Animation Film Festival (FIFA).