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  Black Box

  Mexico , 2009 , 80 min. In this psychological thriller, a secret organization plots to kill a political candidate – using a dying man as its unwilling assassin. Black Box introduces us to the conspirators via complex, fast-paced animation – but slows midway to a cat-and-mouse game played by captor and captive.... more
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  Close Encounters of the Animated Kind

  76 min. Whether drawn by hand or machine, this collection of ingenious stories is guaranteed to captivate.... more
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  Daniel Finds His Walking Stick

  USA , 2009 , 7 min. A funny, sad portrait of a man suffering from Alzheimer’s in a changing world.... more
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  Dirty Girl

  USA , 2008 , 6 min. The main characters in this odd but compelling animated short are the ugly little cancer cells of a woman on the operating table, who imagines their battle with the surgical instruments. ... more
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  Enter the Sandbox

  Canada , 2009 , 2 min. Two toddlers find their inner warriors. ... more
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  Horn Dog

  USA , 2009 , 4 min. No one sees the foibles of our world quite like Oscar-winning animator Bill Plympton – or draws them so memorably. A longtime SDFF favorite, Plympton returns with the latest in his series of canine charmers.... more
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  Ink

  Australia , 2009 , 11 min. The dark, edgy story of a woman who continues to yearn for the beloved toy she left behind as a little girl escaping the terror of her stepfather. ... more
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  It Came from Kuchar

  USA , 2009 , 86 min. This exploration into the wacky world of veteran underground filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar intersplices scenes from their greatest hits, as well as from a work-in-production by George’s students in the art of low-budget cinema, with interviews given by luminaries like John Waters.... more
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  Jelly Fishers

  USA , 2009 , 5 min. The dreamy saga of a family of molelike creatures whose lives are saved, believe or not, by a team of jellyfish.... more
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  Land of the Heads

  Canada , 2009 , 6 min. Using stop-action puppetry, this macabre tale follows a vampire who must seek out more and more victims so that his wife can continue to have a young, pretty head to call her own.... more
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  LOOPloop

  Canada , 2008 , 5 min. On a train ride through Vietnam, Patrick Bergeron filmed the buildings, fences, people, vehicles, and goings on he glimpsed in passing – then used skillful editing, animation, and sound warping to create a dazzling piece of storytelling.... more
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  More from Life

  USA , 2009 , 9 min. An artist captures people and moments from his life on 3” x 5” index cards each and every day for an entire year. Set to original music, their portrayal onscreen provides a peek into his rich, imaginative diary. ... more
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  Patience of the Memory

  Germany , 2009 , 7 min. An animated history of Dresden – which managed to survive wartime destruction to remain one of the most beautiful cities of the world. ... more
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  A Room and a Half, or a Sentimental Journey to the Homeland

  Russia , 2009 , 130 min. Sixty-nine-year-old animator Andrey Khrzhanovsky’s charmingly nostalgic, semi-fictional feature debut combines documentary footage, still photography, animation, classical music, and poetry to depict the imaginary journey that Nobel Prize–winning Joseph Brodksy takes back to St. Petersburg.... more
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  Runaway

  Canada , 2009 , 9 min. Delightfully absurd animation, surprisingly accurate social observation, and the lively music of Benoît Charest (The Triplets of Belleville) vividly mark the journey of award winner Cordell Barker’s runaway train. ... more
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  Souvenir

  USA , 2009 , 4 min. With his father’s coffin in the next room, William is awakened by strange noises in the middle of the night – and realizes that the line between life and death may be much closer than he imagined.... more
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  The Man Who Slept

  Canada , 2009 , 12 min. The lovely, haunting story of a woman who escapes the suffocating memory of a lost love by embarking on a new adventure with a beguiling street performer. ... more
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  The Necktie

  Canada , 2008 , 12 min. Wearing a snazzy new yellow bowtie and playing the accordion, Valentin makes working at Life Inc. more, well, lively. ... more
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  The Real Place

  Canada , 2008 , 5 min. This imaginative documentary captures the passion and offbeat creativity of Canadian playwright John Murrell. ... more
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  The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead: BROTHERS IN ARMS

  USA , 2009 , 4 min. Boxhead and Roundhead have exploded onto the international scene with appearances in music videos and, of course, their own series of stressful adventures, illustrated with an arresting expressionistic palette of black, white, and gray to provide equal parts whimsy and ominous darkness.... more
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  The Unrecoverable Loss of Eugene

  USA , 2009 , 6 min. Set within a kitschy, nostalgic Victorian Gothic universe, this stunningly odd but oddly charming short about a troubled man and his beloved puppet addresses issues of fetishism, mental illness, and repression – all within the space of four minutes.... more
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  Twist of Fate

  USA , 2009 , 9 min. One of the festival’s favorite animators returns with a colorful, almost playful meditation on the nature of the human body, disease, and science. ... more
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  Up

  USA , 2009 , 95 min. For Your Consideration... Academy Award Nominated for Best Animated Feature Plays Tuesday, March 2 at 7:00pm and Saturday, March 6 at 2:00pm 35mm Presentation in Regular 2-D - From Academy Award nominees Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.; WALL-E) and Bob Peterson (Finding Nemo)more
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  Vive La Rose

  Canada , 2008 , 5 min. Based on a melancholy song of love in Newfoundland, Vive la Rose utilizes stop motion and paint animation as well as still photography to create a mood that matches – and even surpasses – the music’s rough-voiced, tragic tone.... more