The Norman Rockwell Code

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The Da Vinci Code gets cracked (and smacked upside the head) in this whimsical Web-based parody. When the curator of The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is found murdered -- stuck with a harpoon and holding half a lemon and a can of tuna -- the police desperately need help with the investigation. They call in Langford Fife -- Professor of Symbology at Stockbridge Community College and the son of Mayberry Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife. With cryptologist Sopha Poisson of the Quebec Secret Service, Langford sets out to uncover the clues hidden in the paintings of Norman Rockwell... clues that will lead them to a secret society, a legendary bloodline and a battle with sinister forces. Produced by Alfred Thomas Catalfo and Marc Dole.

Experiment of the Experimental

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"An Experiment of the Experimental" is a short film about a director and his insight into experimental film. Based on a character from the short film "Genre".

Unscripted

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The following material was completely unplanned, unrehearsed, and unscripted. Produced by Alexander Kieft at Swarthmore College, Spring 2006.

Staring at the Sun

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Toby Wilkins' award wining 2005 short film "Staring at the Sun" tells the story of Clay Roberts, a Scottish expat, cautiously navigating his new life in America. Things take a turn for the unexpected when a fortune teller refuses to reveal her vision of his future. Clay becomes so obsessed with finding the truth that he unwittingly fulfills his fate.

Dream Vendetta

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Past enemies never die. Dream or reality? Based on an award winning script.

Bloody Who?

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When Mr. Hager goes in search of "Candy Man" he finds someone else instead.

Rigor Mortis

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Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are considered film's worst nightmares, but now a new nightmare has begun and his name is Raymond Quayle, but his nightmare is just beginning as his victims return to seek revenge in their own deadly way.

Snakes on an Elevator

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In August 2006, New Line Cinema will release its highly anticipated blockbuster thriller, tentatively titled PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT 121.

This is the original independent film that served as the basis for PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT 121.

Visit the website at http://www.snakesonanelevator.com.

The Audition

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"The year it all began was 2014, the foliage died first…" A man and his infirmed sidekick dazzle a panel of casting directors with a theatrical-musical-fantastical spectacle that is completely inappropriate for the audition.

Joe Gurliarm

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One boy. One dream. One arm. One girly arm. 2002. The Summer.

Death Blood Knives

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"Knives… Blood… I remember your beating heart…" A goth video poem with an unfortunate interruption.

The Human Mind

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An experimental film aimed at the various and unstable factors of the brain. The story is about a man who acts as a mind, visiting lost memories, vast confusion, and the mix of emotions associated with an everyday person. Shot and edited on October 10th, 2005, directed by Michigan filmmaker Jeff Prince.

Mixed Reception

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A man sits down to a quiet night in front of the television, but his TV has other ideas. First his picture floods with static, then the picture dissapears altogether. When it returns... everything is different.

Hot Bitches

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Cheerleading is an art. Much more of an art than Fencing...OR IS IT???

Consumercide

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It is a known fact that human flesh is a great fertilizer. And God knows Gail knows it. But what if Gail's crazy???

Grand Fantasio

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The fantastical journey into the mind of a pop star. And the mind behind him...

Angel

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A relationship. A confused young man. An intoxicated threesome. And a bored girl looking for. Trouble.

Riding with Jack

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In debt to Summers, a thug who runs a car yard and gets younger petty criminals to steal cars for him, Austin is seriously threatened and forced to do one last job for Summers to pay him back. He steals a loonie wagon from a reckless pair of attendants, unaware that a dangerous mental patient with MPS (Multiple Personality Disorder) is inside the van. A comedic situation ensues as he’s trying to get rid of Jack so he can deliver the van to Summers. Unable to do so, Austin decides to deliver the van with Jack in it and make a quick get-away. Another tense situation arises when he delivers the car and Summers discovers the baggage that comes along with it, and tries to make Austin pay for playing him for a fool. In the end Jack frees himself and saves Austin.

Depression

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Depression sucks: it follows Warren around everywhere and plays off of his insecurities. To battle depression Warren plans a vigorous routine with the help of Motivation and Confidence. Although exercising daily and working 14 hours a day with Motivation and Confidence does allow a temporary reprieve from Depression, it's also is a lot of hard work. In this moment of weakness, Warren ditches Motivation and Confidence and heads to catch a few drinks with Depression. Why go back to depression? Sometimes Warren craves the melancholy that accompanies a drink in a dark, lonely bar. When he gets to the bar Warren is disappointed to find Depression is not alone; he's with Sloth. Warren eventually learns that happiness doesn't lie within; it's with someone else.

Pas de Lumiere

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Pas de Lumiere - Sometimes science is wrong.

Winner of the National Film Challenge 2005 for "Best Production Design".

L'enfant Bleu

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L'enfant Bleu is a fantasy about meat, machinery and beautiful greasy little trapped fairies. Beware of the Air and don't eat the specials at L'enfant Bleu Diner.

Winner of the "Best of the Late Films" for the 48 hr film Challenge 2005 Philadelphia.

Billville

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Wadsworth Magnetics, the leader in ultimate modern incarceration technologies, invites you to take a look at their latest product: Humane Electromagnetic Lockdown. Welcome to Billville. Enjoy your stay.

Chronos ou la pourvoirie de Saturn

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"Chronos ou la pourvoirie de Saturn" is a short film inspired by the myth of Chronos and also an allegory about preemptive dreams.

Psychotik: L’ironie du sort

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Mr. Tessier is once again on a killing frenzy in "Psychotik : L’ironie du sort", a suspenseful series of events from a convenience store heist to a live brutal burial.

I Lost 20lbs In Two Months, Ask Me How

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Toby Wilkins' offbeat short film "I Lost 20lbs in Two Months, Ask Me How" follows the decline and fall of Bob (John DiMaggio - Futurama's Bender) a recently jilted man who dreams of reuniting with the love of his life, Wendi -- and isn't above a little obsessive behavior to help things work out.

As hope of reconciliation fades and his bank account dwindles, Bob stays positive by focusing on the unintended byproduct of his misfortunes: weight loss!

Could stalking be the diet plan America's been waiting for?

The Postman

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A tale of a night's debauchery is narrated over the mundane routine of a man getting ready for work. Two stories are told; one through the sound and the other through the visuals. How these stories are connected is revealed in the end, where the visual and audio tie in. The film cost practically nothing to make. All equipment was borrowed and all cast and crew worked for the love of it, and the location was the producers' home. Total cost: About 20 quid. Also, it is based on a true story.

The Crackhouse

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Waking up in the morning and feeling like death. This film explores the lonelyness and empty feeling of a hangover. It was shot in one day when the actor and I were too hungover to go to University so we ended up making this film instead. No money spent.

Adam

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We are told that in the beginning, God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and it is there that he put the man whom he had formed. Now instead of the beginning, imagine the present, and instead of a garden, imagine a supermarket. Drawing as much inspiration from Buster Keaton as the Bible, "Adam" plants its title character alone in the frozen foods aisle and leaves him to make sense the modern garden he's been given. Directed by Chris Ladd, featuring Adam Lerman and Melissa Baroni.

i

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'i' is a short documentary with a simple question as its premise: Who am I? Who is anybody? What is identity? To find out, 'i' looks to psychology, to philosophy, to friends, and a professional psychic, and comes to a conclusion that shakes the film's premise to its core.

Men Of Action

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Your best friend's on fire. Your girlfriend stands before the biggest producer in town, topless… and things haven't even begun to go wrong yet. Burt Delft (Chris Gann-XXX) and Jerry Urbetski (Jeff Ferris) want nothing more out of life than to become big time action heroes. With nothing to lose, and only the hottest producer in town to impress, the determined duo is about to take on Hollywood… headfirst. Somewhere between Bad Boys and "Dumb and Dumber", this action-packed buddy-buddy comedy is guaranteed to leave you routing for Hollywood.

Red Cars

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RED CARS is a ghost story. Most ghost stories have been told and twisted and retold so many times and in so many ways that they have become folklore. RED CARS takes the folklore and gives it a big new twist.

Glue

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A famous mustache wax spokesman discovers what happens when you mess with a homeless gypsy.

Bermuda

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"Bermuda" is a short film about an apartment that has a strange connection with the Bermuda Triangle. Made in NY at the New York Film Academy.

Paul's Reverie

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The dream… work… deadlocked for control. Paul has kept his dreams under control for some time now. He likes to think that he can balance his time between reality and unreality. But can man serve two masters?

Old Negro Space Program

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In 1957 or '58, a group of unknown men had a dream that mere mortals would dare think possible. This extraordinary film is a tribute to the courage of the Old Negro Space Program... or Blackstronauts, if you will.

Verses

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A bully and his friend push an innocent kid to fight, which ends up becoming a boxing match at the local ring. With the help of his cousin, the kid trains to fight for his dignity and the right to walk in the hallway.

Sexual Harassment

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This is a corporate training video about workplace guidelines for Sexual Harassment.

Classified

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A dark cloud hangs over rural America as a young couple travel town to town to find their pot of gold only to find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Solve for X

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How does a man whose job it is to kill get through life without having his work consume him? ...He has to give back. A hitman is approached by a woman who has a personal job for him. But he gets more than he bargains for. SOLVE FOR X is a glimpse into the life of a true anti-hero. A member of society's underworld. A paladin for the abused and a scourge for their abusers.

Phones

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A guy, a girl, two payphones and one 8 1/2 minute take depict the end of a relationship... and the beginning of another...

The Beautiful One

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A young man in desperation realizes the virtues of life, after it's too late.

Long Time No See

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After living away from his hometown for 10 years, Josh returns to find an old childhood sweetheart. What he ends of finding is much more complicated than he had ever imagined. Truth is always stranger than fiction, especially in this piece based on real life events.

The Siberian Farce

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Rogue elements clash over the launch of a black market Soviet missile. Or maybe not.

Date Ball

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A woman is stalked by a mysterious stranger whose identity holds the key to her future. Written, shot & edited in only 24 hours for NYC Midnight Movie Making Madness 2003 with the genre "mystery" and the subject "an unwanted gift" by Craig Macnaughton, Chris McCawley and Joel S. Silver.

My Last Fall

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Sometimes the end is where everything begins. The idea for "My Last Fall" was conceived in early summer 2004, when director Jerry Melichar conspired with a co-worker to create a short film with the help of their peers in the New York independent film industry. Looking up from their booth at the Ace Bar on East 5th, they noticed the words "My Last July" etched in large letters on the wall. These words inspired the story of Ted, a repressed executive who lets loose when he finds out that his days are numbered.

My Daughter is Dead

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An independent short film created for a state competition in Florida (Entertainment Industry Incubator: Collaboration 7, a Short Film Competition). As per the rules of the competition, the project was completed well within 30 days and on a budget of only $500.

"My Daughter is Dead" was awarded second place in its class by a panel of judges from Miramax, Independent Film Channel and others. The creators were awarded $13,000 worth of production credit at several film studios in Florida. Creators Jared Buttars and Kirk Westwood continue to work on a variety of projects.

Produced by Jared Buttars and Kirk Westwood. Starring Craig Chamberlin.

Romance in Durango

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"Romance in Durango" is a cynical blow to love and small town social politics, complete with unfulfilled expectations and repressed emotional turmoil. Jack, a one-time star athlete whose glory days are far behind him, is visited by his high school sweetheart, Nikki, a sophisticated urbanite, right as he and his wife are preparing to move. The unfinished business between Jack and Nikki manifests itself in a brief but intense sexual encounter. Based on the book "A Feast of Snakes" by Harry Crews.

When The World Went Away

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An unknown virus has swept across the Earth turning every man, woman, and child into blood-hungry vampires. There is only one man left who can walk the day. Inspired by Richard Matheson's I AM LEGEND, we follow the story of R. Naville as he continues his search for life in the ruins of civilization.

Gallows Hollow

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In the summer of 1943 Robert Gallow was rumored to have murdered his young wife, Mary. The following June his body was found gutted and hanging in the trees near Mills Lake. Few knew they left behind a baby girl. This morning the bodies of seven campers were found near Mills Lake... they were each gutted and hanging in the trees.

Inside the Mind of George Klein

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George Klein is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous film makers in modern cinema. Having directed such controversial works as "Pervert dog" and "Bedsit winter" he now aimes to shoot his latest picture without the use of an actual camera. Up the Arts followed this ground breaking approach to filmmaking.