The Bay Area has long been a hotbed of short film production. Together, these contemporary films are a testament to the incredible depth and breadth of America’s film and media frontier. TRT 65 min

All Animals
Robert Arnold, Cynthia Mitchell (2009)
Local music hero Sonny Smith delivers a delightfully subdued performance in this touching short about two people struggling to communicate. (16 min)

Chromatic Cocktail Extra Fizzy
Kerry Laitala (2009)
This is the first of Kerry Laitala’s Chromadepth 3D works, featuring a soundtrack by Nurse with Wound and Stereolab. (9 min)

From Saturday to Sunday   
Natalija Vekic, Christian Bruno (2008)
In this travelogue without geography, images echo each other, contrast and reverberate, beginning in flight and culminating in a circular, giddy return to the air. (4 min)

I Can See Everything
John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson (2008)
This film-poem considers the planet through the words of Yuri Gagarin aboard the first manned space flight in 1961. (5 min)

Lost in the Flood
Doug Katelus (2009)
This lovingly made 16mm gem recalls Raymond Chandler before breaking down into a forgetful stupor. (11 min)

Seven after Eleven
Christina McPhee (2008)
Four slow trips around Ground Zero with a Steadicam. (8 min)

Sparkle Plenty
Kerry Laitala (2008)
The second of Laitala’s Chromadepth 3D works. (6 min)

The Unmaking of I Am a Sex Addict
Caveh Zahedi (2009)
An LSD-addled crew member confuses fact and fiction in this hilarious behind-the-scenes exposé by everyone’s favorite exhibitionist. (6 min)

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