SLIFF 2012 Short Film Programs
Disney’s A Poem Is …
Disney’s A Poem Is …
60min.
FREE EVENT
This delightful short-form animated series – each episode is only a few minutes’ long – showcases poems for children (such as Sarah Coleridge’s “The Months,” William Wise’s “When I Grow Up,” David Henry Souter’s “And the ’Roo Jumped Over the Moon,” John Howard Payne’s “No Place Like Home,” and Mary Ann Hoberman’s “Ducks”) set to scenes and imagery from classic Disney films, including “Dumbo,” “Bambi,” and “Lady and the Tramp.” Narrated by Katie Holmes and Jennifer Garner, the series is designed to cultivate fond memories of Disney classics for older viewers and create new ones for kids by introducing young children to the beauty of a poem. The poems are read by such actors as Jessica Alba, John Leguizamo, Liev Schreiber, Kenneth Branagh, Whoopi Goldberg, Owen Wilson, and Katie Holmes. The series was supervised by native St. Louisan Brian Hohlfeld, who will introduce the films and hold a Q&A.
With series supervisor Hohlfeld.
Doc Shorts: Competition
Doc Shorts: Competition
81min.
A program celebrating the competitive spirit.
Challenging Impossibility
(Sanjay Rawal & Natabara Mark Rollosson, U.S., 2012, 28 min.): A chronicle of the weightlifting odyssey of the late spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy. With co-director Rawal.
The Little Team
(L’equip Petit) (Roger Gómez, Spain, 2011, 10 min., Spanish & Catalan): Fourteen children explore an unsolved football mystery and end up teaching an unexpected life lesson to grownups.
Marcel, King of Tervuren
(Tom Schroeder, U.S., 2012, 6 min.): Belgian rooster Marcel survives the bird flu, blindness in one eye, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son Max to remains the King of Tervuren.
Up and Down
(Jeff Camarra, U.S, 2012, 26 min.): Trey Johnson follows his dream to make it to the NBA.
Walk Tall
(Kate Sullivan, U.K., 2011, 11 min.): An animated/live-action portrait of ex-Olympic gymnast and good-posture advocate George Weedon.
Doc Shorts: Jobs
Doc Shorts: Jobs
80min.
A globe-spanning survey of the myriad ways in which we make a living.
Avalon
(Tyler Manson, U.S., 2012, 6 min.): Avalon International Breads serves as a neighborhood anchor and a sign of Detroit’s bright future.
Boomtown
(Torben Bernhard & Travis Low, U.S., 2012, 13 min.): A portrait of the silver-mine boomtown of Frisco, Utah.
Comfortable (Comodo)
(Jonah David, Nicaragua/U.S., 2011, 15 min., Spanish & English): An exploration of a small hotel in the fishing village of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, owned by a Texan and worked by the local people. With director David.
Emptys
(Joshua Leake, U.S., 2012, 10 min.): A look at the lives of Tim, Ernie, Joe and Jenna, who find and return bottles and cans as their principal source of income. with director Leake.
Full-Time Ministry
(Helen Hood Scheer, U.S., 2012, 4 min.): A character portrait of a devout evangelical Christian man who teaches by day and creates Gospel-inspired ice sculptures by night.
Good Karma $1
(Jason Berger & Amy Laslett, U.S., 2012, 15 min.): An exploration of acclaimed ad-guru Alex Bogusky’s fascination with collecting homeless signs.
Still
(Ruby Stocking, Michael Barth, Pasqual Gutierrez & Jose Tadeu Bijos, U.S., 2012, 11 min.): A dive into the life of Carlos Eyles, an author, free diver, and ocean photographer.
The Yodeling Farmer
(Mike Maryniuk & John Scoles, Canada, 2011, 6 min.): A playful, animated documentary on Manitoba cowboy yodeling legend Stew Clayton.
Doc Shorts: Longevity
Doc Shorts: Longevity
87min.
A quintet of shorts exploring issues of aging and persistence.
FREE TO ATTENDEES 50 AND OLDER
Bo
(Kelly McCoy & Dave Schwep, U.S., 2012, 22 min.): When attorney and Playboy photographer Bo Hitchcock is diagnosed with cancer, he decides to forgo chemo and Western medicine to pursue a cure in the jungles of Peru.
Mr. Christmas
(Nick Palmer, U.S., 2011, 14 min.): A portrait of Bruce Mertz, who every Christmas lights up the neighborhood with the 50,000 lights covering his house.
Past Their Prime
(Becca Friedman, U.S., 2012, 23 min.): A look at the world of geriatric zoo animal care, focused on Colo – the oldest living gorilla in captivity – on her 55th birthday.
Rocky
(Henry Gordon, U.K, 2012, 13 min.): The unlikely story of Rocky, an abandoned racehorse left to die in a field, who is rescued, miraculously recovers, and stars in a Bob Hoskins movie.
Sterling Hallard Bright Drake
(Robert Sickels, U.S., 2012, 15 min.): Parsing the line between truth and memory, the film solves the mysteries surrounding one of the world’s most notorious and talked-about tombstones and meditates on the optimism of youth and mortal realities of aging. With director Sickels.
Sponsor:
AARP
Family Shorts
Family Shorts
91min.
A mix of animated and live-action family-friendly films. FREE EVENT
Anansi and Turtle
(Andrew Aiton, U.S., 2012, 4 min.): A West African folktale comes to life in this stop-motion animated film.
Bent
(Brent Dawes, South Africa, 2011, 5 min.): Giraffe has had a good night’s sleep but has woken up with a stiff neck.
Bhavri
(Sonia Gaud Tiwari, U.S., 2012, 5 min.): A little Indian princess misses her grandfather and decides to send him a note in heaven.
The Dot
(Gary Goldberger & John Lechner, U.S., 2004, 6 min.): One girl’s journey of self-discovery and expression is an enchanting invitation to everyone to explore the creative spirit.
The End of Summer
(Seth Wochensky, U.S., 2012, 12 min.): When Mr. Waterman arrives to shut down the spray park for the season, he encounters big resistance from tiny people.
The Gruffalo’s Child
(Johannes Weiland & Uwe Heidschotter, U.K., 2011, 26 min.): A little Gruffalo who ignores her father’s warnings.
Hoverboard
(Sydney Freeland, U.S., 2012, 6 min.): After watching “Back to the Future 2,” an imaginative young girl and her stuffed teddy bear try to invent a real, working Hoverboard.
I Love Rock & Roll
(Brent Dawes, South Africa, 2009, 5 min.): The day Springbok discovers his echo turns out to be a lot more eventful than one would imagine.
Ish
(Gary Goldberger & John Lechner, U.S., 2005, 7 min.): Ramon discovers that creativity is about a lot more than getting things just “right.”
Misery Guts
(Abbie Stephens, U.K., 2011, 3 min.): Harriet is a girl so engulfed by misery that the ground literally starts to swallow her up.
Snap
(Thomas G. Murphy, Belgium, 2012, 7 min.): Bullies don’t win, and friends come in all shapes and sizes.
Tom & the Queen Bee
(Andreas Hykade, Germany, 2012, 5 min.): All Tom wants is a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey, but the bees cannot help until the queen bee finally arrives.
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