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Worldwide Shorts Fest 2009 Opening Night Gala

As is their custom, the organizers of the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival dedicate the Opening Night program to award-winning shorts from around the world. This means that these films have screened lots of other places, but for me, they’re … Continue reading

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CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival 2009

I must admit that I’ve been paying a lot more attention to shorts lately, and not just the leg-revealing ones that have arrived with the warmer weather. The last time I covered the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, in 2007, … Continue reading

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Steel Homes

Steel Homes (Director: Eva Weber): I’m not in the habit of reviewing shorts, but as it happens, I ran into the director of Steel Homes at a Hot Docs party and she eagerly pressed a copy of her film into … Continue reading

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Shorts on the Roof

One of the great regrets from our recent trip to New York was missing a Rooftop Films screening in Brooklyn. Despite having bought tickets online ahead of time, we were just too exhausted from a long, hot Saturday to make … Continue reading

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Madame Tutli-Putli’s Brilliant Oscar Campaign

Some brilliant folks over at the National Film Board of Canada have come up with a unique and fun campaign for Oscar-nominated animated short Madame Tutli-Putli. Each visitor to the site can “unlock” a frame of the film each day. … Continue reading

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