Barbara Twist

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    Competition Short Films Part 1: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

    Friday I reviewed the 9 retrospective short films available to watch for free in the Tribeca Streaming Room. They underwhelmed me, which I found odd—shouldn't the program have been comprised of nothing but slam-dunk, all-star selections? Anyway, today we shift focus to the films that are actual 2011 Tribeca Film Fest selections, and fortunately  I think they are much better.

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    Comedy Spencer Maybee

    Man v. Minivan

    On the brink of wedlock, Shane gets a 7-seat wedding gift that drives him to risk his marriage in order to save his true love.

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    Drama Derek Tonks

    Whitetail Bucks

    Three generations of hunters - Grandfather, Father, and Son - butt heads as they trek deep into an Idaho forest during their annual hunt in the treacherous winter of 1978

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    Drama Nicole Barnette

    Fourteen

    Ambient sounds and near-abstract close-ups provide our window into the community rituals of a fourteen year-old girl's birthday to a surprising end.

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    Drama Jason B. Kohl
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    The Slaughter

    A pig farmer tests his unemployed son's resolve to join the family business in director Jason B. Kohl's SXSW 2013 short film.

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    Palm Springs ShortFest Online Festival (2012)

    North America's largest festival dedicated to short film returns next week. For the second year organizers have created an online component to supplement the proceedings.

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    Drama Dina Velikovskaya

    Ties

    As a young woman leaves the parental home to travel her bond with her parents is so tightly connected that by leaving, she puts their world at risk. An impressive stop-motion film created with a 3D pen.

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    Drama Reinaldo Marcus Green

    STOP

    A young man's livelihood is put to the test when he is stopped by the police on his way home.

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    Parody William Campbell

    The Nature Between Us

    Relive the teen serial dramas of the 80's with a decidedly modern twist in this short made by special effects mavens Team G.

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