Matthew Van Gessel

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    Experimental Gus Van Sant

    The Discipline of D.E.

    **CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A bizarre instructional film from Gus Van Sant's early days as a filmmaker that teaches us to perfect the details of everyday life and turns out to be an appropriate allegory for filmmaking.

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    Horror Frank van den Bogaart

    Donkerster (Darker)

    When her father goes missing, a young girl enters the woods to seek out a mythological creature believed to collect the stories of dying beings.

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    Documentary Diana Cam Van Nguyen

    Milý tati (Love, Dad)

    (Geo-blocked in some territories, scroll to end for viewing options) - She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her 15 years ago...

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    10 Questions with Matthew Savage (Reign of Death)

    Reign of Death, the subject of our recent feature review, is one of the most confidently stylish shorts we've seen in a while. Its director, Matthew Savage, has served as a concept designer for several big budget features including The Dark Knight and Kick-Ass, but, not being content with that arrangement, has been stepping up to the director's chair.

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    Dark Comedy Jonathan van Tulleken
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    Anthony

    Christmas Eve. An enormous explosion tears through Lapland. Santa and his elf, Anthony, have crash-landed in the middle of nowhere on their busiest night

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    Documentary Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck

    Arbete åt alla! (Jobs for all!)

    A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today, asking the viewer to confront how “work works.”

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    Adventure Kevin Van Witt & Michael Cavanaugh

    !!RENEGADE!!

    Renegade has lost everything...all he has left is his Renegade underwear. Embarking on a quest to claim back what is rightfully his, he battles through dangerous lands to win back his wife from the evil Dr. Monocle.

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    Documentary Dominique van Olm

    Little Brother

    On the edge of adolescence, Dexter visits the big city, and his sister, for the first time. Together they explore the big city, trying to understand how to relate to one another again.

  • News

    Oscar Short Film Nominees 2013

    The nominations are in! There are a number of great films this year, and once again, some very notable absences (The Eagleman Stag). Who deserves to win? Click the images to view the film or trailer (if available) then vote below.

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    Experimental Matthew Rankin

    Mynarski Death Plummet

    A completely hand-made historical micro-epic about the final minutes in the life of Winnipeg’s doomed Second World War hero, Andrew Mynarski (1916-1944).

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