British Film Institute

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    Sundance 2011 Short Films Online: Program 2

    In last week's first program, Sundance reached back into its archives and issued forth a lineup of short films by four directors who are debuting features films in this year's festival. Today, a new set of 4 short films have been made available through the YouTube Screening Room, this time by four directors who are alumni of the Sundance Labs, the teaching side of the larger year-round Sundance Insitute.

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    Experimental David Henry Gerson

    All These Voices

    Winner of the Student Academy Award. When a young Nazi SS soldier is discovered by a theater-troupe of survivors celebrating the end of WWII, he is forced to acknowledge his role in their grief.

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    Dramedy Matt Sadowski & Darren Kaliciak

    S is for Bird

    An exceptionally grumpy employee at the Family Fun Centre may get closer to finding love and happiness after he's befriended by a precocious 6-year-old.

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    Drama Camille Stochitch

    Interstate

    Joaquin, a 40 year old driving instructor, struggles to survive in a city where he arrived years ago as an undocumented worker.

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    Drama Olivia Newman

    First Match

    Mo is the only girl on her high-school wrestling team. Will her love of the sport and her desire to connect with her ex-wrestler father overcome the naysayers? Olivia Newman's celebrated short is the basis of her brand new Netflix Original feature.

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    Sci‑Fi Ian Hubert

    Tears of Steel

    In a dystopian Amsterdam of the future, a team of warriors and scientists employ the powers of love and technology in an attempt to save the world from the clutches of an embittered humanoid robot.

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    Sci‑Fi Ian Wharton & Edward Shires

    Solar

    Day follows night, follows day, follows night. That is until the natural poetry of motion is thrown out of sync by mechanical failure.

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    Erica Rotberg

    Avoidance

    A short film about escaping the realities of life.

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    Drama Gregory Kohn
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    Good People

    Overwhelmed by guilt after an affair, Emma returns home to her family hoping to reconnect with her husband.

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