"BEST OF" Worldwide Short Films at the Plaza

The CFC (Canadian Film Centre's) Worldwide Short Film Festival is the 2nd largest festival for shorts in the world. This is the national tour of the "BEST OF" there is something for everyone, drama, doc, animation, comedy. The winners are eligible for the Academy Awards, including Calgary's own Trevor Anderson. Come on out for a great celebration at The Plaza. And it's FREE!

A SAMPLING OF THE FILMS YOU'LL SEE

CARPET DIEM
Trevor Anderson | Canada, 2008 | 2 minutes | Experimental
Producer: Trevor Anderson | Screenplay: Trevor Anderson | Editing: Justin Lachance | Sound: Doug Organ | Music: Doug Organ | Cast: Trevor Anderson
When midlife crisis hits early, what’s a filmmaker to do? This first-person travelogue documents Trevor’s journey from the outskirts of anxiety to the centre of the candy-coated farce that is Hollywood.

TENNER
David O'Neil | UK, 2008 | 12 minutes | Fiction
Producer: Andrea Bigger | Screenplay: David O'Neill | Cinematography: Simon Maggs | Cast: Bronson Webb
Vandalizing the corner shop and dodging the court system, young Homer should be out shagging girls instead of getting into trouble. But his rebellious ways slowly reveal a far more calculated agenda in this atypical teen angst story.

SOUND-SHADOWS (LYDSKYGGER)
Julie Engaas | Norway, 2008 | 7 minutes | Documentary
Producer: Cecile Bjørnaraa | Editing: Simen Gengenbach | Sound: Håkon Lammetun |Music: Jon Platou Selvig, Stian Tortenson
A blind woman addresses the misconception that she lives in darkness, when in fact she lives in sound shadows and sonar impressions. A warm and informative rejection of labels, she sees the world not blindly, but as only she can.

SLAVES (SLAVAR)
Hanna Heilborn | Sweden, 2008 | 15 minutes | Animation
Producers: David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn | Sound: Peter Albrechtsen, Lydrummet | Cast: Abuk, Machiek
Young Abouk and Machiek share their stirring accounts of being enslaved by the Sudanese militia in this undeniably powerful and haunting animated documentary.

CHILI & CHEESE
Joe Pingue | Canada, 2008 | 13 minutes | Fiction
Producer: Kerry Young | Screenplay: Joe Pingue, Sean Moore | Cinematography: Brendan Steacy | Editing: Geoff Ashenhurst | Music: Jim McGrath | Cast: Marvin Ishmael, Matt Hopkins
Convenience store clerk Desmond and his laid-back side-kick Mohamed are confounded by a night owl customer’s bizarre eating habits. Frustration and bad nutrition come to a head in the snack aisle.

KING CRAB ATTACK
Grégoire Sivan | France, 2008 | 7 minutes | Fiction
Producers: Jérome Barthelemy, Daniel Sauvage | Screenplay: Grégoire Sivan, Noémie De Lapparent | Cinematography: Stephen Barcelo | Editing: Benjamin Weill | Sound: Nicolas Bouvet | Music: Matthieu Langlet | Cast: Jean-Pierre Martins, Charlotte Marin
Transmutated King Crabs threaten the human race and only one man can stop them! Armed with a denture amulet and the killer catchphrase “Let's check it out,” our hero must save the object of his affection and the world, before it’s too late. A hilarious send-up of Hollywood trailers and formulas.