6.5.10: Great Shorts!

 

June 5, 2010: Great Shorts!

Today's event takes place at Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street. Click for a map.

for the 10:30 am screening (all ages)

10:30 am (all ages)

Shorts Collection
25 minutes

Colorful, funny, sweet and creative—short films are one of the best-kept secrets of the movies. Telling any story in a short time period is hard, and telling a GREAT story in a short time is even harder. Whether it’s puppy love, amazing animation or movie magic at its best, these eclectic kid-friendly short films share amazing stories from around the world.
 
Post-screening activity: After the screening, learn how to tell a great story in not so many words.
 
 

Love Bug
Dir: Kat Candler
USA, 6 min
Nine-year-old Turtle Thompson thinks his bug loving best friend Maddy is the coolest girl in the whole wide world. If only he had the guts to ask her to the Spring Fling Dance...
 


The Mouse That Soared
Dir: Kyle Bell
USA, 6 min
A famous flying circus mouse reflects on his humble beginnings in this high-altitude adventure in aerodynamics.
 
 

Providence Park
Dir: Daniel Krige
Australia, 6 min
A day in the park turns into a magical experience when a little dog encourages people to throw a stick for it—and returns with what they need most.



Bob
Dirs: Jacob Frey, Harry Fast
Germany, 4 min
A hamster chasing his love around the globe. Will he get her?



Ormie
Dirs: Rob Silvestri
USA, 3 min
Ormie is a Pig, in every sense of the word. Pig see cookie. Pig want cookie. But they are out of reach... or are they? See Ormie’s attempts to gain the warm sweet taste that is his obsession.

 
    

Seasons of Love
Dir: Grettel Batoon
USA, 5 min
Two leaves fall in love. Their budding love transforms their desolate surroundings into a vibrant field, but their time together is tragically short-lived as Mother Nature’s inevitable forces tear them apart. In their quest to reunite, this heart-wrenching animated short reveals how love can withstand time and distance.

for the 10:30 am screening (all ages)

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