2003 Short Film Compilation DVD

Slamdance knows good short films; trust us, we’ve been doing this for a decade now! This DVD marks the fifth installment in our Dirty Dozen series, and to celebrate our 10th Anniversary we’ve selected a theme especially close to our own hearts. As a festival which has grown in reputation, yet remains true to a genuine indie vision, Slamdance invites you to experience a dozen of the most amazing off-the-wall shorts from the last few years. We hope you’ll enjoy these ‘Tales of Eccentricity.’

1. Peluca by Jared Hess (9 min, Festival - 2003)
   Seth, a guy with a penchant for drawing, fanny packs and illegal ninja books, makes friends in rural Idaho.
2. Lady Of The Lake by Michael Lucid (8 min, Festival - 2003)
   A puppet fairytale about a boy's sexual awakening which takes a comically sordid turn.
3. Second Place by John Hime (15 min, Festival - 2003)
   Two roommates can't stop competing with each other, even when faced with impending eviction.
4. The Hunger Artist by Tom Gibbons (16 min, Festival - 2002)
   Achingly beautiful stop-motion animation retells this Franz Kafka story about a performer whose art consists of denying himself nourishment.
5. Down A Dark Chimney by Brian McPhail (9 min, Festival - 2001)
   On the first day of Christmas of World War II, Santa Claus discovers that the spirit of the season has not overcome the lure of power and its abuses.
6. Man With A DV Cam by Justin Adam and Mike Hawley (10 min, Festival - 2002)
   Lindsay Farnsworth is a film poet who has just acquired his first Digital Video camera. Watch him learn to express himself in increasingly colorful ways.
7. Fledgling by Eron Sheean (8 min, Festival - 2000)
   A desert nomad adopts a baby and shows it that all life depends on death; and instinct must govern his survival.
8. My Name Is Akto by Dylan Haggerty (4 min, $99 Special - 2002)
   Akto is a Corbex 3000 Cybernetic Humanoid Machine Servant Series 5. Won't you take him into your home?
9. Bob by Matt Smith (16 min, Festival - 1999)
   An impartial examination of the procreative vectors and migratory patterns of certain North American flora and fauna.
10. Alias: The Lost Episode by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin (15 min, Festival - 2003)
    A spoof of the popular ABC TV series "Alias."
11. 25 Ways To Die by Dave Chai (7 min, Anarchy - 2003)
    Crazed, college, cartoonists collaborated cross-continentally to confer this catastrophic collection of casualties.
12. Miguelina by Reyther Ortega (14 min, Festival - 2003)
    Faith is everything for a woman living in a small town in the middle of nowhere.