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THE RENO FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS
OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS 2008/2009

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Animated Shorts

La Maison en Petits Cubes
In a world gradually flooding with water, an old man adapts to changing circumstances and looks back on his life.

Runtime: Japan:12 min
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Color: Color

Lavatory – Lovestory
A lonely lavatory attendant finds a bouquet of flowers in
her tip jar.

Director: Konstantin Bronzit
Writer: Konstantin Bronzit
Runtime: 10 min
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Color: Color
Certification: Argentina:Unrated

Oktapodi
Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village. An octopus fights to keep his beloved out of the cooking pot

Directors: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux
Runtime: 3 min (approx.)
Country: France
Language: French
Color: Color | Color (High Definition)

Presto
A stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats. A carrot triggers a war of wits between a magician and his hungry bunny.

Director: Doug Sweetland
Writers: Doug Sweetland, Ted Mathot

This Way Up
Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble. A series of misfortunes befalls a pair of undertakers on their way to the cemetery.

Directors: Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith
Writers: Adam Foulkes, Christopher O'Reilly
Runtime: 8 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color

Live Action Shorts

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
A department store security guard is secretly in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the train, he gets off instead of helping him. Not being able to deal with his bad conscience, his formerly controlled life breaks down A department store security guard who is drawn to one of his co-workers makes a fateful decision.

Director: Reto Caffi
Writers: Reto Caffi, Philippe Zweifel
Runtime: 30 min
Country: Switzerland | Germany
Language: Swiss German | German
Color: Color

Manon on the Asphalt
A woman gains a new insight of life while she's near death The proximity of death brings a young woman a new perspective on life.

Directors: Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
Writers: Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
Release Date: 2007 (France)
Runtime: 15 min
Country: France
Language: French
Color: Color

New Boy
Captures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine year-old African boy A nine-year-old African boy begins his first day of school in Ireland.

Director: Steph Green
Writer: Steph Green
Runtime: 11 min
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)

The Pig
Is personal freedom more important than religious rights? An epic debate staged over a tiny painting in a bare hospital room A man facing surgery finds comfort in the painting of a pig hanging in his hospital room.

Director: Dorthe Warnø Høgh
Writers: Anders Frithiof August, Lars Saabye Christensen
Runtime: 23 min (approx.)
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Color: Color

Spielzugland (Toyland)
1942: what happens when a German kid believes that his Jewish neighbors are going to Toyland? A story about lies and guilt. In 1942, a German boy believes that his Jewish neighbors are going to Toyland.

Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank
Writers: Johann A. Bunners, Jochen Alexander Freydank
Runtime: 13 min
Country: Germany
Language: German
Color: Color