2009 JURY COMPETITION FILMS:
SF Shorts and its sponsors will give away over $17,000 in cash and prizes
All Animals, USA, Drama, in Program 1.
An elliptical mysterious scene between
two characters that asks the question:
Where between sound and silence does
communication appear?
Andrea and Felice are two kids whose lives center around the sea. One day during a fishing excursion their usual routine is disturbed when something unexpected appears from the water. Will their friendship survive the turbulent events that follow?
Andheri, India/USA, Drama, in Program 2.
In Mumbai, the most densely populated city in the world, lives collide and, in an instant, can change forever. Anita is a live-in maid, who after years of a quiet lonely existence, finds courage to run away in search of a better life.
Brian Marquez was murdered on a San Fran-cisco street corner in 2005 – since that day his father Luis, has been on a quest to find the killers that took his son. During the traditional Mexican holiday of Day of the Dead, the film portrays a father that has yet to deal with the death of his son, and a daughter who is looking for the father she once had.
Fast As She Can, Jamaica/USA-SF,
Documentary, in Program 3.
The film explores the sudden emergence of Jamaicans as the fastest Olympic sprinters and follows young women as they run for their lives to put their country on the map.
Prayers for Peace, USA, Animation Documentary, in Program 3.
A stop-motion animation drawn entirely on a chalkboard, the artist confronts the memory of his younger brother killed in Iraq.
The Mouse That Soared, USA, Animation,
in Program 2.
A famous flying circus mouse reflects on his humble beginnings in this high-altitude adventure in aerodynamics.