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The Shorter Side of Things 2007

SHORTS 1: HOMEGROWN
Learn some useful advice in About Film Festivals. | Girls Room follows a young student's trip to the much-feared school bathroom. | A badass motorcycle man works on being a father in Who's Ma Ma! Joe Ma Ma!. | Fly Like Mercury examines what it means to be a champion. | Muscular dystrophy is no limitation for the genius mechanic in The Tractor Builder. | Tiffin features a young girl and older woman who form a relationship that defies social and class differences. | A robber in Bodega ends up running the convenience store. Total running time: 98 minutes.
Sun 10/7 | 12:00pm | LM2 | ESHO1
Sat 10/13 | 12:00pm | AMC7 | ESHO2
Tues 10/16 | 4:00pm | LM2 | ESHO3

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SHORTS 2: ANIMATION NATIONS
Dark events force Bill to evaluate his life in Everything Will Be Okay. | 1977 follows a girl's difficult search for her identity. | Graham's unholy fantasy gets the better of him in For the Love of God. | Entropy and order have it out in Spontaneous Generation. | A stormy night in Looking Glass makes a young girl question if she's safe at home. | Art's Desire allows famous paintings to come to life. | Sleeping Betty shows a young girl who just wants to sleep in peace. | An old man's experience with a Fascist attack is retold in The Battle of Cable Street. | Flutter flies along with a young boy who runs off to explore the world. | Yours Truly is a high-octane thriller with noir icons. | Rowlandson Rides Again celebrates the art of Thomas Rowlandson in truly randy fashion. Total running time: 87 minutes.
Fri 10/5 | 7:00pm | LM2 | ESHW1
Sat 10/13 | 5:30pm | LM2 | ESHW2
Sun 10/14 | 12:00pm | LM2 | ESHW3

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SHORTS 3: IN BETWEEN DAYS
Separation takes center stage in these films. A model train store is the stage for a culture war in Train Town. | The teenage subject of Smalltown Boy plans to be the first gay carnival queen in his village's annual festival. | A girl creatively views her parents' continual competition in Chronicles of Impeccable Sportsmanship. | Stuck shows what happens when a bubble-blowing cleaning lady encounters the Chewing Gum Removal Man. | Steep follows a Black woman meeting a racial divide in a clothing store. | A delivery boy has a strange drop-off when he arrives at an elderly woman's house in Not Bad, Boy. | The Delaware Project follows a woman to a series of doctors' appointments, but it's not clear what ails her. | My Carnival shows what can happen when a young boy mistakes a game for reality. Total running time: 102 minutes.
Thurs 10/11 | 9:15pm | LM2 | ESHT1
Mon 10/15 | 9:30pm | LM2 | ESHT2
Tues 10/16 | 6:30pm | LM2 | ESHT3

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SHORTS 4: LOVE AND LOSS
A moment of indecision could mean life or death in Hesitation. | After the Rain shows that even two people with surreal obsessive-compulsive disorders can find love. | The Ladies depicts the hilarious and devoted relationship of two elderly sisters. | A man has a potentially damaging mid-life crisis in Bonfire. | A dying man searches for respite in 27,000 Days. | Partus finds a constrained doctor forming a curious relationship with a homeless man. | After a long night out, Claire wakes up to a strange man in Saturday Night Newtown Sunday Morning Enmore. Total running time: 103 minutes.
Sat 10/6 | 9:15pm | LM2 | ESHF1
Fri 10/12 | 4:15pm | LM2 | ESHF2
Mon 10/15 | 4:00pm | AMC4 | ESHF3

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