Short Film Showcase

"Nathaniel"
(2008, 10 min.)
directed by Brian Murnion

"Oldmeal"
(2008, 8 min.)
directed by Britni West

(Official Selection Cannes Short Film Corner 2009)

"Winter Lilacs"
(2008, 6 min.)
directed by Stephen Gurewitz

"Ouroboros"
(2007, 5 min.)
directed by David Camarena

"THE GARDEN"
(2009, 40 min.)
directed by Ryan Philippi
(Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam, Athens International Film Festival 2009)

In the vast inland wasteland surrounding Los Angeles, at a point where the accelerating expanse of suburban sprawl meets the Mojave Desert, "The Garden" observes the inner life of a young man as he labors anonymously in tract housing developments. With slow and sensuous precision, the evolution of the landscape is played out upon the face of this young worker - a face arrested by loneliness and apprehension. In the mundane and in fleeting glimpses of radiant beauty, we witness this man and the world he creates bind together, each half-formed and resting upon the Earth.