USELESS DOG

Documentary • Ireland • 2004 • 5 min • OV

Director: Ken Wardrop

Producer: Andrew Freedman

Cast: Trevor Wardrop

USELESS DOG is a witty documentary about an inept but lovable farm dog.

FLUENT DYSPHASIA

Fiction/Comedy • Ireland • 2004 • 16 min • OV

Director: Daniel O’Hara

Producer: Grainne O’Carroll

Cast: Stephen Rea, Jayne Stynes, Paddy C. Courtney, Richard Morton

Single father Murph is more interested in a night out with the lads than communicating with his only daughter, but everything changes after a drunken binge.

ASTRONAUTS

Animation • UK • 2005 • 8 min • OV

Director: Matthew Walker

Voices: Glen Finick, Alec Morgan

Two astronauts find it increasingly difficult to get on with one another.

GUY 101

Fiction • UK • 2006 • 9 min • OV

Director: Ian W. Gouldstone

Producer: Ian W. Gouldstone

A man hears a story about a hitchhiker from the other side of the Internet.

SOFT

Fiction • UK • 2007 • 14 min • OV

Director: Simon Ellis

Producer: Jane Hooks

Cast: Jonathan Phillips, Matthew O’Shea

A weak father encounters a gang of teenage thugs in this frighteningly realistic take on violence that deftly blends emotional complexity with a keen understanding of the darker side of youth culture.

JOJO IN THE STARS

Animation • UK • 2003 • 13 min • OV

Director: Marc Craste

Producer: Pam Dennis, Sue Goffe, Philip Hunt

Voices: Oliver Miceli

JOJO IN THE STARS is a story of love, self-sacrifice and jealousy played out against a black and white world that is both nightmarish and hauntingly beautiful.

THE OBJECT

Fiction • UK • 2007 • 6 min • OV

Director: Leslie Ali

Producer: Isibeal Ballance

Cast: Kenneth Collard, Morgan James, Frankie Markham, Archie Nutley, Geraldine O’Reilly, Victoria Wicks

A hunter is struck by a flying object as it falls to Earth, setting off a chain reaction that reveals humanity’s stupidity and greed.

OH GEORGE! (FROM THE CHRISTIE’S)

Animation • UK • 2005 • 6 min • OV

Director: Phil Mulloy

Terry and Tracy are on their knees. Although the social workers demand that they both stand up, Terry and Tracy refuse. The confrontation leads to revolution and the performance of obscene acts in public.

ONE OF THE FAMILY

Animation • UK • 2007 • 2 min • OV

Director: Lucy Izzard

The most important family member in the eyes of the doting British owners.

LITTLE THINGS

Animation • UK • 2004 • 11 min • OV

Director: Daniel Greaves

Producer: Daniel Greaves, Nigel Pay

Voice: Ben Murphy

It’s the Little Things that frustrate us all. Everyday sketches of a dysfunctional world in which nothing quite works and everybody has their foibles.