International Competitive Shorts 2 Director: Book cinema tickets The Animated Canterbury Tails- Leaving London Director: Various Production Company: Right Angle Synopsis: Geoffrey Chaucer’s sardonic Tail of the journey to Canterbury Cathedral in the heart of the English Countryside. Duration: 25 mins The Blue Shoe Director: Peter H. Reynolds and Gary Goldberger Production: FableVision, LLC Synopsis: A modern fable about the elusive search for true love- featuring a blue shoe and a green boot. Duration: 6 mins 20 secs Smash Director: Kirsten Winter Producer: ANIGRAF, Kirsten Winter Synopsis: SMASH: the rhythm of life. In the daily cycle, transfigured images of the apparently ‘ideal’ life lose their appeal. Duration: 8 mins 40 secs Caged Birds cannot Fly (Les oiseaux en cage ne peuvent pas voler) Director: Luis Briceno Production: Jeremy Rochigneux, Luis Briceno Synopsis: Can birds in cages fly? It would seem that the answer is no Duration: 3 mins 14 secs The Power Puff Girls Director: Craig McCracken Production: Cartoon Network Synopsis: Working late one night, Professor Utonium, a lonely genetic engineer, was about to realise his lifelong dream. Duration: 20 mins Loc Light Louis Director: Ties Poeth Production Company: Cinema Avant Synopsis: Short animated film in which a piece of furniture is designed for the film maker’s son Thjau. The tools, materials and sawdust seem to lead a life of their own. Duration: 3 mins Piano Concerto Director: Richard Antonius Production: Antonius Animation Synopsis: This film d’auteur is inspired by Maurice Ravel’s Adagio Assai. It tells a story about love, hopes and dreams which cannot achieve forfillment. Duration: 10 mins Deus Ex Machina Director: Michael Sargent Production: Vancouver Film School Synopsis: The working class is set free from the machine, causing industry’s revolution to come to a grinding halt. Duration: 3 mins Swimming in a Sick Head Director: Victoria Hung Production: Erica Dunton Synopsis: An exploration of the experiences underlying eating disorders, inspired by the work done in art therapy by anorexic and bulimic patients. Duration: 3.5 mins Disco Cops Director: Thierry Sapyn Production: Antefilms Production Synopsis: Ace and Dick are the disgrace of the San Francisco police. But in the Disco universe of the seventies clubs, they are the frenzy of the dancefloor Duration: 2 mins I Move so I am Director: Gerrit van Dijk Production: Cilia van Dijk Filmproductie Synopsis: A drawing of a hand that in turn draws, animates hands, shoulders, heads, legs, past, present, future, developing his technique. Duration: 8mins 20secs Director: