From NetFlix:
Good things come in small packages, as evidenced by the 16 award winners showcased in this collection, which represents the best short films screened at Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, Tribeca and many other film festivals. This international collection includes Johan Brisinger’s “Passing Hearts Sweden,” Kathleen Na’s “L’Entretien,” Shawn Ku’s “Pretty Dead Girl” and many other superb shorts. Extras include extensive commentaries by the filmmakers.
These supposedly Award-Winning Film Festival Shorts are not very good, excepting for the poignant “Passing Hearts Sweden”. Instead try 2007 Shorts.
Shorts included are:
- “Hyper” Oddly enough, concerns a really hyper young man. [Funny]
- “Gowanus, Brooklyn” So slow I gave up watching.
- “Passing Hearts Sweden” Slow, warm story about boy in 8th grade. Somewhat of a mystery until you understand the sadness behind the story. [Swedish with English subtitles]
- “My Name is Yu Ming” Adventuresome Chinese student visits Dublin. He spent 6 months learning Irish only to discover that almost no one in Ireland understands Irish. [Mandarin with English subtitles]
- “Seventeen” Grotesque depiction of young man who cannot find a sexual partner. Explicit sexual drawings. {Netherlands] [Drawn animation]
- “Loose Ends” Two twenty something young men arguing about “Star Wars” [Norwegian with English subtitles]
- “L’Entretien” Young man receives strange invitation to join the “Good Life”followed by a strange sequence of events. [French with English subtitles]
- “Confection” Little girl has fantasies while holding onto a sweet from a bakery.
- “Colorform” Little girl makes a mess with finger paints. Has a harp lesson with an Italian teacher. Throws spahetti at dinner. Etc.
- “Date” Demanding girl friend changes her attitude.
- “The Fridge” Tale of a mysterious refrigerator. [Greek with English subtitles]
- “Clay Pride” The difficulty of being Clay in America. [Animated Play Dough]
- “Pretty Dead Girl” Off-color hospital song and dance routing.
- “Climactic Death of Dark Ninja” Kids in the woods.
- “Archipelago” Acceptable short drama on a beach. [Spanish with English Subtitles]
- “A Ninja Pays Half My Rent” Young man tries to get along with his new Ninja roommate.