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Official Selection 5: PRETTY POISON
Beneath every shiny surface lurks an ugly, hidden truth. Enjoy these shorts as they cleverly expose the dark side of the moon, the shallowness of physical beauty, the emptiness of fame, the persistence of homophobia...and a meatball inside a cupcake.
| Painted Moon |
| Beautiful, hand-painted frames shimmer like a functional MRI. The ever-changing faces of the moon spread like Rorschach inkblots in this animated study of colour. |
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| A Fable About Beauty |
| Hot people cannot be trusted. Two girlfriends learn this the hard way when their crush, a cinematographer who is a cross between Fabio and Tom Cruise, turns out to be a vapid waste of space. A refreshing and ridiculous comedy about finding true beauty. |
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| New Educational Series - At Home With The Ants |
| Wonderful stop-motion animation references the forms and conventions of a school science fair project. Using forgotten and discarded textbook clippings, the ant farm is not the only colony on display. |
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| Break A Leg |
| A hit-man meets his mark over a breakfast of eggs, assassination threats, and career advice. A sweet encounter between a man, his work and a captive audience. |
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| Summer Meat-sserts |
| Julia Child's THE FRENCH CHEF meets thisiswhyyourefat.com in this irresistible gastro-fiasco. A how-to of carnivore dessert recipes. |
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| Phatwa (OS5) |
| Narcy is an Iraqi MC tryin' to make his name in the hip-hop game, just hopin' to board his plane. When he's held up at Customs without rhyme or reason, he unleashes a scathing rap attack. Don't cha know, "Iraq is the new Black." |
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| Lipsett's Diaries (Les journaux de Lipsett) |
| Blending image and sound, fiction and biography, this dazzling blitz of charcoal and pastel animation elucidates celebrated Canadian experimental filmmaker Arthur Lipsett's life, work and mental state. |
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| Karen Parker Is Almost Famous |
| Ranked #3 on the Globe and Mail's "Top Ten Most Irritating TV Personalities of 2009," Karen Parker is known as the annoying and angry female driver in Grey Power ads. A fabulously funny portrait of a working actor who may or may not be famous. |
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| Pink River (Ružicasta rijeka) |
| After years of living abroad, Meri returns to Sarajevo to sell her house. She reconnects with her ex-girlfriend Asja, who has made vastly opposing choices. The war may be over, but the battle to be openly gay is waged everyday. |
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