Dik (00:10) 2011 Australia

A six year old comes home from school with a drawing and a sentence describing the picture. When he shows his father, the father misinterprets his artwork. This leads to an argument between the parents. This is one very funny short, the audience laughed throughout the short. I voted this short as my favorite.

Incident by a Bank (0:09) 2009 Sweden

Based on a true event, Incident by a Bank is a detailed recreation of a failed bank attempt. Using ninety extras and one camera, two onlookers are observing suspicious activity and wondering if a bank will be robbed. And they watch the entire bank job unfolded. Unbelievable as it sounds, parts of this short are really funny as the onlookers are wondering if a bank holdup will take place.

Manhattan Short September 23rd - October 2nd 2011

New Haven, Connecticut was one of the venues for the Manhattan Short One World*One Week*One Festival . The ten finalists were shown at the Whitney Humanities Center tonight and it was a wonderful night of international films. Each of the ten finalists will be reviewed.

Winter in Wartime - Oorlogswinter (1:43) 2008

Fourteen year old Michiel is aiding a wounded British soldier in this coming of age story set in Nazi occupied Holland.  Jack's plane has crashed and he shot a German soldier as he was hanging by his parachute in a tall tree. Jack has a serious leg wound and can't travel. Michiel comes across him hiding in a shelter and helps him. Michiel has his older sister Erika help take care of him because she is a nurse. Michiel makes a decision not to tell his father, the major of his town because his father is cooperating with the Germans in the sense he wants to keep the peace. Michiel's Uncle Ben is helping with the resistance and is reluctant to involve him. The Germans arrest Michiel's father and two other men who they mistaking believe are aiding the soldier. Will his father be released? Will Jack make it to his contacts and safety?  This is a beautifully shot film with many scenes of the snow covered Dutch  countryside. Winter in Wartime is a quiet movie, not much action or violence, but it does well in building suspense as Michiel works hard to keep Jack undiscovered. Michiel has to make some tough decisions when he has to decide on who to trust and this struggle is very effectively shown in the movie. I highly recommend this movie.

Jack (0.04) 2009

Jack, a Lakota Sioux, served proudly in Vietnam as part of the 7th Cavalry. At a party back in the States, Jack is told that the 7th Cavalry was the unit which massacred his people at Wounded Knee. This short film highlights his reaction to this news. Jack took first place in The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the winners of the first-ever, “Answering the Call: Veterans Day Short Film Contest. The film can be viewed following this link: http://www.nmai.si.edu/fvc/veterans.

Repatriation of the Pawnee Scouts (4:00) 2009

The 2nd place winner of the Veteran's Day Short Film Contest was Repatriation of the Pawnee Scouts.
Six Pawnee Scouts, having been honorably discharged from the Army in 1868, were traveling through Kansas when they were shot to death by settlers. The Army was doing psychometric studies and had the decapitated heads sent east. The short shows the remains of the scouts sent home to be put in mother earth so there spirits can be free. Follow this link for the short: http://www.nmai.si.edu/fvc/veterans.

I Am the Warrior (0.03) 2009

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presented the winners of the first-ever, “Answering the Call: Veterans Day Short Film Contest held in 2009. I Am a Warrior is a narration of the Native American contributions to their native land during wartime from the time of the Revolutionary War through WWII.  I Am a Warrior was given an award for 3rd place. To watch the short follow this link:  http://www.nmai.si.edu/fvc/veterans