35th cleveland international film festival :: march 24 - april 3, 2011

Independent Shorts Program #1

Baby Bomber
USA | Directed by James Madio | Running time: 15 minutes
Little League meets steroid controversy. info Little League meets steroid controversy.

The Beauty of Damage
USA | Directed by Thomas Ball | Running time: 19 minutes
A mind-bending tour of the strange, obsessive, romantic world of Cleveland collage artist Christopher Pekoc. info A mind-bending tour of the strange, obsessive, romantic world of Cleveland collage artist Christopher Pekoc.

Polly and Me
AUSTRALIA | Directed by Ian Darling | Running time: 25 minutes
A little girl's dream of a picnic in the park collides with the reality of her mother's dark world. info A little girl's dream of a picnic in the park collides with the reality of her mother's dark world.

Predilection  (Predileção)
BRAZIL | Directed by Marcio Garcia | Running time: 17 minutes
Seven men, one woman, one plan: the perfect bank job. But one small unforeseen glitch leads the band of robbers into a deadly shootout throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro...or was it really unforeseen? info Seven men, one woman, one plan: the perfect bank job. But one small unforeseen glitch leads the band of robbers into a deadly shootout throughout the city of Rio de Janeiro...or was it really unforeseen?

Rapunzel
TURKEY | Directed by Tolga Karaçelik | Running time: 18 minutes
The film which is a humble tribute to silent movies and especially to Charlie Chaplin, relates a modern day account of the fairy tale RAPUNZEL. It is about the need we have to communicate with the outer world from the towers that we are locked in, and being ready to possibly suffer for it. info The film which is a humble tribute to silent movies and especially to Charlie Chaplin, relates a modern day account of the fairy tale RAPUNZEL. It is about the need we have to communicate with the outer world from the towers that we are locked in, and being ready to possibly suffer for it.

Stories From a Perch
USA | Directed by Andrew Zimbelman | Running time: 6 minutes
The murder of a tax collector prompts his daughter to search for answers with an unlikely friend. info The murder of a tax collector prompts his daughter to search for answers with an unlikely friend.