Future Shorts

Just been to see an eclectic set of films at Oxford's Phoenix Future Shorts banaza:

KROOLI Dir: P.V.Lehtinen Finland 2005
A poetic story of a young, competitive swimmer meeting the world's fastest female swimmer in her dreams.
When you dedicate your whole life to something and realise you've reached your limit, what do you have?
FRIDAY'S CHILD Dir: Dougal Wilson UK 2006
Will Young works his way up to become a swimming champion.
Same song again sung in water.
EATING SAUSAGE Dir: Zia Mandviwalla New Zealand 2004
Su Jung, a recent immigrant to Auckland from Korea, finds release in her weekly swimming lessons. Meanwhile her husband worries that they might be losing their cultural identity.
Its boring being an immigrant and osolated, solace in the tub.
FIVE INCH BATHERS Public Information Film UK 1970
Takes economising water to a whole new level.
Happy man in shower trying to save water.
SHELF LIFE Dir: Charles Hendley UK 2000
Can we live a life of total safety, free from all risks? Or is a death wish lurking within even the most cautious mind?
Die or Y
WRONG Dir: Tom Geens UK 2005
Trapped in his own exile, a man searches for an experience to change his numbing existence.
Man gets too lonely.
KILLING TIME AT HOME Dir: Neil Coslett UK 2003
An imaginative, animated tale of a man's online order for a disposable friend, but what fate awaits such a creature?
Disposable friends.
ACCIDENT REPORT Dir: Guttorm Petterson Norway 1993
A bricklayer gets a lesson in the laws of physics.
Schadenfreund.
TERMINALLY AMBIVALENT OVER YOU Dir: Alex Budovsky UK 2005
Sounding like someone swiped a collection of records from the 1920s, Tuesday Weld creates odd sampling collages with strong hooks and great beats. This time our hero is in prison making gramophones and longing for a loved one.
Black and white with yellow; patterns.
MOJA DOMOVINA Dir: Milos Radovic Yugoslavia 1997
If humour alone could end a war, this would do it.
Calamity at the rail road crossing.
EATING OUT Dir: Simon Teff UK 2004
An appetising comedy about a hold up in a greasy spoon that leads to new acquaintances.
Stunning re-take on pulp fiction couple taking over a restaurant.