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Encounters 2006
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The Alcohol Years (Country: UK; Year: 2000; Director: Carol Morley; Writer: Maggie Choyce, Carol Morley; Stars: Stella Grundy, Douglas Hart, Dave Haslam, Tony Wilson, Alan Wise, Bruce Mitchell, Vini Reilly, Pete Shelley, Debby Turner.)
A former groupie returns to Manchester to find out who she was back then in the Eighties.
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Attack (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Timothy Smith; Writer: Timothy Smith; Stars: Callum Walker, Marcel McCalla, Michael Ellis, Eugene Washington, Tyronne Lewis )
Things are never black and white.
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Borderline (Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Alex Chandon; Writer: Alex Chandon; Stars: n/a)
Experimental film about the streets of London.
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Carlitopolis Redux (Carlitopolis) (Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Luis Nieto; Writer: Luis Nieto)
A lab mouse gets into a tight squeak.
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Cinema 16: American Short Films (Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: George Lucas, Tim Burton, Gus Van Sant, Alexander Payne, Todd Solondz, D A Pennebaker, Andy Warhol, Adam Parrish, Mike Mills, Peter Sollett, Stefan Nadelman, Joe Nussbaum, Adam Davidson, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Maya Deren, Standish Lawder; Writer: various)
A collection of early shorts from renowned American directors
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Attack Attack
Attack and Cubs
Cubs (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Tom Harper; Writer: Tom Harper; Stars: Ashley Walters, Harry Eden, Tara Hodge, Jared Garfield, Ria Horsford)
Teenagers take up a sinister urban sport.
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Dad's Dead (Country: UK; Year: 2003; Director: Chris Shepherd; Writer: Chris Shepherd; Stars: Ian Hart)
Nostalgia for a working-class Liverpudlian childhood turns sour.
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Evo (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Chris Gavin; Writer: Chris Gavin; Stars: n/a)
An animated timeline.
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Evol (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Chris Vincze; Writer: Chris Vincze; Stars: Rick Warden, Lucy Barker)
A forward-thinking look at love.
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The Holocaust Tourist (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Jes Benstock; Writer: Jes Benstock; Stars: Professor Jonathan Webber, Miroslaw Obstarczyk, Emmanuel Elbinger, Wande Hutny, Chris Schwarz )
A look at how 'tourism' has affected Auschwitz.
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Evo Evo
Evo and The Holocaust Tourist
Silence Is Golden (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Chris Shepherd; Writer: Chris Shepherd; Stars: Conor Morris, Kate McCloughlin, Andrew Dunford, Patsy Peters)
A boy's eye view of life with his single mum and a nutty neighbour.
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Tartan Shorts (Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Peter Mackie Burns, Marissa Zanotti, Becky Brazil; Writer: Peter Mackie Burns, David Greig, Becky Brazil; Stars: Stephen McCole, Jamie Quinn, Helen Coker, James Grant, Elek Nathan Kish, Jennifer Lowrie)
Selection of shorts from the Ediburgh Film Festival.
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Tyger (Country: 2006; Year: 2006; Director: Guilherme Marcondes; Writer: Guilherme Marcondes) , Official Site
A tyger brings the jungle to town.
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