James by Connor Clements
The following Sundance 2009 short films are available for viewing/downloading — free of charge — via itunes stores in the US, UK, and Canada. They'll remain available until Jan. 25. Go to www.iTunes.com/sundance.
The available films are (synopses from the Sundance Festival's press release):
Acting for the Camera (Director: Justin Nowell; Screenwriter: Thomas Nowell) — An acting class. Today's scene: the orgasm from When Harry Met Sally.
Countertransference (Director: Madeleine Olnek) — A comedy about an awkward woman with assertiveness problems who seeks the questionable help of a therapist.
HUG (Director: Khary Jones) — Drew is a musician with a contract ready to sign. When Asa, his friend and manager, realizes Drew is off his meds the across-town drive to sign the contract becomes significantly more complicated.
Field Notes From Dimension X: Oasis (Director: Carson Mell) — Captain Fred T. Rogard muses in isolation on planet Oasis.
From Burger It Came (Director: Dominic Bisignano) — An animated film that recounts early 1980s-era Cold War fears of a young boy in middle America. Using a variety of techniques, the visual narrative is colorfully assembled over semi-documentary audio conversations between a grown adult recounting his fears and his mother's memory of the time and her own concerns.
I Live In The Woods (Director: Max Winston) — A Woodsman's fast-paced journey, fueled by happiness, slaughter, and a confrontation with America's God.
Instead of Abracadabra, Sweden (Director and Screenwriter: Patrik Eklund) — Tomas is a little bit too old to still be living with his parents, but his dream of becoming a magician leaves him with no other option.
James , Northern Ireland (Director: Connor Clements) — A young man grapples with the impulses and thoughts about being gay.
Magnetic Movie, UK (Directors: Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) — Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries, as scientists from NASA's space sciences laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries.
This Way Up, UK (Directors: Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith; Screenwriters: Foulkes, Smith, Christopher O'Reilly) — Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble.
They should make the features available too.