They come from near and far. Their work is fresh and inspiring. They seek only one thing, your approval at the next Open Screening! See or get seen by the latest up-and-comers. Bring your work on VHS--no longer than 20 minutes, please.

Back by popular demand, its another night of short films and videos. Tonight we will be looking at quick comedies, dwarfish dramas and mini music videos.

After not hearing from his beloved mum for seven months, junior demands they meet at a classy restaurant for dinner. Mom spills the beans when kiddo spills his drink.

Synagogues on Fire
by Jeremy Newman

A video art short juxtaposes pre and post holocaust anti-Semitism.

Blown
by Will O'Laughlin

Don your sunglasses and load your nickel-plated 22, this grunge come gangsta flick is complete with fist fights, car chases and a shoot-out in a parking garage.

Empty
by Michael W. Trainor

Frustration. Hopelessness. Anxiety. No, we're not talking about a typical day around the office at 911, we're talking about Trainor's uplifting short in which every frame is full of negative human energy.

The Trilogy
by Alec and Paul Cheever

Hip hop grooves, crazy moves, funky focus and a cast of freaks combine for a dizz-ope cut of fully operational stupidity (when we say stupid, we mean stupid fresh)!

Life and How to Live it
by Kris Kristensen

Kristensen constructs experimental imagery atop a narrative framework in this psychological music video. Set to the REM song of the same title, a writer struggles to complete his novel despite constant distractions from a carpenter who shares his work space.