he 2007 First Look Film Festival is broken up into six screenings spanning four days.Select a program from the list to see the films in that screening or select 'All Films' to browse everything. Every show is different!

Program Listings:

One Step Beyond (International Focus): April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM Starz FilmCenter

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A selection of the best International Shorts

6 AM
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 8:33
Directed by: Carmen Vidal
School: City College of New York

6am, a city awakes.

 2006 Student Academy Award: Silver Medal

Citizen
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 10:10
Directed by: James Darling
School: New York University

In an eerie not-too-distant future, a boy finds himself caught between an unwanted obligation and the risk he must take to escape it.

La Primavera
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 19:30
Directed by: Ruben Obregon Casas
School: UCLA School of Theatre, Film and TV

A lyrical telling of an intimate encounter between two people, La Primavera delves into the fleeting moments of uncertainty and flux that test the bounds of emotional connection.

 Winner Best Short Film: Nosotros American Latino Film Festival

Namibia, Brasil
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 8:02
Directed by: Miguel Silveira
School: Columbia College Chicago

Set in a Rio de Janeiro, Brasil the short movie 'Namibia, Brasil" is a magical father and daughter story dedicated to the human cause and its struggles to keep going.

Orizuru
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 14:12
Directed by: Junya Sakino
School: California State University Long Beach

All that remains of a forbidden love, lost in the atomic ashes of Hiroshima, is a wish.

The Projectionist
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 11:45
Directed by: Elaine Liu
School: New York University

Set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, this short film tells the story of a projectionist who accidentally inverts a film featuring Chairman Mao. The townsfolk and Red Guard are so enraged by the upside down image of one of China's most feared and revered leaders that the innocent mistake results in dire consequences for the projectionist. In Mandarin with English subtitles

Turf
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 6:11
Directed by: Jerome Sable
School: USC

A night in the life of three young Algerians in Sarcelles, a ghetto in the outskirts of Paris, France. Based on true events.

"A particularly harrowing story told with passion, intensity, and a tremendous sense of urgency."
- Atom Egoyan, filmmaker (The Sweet Hereafter)


Wunderland
Playing: One Step Beyond (International Focus) April 21st, 2007 - 1 PM (full details)
Runtime: 3:25
Directed by: Kristin Glover and Stefanie Misztal
School: Montana State University

A natural playground teeming with life.