AFI Dallas International Film Festival - ‘Family Shorts Block’

Program Running Time is 103 min

Raccoon and Crawfish
Directed By: Calvert J Waller III, Heather Carpini, Karabo Legwaila, Mark Edwards, Peter Hale, Shaun Foster
USA, 2007, 8 min

A hungry raccoon searches for food and finds a crawfish on a quest for glory. Their battle will decide the fate between an ego full of pride or a belly full of food.

A Sunny Day
Directed By: Gil Alkabetz
Germany, 2007, 7 min

The sun raises, as it does every morning, but today it discovers that it is not as welcomed as it had hoped to be.

Paul’s Grandpa
Directed By: Ove Sander
Germany, 2007, 20 min

Eight-year old inventor Paul yearns to have a grandpa. So he builds one. Just as Paul realizes his grandpa could never take the place of a real one, a small miracle happens…

Obara & the Merchants
Directed By: Manauvaskar Kublall
USA, 2007, 8 min

Set in Nigeria Obara and the Merchants recounts a traditional West African tale about the Great Hunter's encounter with a group of traveling merchants.

Aston’s Stones
Directed By: Lotta Geffenblad, Uzi Geffenblad
Sweden, 9 min

Aston finds stones on his way home. He feels sorry for them. They are lonely, bored and frozen, so he picks them up and takes care of them.

Information from the AFI website