THE CHIHUAHUA MESSIAH - Director Mark Hewis - 10 minutes

Original and disturbing live-action/animated tale about Kitty, a young girl living an isolated moorland existence with her mother. On the brink of adulthood, she finds herself increasingly troubled by the memory of her long-absent father and the gift of a Chihuahua dog he promised her when he left.

COOL TATTOO (THE HENDERSON SHATNERS) - Director Anthony Carpendale - 6 mins

This rude, lewd and frequently nude music video from the infamous Anthony Carpendale tells the story of Henderson K. Shatner's attempts to write his latest opus while being assaulted by a gang of heavily armed and scantily-clad groupies.

MEMORIES IN SPACES - Director Lou Trigg - 4 mins

Created for a Final Major project at Brighton & Hove City College, this remarkable stop-frame animation film uses a collection of different dolls to revisit events in her childhood. Some of the images and themes are genuinely disturbing.

FLIGHT - Directors Bill Mitchell & Steve Tanner - 15 mins

Powerful and well-made fantasy-drama telling the story of an extraordinary meeting between a young teenage skateboarder and an old woman. As one dreams of flying, the other actually achieves it and a mutual understanding emerges from the shared experience.

FLEETING - Director/Choreographer - Chirstinn Whyte - 3 mins

Produced in May 2005, this new dance film from a talented and prolific UK dance film director uses movement material created over a twenty year film-making career.

A DAY IN FLAT EARTH - Directors Sally Stevens and Sarah Cockings - 4 mins

Inspired by the US-based Flat Earth Society, this clever and amusing 'two-dimensional' film uses live, stop-frame animation to create an unusual dance film shot entirely on a Brighton backstreet.

EXTRA HOLES - Director Robert Hackett - 8 mins

In this comedy drama, we meet Leo and James who are feeling seriously the worse for wear the next morning after a night of heavy drinking. But James is about to leave for work, he realises his belt is missing - a vital part of his work uniform. Fearing this will lose him his job, the pair turn their flat upside-down to look for it.

GIFT - Director Chris Palmer - 9 mins

Recently released after a long stay in a psychiatric hospital, Anthony finds himself alone in a brutal and unforgiving world. Still affected by the demons in his head, he sets out to buy a gift for his sister, Veronica, the only person to stand by him through his ordeal. But the task is not an easy one as he must constantly resist the demands of The Controller.

ROB LOVES KERRY - Directors Ben Wheatley and Rob Hill - 10 mins

Rob is finally making a go of his life - and moving in with his girlfriend, Kerry. Unfortunately, they are burgled soon after and this traumatic event sets off a disastrous chain of events in this modern fairytale set among the disgruntled twenty-somethings of Brighton.

MIDST OF PARADISE - Director Jo Barnes - 4 mins

A personal essay from an ex Brighton resident documenting a short period she spent here. Composed mainly of 35mm stills, it describes an intense time of her life that ultimately left a bad taste in her mouth.

PARALLEL PERCEPTION - Director Kye Wilson - 7 mins

Supernatural horror about a woman who is knocked over by a car and killed soon after escaping from an isolated psychiatric unit. Trapped in a state of purgatory, her spirit haunts the deserted country lane where her life ended, patiently waiting an opportunity for revenge.

MONAD- Director Ross Jarvis - 10 mins

Pythagoras laid down the doctrine of the Monad: 'the human constitution contains six monadic centres: astral-physical, beast, lower human, higher human, spiritual and divine.' But where does Clive fit into this? And why is he strapped into a chair? This taut thriller provides some of the answers.