Short Film Showcase

Ripple Effect A butterfly lands on the heel of a man's shoe in Jonathan Segal's Ripple, and sets off a chain of reactions and counter reactions in which hearts are broken, heroes are made, tragedies ensue and dreams come true. The film deftly reveals how intricately woven human lives and everyday events can be. In a squalid, Scottish courtyard, two boys lock a third boy in an abandoned refrigerator and flee, abandoning him to certain death. The prank is witnessed by a homeless couple, who try to free the boy but can't open the fridge. Peter Mullan, one of Scotland's leading actors, has created a stunning B & W short that questions personal and social responsibility to powerful effect. Nickolas Perry's celebrated Must Be The Music follows a group of gay teenagers on a night out on the town. The film captures the energy of youth culture, the eroticism of flirting, and the fragility and tentativeness of attraction, in gorgeously photographed scenes of subtle brilliance. Richard Dreyfuss directorial debut, Present Tense, Past Perfect, mixes B & W and color photography to great effect in charting a callous architect's obsession with a former wife/lover. After years apart, Jack (William Petersen) runs into Kate (Anne Archer), on her way to a seminar on life improvement Her presence rekindles Jack's nostalgic longing for the past - and indeed the entire episode may be a projection of his imagination - but their conversation belies a rocky relationship that was never as perfect as he would like to think. Fridge Directed by Peter Mullan Scotland, 1995, 35mm, B & W, 20 minutes Must Be The Music Directed by Nickolas Perry United States, 1996, 35mm, Color, 20 minutes Present Tense, Past Perfect Directed 6y Richard Dreyfuss United States, 1996, 35mm, B & W and Color, 30 minutes World Premiere Ripple Directed by Jonathan Segal United States, 1995, 35mm, Color, 20 minutes