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The Mills in Joy and Sorrow

A hobo takes revenge to a miller who didn't give him something to eat.

The Mistletoe Bough

During a game of hide and seek, a new bride hides in a chest and remains undiscovered until a strange visitation thirty years later.

Coyote

A distraught squatter tries to cope with his werewolf nature through drugs and music.

Multi-Facial

Through a series of auditions, a young actor in New York City struggles with his identity.

Blacksmithing Scene

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

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Six Shooter

Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train. Academy Award Winner: Best Live Action Short Film – 2005

Caresse

It's Christmas night when Victor gets stranded in a deserted hotel in Baltimore. To pass the lonely hours, he decides that for first time in his life he's going to order the services of a call girl. When Victor mistakenly recognizes a beautiful young woman at the bar for the call girl, he is taken aback by her warm response to his shy approach. From this moment on, the line between real love and paid love quickly dissolves.

The Accountant

The O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.

The Lust of Angels

Saori, a school girl, is molested on the notorious "molester train" of the Hanagawa line and rescued by another school girl who witnesses the act. The girl who rescues her turned out to be a new student of the same high school Saori attends. The mysterious new student Yuriko is rumoured to be a "parent killer". Yuriko then leads Saori and her friends to hunt molesters.

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