SMS 2013: Through the Looking Glass

The eighth annual season of the Academy Awards accredited New Zealand short film festival showcases excellence from around the world and from home. "Through the Looking Glass shows our love for science fiction, fantasy, CGI animated special effects, unusual romantic affairs, zombies and parallel worlds. This collection of short films is a treat for fan-boys and fan-girls everywhere." (Show Me Shorts)

Walk the Light
Comedy, USA, directed by Anthony Sabet
Michael Richards (Seinfeld’s Kramer) stars in this inventive love story about a man who works inside a Walk/Don’t Walk traffic light sign. He’s training up a new recruit, and it isn’t as easy as it looks.

Here Be Monsters
Drama/Fantasy, NZ, directed by Paul Glubb & Nic Gorman
A man is given a death sentence after receiving a zombie bite; he rushes home to spend his final dying moments with his wife and daughter.

Airmail
Drama/Fantasy, NZ, directed by Prue Cunningham
Check out the gorgeous art direction in this short about a day in the life of an eccentric postal worker, who collects junk off the side of the road and sketches compulsively in his cramped apartment.

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Drama/Fantasy, Belgium, France, directed by Tom Van Avermaet
European star Matthias Schoenaerts plays a soldier who died during World War I. Now he prowls the after-life taking photographs of shadows in this beautifully realised, original story.

Bigshot
Animation, France, directed by Maurice Huvelin
This funny clever animation tells a whole story in just one shot, and can only be truly appreciated on the big screen.

Perfect Drug
Science-fiction, Belgium, directed by Toon Aerts
This fast-paced kick-ass sci-fi has impressive CGI animation, gangsters, drug deals and a heist gone wrong.

Numbers
Drama/Romance, Czech Republic, Korea, directed by Robert Hioz
In a parallel world of the future, Nick meets a girl who also sees numbers above people’s heads. They know nothing about each other yet much about everyone else.

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