Alongside brilliant music, smart debate and arresting photography, the Metro Pop-Up magazine at the Big Day Out showcases some of the best short films from New Zealand and overseas, thanks to the Show Me Shorts film festival:
11.30am
Ten Thousand Days
Dir. Michael Duignan, Comedy, NZ, 17 mins, PG
Darby Duncan meets Arabella at the funeral of his cousin and reveals that due to a family curse, he will be the next to die. But when Darby falls in love with Arabella, things don’t go quite as planned.
Honk if You’re Horny
Dir. Joe Lonie, Comedy, NZ, 12 mins, R16
Andy Anderson gives a career-highlight performance as a lascivious taxi driver telling a hilarious dirty story to an enigmatic young musician, the captive audience on a taxi ride from hell.
1.30pm
The Rehearsal
Dir. Sammy James, Jr, Comedy, USA, 13 mins, G
A raucous comedy (with a great soundtrack) about a dysfunctional young band with an overbearing lead singer. Sound familiar?
3.15pm
Numbers
Dir. Robert Hloz,Czech Republic, Korea, Drama/Romance, 10 mins, PG
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 too much about everyone else.
Mud Crab
Dir. Igor Coric & Sheldon Lieberman, Comedy, Aust, 5 mins, G
A delightful animation about Spike, who has just caught his first mud crab. Now he and Dadda have to remove it from the crab pot without losing a finger.
