***Advanced tickets for Saturday, June 21 at 9:30 a.m. have sold out.  Standby tickets will be available at the AFI Silver box office approximately 45 minutes prior to showtime.  Tickets are not guaranteed and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.***

The Thursday, June 19th screening at noon is free. Tickets will be available at the AFI Silver on the day of the screening.
 

THE APOLOGY LINE
James Lees
United Kingdom, 2007, 10 minutes
Noir cityscapes, dimly-lit rooms and anonymous voices set the tone for James Lees’ study of secular confession. Telephones replace priests when liars, cheaters, thieves, burdened souls and even vehemently unrepentant people dial the apology line and say they’re sorry—or not—to no one in particular.

CITY OF CRANES
Eva Weber
United Kingdom, 2008, 14 minutes
Crane operators narrate this captivating short but the real stars are the cranes themselves, towering over London with the nobility of oversized sculptures. They enter and exit the frame with a grace not usually attributed to machinery, but with the aid of Eva Weber’s sophisticated style, we gaze upon them with awe.

GENTLE CREATURES
Kelcey Edwards and May Lin Au Yong
USA, 2007, 11 minutes
A beautifully restrained tale of two California cowgirls who trade in their shady pasts for a pair of well-worn boots. Leaving behind broken hearts and lives, they find acceptance, redemption and restoration in their trusty mares, who accompany them without judgment through their sordid pasts and towards their hopes for the future.


HOW TO SAVE A FISH FROM DROWNING
Kelly Neal
Scotland, 2007, 13 minutes
As elderly men huddle over an ice fishing hole, their wise words echo through a barren, icy town in North Dakota. Corporate farming, job outsourcing and the resulting exodus of younger people are killing the town. Stunning cinematography propels this unsettling contemplation of life without youth.


LEAVE YOUR MIRACLE HERE
Mario Vázquez
Mexico, 2007, 10 minutes
Catholics in Zacatecas believed the sculpture of El Santo Niño de Atocha (baby Jesus) was such a reliable miracle worker that it was removed from the grip of La Virgen and placed in a niche of its own. Now, massive pilgrimages that bypass the revered Virgin to reach the Holy Child show the power of the Mexican culture to customize Catholicism.


WHAT WOULD THE DROP KNOW ABOUT THAT?
Jan Zaeil
Germany, Year, 13 minutes  
How can we affect the system if we are only exposed to incomprehensible fragments of it? Foreign-born custodial workers at The Reichstag in Germany guide us through this stunning contemplation of the significance—or insignificance—of one person amid institutions and nation-states.