Halloweird has become a yearly institution for Independent Exposure - bringing audiences the best in hallowed, strange, gross, controversial, odd and just plain weird films and this year’s program is no different. Themes ponder death, solitude and alienation, from the ironic homage to the cemetery of The Green Grass of Twilight to revisiting a relationship between a T-Rex and a Pterodactyl in Transrexia, or the obsessive body maintenance of Little Clips, this program is sure leave audiences appropriately unnerved for Halloween.

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	Mama directed by Hester Scheurwater , 0, 00:00:00
	By the Kiss directed by Yann GONZALEZ and SEDNA FILMS France, Mixed Genre, 2007, 35mm, B&W, Dolby SR, 00:05:00 Night. Kisses. A consumed heart.... more info
	Discusion y Lagrimas directed by Rafaël Spain, Video Art / Film Art, 2007, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:02:30 Walls, characters, tears, papers & sounds.... more info
	A Message From Mary Davis directed by Pekka Sassi Finland, Experimental, 2006, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:18 A film with dark humor. The Text is taken from the spam mail I recieved. ... more info
	Bowled Over directed by Sietske Tjallingii Netherlands, Experimental, 2008, HD Video, Color, Other, 00:02:30 An homage to the Coen brothers turns into a real bowl-o-drama.... more info
	The Mark directed by Tom Barndt and Samara St. Croix , 0, 00:00:00
	Loka - Tabernacle 1 directed by Lorden USA, Music, 2006, 35mm, B&W, 00:03:18 N/A... more info
	Transrexia directed by Aurelio Voltaire USA, Animation, 2008, 16mm, Color, Dolby SR, 00:01:00 In this ultra-short prehistoric postcard a stop-motion T-Rex ponders his past relationship with a Pterodactyl. Narrated by Psychedelic Furs frontman, Richard Butler. Directed and animated by MTV and Sci-Fi C... more info
	The Green Grass of Twilight directed by Richie Sherman USA, Science Fiction, 2007, 16mm, Color, Dolby SR, 00:07:30 As a single time-lapse shot of cemetery headstones progresses to night, we are surprised to see the occupant step out to mow the grass and prepare for anticipated morning guests. ... more info
	Il Etait Encore des Fois (Once upon many times) directed by Aurélie Pedron Canada, Video Art / Film Art, 2006, video, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:02:43 This work represents research on the deformation of bodies in movement. One single image of a starving body is the source. This body, emaciated and manipulated, is the prevailing symbol of young bodies as the... more info
	Tralala (director's cut) directed by Magali Charrier United Kingdom, Animation, 2006, 35mm, B&W, Dolby A, 00:05:06 A poetic reflection on innocence, Tralala is a mix of a dance film, a performance, a poem and an animated film. This pure jewel draws the tender and metaphoric portrait of three women/child in total immersion... more info
	Fantaisie in Bubblewrap directed by Arthur Metcalf USA, Animation, 2007, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 04:21:00 'Fantaisie in Bubblewrap' is told from the point of view of a society of animate bubblewrap as it faces its inevitable popping.... more info
	Little Clips directed by Julie Perini USA, Experimental, 2007, digital video, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:40:00 I wondered: What kinds of videos can we make with material from our own daily life activities? Is there beauty in the mundane, tedious, boring, routine things that we do? In reviewing footage I had shot on... more info
	Infinite Justice directed by Karl Tebbe Germany, Political / Social, 2006, 35mm, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:02:20 Fragments from Iraq war reports shown on German television, reconstructed frame by frame with action figures sold in the USA, suitable for children over 5. CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. This isn't Disney.... more info
	Blissful directed by rainer ziehm USA, Animation, 2007, HD Video, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:35 Blissful is a collaborative, psychological landscape that describes the internal struggle of a heartless individual. Within the gaps that are created throughout years of pain and suffering, wicked yet blissfu... more info
	Kaltes Klares Wasser directed by Hester Scheurwater , 0, 00:00:00

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