Lost in all the hype and glitz surrounding Hollywood is a sub-genre of the film industry that never seems to get any respect, and worse, never seems to get an opportunity to be seen by any but the smallest slice of the general public. “Short films can be found in such high-quality, low-glamour places as human rights and children’s film festivals. They also have brief, sometimes one-night-only runs in alternative movie theaters, libraries, museums and foreign cultural centers… It’s as if short-story collections were sold only at book fairs and independent bookstores on special occasions.”