The Short & Curlies

Josh and Jim want to know how Jack got his black eye. So the17 year old Jack explains over a couple of beers how their friend Lennie got him into this swanky party, on account of Jack's 'famous' brother, and how they ended up sitting round a swimming pool with a few lads passing around an enormous bag of cocaine......

Work Experience is a 1989 short film directed by James Hendrie. It follows Terence who is caught in a vicious circle. He cannot get a job because he has no experience, but he cannot gain experience without getting a job! The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Joshua visits his grandfather, a survivor of Auschwitz, five days before his tenth birthday. The elder recalls own childhood in polish countryside at his grandparents'. The grandma had many hens, which were real friends for him. As a young boy he was very sad when each Friday he had to choose one hen to be sacrificed as a Sabbath dinner. In his tenth birthday he received one hen as a gift. Now, as an old man, he gives the same gift to Joshua.