I've been following Court 13 for a while, they're a group of young directors out of New Orleans with some really awesome ideas and mad talent. I'm sort of a sucker for their brand of humour. I programmed a few of their films back when I did the midnight series for WSFF. One was a twisted re-telling of the Moby Dick story called EGG and one was a story about the tinman and his heartless doppleganger called DEATH TO THE TINMAN (which I can't link to but it's on their website). I consider both to be amongst the weirdest and most creative stuff I've ever programmed. They've got a new short out called GLORY AT SEA!- a castaway epic set in the aftermath of Katrina. It's about a group of ruffians who build a makeshift boat to scour for their loved ones at the bottom of the sea. You can see the trailer on their own site here.
Benh also made a film with his students called I GET WET, which I think is super cute and deserves a look if only to inspire you to round up all the kids you know and make a movie. Them boys done do good work.
