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From Colombian orphan Annies to French-Canadian hippies, some of my favorite short and not-so-short picks for your downloading pleasure. --Jordan Mattos

El Arbol de los Suenos (Tree of Dreams) - Download In this beautifully shot documentary about a halfway house in Bogota, Colombia, director Tatianna Kantorowicz forms a rapport with a group of young street girls to give us a unique look into their past, present and hopes for the future.     20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup - Download 20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA.     National Film Board of Canada - Wow - Download Prompted by the filmmaker, nine teenagers individually act out their secret dreams and, between times, talk about their world as they see it. Babette conceives of herself as an abbess defending her fortress, a convent; Michelle is transported in a dream of love where all time ceases; Phillippe is the revolutionary, defeating all the institutions…    more      A Triplet Affair - Download Lauryn Siegel created A TRIPLET AFFAIR as a humorous response to the thousands of people she has met throughout her life who continue to ask, "What it's like being a triplet?" Siegel, who acted as producer, director and writer on this short film, has been actively engaged in in creating media across platforms for the past 10 years. She…    more      The Rub - Download Filmmaker and actor Norman Reedus' brilliant second film, a short entitled "The Rub", is a shocking and grotesque fairy tale about the listnessness of anonymous sex. The film's disavowal of conventional storytelling techniques and stunning cinematography harkens back to the work of Wim Wenders and David Lynch. … …    more