For so long cinema's Cinderella, the short gets a splendid showcase in this 2005 greatest hits. **Milk *and School Of Life are the least arresting, while the whodunit lampoon Who Killed Brown Owl? *relies as much on its long-take dexterity as its quirky content. The fertility comedy, The Banker, is a creepy tale of the unexpected, whose malevolence contrasts with the heroic charity displayed in the Kashmiri border drama, Little Terrorist.
The highlights however, are the Maori tweenage carpark romance,* *Two Cars, One Night, and the selection’s sole documentary, Family Portrait, which chronicles the tragedies of a momentarily famous African-American household.