• Lizard Whomper (1997) by Tennesee Reid Norton
• The Caller (2001) by Jeremy Levis
• Elevator World (2000) by Mitchell Rose
• Mutual Love Life (2000) by Robert Peters
• Monkey vs. Robot!! (2001) by Nathan Pommer
• Junky (1998) by Tony Nitolli
• Luz (2000) by Jose Javier Martinez
• Here (2001) by Brendan Donovan (with Lee Majors!)
• Window (2001) by Victoria Livingstone
• Night Deposit (2000) by Monika Mitchell
• Tonite (2000) by Masa Tsuyuki
• The Old Man and the Goblins (2001) by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh

The collection is extremely varied, with no major theme running throughout the films -- except (of course) that they all were screened at Slamdance. The shorts range from the juvenile (Lizard Whomper, Monkey vs Robot, Junky) to the artsy (Luz); some of the shorts work well (Mutual Love Life, The Old Man and the Goblins) and some don't (Tonite).

In general, this was a somewhat interesting collection of shorts, but I have trouble recommending it for a few reasons. First, the running time of the collection is only about 80 minutes (with shorts ranging from 2 minutes in length up to 12 minutes). The DVD is over before you know it. Second, I honestly didn't care for about half of the shorts -- the "humor" in a few of these was so childish that it was almost embarrassing. It also doesn't help that one of the best shorts (Mutual Love Life) is also available on the much superior DVD "Best of AtomFilms 2000: Premier Films".

The Picture:
The picture quality for this DVD varies from short to short, but is pretty good overall. Most of the defects present can be attributed to the low-budget nature of many of the films. The transfers themselves are fine, although the grain in Night Deposit causes some compression issues. Overall, the collection has adequate video quality that won't distract.

The Sound:
The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track is fine, always easy to understand with no noticeable problems with hiss or distortion.

Special Features:
The DVD includes no supplemental material, aside from a brief (and rather pointless) Slamdance "trailer".

Final Thoughts:
Short film collections are always difficult to review because, by their very nature, the quality is likely to be uneven from film to film. While it is always great to see obscure titles and amateur film work released on DVD, this is certainly not one of the stronger collections out there. It isn't in the same league as Warner's Short series or some of the AtomFilms collections. Some of the shorts are really terrible and most of the good ones are in the "watch-once-and-never-again" category. Die-hard fans of short films may want to add this to their collection, but most casual viewers will be better off downloading the films on the web.