Four Stories was a competition put together by Intel Ultrabook and W Hotels inviting aspiring film-makers to submit original screenplays that would be assessed by a panel of judges, including Roman Coppola and Eddy Moretti, creative director of VICE. Four scripts were picked and have been turned into ten-minute shorts. They're all below and they're all really good.
EL TONTO!
Written by Ben Sayeg and directed by Lake Bell, El Tonto! tells the story of a friendship between a nerdy American tourist and a masked luchador wrestler in Mexico City.
MODERN/LOVE
Modern/Love – written by Amy Jacobowitz and directed by Lee Krieger – follows a couple who've been in a long-distance internet relationship going on holiday together to Doha and having to deal with stuff like actually looking each other face to face IRL.
THE MIRROR BETWEEN US
In The Mirror Between Us – written and directed by Kahil Joseph – two women have their worlds turned upside down, so do what everyone does when something traumatic happens to them: go on a dream-like adventure through the Maldives.
EUGENE
Imagine being able to type anything, only for it to materialise right in front of you. I don't want to know what you'd type, but you could get some tips from Eugene – written by Adam Blampied and directed by Spencer Sussex – because, funnily enough, that's exactly what happens.
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Roman Coppola also made his own film – starring Jason Schwartzman – but you can't watch that until 3,000 people have shared it, so click here to be one of those people.
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I Went Snooping Around Nicolas Cage's House
And it was kind of upsetting.
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Some Photographs from the All About Pets Show
Canada's largest pet convention has a lot to see, apparently.
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Hearing from Three Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Who've Been On Hunger Strike for 100 Days
What life is like inside the prison camp.
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Gavin Haynes' Sleepless Nights: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dickhead
The silly spy game farce of Ryan Fogle.
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Saudi Arabia Isn't Having a Feminist Revolution
Weirdly, Saudi photographer Nouf Alhimiary thinks being allowed to cycle doesn't count as women's rights.
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Thought and Memory
Back in 2008, when my first novel came out, my publisher sent me on a West Coast tour.
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Greg Palast's Column: I Upset My Least Favourite Big Fat Greek Minister
Theodoros Pangalos doesn't like talking about Greece's economic collapse.
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I Tested Out Three of Cambodia's Spiritual Practices
And learned that Cambodian ghosts apparently don't believe in Jesus.
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The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The KKK protested renaming a park that memorialised one of the most infamous racists ever.
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Some Rich People Are Building a Giant Clock Inside a Mountain
It's going to run for 10,000 years and will apparently change how we understand time itself.
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Should Murderers Be Allowed State-Funded Sex Changes?
Michelle Kosilek, an American prisoner who wants one, certainly seems to think so.
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VICE on HBO Outtakes: Mormon Lost Boys - Nikita's Story
She spoke with us about her upbringing in a polygamous family.
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Pretty Girl Bullshit: 'Too Pretty to Work' Laura Fernee Is a Mirror to Our Own Stupidity
Part 3,456 of the age-old tabloid morality sham.
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Question of the Day: What's the Best YouTube Video You've Ever Seen?
"The worst videos I've seen are of animal murders."
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I Tested Out Three of Cambodia's Spiritual Practices
And learned that Cambodian ghosts apparently don't believe in Jesus.
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Greg Palast's Column: I Upset My Least Favourite Big Fat Greek Minister
Theodoros Pangalos doesn't like talking about Greece's economic collapse.
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Is Tropical in Mongolia: Part One
We followed Is Tropical, as they became one of the first Western bands to ever perform in Mongolia.
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Thought and Memory
Back in 2008, when my first novel came out, my publisher sent me on a West Coast tour.
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Saudi Arabia Isn't Having a Feminist Revolution
Weirdly, Saudi photographer Nouf Alhimiary thinks being allowed to cycle doesn't count as women's rights.
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Gavin Haynes' Sleepless Nights: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Dickhead
The silly spy game farce of Ryan Fogle.
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Swimwear in Film Can Be Pretty Awkward
And more film stuff from the Grolsch Film Works blog.
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Some Photographs from the All About Pets Show
Canada's largest pet convention has a lot to see, apparently.
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Weirdo Club
Things get weird when somebody breaks out the unholy fermented ichor.
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Who’s Getting Rich off the Prison-Industrial Complex?
A rundown of some of America's incarceration investors.
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This Week in Racism: Former Italian Prime Minister Dressed up Strippers to Look Like Barack Obama
Who would think that's sexy?
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I Went Snooping Around Nicolas Cage's House
And it was kind of upsetting.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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I Tested Out Three of Cambodia's Spiritual Practices
And learned that Cambodian ghosts apparently don't believe in Jesus.
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VICE on HBO Outtakes: The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Appetite-inducing pills have become the new way to pack on the pounds.
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Meet the Malaysian Neo-Nazis Fighting for a Pure Malay Race
They know Nazis don't like Asian people, but they don't care.
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VICE News: White Student Union - Trailer
A documentary about race, class and self-righteous college students yelling at each other.
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Austerity's Drug of Choice
Greece's infamous new drug, sisa, is meth mixed with filler ingredients like battery acid.
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Greg Palast's Column: I Upset My Least Favourite Big Fat Greek Minister
Theodoros Pangalos doesn't like talking about Greece's economic collapse.
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I Spent the Weekend Watching Topless Feminists Piss Off Neo-Nazis
Hanging out with Femen in Paris was a blast.
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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Who’s Getting Rich off the Prison-Industrial Complex?
A rundown of some of America's incarceration investors.
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Interviewing South African Rape Victims Isn't Easy When You're Disfigured
It's said that in the South African townships, disfigurement is associated with witchcraft.
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor. 
Topless Jihad
Hanging out with the ladies of Femen. 
The Tropical Dystopian World of Timo Vaitinen
Horned gods and warlocks. 
We Helped Save This Man's Face
He is getting the porn website tattoos removed. 
People Are Building A Clock In A Mountain
Apparently it'll change our perception of time. 
Twitter Thinks Angelina Jolie Is Nothing Without Breasts
It's really, really depressing.
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