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Document Shorts
Glimpses of the weird and wonderful, the heartbreaking and hilarious, from real lives all over the world. Featuring: Bergeronnettes (Alicia Van Assche), Bullet Proof Vest (May Lin Au Yong)
I Shot The Mayor (or: Plan B) (Astrid Bussink), Kredens (Jacob Dammas), Living On The Landing (Podestleben) (Sandra Budesheim, Sabine Zimmer), Plane Days (Benjamin Kracun, Ewan McNicol), Pull, The (Andy Blubaugh), Valley of the Goats (Leon Dean).
Fear(s) Of The Dark (Peur(s) Du Noir) (Country: France; Director: Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Callou, Richard McGuire, Pierre Di Sciullio, Lorenzo Mattotti Screenwriters: Jerry Kramsky, Pirus, Romaine Slocombe, Etienne Robial)
Ten leading graphic artists and cartoonists have breathed life into their phobias and nightmares in this animated feature.
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International Animation 1Cutting edge films, showcasing the latest animation techniques. Featuring: Bendito Machine (Jossie Malis), The Cable Car (Die Seilbahn) (Claudius Gentinetta, Frank Braun),
The Crumblegiant (John McCloskey), Le Grand Content (Clemens Kogler, Karo Szmit),Lullaby (Kolibelnaya) (Andrey Zolotukhin),
Madame Tutli-Putli (Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski), The Mouse Trap (Gee-dut) (Woon Han), Wolfie the Pianist (Toshiki Iwahori, Yasuyuki Shimuzu)
International Animation 2Second showcase of cutting edge work by animators from around the world. Features: Air (Konstantin Biryukov), The Bedwetter (Der Bettnässer) (Ingo Schiller, Stephan Müller),
Blind Man’s Eye (Matthew Talbot-Kelly), Boxhead And Roundhead - The Power Of Flight (Elliot Cowan), The Bridge (Le Pont) (Vincent Bierrewaerts), Burley! (Dave Edwardz, Gareth Cowen)
Earlybird, The (Trace Balla), Girl And Robot (Mads Dam Jakobsen),
Last Time In Clerkenwell (Alex Budovsky), Orgesticulanismus (Mathieu Labaye), Power House (Casa De Máquinas) (Maria Leite, Daniel Herthel), Zoologic (Nicole Mitchell).
International Shorts: Idle Hands
From Australia, France, Israel and Turkey, a quartet of films about men whose lives are governed by the jobs they do, have done, or dream of doing. Featuring: Between Dogs and Wolves (Entre chiens et loups) (Jean-Gabriel Périot), Hero (Adrian Van De Velde), Shred of Hope (Petach Tikva) (Tom Shoval), Slope, The (Yokus) (Mehmet Can Mertoglu).
International Shorts: Love BitesFrom Germany, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland and the US come five films about the bitter aftertaste of love. Featuring: Alexandra (Radu Jude),
Sick Sex (Justin Nowell), The Suitcase (La Valise) (Kaveh Bakhtiari), This Is Her (Katie Wolfe), Waltz (Walzer) (Miriam Bliese).
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International Shorts: Mexico
The common themes linking the films in this selection are movement and stasis... and, of course, the fact that all the films are from Mexico. Featuring: 5:55 (Javier Aguilera, Jorge Aguilera), At the End (Al Fin) (Juan Manuel González), End Of The Line (Fin de Trayecto) (Acán Coen), Fish Soup (Sopa de Pescado) (Nuria Ibáñez), In Transit (En Tránsito) (Isabel Munoz Cota Callejas), Paloma (Roberto Fiesco), Paradise Café (Café Paraíso ) (Alonso Ruizpalacios).
McLaren Animation 1Named after Scotland's greatest animator and one of our most internationally celebrated filmmakers,the McLaren Award for New British Animation is now in its 19th year. The prize of £1000 is decided by an audience vote. Featuring: A-Z (Sally Arthur), And Life Went On (Maryam Mohajer), Cyren (Tom Mead), Don't Let it All Unravel (Sarah Cox), It, God (Michael Zauner), Josie's Lalaland (Eb Hu), Landing Lights (Graham Young), The Life Size Zoetrope (Mark Simon Hewis), Mikky & Me (Chris Halls), Pecatum Parvum (Asya Lukin), Siu Siu (Matthew Cooper),
Space Travel According to John (Jamie Stone, Anders Jedenfors)The Weatherman (Will Becher), What's Fufu? (Greg Villalobos).
McLaren Animation 2
Named after Scotland's greatest animator and one of our most internationally celebrated filmmakers,the McLaren Award for New British Animation is now in its 19th year. The prize of £1000 is decided by an audience vote. Featuring: Bill’s Visitors (Simon Deshorn)
JAB (Keith Lawes), Magnetic Movie (Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt), Operator (Matthew Walker), Out of Ashes (Sharlene Wallis), Procrastination (Johnny Kelly),
Shaun The Sheep “Still Life” (Richard Goleszowski, Christopher Sadler), Stand Up (Joseph Pierce), Styx (Robert Robinson), Sun In The Night Time (Anne Wilkins), Time Is Running Out (Marc Reisbig).
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening (Country: UK; Director: See individual reviews.)
Selection of the best homegrown documentaries. Films competing are all made by filmmakers from or working in Scotland. This year's selection is:
Christmas With Dad (Conor McCormack),
Half Way Home (Paul Gray),
Irene (Lindsay Goodall),
Karelian Cowgirls (Oudoille Oville, Minttu Mäntynen),
Ma Bar (Adrian McDowall, Finlay Pretsell),
Niddrie Bricks (Julian Schwanitz, Nina Topp, Andrew Steen),
Skeins (Paul Gray).
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Shirley Clarke: Early Works 1 (Director: Shirley Clarke)
Early, groundbreaking shorts from the experimental pioneer, showing as part of the retrospective. Featuring:
Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke),
Brussels Loops (Shirley Clarke, DA Pennebaker, Wheaton Galentine, Richard Leacock),
Bullfight (Shirley Clarke),
Dance In The Sun (Shirley Clarke),
In Paris Parks (Shirley Clarke),
A Moment in Love (Shirley Clarke)
A Scary Time (Shirley Clarke, Robert Hughes).
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Trailblazing ShortsA dynamic showcase of film work from the UK's seven Skillset Screen Academies, featuring the work of our 2008 Trailblazers. Featuring:
Empty Space (Firman Machda),
Geriatrics: The Musical (John Douglas Dodds), In The Spotlight (Stacey Bradshaw),
Keith Reynolds Can’t Make It Tonight (Felix Massie), Mari (Yiorgos Moustakis), Open Skies (Rob Brown),
Outcasts (Ian Clark), The Problem With Pets (Catriona Craig), A Riff For Lázaro (Un Riff Para Lázaro) (Rémi Borgeaud), Wings Of Blue Angels (Ong Chantarangkul).
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts
A programme of eclectic shorts, made by entrepreneurial filmmaking talent and managed and delivered by Maya Vision International. The Completion Fund was developed to support filmmakers who need to secure vital funds for the completion of short films. Featuring: Domestics (Rob Curry), Hatemail (Frazer Churchill), Hero’s Journey, The (Jack Herbert), Ralph (Alex Winckler), Unborn (Justin Trefgarne), Dead Dog (Edward Jeffreys).
UK Shorts
Competing for the best short film award are: First (Tinge Krishnan), K (Piers Thompson),
One in Four (Matti Harju), Slapper (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Son (Daniel Mulloy), Wish (Matt Day).
Web Site Story (Country: US; Director: Jason Benesh)
A tightly constructed short musical about a paedophile's attempts to seduce a girl over the internet.
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