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| One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey and Mosquito |
3 Hours (Country: UK, Jordan; Director: Regan Hall; Writer: Sam Snape; Cast: Diana Adel, Mohammed Jawad, Nasser Mutar, Naseem Baha, Rafat Basel, Abdullah Amer, Hind Kamel)
Recreation of an incident in Iraq in which nine children were massacred by militants.
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts. Full Review Official Site
Alibi (Country: Ireland; Director: Darren Bolger, Caroline Campbell)
The truth behind an alibi that kept a killer from justice for 20 years.
Document 2: Reflections & Memories. Full Review Official Site
Alice (Country: UK; Director: Marianne Elliott; Writer: Abi Morgan; Cast: Amelia Shelley, Maxine Peake, Luke Treadaway)
A young girl has a magical experience when taken to a theatrical performance of Alice In Wonderland.
UK Shorts 2. Full Review
An Act of Love (Country: UK; Director: Edward Dick; Cast: Stephen Mangan, Gina McKee, Raquel Cassidy)
A man agrees to help his partner's sister have a baby.
UK Shorts 1. Full Review
Arnica (Director: Des Hamilton)
A young man tries to reconcile with his father through football.
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening. Full Review
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| Skip 11 and Turning |
Ashura (Country: UK, Iran; Director: Roxana Pope)
Film borne out of artist's residency with Edinburgh Mela.
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening. Full Review
Baby (Country: UK; Director: Daniel Mulloy; Cast: Arta Dobroshi, Daniel Kaluuya)
A young woman invites in a stranger who has followed her home.
Cinema Extreme. Full Review
Barber's Dozen (Country: UK; Director: Tara Manandhar, David O'Neill)
The tales of people who frequent a barber's shop chair.
Document Shorts 1: Occupational Therapies. Full Review Official Site
Battenberg (Country: UK; Director: Stewart Comrie; Writer: Stewart Comrie)
Colliding with the dusty window of an abandoned guest-house, an unwitting bird fails to realise the curious horror lurking within.
Digicult, McLaren Animation 2. Full Review Official Site,
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Behaviour (Country: Denmark; Director: Daniel Joseph Borgman; Cast: Malou Reyman, Nicolei Faber, Nikolaj Dencker Schmidt, Hassan Preisler)
International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes.
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| Relative Madness and The Lucky Ones |
Birthday (Születésnap) (Country: Hungary; Director: Sándor Csukás; Cast: Antal Cserna, Fanni Abonyi, Ágoston Csehi, Márton Csukás, Noé Barcza)
International Shorts 3: Discomfort Zone.
The Bite (La morsure) (Country: France; Director: Joyce Nashawati; Writer: Joyce Nashawati; Cast: Agathe Bonitzer, Ulysse de Gregorio, Christophe Lemaire, Rubis Loyzance)
A woman is waiting for her lover. The little girl she is taking care of is playing. When the young man arrives, the little girl decides to explore the park.
International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes. Full Review
Blind Date (Country: UK; Director: Joe Rosen; Writer: Abigail Blackmore; Cast: Abigail Blackmore, Cavan Clerkin, Matthew Blackmore, Zeben Jameson)
A man's quiet night in the pub is interrupted when a girl arrives looking for her blind date.
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts. Full Review Official Site
Bon Appetit (Country: UK; Director: Craig Knowles, David Ridges)
A little girl tries to get her ice-cream back from a hungry monster.
Family Shorts Programme, McLaren Animation 1. Full Review Official Site
Boy (Country: UK; Director: Matthew Lenton; Writer: Ronan Blaney; Cast: Kate Binchy, Pauline Goldsmith, Jonathan Harden, Gerard McDonald, Fintan McKeown, Brian Milligan, Mark Ryder)
A boy who is locked in his room, escapes after finding a mouse and goes on an odyssey to find his new friend some cheese. Coming Up Scheme.
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| Ashura and Strawberry Girl |
The Cage (Colivia) (Country: Romania, Netherlands; Director: Adrian Sitaru; Writer: Adrian Sitaru; Cast: Adrian Titieni, Clara Voda, Vlad Voda)
A son brings home an injured dove.
International Shorts 1: Strings Attached. Full Review View Trailer
Ciao mama (Country: Croatia; Director: Goran Odvorcic; Writer: Matija Klukovic, Goran Odvorcic; Cast: Asja Jovanovic, Andrea Rumenjak)
Official Site
Cocoon (Kokon) (Country: Germany; Director: Till Kleinert; Writer: Till Kleinert; Cast: Julius Kunze, Charlotte Wnendt)
International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes.
Cowards And Monsters (Country: UK; Director: Tristan Goligher; Writer: Tristan Goligher; Cast: Luke Evans, Cara Horgan, Neve Faulkner)
One man, his cheating lover and a casual sexual encounter. UKFC Completion Fund Shorts.
Crook And The Highlandman (Country: UK; Director: Robert McKillop)
Factual film about the life of one of the members of mental health programme Stepping Stones.
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening. Full Review
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| Native Son and Just Before Dawn |
The Cull (Country: UK; Director: Jonathan Harris; Writer: Andrew Walker; Cast: Steve Evets, Jennifer Hennessey, Jonathan Mason)
A boy clashes with his father as the older man tries to teach him about life on a remote Peak District farm.
UK Shorts 2. Full Review
Dead Happy (Country: UK; Director: Nicky Lianos; Writer: David Lemon; Cast: Alice Lowe, Dario Bernal)
The grim reaper is bored... and trying to cope with unrequited love.
Official Site
Defoe (Country: UK; Director: Ross Neil; Writer: Ross Neil; Cast: Glenn Doherty, Thom Glover)
Sci-fi short about a shipwrecked traveller, a strange desolate land and a fateful clash with the locals.
UK Shorts 1. Full Review Official Site
Dip (Country: UK; Director: Lisa Gornick; Writer: Simon Lewis; Cast: Robert Sheehan, Said Mohamed)
A Somalian immigrant forms and unusual relationship with the man who steals his wallet.
Coming Up Scheme. Official Site
Donde está Kim Basinger? (Country: France; Director: Edouard Deluc; Writer: Edouard Deluc; Cast: Yvon Martin, Philippe Rebbot)
Antoine was recently dumped by the woman he loves and his brother Marcus is having a hard time cheering him up. International Shorts 3: Discomfort Zone.
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| Rob And Valentyna In Scotland and Alice |
Dust (Country: UK, US; Director: Ben Lavington Martin; Writer: Ben Lavington Martin, Jon Spira; Cast: William Hope)
The unexpected predicament of Apollo 18 astronaut Glen Gordon.
UK Shorts 2. Full Review
Eclipse (Director: Michael Lennox; Cast: Zoe Tapper, Andrew Buchan)
A man is captivated by his friend but she just plays with his emotions... even after he has met her mirror image. Coming Up Scheme.
Electric Light Wonderland (Country: UK; Director: Susanna Wallin; Writer: Susanna Wallin; Cast: Nathan Etherington, Scott Etherington, Alan Jackson)
Three men unpack a mobile discotheque, quietly musing on what is to come.
UK Shorts 1. Full Review
Envirometer (Country: US; Director: Danny Robashkin)
Environmentalism and industry clash - the only device that can stop them? The Envirometer! Family Shorts Programme.
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| Melissa Immaculate and Megaheavy |
Ernesto in Soccerland (Ernesto no País do Futebol) (Country: Brazil; Director: André Queiroz, Thaís Bologn)
Family Shorts Programme.
Ever Here I Be (Country: UK; Director: Kate Burton; Cast: Tuppence Middleton, Christopher Simpson)
An exploration of the feelings of an impending break-up.
Digicult. Full Review
Franswa Sharl (Country: Australia; Director: Hannah Hilliard; Writer: Hannah Hilliard, Greg Logan; Cast: Callan McAuliffe, John Batchelor, Diana Glenn, Steve Le Marquand, Pippa Grandison, Ivy Latimer, Tiarnie Coupland, Chum Ehelepola, Jay Ryan, Ben Ingram, Luke Hobbins, Greg Logan)
A 12-year-old boy disguises himself as a French girl while on a family holiday in Fiji. Family Shorts Programme.
The Future WAGs of Great Britain (Director: Destiny Ekaragha; Writer: Abby Ajayi; Cast: Naana Agyei Ampadu, Bunmi Mojekwu, Ellen Thomas)
Two very different sisters go clubbing to make money from betting on footballer gossip. Coming Up Scheme.
Gypsy Cab (Country: Russia, UK, France; Director: James Rogan)
The phenomenon of the 'gypsy cab' - Russian, spontaneous, unlicensed taxis.
Document Shorts 1: Occupational Therapies. Full Review Official Site
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| Dust and Crook And The Highlandman |
Half Term Report (Country: UK; Director: Sam Donovan; Writer: Geoff Bussetil; Cast: Terry Haywood, James Burrows, Faraz Ayub)
Two teenagers suspect one of their brothers of being a terrorist bomber. Coming Up Scheme.
Horsefingers 2: But I Am the Tiger (Country: US; Director: Kirsten Kearse; Writer: Kirsten Kearse; Cast: Kirsten Kearse)
A silent, lyrical journey following the life cycle of the mythical Horsefingers.
Official Site
I'll Be Right Here (Country: UK; Director: Gregor Johnstone; Writer: Gregor Johnstone; Cast: Stephen McCole, Angus McInnes)
A deranged and delusional screenwriter Moffat is holed up in an LA hotel room, ready to meet his idol Steven Spielberg.
UK Shorts 1, Digicult. Full Review
Incident By A Bank (Händelse vid bank) (Country: Sweden; Director: Ruben Östlund; Writer: Ruben Östlund; Cast: Bahador Foladi, Ramtin Parvaneh, Leif Edlund, Rasmus Lindgren, Lars Melin, Henrik Vikman, Per Olof Albrektsson, Maria Blad, Alice Edvardsson, Mats Edvardsson, Ylva Gallon, Anna Harling, Maria Hedborg, Ida Hellström, Mona Lantz)
A failed bank heist comedy, which takes place in one meticulously choreographed scene.
International Shorts 3: Discomfort Zone. Full Review
In The Meadow (Country: UK; Director: Dave Alexander Smith; Writer: Dave Alexander Smith; Cast: Chris Larkin, Tuppence Middleton, Mark Duncan, Sophie Hunter)
A middle-aged man and his young mistress head for a birthday picnic in the countryside. At least, that's the plan.
UK Shorts 2. Full Review
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| The Cage and An Act of Love |
I Don't Care (Country: UK; Director: Harry Wootliff; Writer: Pete Jordi Wood; Cast: Iwan Rheon, David Leon, Paloma Faith)
A man in his twenties who is caring for his mother tries to live his life in a single day off. Coming Up Scheme.
June 6th (Country: UK, France; Director: Simon Kreitem; Cast: Harry Hart, Louis Martin, Harry Swanson, Edna Martin, Eric Gibbons, Nicholas Haines, Mike Howard, Mike Blair)
Documenting the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
Document 2: Reflections & Memories. Full Review Official Site
Just Before Dawn (Country: UK; Director: Loren Slater; Writer: Loren Slater, Matt Palmer; Cast: Natalie Press, Vicky McClure, Glenn Doherty)
Two women try to rediscover their youth an an isolated countryside party.
UK Shorts 2. Full Review
Labour (Country: UK; Director: Michael Keillor; Writer: Kenneth MacLeod; Cast: Michael Socha, Alison Peebles, Alex Howden, Lauren Lamarr)
Following an encounter with one of his former charges, Henry reconnects with himself and those who love him.
Digicult. Full Review
Launderette (Director: Bertie Telezynski)
A look at the lives of those visiting a launderette.
Document Shorts 1: Occupational Therapies. Full Review
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| The Bite and Labour |
The Loop (Country: UK; Director: Luc Rioche; Writer: Luc Rioche, AJ Rivers Nakasila; Cast: AJ Rivers Nakasila)
In a nightmarish world Lox has to decide whether to abandon hope or face his harsh surroundings. Can Lox temper his defiance and escape the loop?
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts. Full Review
María's Way (Country: UK, Spain; Director: Anne Milne)
Story of a woman who greets those on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening. Full Review Official Site
Megaheavy (Country: Denmark; Director: Fenar Ahmad; Writer: Fenar Ahmad, Jacob Katz; Cast: Eva Thompson, Sarah Boberg, Jonatan Tulested, Nicolei Faber)
Jolly is a 14-year old introvert girl in love with her classmate Kenneth. Her world is turned upside down when the neighbor's son arrives to bury his father.
International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes. Full Review Official Site
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| Ever Here I Be and María's Way |
Missing (Country: UK; Director: Luke Rodgers; Writer: Luke Rodgers, James Tyler; Cast: Tim McInnery, Lauren Socha)
What would you do if the "Missing" person in your newspaper sat next to you?
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts. Full Review
Mosquito (Country: US; Director: Jeremy Engle; Writer: Jeremy Engle; Cast: Vaughn Bowman, James Cartwright, John Diaz, Marion Matthias, Xavier Pineda, Alejandro Polanco, Bryant Reis, Gustavo Valdes, Reymond Wittman)
The coming of age story of a 13 year-old boy named Cesar, whose awkward bravado and fanciful imagination have earned him the nickname of Mosquito
International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes. Full Review Official Site
Murphy's Short's
(Country: US; Director: Todd Hemker; Writer: Todd Hemker)
A childhood memory of a boy who is very impressed with himself.
Family Shorts Programme. Official Site
My Invisible Friend (Mi amigo invisible) (Country: Spain; Director: Pablo Larcuen; Writer: Pablo Larcuen; Cast: Sergio Huguet, Richard Kiel, Montse Martínez, Jordi Romanós, Pablo Vázquez)
Tomas is incredibly shy... perhaps an imaginary friend will help. International Shorts 2: Little Earthquakes.
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| Alibi and The Cull |
Native Son (Country: UK; Director: Scott Graham; Writer: Scott Graham; Cast: Sean Harris, Agnieszka Bresler, Kate Dickie, Kirsty Strain)
Set in a border town in rural Scotland Native Son is about a troubled farm labourer struggling with loneliness and the need for human contact.
Cinema Extreme. Full Review
Nineandahalfs Goodbye (Neuneinhalbs Abschied) (Country: Germany; Director: Halina Dyrschka; Writer: Guido Schmelich; Cast: Ben Litwinschuh, Tim Litwinschuh, Sylvia Schwarz, Martin Ontrop)
A big brother is on hand to help his younger sibling send his hamster to that place in the sky. Family Shorts Programme.
Out In That Deep Blue Sea (Country: Canada; Director: Kazik Radwanski; Writer: Kazik Radwanski; Cast: Peter Bavis, Jeanne Souter, Carmen Craig, Marta Legrady, Joe Ring)
Third part of a short film trilogy, focusing on a disillusioned middle-aged man trying to garner estate agent business.
International Shorts 3: Discomfort Zone. Official Site
Paris/Sexy (Country: UK; Director: Ruth Paxton; Writer: Ruth Paxton; Cast: Martin Compston, Finbar Furey, Elisa Lasowski, Missy Malone)
A girl on the verge of womanhood imagines life away from the constraints of caring for her father.
UK Shorts 2, Digicult. Full Review
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| Arnica and I'll Be Right Here |
The Pizza Miracle (Country: UK; Director: Tony Grisoni; Writer: Tony Grisoni; Cast: Matt Berry, Stanley Townsent, Josef Altin, Olive Supple-Still, Anamaria Marinca, Ray Cooper)
A son returns to say farewell to his dead father.
Cinema Extreme. Full Review
Quadrangle (Country: US; Director: Amy Grappell)
An unconventional look at the director’s parents, who lived in a group marriage in the Seventies.
Document 2: Reflections & Memories. Full Review
Rita (Country: Italy; Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Writer: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Cast: Marco Correnti, Marta Palermo)
A frustrated young girl who has been blind since birth encounters a boy on the run.
International Shorts 1: Strings Attached. Full Review
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| Until The River Runs Red and Bon Appetit |
She's A Fox (Country: US; Director: Cameron Sawyer; Writer: Cameron Sawyer; Cast: Jake Nutty, Hailee Steinfeld, Anthony Matthew Scott, Stephani Drapeau, Cameron Sawyer, Erin Sossamon, Troy Romzek, Todd Mitchell, David Chandler, Lou Mulford, George Dickson, Rya Meyers, Dylan Custard, Trevor Gilmore, Tatyanna Cormier)
In the Eighties a teenager is willing to sacrifice everything - even his mullet - to win the girl of his dreams. Family Shorts Programme.
Siberia (Country: Australia, Russia; Director: Andrew G Taylor; Writer: Andrew G Taylor; Cast: Michael Kitschke, Paul Healy)
Memoir of a journey and an ill-fated film shoot in Russia’s Arctic north.
Document 2: Reflections & Memories. Full Review Official Site
Sing Me To Sleep (Country: Poland, Norway; Director: Magnus Arnesen; Writer: Magnus Arnesen; Cast: Kjersti Elvik, Jorunn Kjellsby, Andrine Sæther, Jan Devo Kornstad, Sylwia Juszczak, Jon Ketil Johnsen, Kjersti Sandal)
A man whose elderly mother is ill invents a girlfriend in an attempt to please her.
International Shorts 1: Strings Attached. Full Review Official Site
Skip 11 (Country: UK; Director: Christopher Lewis Cook; Cast: Kevin Harman)
Observing the construction of an artwork in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening. Full Review
Strawberry Girl (Country: Finland; Director: Arja Pettersson)
A girl talks about her hellish summer job on a strawberry farm.
Document Shorts 1: Occupational Therapies. Full Review
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| Blind Date and Echo |
Teleglobal Dreamin' (Country: Philippines, Singapore; Director: Eric Flanagan; Writer: Eric Flanagan, Putnam Trumbull; Cast: Latasha Calvin, Quincy Dunn-Baker)
A Filipino call center agent takes her US corporate-trainer boss out on the town, with unexpected consequences. International Shorts 3: Discomfort Zone.
The Terms (Country: UK; Director: Jason LaMotte; Writer: Jason LaMotte, Mike McCormack; Cast: Gary Lewis, Ciaran Flynn)
A father and son forge a twisted pact.
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts. Official Site
Time Of The Month (Country: UK; Director: Carolina Giammetta, Schuman Hoque; Cast: Adam Hunt, Carolina Giammetta, Ellie McElroy)
A boy outraged by his sister's 'time of the month' excusing her from school hatches a cunning plan. Family Shorts Programme.
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| In The Meadow and The Tannery |
Until The River Runs Red (Country: UK; Director: Paul Wright; Cast: Emma True, Gillian Bradbury, Andy Gathergood, Charlotte Donnelly, Hannah Moss)
Chloe believes she is the only daughter of God. Memories from Chloe’s upbringing piece together another story and unveil a quest for a red river.
UK Shorts 1. Full Review
The Veil (Il Velo) (Country: Italy; Director: Mattia Colombo)
The secret life of a nunnery in Venice.
Document Shorts 1: Occupational Therapies. Full Review
Vincent (Country: Taiwan; Director: Chun-Chieh Lin)
We're having trouble tracking down details on this film - if you know about it, please get in touch. Family Shorts Programme.
Would Like To Meet (Country: UK; Director: Alex Garcia, Wayne Yip; Writer: Tom Bidwell; Cast: Gareth Farr, Lucy Gaskell)
When a woman is diagnosed with a brain tumour, she forces her husband to go on blind dates... but he has other ideas. Coming Up Scheme.
