Eye For Film >> Festivals >> GSFF >> 2015 >> International Competition 1: Help Me

In an irrational world, we need the support of others to give our lives shape and meaning. The attempt to impose order on chaos will never succeed – we can either paper over the cracks or embrace the constant change, reaching out and helping those around us.

View other Glasgow Short Film Festival Films by strand: International Competition 2: Those Left Behind, International Competition 3: Sugar & Spice, International Competition 4: A Job Well Done, International Competition 5: Motion Sickness, International Competition 6: Trouble Brewing, International Competition 7: Past Historic, International Competition 8: Field Studies, Scottish Competition 1: Parenthood, Short Stuff: Parent & Baby Screening

Rescue Grips and Lifestyle

The Incredibly Elastic Man (Nieprawdopodobnie Elastyczny Czlowiek) (Country: Poland; Year: 2014; Director: Karolina Specht; Writer: Karolina Specht)

The animated tale of a man born without his own shape, who keeps being shaped by others.

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Lifestyle (Country: Sweden; Year: 2014; Director: Henrik Andersson)

In modern society, death is a scandal. We live in a time when various lifestyle images determine our ideals and our actions.

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Lulu (Country: Denmark, France; Year: 2014; Director: Caroline Sascha Cogez; Writer: Caroline Sascha Cogez, Tone Mygind Rostbøll; Stars: Malin Crépin, Jens Jørn Spottag, Andreas Holm Dittmer, Ellen Hillingsø)

Lulu wants to make things work with Henrik but struggles to deal with the competing presence of his family members.

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Rescue Grips (Rettungsgriffe) (Country: Austria; Year: 2014; Director: Nina Kreuzinger)

Unusual found footage.

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Symphony No 42 (Country: Hungary; Year: 2014; Director: Reka Bucsi; Writer: Reka Bucsi)

A series of short, surreal scenes exploring the relationship between humans and nature.

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