Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017

View other Glasgow Short Film Festival Films by strand: International Competition 1: Tribal Instincts, International Competition 2: No Man's Land, International Competition 3: Mother's Love, International Competition 4: The Limits Of Control, International Competition 5: Team Player, International Competition 6: Double Vision, Quantum Shorts, Reflections on Sovereignty 1: Citizens Of Nowhere, Round Midnight, Scottish Competition 1: Anything For You, Scottish Competition 2: The Parent Trap, Scottish Competition 3: Privilege, Tenth Anniversary Shorts

Alike (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Rafa Cano Méndez, Daniel Martínez Lara)
In a busy world, Copi tries to teach his son Paste the right way. But... what is the correct path?
Bat Time (Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Elena Walf)
When night falls on the farm, a little bat wakes up from a long nap and is ready to play with his animal friends. The only problem is that all of his friends are fast asleep.
The Cryptozoologist (Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Vicente Mallols)
Bernard, a veteran cryptozoologist who has spent all his life searching for strange animals, now has the chance to hunt one of his greatest challenges, the Mosquifant.
First Snow (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2015; Director: Lenka Ivančíková)
A fairy tale about a curious little hedgehog who gets lost in snowy woods and embarks on a dangerous adventure to find his den.
I Am Not A Mouse (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Evgenia Golubeva)
Every time Lucy is called 'Mouse' by her Mum, she turns into a real mouse! What is Lucy going to do?
The Marathon Diary (Country: Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Hanne Berkaak)
Always Last embarks on an adventurous marathon through the ice cold and mythic landscapes of Lapland. But she soon discovers that the run is not going be a straight line between start and finish.
Octopus (Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Julia Ocker)
The octopus wants to bake a yummy peach cake. But one of her tentacles has (baking) plans of its own.
Perched (Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Liam Harris)
Hamish Fint, used to a life of seclusion inside his precariously balanced submarine, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.
The Red Herring (Country: Finland; Year: 2015; Director: Leevi Lemmetty)
A group of penguins get too greedy for their own good.
ZOO Story (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2015; Director: Veronika Zacharová)
A curious girl is at the zoo with her mum. What plan will she devise when she meets a lonely gorilla and mum is busy with business calls?
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