Glasgow Short Film Festival 2019

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4:3 (Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Ross Hogg)
Twelve animated films develop a rhythmic dialogue exploring the relationship between sound, image and movement using 16mm film, paint and a projector.
Collision Index (Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Duncan Marquiss)
The eccentric collection of the McManus Museum in Dundee is reorganised into a new analogical composition that tests new and unexpected relationships between things.
Crannog (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Isa Rao)
Nobody should have to die alone. A contemplation on life, death and kindness.
Dogma (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Francesco Rufini)
Exploring dog-lovers' obsession and their life inside the bubble of dog shows. How far do we go in striving for success - and who do we become?
Mum's Cards (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Luke Fowler)
The filmmaker's mother, a sociologist, used index cards throughout her career to make notes on all that she read. Now that she no longer has an office her house is filled with these cards.
Song For Granny (Ein Lied Für Oma) (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Holger Mohaupt)
A short film about the triggers of memory inspired by the life of the filmmaker’s mother and her passion for art.
Ululation (Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Carina Haouchine)
A filmmaker from Scotland tries to understand what it means to be between two cultures by spending time with the women in her Algerian family.
You Know It But It Don't Know You (Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Tako Taal)
Images of students are paired with a commentary of Mandinka words and their English translations taken from a list written by the filmmaker's grandmother in 1986.
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