Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2009
A selection of bite-sized films from around the globe... a good place to spot the feature film directors of tomorrow.
202 films · 58 reviews
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Christopher Harris)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Kirsty Dootson)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
You don't see much but you are left to imagine and wonder.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Julián de Tavira; Writer: Julián de Tavira, based on the play Victoria Station by Harold Pinter; Stars: Rodrigo Vazquez, Hector Holden)
Mexican Shorts
A rather crummy cop-out ending spoils the good-natured laughs
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Richard Fenwick; Writer: Richard Fenwick; Stars: Nicholas Burns, Stuart Laing, Di Botcher, Steve Oram, Katie Lyons, Tim Healy) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: UK, Japan, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Max Hattler)
International Animation 1
Guaranteed to fuel the debate of what differentiates a short film from a visual installation, Nyerges’ film freely pushes the boundaries of experimentalism.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Scott Nyerges) , Official site
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
This is a lovely wee film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Sarmad Masud; Writer: Sarmad Masud; Stars: Rez Kempton, Ace Bhatti, Balvinder Sopal, Jeff Mirza, Jas Steven Singh)
Coming Up Scheme
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Emma Sullivan)
UK Shorts 2
A pleasant hymn to old-fashioned simple memories
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tatiana Korol; Writer: Tatiana Korol; Stars: Janina Rudenska, Sergey Vidrashku, Milla Kaminskya)
Trailblazing Shorts
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Caroline Koebel) , Official site
Screening with Nakba.
(Country: Russian Federation, Netherlands; Year: 2008; Director: Masha Godovannaya)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: India, US; Year: 2008; Director: Sushrut Jain) , Official site
International Shorts 1: Trapped
Insubstantial to say the least.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Duncan Raitt, Jon Marsh; Writer: Jon Marsh, Duncan Raitt; Stars: Anthony Sparkes) , Trailer
McLaren Animation 2
A bit like issues programming for young adults.
(Year: 2008; Director: Magali Charrier; Writer: Trevor Williams; Stars: Simone James)
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Magali Charrier)
Coming Up Scheme
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Dhivya Kate Chetty, Martin Clark)
Screening with Follow The Master
(Year: 2008; Director: D G Scott)
Bridging The Gap
(Country: UK, Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Tomás Sheridan)
GMAC Shorts
(Year: 2008; Director: Richard Simpson) , Official site
Bridging The Gap
A crisp little picture of adolescence.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Alastair Mackay; Writer: Alastair Mackay; Stars: Bradley Badder, Millen Gee, Ashley Vere, Michael Socha, Perry Fitzpatrick, Finn Atkins, Chanel Cresswell, Alan Ouwin)
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts
The key ingredients of good documentary are all present and correct – simplicity, depth and variety.
(Country: Jordan; Year: 2009; Director: Ben Mandell, Jackie Sawiris)
Document Shorts
A heartrending animated feature
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Stephen Irwin; Writer: Stephen Irwin) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Paul Wright)
UK Shorts 2
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2008; Director: Michelle Savill; Stars: Matt Scheurich, Lee Hutson, Sandra Jensen)
International Shorts 3: Teen Spirit
(Country: UK; Year: 1963; Director: Laurence Henson)
A Kind of Seeing
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Don Hertzfeldt; Writer: Don Hertzfeldt) , Official site
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Coley Sohn; Writer: Coley Sohn) , Official site
International Shorts 2: Family Affairs
This is a tiresome movie, squeezing a 15-minute story into an intolerable 37 minutes.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ralitza Petrova; Writer: Ralitza Petrova; Stars: Artur Arbrecht) , Trailer
Trailblazing Shorts
Capturing Space simply doesn't do what its title suggests.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Erik Bostedt; Stars: James Dunnett, Sean O'Donnell, Lee Boland, Marcelle Douglas, Chris Paulsen)
Trailblazing Shorts
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Matthew Rankin, Mike Maryniuk; Writer: Matthew Rankin, Mike Maryniuk)
Document Shorts
A sensory treat for the eyes.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Meghan O'Hara; Writer: Meghan O'Hara) , Official site
Document Shorts
This is a subtly scary film, menacing.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ben Winter; Writer: Ben Winter; Stars: Alix Dunmore, James Cartwright) , Official site
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts
(Country: Slovenia; Year: 2008; Director: Dusan Kastelic) , Official site
International Animation 2
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: The Brothers McLeod) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Jean-Luc Greco, Catherine Buffat)
International Animation 1
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Matilda Tristram)
McLaren Animation 1
An amusing little oddity, with well-sketched characters
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Rob Evans, Michael O'Sullivan; Writer: Rob Evans, Michael O'Sullivan)
Trailblazing Shorts
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Julian Barratt, Dan Jemmett)
UK Shorts 2
An evocative mood-piece, strikingly photographed.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Eva Pervolovici; Writer: Eva Pervolovici, Monica Stan; Stars: Ionana Blaj, Lari Giorgescu, Bogdan Dumitrescu, George Calin)
Trailblazing Shorts
(Country: US, South Korea; Year: 2008; Director: Kangmin Kim)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2008; Director: Ursula Ulmi)
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Juanita Wilson)
International Shorts 2: Family Affairs
(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Harald Hund, Paul Horn)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Mark Littlewood)
A Kind of Seeing
Neither particularly original nor particularly satisfying.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Robert Sproul-Cran; Writer: Robert Sproul-Cran; Stars: Tony Donaldson, Louise Ludgate, Hope Ross, Hamish Wilson, Tony Donaldson, Louise Ludgate, Hope Ross, Hamish Wilson) , Official site
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2008; Director: Chuang Ching-Shen)
International Shorts 3: Teen Spirit
(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Christoph Kuschnig) , Official site
International Shorts 3: Teen Spirit
(Country: Germany, Poland; Year: 2009; Director: Izabela Plucinska; Writer: Irene Dische, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Anna Jadowska, Izabela Plucinska; Stars: Jolanta Fraszynska, Roma Gasiorowska, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bohdan Lazuka, Maria Peszek, Maciej Stuhr, Borys Szyc, Robert Wieckiewicz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Wiktor Zborowski)
International Animation 1
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Don Hertzfeldt; Writer: Don Hertzfeldt; Stars: Don Hertzfeldt) , Official site
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
(Country: Mozambique; Year: 2009; Director: Sergio Cruz)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: David Newbigging; Writer: Gordon Mclean) , Official site
GMAC Shorts
(Country: UK; Year: 1938; Director: Basil Wright; Writer: Basil Wright; Stars: John Grierson)
A Kind of Seeing
Director Victor Buhler works well with what, on the face of it, is a minor story.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Victor Buhler; Writer: Sean Buckley; Stars: Johnny Harris, Claudie Blakley, Robert Luckay, Hannah Sharp, Glen Davies, Johnny Harris, Claudie Blakley, Robert Luckay, Hannah Sharp, Glen Davies) , Official site
Coming Up Scheme
A one-joke movie, but it's a good joke
(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Matthias Vogel, Thomas Oberlies; Writer: Thomas Oberlies, Matthias Vogel; Stars: Wilfried Elste, Mark Auerbach, Wolfgang Stegemann, Antje Rau, Martin Baden, Rainer Knepperges, Rainer Gerlach, Fred Yorgk, Andreas Merker, Stefan Bergel)
Screening with Tony
This is one of those dystopian fables that affirms the human spirit.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Haydn Butler; Writer: Ali Muriel; Stars: Napoleon Ryan, Lee Ingleby)
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Angela Joosse, Marcia Connolly)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Antoni Pinent)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: UK; Director: Julia McLean) , Official site
GMAC Shorts
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Andrew Haigh; Writer: Andrew Haigh; Stars: Dakota Blue Richards, Thomas Malone)
Cinema Extreme
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Camille & Manolo; Stars: Bez Manolo)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Andy Kaiser) , Official site
International Animation 2
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Sofìa Carrillo; Writer: Sofìa Carrillo)
Screening with The Fish Child
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Luke Fowler)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Willie Doherty)
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Helen Piercy) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Jonathan Dower)
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Marcelo DeOliveira)
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Krishnendu Majumdar; Stars: Christopher Eccleston) , Official site
UK Shorts 1
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Gili Dolev) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: Israel, France, Holland; Year: 2008; Director: Michal Kranot, Uri Kranot)
International Animation 2
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Roger Deutsch) , Official site
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
Everything works in this film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Oliver Refson; Stars: Nickolas Grace, Stephen Wight)
Events, as they unfold, are both shocking and satisfying.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Winckler; Writer: Richard Bean; Stars: Andrew Tiernan, Michael Socha, Sam Kelley, June Watson, Ryan Kygill)
Coming Up Scheme
Intriguing and enjoyable.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Nicholas Hampshire)
McLaren Animation 2
A powerful and emotive meditation on the skill and art involved in skating.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Spike Jonze, Ty Evans)
Exquisitely photographed.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Barrett)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Cecile Fontaine) , Official site
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Zak Hanif)
GMAC Shorts
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Bill Plympton) , Official site
A delight from beginning to end.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Kirsten Kearse) , Official site
(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Ella Gallieni) , Official site
Doesn't quite pull it off.
(Country: Mexico, Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Nicolás Pereda; Writer: Nicolás Pereda)
Mexican Shorts
A clever and interesting fusion of sound and image.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Nick Cope)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Hassan Said)
(Country: US; Year: 2003; Director: Don Hertzfeldt; Writer: Don Hertzfeldt; Stars: Don Hertzfeldt) , Official site
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Camillelvis Théry)
International Animation 1
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Samantha Rebello)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: Austria, Afghanistan; Year: 2008; Director: Lida Abdul) , Official site
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Simon Payne) , Official site
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Dominika Švecová)
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Don Hertzfeldt; Writer: Don Hertzfeldt; Stars: Don Hertzfeldt) , Official site
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ben Rivers)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Daniel Elliott; Writer: Daniel Elliott; Stars: Aisling Loftus, Jonathan Phillips, Michael Socha)
UK Shorts 1
Technically superb, the film suffers from poor pacing.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Karla Castañeda; Writer: Karla Castañeda)
Mexican Shorts
A vertiginous crane, the shadowy physicians, the Leviathan-punctuated roiling seascape all invite ever further attention.
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Kirk Hendry; Writer: Kirk Hendry) , Official site
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Frederique Devaux)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Ian Cottage; Writer: Ian Cottage) , Official site
UK Shorts 2
(Country: UK; Year: 1967; Director: Edward McConnell)
A Kind of Seeing
We get a very personable mixture of who Kirran is, and what his dreams are.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Amy Rose)
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Nicholas Brooks)
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Michael Palm)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Lucia Morgan) , Official site
Family Shorts Programme
Although not breaking any new ground, anything which challenges people's preconceptions has got to be a good thing.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Adrian Francis; Writer: Adrian Francis)
Document Shorts
(Country: Sweden; Year: 200; Director: Jonas Odell) , Official site
International Animation 2
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Steve Warne, Julian Krubasik)
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Olivia Silver)
International Shorts 2: Family Affairs
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Matthew Walker, Ben Lole) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jørn Utkilen; Writer: Jørn Utkilen; Stars: Kazmin Borrer, Noel Boyd, Giselle Hammond, Kezia Doran, Nicola Jo Cully) , Official site
UK Shorts 2
A broadly comedic, sometimes raucous affair.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Gabriela Retes; Writer: Juan José Goldaracena, Gabriela Retes; Stars: Andrés Almeida, Alexandra De La Mora, Ángel Flores Torres, Veronica Toussaint, Andrés Almeida, Alexandra De La Mora, Ángel Flores Torres, Veronica Toussaint)
Mexican Shorts
A poignant and thoughtful five and a half minutes.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Emile Bokaer; Writer: Emile Bokaer; Stars: Albert Lewis) , Official site
Document Shorts
A fairly straightforward piece, imbued with many quirky touches.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Thomas Stark Holland; Writer: Thomas Stark Holland; Stars: Paddy Glynn, Nigel Richards, Victoria Gillmon, Ben Nealon) , Official site
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Julius Amedume; Stars: Lisa Diveney, Katie Borland, Amy McAllister, Gregg Lowe, Michelle Whitney, Hannah Wood, Phoebe Mcintosh, Howard Corlett)
Screening with Salvage
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Blake and Dylan Ritson; Stars: Ben Wishaw, Hayley Atwell, Hattie Morahan)
UK Shorts 1
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Michael Kinirons, Elaine Harrington; Stars: Jane McGrath, Robbie Sheehan, Michael Winder, Conor Horgan)
International Shorts 3: Teen Spirit
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Sebastian Davis) , Official site , Trailer
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Lou McLoughlan)
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening
(Country: Russian Federation; Year: 2008; Director: Maria Mouat; Writer: Maria Mouat, based on the story Old World Landowners by Nikolay Gogol)
International Animation 2
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: Rory Bresnihan)
International Shorts 1: Trapped
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Don Hertzfeldt; Writer: Don Hertzfeldt; Stars: Don Hertzfeldt, Jennifer Nyholm, Sara Cushman, Karin Anger, June Shields, Kenneth Cook, Noah Harpster, Robert May, Kinsey Packard, Nicole Gabriella Scipione) , Official site
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
(Country: Israel; Year: 2008; Director: Olga Sitovotsky)
International Shorts 2: Family Affairs
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Luke Doolan)
International Shorts 1: Trapped
(Country: Mexico, Australia; Year: 2007; Director: Steven Andrew McIntyre)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Nicky Lianos; Writer: David Lemon; Stars: James Bachman, Sophie Hattersly, Tyler Kennington, Alice Lowe)
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Peter Gerard) , Official site
Bridging The Gap
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Tim Sidell)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Glen Hunwick; Writer: Glen Hunwick; Stars: Mac, Matilda, Mutt)
International Animation 1
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: David Michôd; Writer: David Michôd; Stars: Jack Egan, Ewen Leslie, Mirrah Foulkes, Justin Rosniak)
International Shorts 2: Family Affairs
(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Virginie Taravel) , Official site
International Animation 2
(Country: UK; Year: 1936; Director: Harry Watt, Basil Wright; Writer: W.H. Auden; Stars: John Grierson, Stuart Legg)
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Ben Soper; Writer: Ben Soper; Stars: Will Anatsui, Tess Mitchell)
GMAC Shorts
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Rebecca Meyers)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2009; Director: Jonathan Ostos Yaber; Writer: Jonathan Ostos Yaber; Stars: Moisés Palacios)
International Animation 2
(Country: UK, Germany; Director: Julian Schwanitz)
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Bill Porter; Writer: Bill Porter)
McLaren Animation 2
Neisi’s film gives you a sense of the fact that these mini weapons of destruction are absolutely everywhere - even hanging from the trees.
(Country: Iran; Year: 2008; Director: Majed Neisi; Writer: Majed Neisi)
Document Shorts
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jessica Cope)
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Marie Losier; Writer: Marie Losier)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: Canada, France, Yemen, Bangladesh; Director: Christopher Becks) , Official site
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
This is a touching little film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Hope Dickson Leach; Writer: Stewart Thomson; Stars: Edyta Budnik, Anne Downie, James Grant, Lisa Greenwood, Natalia Kaczmarczyk, Kimberly Neill, Jamie Quinn, Kevin Quinn, Anna Wendzikowska)
Coming Up Scheme
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Johanna Wagner)
Bridging The Gap
A sensistively made documentary, with top-notch production values.
(Country: The Netherlands; Year: 2008; Director: Simonka de Jong)
Document Shorts
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Kerry Laitala)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: Canada; Director: Marv Newland)
International Animation 1
Paraphernalia is a product of a significant team effort, and it shows in its quality.
(Year: 2009; Director: John Williams; Writer: John Williams; Stars: Elijah Muhammad, Nieema Muhammad, Alisha Muhammad, Kaylan Jeffrey)
It’s all entertaining enough – but, perhaps inevitably given the context, it does have the feel of a promo film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Laurie Hill; Stars: Matthew Butson, David Hayles)
McLaren Animation 1
In her directorial debut, Jo McInnes shows a confident touch and a keen eye.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jo McInnes; Writer: Simon Stephens; Stars: Jason Hughes, Kirsty Bushell)
Coming Up Scheme
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Kazik Radwanski; Writer: Kazik Radwanski; Stars: Tim Braddock, William Forrest, Declan McCarthy, Julie McCarthy, Gina Sylvester) , Official site
International Shorts 1: Trapped
(Country: UK ; Year: 2008; Director: Kristian Andrews)
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: USA; Year: 2000; Director: Don Hertzfeldt; Writer: Don Hertzfeldt; Stars: Robert May, Don Hertzfeldt, Jennifer Nyholm)
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt
(Country: USA; Director: Anna Gaskell)
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: UK; Year: 1956; Director: Margaret Tait) , Official site
A Kind of Seeing
It may well be depressingly accurate, but it's also depressingly familiar.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: O Nathapon Wongtreenatrkoon; Writer: Dewi Bruce-Konuah; Stars: Nathaniel Martello-White, Ashley Madekwe, Kacey Parker Gordon)
Coming Up Scheme
If you’ve ever wondered what kind of job Ingmar Bergman would make of directing a Pixar short, now’s your chance to find out.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Luke Randall; Writer: Luke Randall) , Official site
International Animation 1
Overflows with an abundance of lively and eclectic imagery.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Emma Curtis; Stars: Paul Escott)
McLaren Animation 1
A wonderfully poetic film.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Elisa Miller; Writer: Elisa Miller; Stars: Marcela Cuevas, Jaime Estrada)
Mexican Shorts
I’d defy anybody not to be amused (and impressed) by Serpico’s dexterity.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Kirk Hendry; Stars: Mago Serpico) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: James Cole)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: UK; Director: Robin Haig) , Official site
GMAC Shorts
(Country: Germany; Year: 2004; Director: Steffen Schaeffler)
International Animation 2
(Country: China, US; Year: 2009; Director: Ruowen Yan)
International Shorts 1: Trapped
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jon Dunleavy) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Destin Daniel Cretton; Writer: Destin Daniel Cretton; Stars: Brad William Henke, Tania Verafield, Phoenix Henke, LaKeith Stanfield, James Hansen, Adam Shapiro, Katelin Chesna Henke, Whitney Ball, Andy Bonilla, Jared Callahan)
International Shorts 3: Teen Spirit
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Stafford) , Official site
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening
(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Chris Kennedy)
Black Box Shorts 1: Space and Place
(Country: UK; Year: 1994; Director: Matt Hulse) , Official site
Screening with Follow The Master
There is a concrete sense of just how true and harrowing this testimony is.
(Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark; Year: 2008; Director: David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn)
Document Shorts
(Country: Estonia; Year: 6; Director: Kristjan Holm)
International Animation 2
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Justin Chouinard)
Black Box Shorts 2: Materials and Materiality
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Theresa von Eltz; Writer: Theresa von Eltz; Stars: Kit Jackson, Robbie Jarvis, Carla Juri, Daniel Unwin)
Bridging The Gap
(Country: US, Russian Federation; Year: 2008; Director: Paul Clipson)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: UK; Director: Jane McAllister)
Bridging The Gap
Adds up to an almost magical experience.
(Country: UK, Sweden; Year: 2008; Director: Anders Jedenfors, Jamie Stone)
McLaren Animation 1
Divorced of context, this is a touching little film, a moment of creation, recollection. As an homage, a piece of Kubrickania it becomes something else, something arch.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jane Wilson, Louise Wilson; Writer: Jane Wilson, Louise Wilson; Stars: Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Teresza Srbova, Johanna ter Steege, Kate Cook, Corinne Furmann)
Cinema Extreme
It is difficult to surmise at times whether the gritty realism here is deliberate, or merely the landscape of an angry teenager's violent fantasies.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: David Pablos; Writer: David Pablos; Stars: Sebastián Aguirre, Rodrigo Azuela, Daniel Corkidi, Ana Elena Kelly, José Martínez, Rubén Pablos)
Screening with Surrogate
Although it’s unique and the animation style interesting and effective in conveying its subject matter, there doesn’t seem to be quite enough substance to sustain the running time.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Elliot Cowan; Writer: Elliot Cowan) , Official site
International Animation 2
Great performances and assured direction
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Momodou Musa Touray; Writer: Duane Wharton; Stars: Ewan Alman, Judd Batchelor, Bashir Bazanye, Jamaal Chipmunk Fyffe)
Trailblazing Shorts
Deceptively simple in set up, this short isn't just asking questions of those browsing the store, but of the viewer.
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2008; Director: Mischa Hedinger) , Official site
Document Shorts
(Country: UK; Year: 1932; Director: Alan J Harper)
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Peter Thwaites) , Official site
UK Shorts 2
(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Makino Takashi) , Official site
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: Austria; Director: Manuel Knapp)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Caroline Koebel) , Official site
Screening with Nakba
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Felix Massie; Stars: Narrated by Alexei Sayle) , Official site
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Will Adams; Writer: Will Adams)
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Billy Roisz)
Black Box Shorts 3: Phenomena In Flux
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Toby Jackman; Writer: Mahalia Rimmer)
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Linda McCarthy)
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Miranda Nation; Writer: Miranda Nation; Stars: Virginia Cashmere, Kira Coghlan, Ming-Zhu Hii, Kat Stewart)
Family Shorts Programme
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Leanne Welham; Writer: Leanne Welham; Stars: Silas Carson, Kathryn Sumner)
UK Shorts 1
An excellent combination of charming pop-culture parodies and subtle mockery of the stiff upper lip of the central characters.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Adam Foulkes, Alan Smith) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
A well balanced piece, strongly supported by Rhett Brewer's score.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Eicke Bettinga; Writer: Eicke Bettinga, Zorana Piggott; Stars: Matt Smith, Guy Flanagan, Amanda Boxer) , Official site
UKFC Completion Fund Shorts
It's a bit repressive, with omnious music and no dialogue.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: David Bell; Writer: David Bell)
Trailblazing Shorts
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Caroline Huf)
International Animation 1
(Country: Canada, France; Year: 2008; Director: Félix Dufour-Laperrière) , Official site
International Animation 1
(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Gabriele Schwark) , Official site
Screening with Nakba
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: PES)
International Animation 1
(Country: UK, Kosovo; Year: 2008; Director: Phil Collins)
Screening with Goodbye, How Are You?
It has no plot, dialogue or characters, yet is completely entrancing for its entire duration.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tal Rosner) , Official site
McLaren Animation 2
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Philip Bacon)
McLaren Animation 1
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Tom Schroeder; Writer: Jay Orff)
International Animation 1
(Country: UK ; Year: 2008; Director: Dylan White)
McLaren Animation 2
Kate Cook as Margot is stunning.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tom Geens; Writer: Tom Geens; Stars: Kate Cook, Anthony Smee, Ella Peel) , Official site
Cinema Extreme
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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