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Glasgow Film Festival · 2010

Glasgow Film Festival 2010

Shorts

A wide ranging shorts section with contributions from The Magic Lantern and The Artist and Cinema Video Programme gives cinema-goers the chance to see lots of fascinating films from up and coming directors and established stars.

Programme

34 films · 6 reviews

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Alma

Review preview for Alma

Splendidly put together.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A girl is enchanted by a mysterious toyshop.

(Country: Spain, US; Year: 2009; Director: Rodrigo Blaas; Writer: Rodrigo Blaas)

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Aanaatt

Futuristic stop-motion animation.

(Country: UK, Japan, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Max Hattler)

Arena

A man under house arrest is taunted by children. Winner of the short film Palm d'Or at Cannes 2009.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2009; Director: João Salaviza)

As One

Review preview for As One

There are too many points when misjudged perspective snaps the viewer out of it.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
Crystalline and needle-like shapes evolve in a series of mysterious rooms.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2009; Director: Makoto Yabuki) , Official site

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The Bedfords

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This is less a tale of exploitation than a portrait of isolated individuals still playing a game that long ago lost its meaning.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A new look at the Scottish highlands as imagined by the Victorian aristocracy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Henry Coombes; Stars: Ewan Stewart, Katy Barker, Hugh Ross, Aladair Gray, Anne Lacey, Alastair Wilson)

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Believe

A portrait of one man's grief and desperation following the death of his wife.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Paul Wright)

La Boheme

Puccini reinvented, Ethiopian style.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Werner Herzog)

Chantier

A man working on a building site and hoping to escape his past is confronted with an unsettling reminder.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Damien Dufresne)

Choreomania

An outbreak of hysterical dancing takes place in Glasgow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Louis Paxton)

Clamp

An ordinary man decides to become a superhero and rid the world of wheel clamps.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Prasanna Puwanarajah)

The Conservatory

What to do on a peaceful afternoon when you are upset but you don't know why.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Matilda Tristram)

Die Schneider Krankheit

When a Soviet space vehicle crashes in Fifties West Germany, its chimpanzee passenger spreads a deadly plague.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Javier Chillon)

Driver

Nelson is tasked with driving his best friend's estranged wife to her new home. During the tense car journey, he finds his loyalties tested.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Stephen Fingleton; Writer: Stephen Fingleton; Stars: Ben Caplan, Jess Randell, Ben Willens, Jonathan Rhodes, Eva Tecedeiro) , Official site , Trailer

Dropping Furniture

The film is, apparently, meant to symbolise the loss of existence.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Harald Hund, Paul Horn)

I Love Luci

The future of a precarious romance depends on a dog.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Colin Kennedy)

Kanizsa Hill

After being shot, a man is forced to exist with his head and body separate.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Evelyn Lee)

A Letter To Uncle Boonmee

A return visit to the site of a political massacre.

(Country: Thailand; Year: 2009; Director: Apichatpong Weerasathakul)

Lift

A hitchhiker discovers Britain through a series of encounters with the people who give him lifts.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Nathan Rae)

Little Red Hoodie

Grim twist on Red Riding Hood.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jørn Utkilen; Writer: Jørn Utkilen; Stars: Kazmin Borrer, Noel Boyd, Giselle Hammond, Kezia Doran, Nicola Jo Cully) , Official site

Looploop

A partly animated documentary exploring the details of life during a train journey through Vietnam.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Patrick Bergeron)

Madam Butterfly

The heroine of Puccini's opera finds herself stranded in a Kuala Lumpur bus station.

(Country: Italy, Taiwan, France; Year: 2008; Director: Tsai Ming-Liang)

Memotech

Experimental film set against the backdrop of the Faroes.

(Country: Faroe Islands; Year: 2009; Director: Marianna Mørkøre, Rannvá Káradóttir)

Miss This At Your Peril

A group of people experiment with a new anti-addiction medication.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Brent King)

Peter In Radioland

Observational documentary about the filmmaker's father and his love of analogue technology.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Johanna Wagner)

Please Say Something

Set in the far-off future, this is the story of the difficult relationship between a very emotional cat and her husband, a tedious mouse.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: David O'Reilly)

Princess Margaret Boulevard

A middle aged woman confronts the confusion and loneliness of Alzheimer's disease.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Kazik Radwanski)

Rumbo A Peor

Two men in football strips meet a woman whilst walking through a remote place.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Àlex Brendemühl)

Scope

An exploration of confounded communication through the distortion of sound.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Volker Schreiner)

Skhizein

Review preview for Skhizein

Rarely does cinema speak in the first person, and rarely is it so effective when doing so.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
An ordinary man tries to cope with life after an unexpected occurance leaves him 91cm to the side of himself.

(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Jérémy Clapin; Writer: Jérémy Clapin, Stéphane Piera; Stars: Julien Boisselier, Theo Grimmisein) , Official site

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When Worlds Collide

Symbolic images become separated from the things they ordinarily represent.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Fred Worden)

Wings And Oars

A former pilot reminisces about his life.

(Country: Latvia; Year: 2009; Director: Vladimir Letschiov)

Wintering

A woman watches a man perform bizarre acts of destruction.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Iain Finlay)

Without You

Review preview for Without You

It has no plot, dialogue or characters, yet is completely entrancing for its entire duration.

James Benefield · 4 out of 5
Exploration of London's industrial suburbia.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tal Rosner) , Official site

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You're The Stranger Here

Review preview for You're The Stranger Here

Kate Cook as Margot is stunning.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
Margot has a crazy leg. She lives in a fascist regime where they shoot people with crazy legs.

(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tom Geens; Writer: Tom Geens; Stars: Kate Cook, Anthony Smee, Ella Peel) , Official site

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