Glasgow Short Film Festival — A–Z of films

The film makes good use of computer generated recreations of landscape to evoke wonder at nature and capture moments of genuine terror.

For all its import this feels like stereotypical Iranian cinema.

Light, almost ethereal, despite the weight of its subject matter.

Here, the physical intensity of dance does a lot of the heavy lifting, showing the turbulence of life with this condition, the strength required to manage it, and the strain that creates.

An amusing confection, though it doesn't quite catch.

As Tunnock's teacake tomfoolery turns to something more adult, more anxiety inducing, those involved demonstrate their craft and skill.

There is a minimalism to this that compels.

Shot on monochrome 16mm, the land itself is evoked by compelling sound work, by artifacts of processing and the shooting itself.

Puolanto and Reinikainen completely sell this scenario by playing it as straight as arrows - something that can't have been easy because of the visual comedy also employed.

Cinema at its most inventively audacious.

A treat to watch.

Its realism isn't textural or technical, but emotional.

Strong performances throughout.

As a poem of tones and moods it jars and soothes in unequal measure.

A delight of hybrid vigour.

Reda's attitude is a testimony to resilience and aspiration even in the direst circumstances but also heartbreaking.

There are smaller details of movement and interaction that illuminate as clearly as the brightness and noise of Habac's film.

With some striking composition, this portrait of a company town is well executed.

Rory Alexander Stewart's film isn't quite a shaggy dog story, but as it meanders across Edinburgh it definitely entertains.

There are some powerful moments.

The film convinces and amuses in equal measure.

There is some charming original music by Flóra Lili Matisz.

A film that is at once delicate and deft.

This is minimalism in filmmaking to good effect.

This is something still and small and sad, a short that does what the best shorts do, use every moment of the space that it's afforded to create something on screen that convinces and transports.

As an odyssey it is perhaps less Homeric than Homer Simpsonian.

The honesty and simplicity of this picture were then indicative of talent.