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Glasgow Short Film Festival · 2017

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017

Reflections on Sovereignty 1: Citizens Of Nowhere

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8 films

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The European Showerbath

15 European countries optimistically step one by one into the warm shower bath of the European Community. But the water supply is limited...

(Country: UK; Year: 2004; Director: Peter Greenaway)

Five Angels

A Scottish perspective on Brexit. Featuring some thinking about nails as a means to invoke angelic intervention.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Richard Ashrowan)

The Lawes Of The Marches

A document of the ancient border tradition of the Common Ridings, a 700 year old ritual of communal horse riding, all along the border of England and Scotland.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Katie Davies)

The Lion And The Unicorn

The lion, the unicorn and the queen drink North Sea oil from Jacobite crystal, divide up the pieces of a Union Jack cake and incite conflict over the mispronunciation of Robert Burns.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Rachel Maclean)

Manufactured Britishness

What is the future of citizenship in Britain and what new rules will be proposed for immigrants to become citizens?

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Kristina Cranfeld)

Time And The Wave

Key London events filmed in 2012 and 2013 are utilised to expose the condition of this country in the time of crisis of late capitalism.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: William Raban)

We Look To Scotland For All Our Ideas Of Civilisation

A video message to Scotland (from China) on the day of IndyRef 2014.

(Country: China, UK; Year: 2014; Director: Matt Hulse)

Who Are We?

On the 23rd of June 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union. A re-working of material from a BBC television debate transmitted a few weeks earlier.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: John Smith)