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Glasgow Short Film Festival · 2017

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017

Scottish Competition 2: The Parent Trap

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6 films · 2 reviews

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Family Portrait

Margaret must convince her daughter Louise to take responsibility for the family after the death of her father, whilst the family endures the ritual of a family portrait.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Kelly Holmes)

Greylag

After losing his animals, an elderly father now risks losing his son - who sees no future for himself on their farm.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Ben Hunter)

The Last Supper

As an asteroid hurtles toward Earth, a (relatively) normal family attempt to have one final meal together. But families (like kitchens) can be complex things.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Robert Jack)

Man

An exploratory dramatisation of the biological – and cultural body in transformation.

(Country: Sweden, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Maja Borg) , Official site

Tuesday

Review preview for Tuesday

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.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Every Tuesday, sixteen-year-old Allie stays with her dad and is insistent that this week will be no exception, but when she arrives at his flat after school she must face that a world has been irretrievably lost.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2015; Director: Charlotte Wells; Writer: Charlotte Wells; Stars: Megan McGill, Rory Barraclough, David Leith)

Where Are We Now

Review preview for Where Are We Now

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

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Documentary about the relationship between a daughter and trans-parent as they embark on the road to transition.

(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Lucie Rachel; Stars: Alex Kingsley, Lucie Rachel) , Official site