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Glasgow Short Film Festival · 2022

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022

Scared Shortless

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6 films · 6 reviews

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Coins

Review preview for Coins

At every interaction the possibility of gleam is replaced with the certainty of grime.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A neurotic waitress with a phobia of coins fights to control her darkest fears, as her reality falls apart.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Nicole Huminski; Writer: Maya Duftschmid, Nicole Huminski; Stars: Magdalena Laubisch, Joel Olano)

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The Dinner After

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This is a simple tale, simply done, but strong for it.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A guilt-stricken Angela, visits her parents for what at first seems to be a routine family dinner, only for a painful truth to bubble to the surface, and the evening descends into a nightmare.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Matty Crawford)

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In The Soil

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It is not just in vision that there is quality.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Karoline’s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2021; Director: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen; Writer: Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen; Stars: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Thomas Guldberg Madsen)

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The Nicky Nack

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Something unco good in mixing the dread and the drouthy.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A man walking home from his local one night is tormented by a terrifying sound: The Nicky Nack.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Tom Oxenham)

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Such Small Hands

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The transition from outsider to insider, the uneasy space between protagonist, antagonist, even the chemistry with the other girls singly and collectively all speak to a delicacy that reflects the script.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
​At the girls' orphanage, the group’s unchecked pack mentality alienates a new arrival, who invents a new nighttime game.

(Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Maria Martinez Bayona; Writer: Andrés Barba, Maria Martinez Bayona; Stars: Sophie Mulhall, Sophie Atkins, Joni Driver, Maeve Flanagan)

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Visitors

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The line between horror and humour is at least as thin as that veil between the worlds, and crossing it can bring all sorts of things back. This is one of them.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
Haruka, Nana, and Takanori visit the house of Souta, a band member who has lost contact with them. But when they arrive, they find Souta's behavior a little strange.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2021; Director: Ken'ichi Ugana)

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