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Glasgow Short Film Festival · 2022

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022

Scottish Competition 2: Branches

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6 films · 6 reviews

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The Bayview

Review preview for The Bayview

It's one where the camera less becomes a fly on the wall than a sleeping dog in front of the fireplace, one where the comfort of the subjects gives us a better insight into them.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
A glimpse into the world of a family who have turned the previously derelict hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Daniel Cook)

Born In Damascus

Review preview for Born In Damascus

This is meditative, melancholy, moving.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
After ten years apart, a Scottish filmmaker tries to reconnect with her closest cousin after their paths were separated by war.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Laura Wadha)

Field Notes On Love

Review preview for Field Notes On Love

It's in the messy business of definition that the film starts to explore where things end and things begin.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Essay about a filmmaker in a relationship with a woodland ecologist.

(Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Sam Firth; Writer: Lauren Graham, Jennifer E Smith; Stars: Jordan Fisher, Dove Cameron)

Kin

Review preview for Kin

A bewitching thing.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
The fractured relationship between a mother and daughter in crisis.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Ruby Cedar)

Life Of Riley

Review preview for Life Of Riley

It is a film made hard to read, hard to endure.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A headstrong homeless man must take responsibility for his own actions after his dog is hurt.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Shaun Hughes; Writer: Shaun Hughes; Stars: Conor McCarron, James Price, Joma West)

Too Rough

Review preview for Too Rough

Ruaridh Mollica and Joshua Griffin produce astonishing performances.

Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
What can happen when the families we’re born into and the families we make for ourselves collide.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Sean Lìonadh; Writer: Sean Lìonadh; Stars: Neshla Caplan, Joshua Griffin, Jane McCarry, Ruaridh Mollica, Kevin O'Loughlin, Oliver Wright)