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Glasgow Short Film Festival · 2025

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025

Scared Shortless

Programme

8 films

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Cakes!

A grieving woman follows a singing cake into a magical world inside her oven.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jonny Herbin)

Gender Reveal

A dedicated people pleaser winds up at their boss’s gender reveal party with their two partners. The trans throuple soon realises that they are dealing with more than they were prepared for, as the event descends into chaos.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Mo Matton)

Itching Spider

Two industrial workers face a terrifying crisis while trapped in a claustrophobic submersible.

(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Louis Martin)

Poly Baggage

After being dumped, Polly decides to cut out her own heart (literally). Now it falls on her best friend Yasmin to convince her to withstand the pain of her heartbreak and reverse the procedure.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Emma Ramsay)

Pumpkin Guts

In 1987, a woman discovers a strange object on her doorstep, accompanied by a chilling instruction. As she grapples with the terrible task it demands, she is drawn into a nightmarish ordeal that threatens her sanity and soul.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Bryan M Ferguson)

A Round Of Applause For Death

Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Stephen Irwin)

Stomach Bug

A single father’s disturbing and mysterious illness begins to unravel as he struggles to cope with empty nest syndrome, leading to a grotesque finale.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Matty Crawford)

Triptych

A provocative artist plans to destroy a Bosch masterpiece, claiming it's performance art. However, she discovers that the artwork conceals a dark secret from her past, portending a horrific reckoning from which she must fight to escape.

(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Sophia Ray)