Southside Film Festival · 2012
A diverse selection of short films showing in themed programmes across southside venues.
32 films · 15 reviews
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Tim Courtney; Stars: Pamela Donald, Davy King, Adam Morrice, Matthew Duncan)
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Charlotte Dolman; Writer: Charlotte Dolman; Stars: Neil Donald, Laura Morrison, Chris Mullan, Paul Anderson, Roisin Connell)
The plasticine animation here is delightful, not least for its flaws.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Charlotte Dolman; Writer: Charlotte Dolman)
Clever direction helps us empathise with Gemma, not just peer in at her life voyeuristically.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Yulia Mahr)
Cutting Loose has a certain style and flair that brings out the artistry of hair dressing.
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowall)
Sharp editing manages to put across the relaxing aspects of the day at the same time as conveying the joy of volunteering.
(Year: 2011; Director: Sam Cook)
What the film lacks in production values it makes up for with inventive plotting.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007)
Well paced and well directed - especially when you consider that it was made entirely by schoolkids.
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Jack Morning-Newton; Stars: Coren Childe, Magnus Finlayson, Fiona Johnston) , Trailer
(Year: 2011)
One can't help but feel that the Queen would probably find life more fun if every royal outing were like this.
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Various; Stars: Brett Barrie, Codie Baxter, Matti Bond, Freya Buckridge, Rhiannon Cartmel, Alex Collen, Angus Davies, Curtis Duffy, Yasmin Ferguson, Robbie Francis, Callum Gilray, Mackenzie Graham, Kate Hoy, Lennon Jones, Venus Lawson, Sophie Lewis, Luke Mahady, Connor McFarlane, Yanna McNeilly, Morgan Millar, Eva Milne, Jaymi Neilson, Josh Newlands, Reece Pennycad, Jayson Selkirk, Ellie Thomson, Rhianna Thomson, Mia Wilson, Kari Young)
(Country: UK; Year: 1967; Director: Frederick Selby; Stars: Alexander Greek Thomson)
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Various)
(Year: 2010; Director: Kate Burton; Stars: Nick Padalino)
With buckets of appeal for both children and adults, this film will remind older viewers of the better work of Cosgrove Hall.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Various; Stars: Connor Brown, Callan Hanton, Tim Hull, Haydn Davies, Dominique Cameron, Charlie Cameron, Steven Sked, Liam Drury, Douglas Sinclair, Tony Hull)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Various; Stars: Hannah Yelland)
This is an intimate and very endearing film. It's also delightfully quirky.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Various; Stars: Youssef Abu Helewa, Philip Aitken, Joanne Boyle, Hannah Cameron, Alex Dinwoodle, Jem Grant, Joe Hathway, Millie Cook, Sophie Kerr, Joseph Mayer, Dan Quale, James Rainey, Sam Reid, Charlotte Roulston, Calvin Singh)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Various)
(Country: UK; Year: 1949; Director: Glasgow Civics)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Various)
(Year: 2010; Director: Peter Macdonald; Writer: Peter McDonald; Stars: Scott Graham, Andrew Bennet, Michael McElhatton, Don Wycherley, Eamon Hunt, Des Nealon) , Official site
(Country: Scotland; Year: 2007; Director: Damian Wood; Writer: Lin Anderson; Stars: Gemma Houston, Sinead Carroll, Darren Russell, Jamie O'Boyle, Kirsten Murray, Lee Scott) , Official site
The effect is like a childhood game in which different types of toy are fitted into the same imaginary universe.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Various; Stars: Dylan Stevens, Callum Dickson, Timothy Betts, Rob Millar, Euan Russell)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Various)
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Lensheads)
Vigo shows an impressive understanding of his subject, capturing subtleties of the swimming experience that would be lost on the average person.
(Country: France; Year: 1931; Director: Jean Vigo; Writer: Jean Vigo; Stars: Jean Taris)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Charlotte Carden; Writer: Charlotte Carden)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Skamm Edinburgh; Writer: Skamm Edinburgh)
The story falls apart when it comes to the denouement, which is somewhat confused and doesn't really deliver a satisfactory punchline.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Migy; Stars: Alex Wilkinson, Emma Douglas, Dylan Leslie, Grace Banks)
It might have a simple moral but it's still a well-framed piece of work.
(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Iain Gardner; Writer: Iain Gardner) , Official site
The central performances are great - the warriors speak in the old tongue, subtitled.
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Johnny Barrington; Writer: Johnny Barrington; Stars: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson)
(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Andy Dow; Stars: Brian, Ferguson, Peter, Scott, Erica O'Neill, Sara Harrison)
(Year: 2011; Director: Lorna Simpson)
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