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Interview: Arianna Lodeserto, The Houses We Were (Italy)
Ahead of her film The Houses We Were, screening as part of the Bill Douglas International Competition, GSFF spoke to award-winning filmmaker and photographer Arianna Lodeserto about her use of archival footage, gentrification and the effects of capitalism on urban environments. A lot of your work tends to focus on urban environments. What is it you find…
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Memories of First Reels
First Reels (1991–1999) was the first of the short film production schemes introduced by the Scottish Film Council (later Scottish Screen), in partnership with Scottish Television. It was launched with the aim of giving aspiring filmmakers the means to embark on – or complete – their first project. Whilst giving talents such as David Mackenzie…
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Interview: Martina Juncadella, director of I Don’t See Myself Being Old
GSFF speaks to actor, writer and director Martina Juncadella about her film I Don’t See Myself Being Old. Having previously won ‘Best Short Film’ at the 2017 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for her short Fiora, Juncadella’s newest film follows Jaki, a poet in her mid-twenties who lives with her parents and sells Knishes. This…
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Interview: Slava Doytcheva, director of Whole
Actor and director Slava Doytcheva talks to Glasgow Short Film Festival about her latest film Whole, telling the story of a young, closeted woman who attends a traditional Bulgarian family wedding. Whole is a well-observed drama, placing the audience in the head of a protagonist experiencing one of the most formative moments of her life. What inspired you to…
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Glasgow Short Film Festival 2019: full programme announced!
Glasgow Short Film Festival is delighted to announce the line-up for our twelfth edition. Highlights include art collective Soda_Jerk with the Scottish premiere of their revisionist satire on Australian history TERROR NULLIUS, a trawl through the archives of Scottish short film scheme First Reels, which marked the big breaks of Peter Mullan and David Mackenzie, the world premiere…
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GSFF 2019 Competition Selection Announced
Drawn from over 1700 submissions, Glasgow Short Film Festival is delighted to announce the line-up for the 2019 Scottish Short Film Award sponsored by Blazing Griffin, and for the 2019 Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film. 26 countries are represented in 54 films. Combined, the selection includes four World Premieres, two International Premieres, one European Premiere, 21 UK…
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Scottish Animation: Abstraction & Experimentation
Curated for Anim18 – a UK-wide celebration of British animation – by Ross Hogg, and marking the centenary of Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait, this programme showcases Scottish animations that play with the form and structure of filmmaking. Story is not the driving force. Instead, we are treated to a series of visual delights where subtlety can…
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GSFF Blog: Short Films for Long Winter Nights
At time of writing, we’re one week past the final submissions deadline for GSFF19. The hectic times where the team hunker down in our bunker to whittle down the fantastic selection we received are very much upon us. Short films aplenty will grace our screens, and we’re sure there are some well-meaning yet heated debates…
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Fuego (Shorts in Support 2018)
Alice Jane McKinney | 2017 | 10 min (Selected by Scottish Queer International Film Festival) Polish immigrant Marta returns to visit her family after leaving for Scotland in search of a better life. On her childhood farm, a past life of taboo is uncovered as well as the heart-breaking sacrifice Marta made to find safety and…
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Pearfall (Shorts in Support 2018)
Leonid Shmelkov | 2017 | 3 min Beware of pearfall! It happens suddenly, so it is necessary to be prepared. This film provides detailed instructions on how to behave in such cases. A surreal and funny short, suited to both family audiences and cult/late night screenings. Leonid Shmelkov was born in Moscow in 1982. He studied Graphic Arts…
