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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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Interview: Jessica Beshir, director of Hairat
Jessica Beshir talks to Glasgow Short Film Festival about her new short film, Hairat, and her unique way of describing the feeling of falling in love. The film is highly poetic and personal. It has a sense of a magical filmic ritual. What made you want to tell that story? Watching Abba Yussuf’s ritual was one of…
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Interview: Morgan Knibbe, director of The Atomic Soldiers
The Atomic Soldiers is a powerful documentary on the use nuclear weapons and the 1950’s bomb tests. Morgan Knibbe talked to us about his film and his view on the selfishness and carelessness hidden in the essence of human nature. This is a challenging and highly interesting documentary; what fueled you to tell that story? My profound…
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Interview: Rory Alexander Stewart, director of Wild Horses
Wild Horses is a thought-provoking short film about Joan, a teenage girl dealing with M.E. The story portrays the misconceptions of this condition and the experiences that come with it. We talked with the director Rory Alexander Stewart and had a chance to learn more about what drove him to tell that story. This condition affects…
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Interview: Samira Badran, director of Memory Of The Land
Memory of the Land is a highly engaging and challenging animation focusing on the human rights violations of Israeli-occupied Palestine. We talked with the director Samira Badran about her drive to create a film that not only offers a challenging message about oppression, but is also a powerfully creative piece of work. The film is a…
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#Bars4Justice: Interview with directors Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq
On Festival Saturday we screen cult music doc Big Fun In The Big Town alongside a selection of Hip Hop shorts, followed by an afterparty with the ladies of Tomboy and performance by female grime MC Madders Tiff. Programmer Sanne Jehoul spoke to Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq, directors of one of the featured shorts, #Bars4Justice, about their…
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Interview: Shalimar Preuss, director of Strange Says the Angel
Strange Says the Angel is a magical film focusing on themes such as mortality, nature and tradition. It presents the life and relationships of a family in rural France, as their world which shifts from reality into an endless dream. We spoke to director Shalimar Preuss about her thought-provoking project. Naturalistic and realistic elements are evident…
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Interview: Mariana Sanguinetti, director of All Over the Place
All Over the Place is a new kind of intimate filmic romance, looking at loneliness and human relations. We talked with the director of the film, Mariana Sanguinetti to learn more about how the film was made and the thoughts behind this intimate and romantic story.In All Over the Place, the protagonist, Jimena, is trying…
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Kevin Jerome Everson: now y’all have to look at us
Kevin Jerome Everson, the subject of a four programme retrospective at GSFF18, is one of the most prolific filmmakers currently working in the United States. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, his overriding concern is with black working class communities, and the social, economic and historical forces underpinning their everyday reality. Appearing at first glance to be…
