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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…
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Refuge (Shorts in Support 2018)
Simon Bishopp | 2017 | 4 min A homeless woman seeks retribution after being displaced by the arrival of a future civilisation seeking refuge from global warming and war. A brief but powerful sci-fi meditation on migration, resistance and culpability, and a tour-de-force of homemade special effects. Simon Bishopp graduated from Springvale Training Centre in 1999, earning a Distinction…
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Sanctuary (Shorts in Support 2018)
Falconer Houston | 1977 | 7 min A recently rediscovered expressive short about a teacher at the end of his tether. Faced with yet another day teaching music to uninterested boys he decides to take the rest of the day off. Paisley artist Falconer Houston is well established as a painter and ceramicist, yet his many short films…
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Taking Stock (Shorts in Support 2018)
Duncan Cowles | 2017 | 4 min Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside your own head as an out of work, self-employed freelancer. Duncan Cowles is a BAFTA Scotland award-winning documentary filmmaker whose short films The Lady with the Lamp, Soft Toffee,…
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The Man Who Stopped Going to Church (Shorts in Support 2018)
John Murdo McAuley | 2017 | 5 min The story of a godly young man, disillusioned in the wake of a betrayal of trust. In the midst of his conflict, a stranger invites him on a journey to discover the truth for himself. Placing a traditional story in a modern setting, this Gaelic language short won three…
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These Are My Hands (Shorts in Support 2018)
Evi Tsiligaridou | 2018 | 8 min (Selected by Scottish Queer International Film Festival) These Are My Hands is a short documentary film-poem written and performed by the radical British playwright Jo Clifford. It is a deeply moving, personal account of transgender embodiment in a lifetime, speaking of wounds, challenges, victories and the journey towards self-empowerment. The…
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Salt & Sauce (Shorts in Support 2018)
Alia Ghafar | 2017 | 11 min Winner of the Scottish Short Film Award, sponsored by Blazing Griffin, at GSFF 2018. Stuck in a post-high-school limbo, Tammy works long days in the family chip shop while deciding what next to do with her life. She soon realises that she can’t keep avoiding her future. Alia Ghafar is a…
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Such Is Life (Shorts In Support)
Stuart Elliott | 2017 | 13 min | Fiction | N/C 12+ Thomas and Sarah have arranged a hillwalking date after meeting on the Internet. But Thomas has a problem; he lied on his profile about climbing mountains for a hobby. And that’ll explain why he’s turned up dressed for a night out instead of…
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Where We Are Now (Shorts In Support)
Lucie Rachel | 2016 | 9 min | Documentary | N/C 12+ A personal insight into the changing relationship between daughter and trans-parent as they embark on the road to transition. Lucie Rachel is an award-winning filmmaker and artist, graduating from Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2015. She works…
