Programme
These films screened at the fifteenth edition of the festival, 23-27 March 2022.
Short Films
The Magentalman and The Gentlemint
The Magentalman lives an ordinary life in his empty world, every day is the same. Life is boringly black and white, until there’s green. Mint green.
The Natural Death of a Mouse
When she was little, she wished that flowers would grow out of her footprints.
The Nicky Nack
A man walking home from his local one night is tormented by a terrifying sound: The Nicky Nack.
The Stone Age
The Stone Age responds to Shetland-based poet Jen Hadfield’s synthesis of human and non-human experience.
The Tyranny of Petty Things
James Bushe's journey has been a turbulent one. Here we accompany James on a flight through personal and cultural memory.
The Witches
In 1590 three fishwives devise a plan to save themselves from a witch hunt instigated by King James VI.
There is a ghost of me
An attempt at mourning both personal and political futures that never arrived, organised around a broad interpretation of the trope of the ghost.
There is exactly enough time
Oskar Salomonowitz, the twelve-year-old son of the filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had already drawn 206 pictures for a flip book when he died.
Too Rough
After a night of intoxication, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie.
Troublemaker Tommy
The zoo is overcrowded with people and animals, but no-one dares enter the nearby forest, except a few quick witted children.