Programme
These films screened at the 16th edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival.
Short Films
Neighbour Abdi
How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe.
Nightwalker
Ensnared by the Brazilian economic crisis, men risk their lives breaking into moving freight trains to recover leftover grain and sell it on.
Of Walking On Thin Ice
Can one footprint imprint on our collective consciousness and create change? A walk; a pilgrimage, an odyssey…for the planet.
On the Origin of Fear
One soldier and one prisoner. They talk to each other very intimately: about pain, loyalty, betrayal, drama and terror.
On the Ropes
In Lebanon, a family’s life is suspended, stuck in limbo, like everything else in the country.
One Hundred Steps
A meditation on the work of Bob Quinn and his ideas on the role that North African cultures have played in the formation of Irish culture.
One Shot
Shot in one take, an actor must do multiple versions of the same action until he finds dark perfection.
Outlets
Unable to move on from the death of his granny, a filmmaker desperately searches for a film idea that will finally allow him to let go.
Paloquemao: the vampire market
When vampire Pedro's blood dealer takes refuge in his place of work, the Paloquemao Market, it might threaten everything he holds dear.
Pastoral Malaise
A meditative reflection on the absences found in rural pastoral environments, that are often framed by a false romanticism and picturesque conventions.