shortsUK Shorts

Maltings cinema
Saturday 29 18.30

A chance to see some of the best short films made in the UK over the last year, ranging from experimental to fiction – all in bite-size pieces.

No official cert. Sugg 18

A Storm and Some Snow
UK, 2006, Beta SP, 2 min 15 sec
dir/prod: Simon Ellis

A two-hour electrical storm, in two minutes.

The Gentleman
UK, 2006, DV, 10 min 30 sec
dir/prod/script: Miles Gregory

Shot against the haunting landscape of an ancient border town (guess where), the viewer is drawn into one man’s troubling world, where reality collides with fantasy.

Laid Off
UK, 2006, DigiBeta, 11 min
dir/prod/script: Zam Salim

If you thought life was rubbish, wait ‘till you get a load of death. We follow the recently deceased Martin (1966–2003) as he comes to this conclusion.

Dach
UK, 2007, DigiBeta, 8 min 30 sec
dir/script: Timo Langer, Robert Glassford
prod: Matt Brown

A game of life and death unfolds on a tower-block rooftop. Losing is not an option but neither perhaps is winning. Life can be lonely on top.

Care
UK, 2006, Beta SP, 18 min 30 sec
dir/prod/script: Corinna Faith

Mali visits the homes of frail elderly people and provides care they can no longer give to themselves. But when he enters the home of a new client, Atchie, he finds that neither he nor his help are welcome.

28 Mirrors
UK, 2007, DigiBeta, 2 min 30 sec
dir/prod: Nigel Atkinson, Huw Davies

Choreography for twenty-eight mirrors and one apparition.

shorts2Getting There
UK, 2006, DigiBeta, 7 min
dir: Enda Hughes
script: Peter Hale, Richard Coward, Enda Hughes

One week in the life of an actor as he searches for motivation and struggles to retain dignity in his latest role – dressed as a big red arrow outside a shopping centre.

Soft
UK, 2006, DigiBeta, 14 mins
dir/script: Simon Ellis
prod: Jane Hooks

When a father and son are independently terrorised by the same gang of youths, Dad is forced to deal with fears that he hasn’t had to face since leaving school.

Dog’s Mercury
UK, 2006, DigiBeta, 24 min
dir/script: Martin Radich
prod: Jane Hooks

Worlds collide. Interactions take place. Some people move forward. Some move backwards.