Short Film Programme 1

Drama / Comedy / Animation / Fantasy / Documentary / Experimental

Gorka (Drama, Comedy), D.: Joe Weiland, 18:28 Min.
A French exchange student visits England for the first time and finds himself at the centre of a very British family dynamic. With Geraldine Somerville (“Gosford Park”).

Empty Little People (Animation), D.: Josh O’Caoimh, Mikai Geronimo, 02:15 Min.
Empty little people, with an insatiable thirst for tea ... begin running out of tea, on All Hallows’ Eve.

Paso Doble (Comedy), D.: Heida Reed, 12:00 Min.
Liam used to be latin ballroom champion. Now he loathes every single day in his little dance studio.

The Call (Drama, Fantasy, Comedy), D.: Riffy Ahmed, 13:52 Min.
Athena discovers that what she thoughts was age-related mental decline of her mother is in fact an inherited magical gift.

Atur (Documentary), D.: Sam Bassett, 16:50 Min.
Together with his father Taloch, clan elder of a small community, 15-year-old Connach tries to master the turbulence of youth and the pitfalls of everyday life.

Area Boy (Drama), D.: Iggy London, 19:00 Min.
Eli has moved to a provincial town with his mother and is looking for his place between criminal friends and the church community.

World to Roam (Animation, Experimental), D.: Stephen Irwin, 12:21 Min.
Mother and Father lay the child in his cot at the same time every night. But the boy is destined to be a wanderer.

Choked Up (Comedy), D.: Jill Worsley, 12:57 Min.
A tickly cough derails the career-defining live TV interview of MP Fiona Lacey (Maxine Peake, “Funny Cow”) - Minister for the Environment.