Around the World - UK & International Shorts: Session 1

Friday 26 March : 7pm : Cineworld : (79 mins) : £3

A selection of the best new short films form around the globe – featuring filmmakers from USA, Belgium, UK, United Arab Emirates and Estonia. Followed by a directors’ Q& A session.

True Beauty This Night

Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life.  Now all he has to do is convince her she’s the one.  Not an easy feat considering how they met.

Dir. Peter Besson (USA)

Comedy (10 mins)

Vivre Encore Un Peu…. (Live a Bit Longer….)

In the early hours of every single night, while his lover Pierre is asleep upstairs.  Nico is working with his father the baker.  All of a sudden he falls to the ground……

Dir. David Lambert (Belgium)

Drama (17 mins)

Pussy

Ellie is being sexually bullied at school. Finding it all too much to deal with on her own, her parents intervene and support her through being able to deal with this and regain her power

Dir. Debbie Howard (UK)

Drama (3 mins 26 secs)

Driver

Nelson is tasked with driving his best friend’s estranged wife to her new home.  During the tense car journey he finds his loyalties tested.

Dir. Stephen Fingleton (UK)

Comedy (9 mins 45 secs)

Day In/Day Out

Charlie is in love with Ania, a Polish migrant worker.  Ania offers hope and escape as Charlie is struggling to care for his elderly father who suffers from Alzheimers.

Dir. Jez Scott (UK)

Drama (14 mins 39 secs)

Once

The film revolves around the day Hamda, a young Arab teenager plans to meet her boyfriend Saeed for the first time and the journey she goes through to see him for half an hour.  They both get to meet, however not all goes to plan.

Dir. Nayla Al Khaja (United Arab Emirates)

Drama (15 mins)

Spicy Dealings

Kitchen Kev loves his work as a Corporate Syndicated Torturer – until his wife rings him on the job with that night’s shopping list.

Dir. Scott Cutts (UK/Estonia)

Comedy (8 mins 52 secs)