Around the World - UK & International Shorts: Session 2
Friday 26 March : 9pm : Cineworld : (78 mins) : £3
A selection of the best new short films form around the globe – featuring filmmakers from UK, Canada, Poland and Italy. Followed by a directors’ Q& A session.
|Photograph of Jesus
Looking for photographs of Jesus, yetis and Hitler in 1948? Help is at hand with this documentary-fantasy based on true stories of requests for impossible images.
Dir. Laurie Hill (UK)
Documentary/Animation (6 mins 40 secs)
|A Fishing Story (Histoire de Pêche)
Every year at springtime a man goes on a fishing trip. He leaves behind his wife who worries that he will never come back. On his way he stops in a dark neighbourhood and kidnaps a young girl. This year, his fishing trophy will be quite different.
Dir. Benoit Desjardins (Canada)
Drama (12 mins 25 secs)
|The Paintbrush: The Epitaph
A sequel to the award-winning short film Paintbrush. The Epitaph continues to explore interaction in the age of online social networking, focusing specifically on the way it affects ideas of mortality.
Dir. Alex Barrett (UK)
Drama (4 mins)
|Babcia Wyjezdza (Grandma has Gone)
Jurek, a sixteen year old cottage boy, has problems at vocational school – he is a permanent liar. Soon his ability to make things up will be very useful to him. After his granny, who is very close to him is taken to hospital, Jurek has to deal with his father who is an alcoholic.
Dir. Tomasz Jurkiewicz (Poland)
Comedy (18 mins)
|Diego’s Story
A suspenseful drama that follows a single event, a terrifying ordeal that, while over in a matter of minutes, leaves lasting repercussions for Diego, a thirty year-old living in London.
Dir. Alex Garcia & Wayne Yip (UK)
Drama (14 mins 41 secs)
|Pet
A story about a strange young man and his pet.
Dir. Giacomo Livotto (Italy)
Comedy (8 mins 30 secs)
|Sh*t Happens
Ricky known to his friends as a 'player’ is in search of Mrs Right. All is not what it seems when he goes on a first date.
Dir. Neil Reidman (UK)
Comedy (13 mins 27 secs)