Around the World - UK & International Shorts: Session 3

Saturday 27 March : 8pm : Cineworld : (78 mins) : £3

A selection of the best new short films form around the globe – featuring filmmakers from Spain, Croatia, Poland, UK and Belgium.

360°

A young woman is followed by someone on a busy morning in a big city.  Her reaction is rather unusual….

Dir Maja Djokic (Spain)

Drama (9 mins 30 secs)

Pola ure za baku (Half an Hour for Grandma)

A father and son visit grandma who lives alone in a small, rural environment.  During the visit, old family conflicts come to surface and almost insurmountable differences between 3 generations and 3 different world views reveal themselves…

Dir. Jure Pavlovic (Croatia)

Drama (17 mins 30 secs)

On the Quiet

Grapples with the subject of homophobia. It depicts a woman who, after a date with her female partner is attacked by a man observing them in a club.  The background for the main events is the relationship between the main character and her father.

Dir. Marta Matuszak (Poland)

Drama (17 mins 25 secs)

L’Arbre à Clous (Tree with Nails)

Pierre’s life is brutally upset when his partner announces to him that she is pregnant.  The past resurfaces and obliges him to return on the scene of his childhood.  There, he will try to remember and to understand why, 25 years earlier, he was not able to push his  nail in “the tree with nails”….

Dir. Fabrice Couchard (Belgium)

Drama (20 mins)

Into the Woods

A misunderstanding between a family and a mysterious stranger leads to far-reaching consequences.

Dir. Matt Taabu (UK)

Thriller (5 mins 42 secs)

The Mess Hall of an Online Warrior

A mother quietly struggles to deal with her teenage son who refuses to do much else other than play online computer games.  A truthful story about addiction, mishaps, rejection and family redemption.

Dir. Dan P.K. Smyth (UK)

Drama (7 mins 15 secs)