A wide ranging shorts section with contributions from The Magic Lantern and The Artist and Cinema Video Programme gives cinema-goers the chance to see lots of fascinating films from up and coming directors and established stars.
As One and Skhizein
Alma
(Country: Spain, US; Year: 2009; Director: Rodrigo Blaas; Writer: Rodrigo Blaas)
A girl is enchanted by a mysterious toyshop.
Aanaatt
(Country: UK, Japan, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Max Hattler)
Futuristic stop-motion animation.
Arena
(Country: Portugal; Year: 2009; Director: João Salaviza)
A man under house arrest is taunted by children. Winner of the short film Palm d'Or at Cannes 2009.
As One
(Country: Japan; Year: 2009; Director: Makoto Yabuki)
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Crystalline and needle-like shapes evolve in a series of mysterious rooms.
The Bedfords
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Henry Coombes; Stars: Ewan Stewart, Katy Barker, Hugh Ross, Aladair Gray, Anne Lacey, Alastair Wilson)
A new look at the Scottish highlands as imagined by the Victorian aristocracy.
You’re The Stranger Here and The Bedfords
Believe
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Paul Wright)
A portrait of one man's grief and desperation following the death of his wife.
La Boheme
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Werner Herzog)
Puccini reinvented, Ethiopian style.
Chantier
(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Damien Dufresne)
A man working on a building site and hoping to escape his past is confronted with an unsettling reminder.
Choreomania
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Louis Paxton)
An outbreak of hysterical dancing takes place in Glasgow.
Clamp
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Prasanna Puwanarajah)
An ordinary man decides to become a superhero and rid the world of wheel clamps.
Alma and Without You
The Conservatory
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Matilda Tristram)
What to do on a peaceful afternoon when you are upset but you don't know why.
Die Schneider Krankheit
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Javier Chillon)
When a Soviet space vehicle crashes in Fifties West Germany, its chimpanzee passenger spreads a deadly plague.
Driver
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Stephen Fingleton; Writer: Stephen Fingleton; Stars: Ben Caplan, Jess Randell, Ben Willens, Jonathan Rhodes, Eva Tecedeiro)
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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.
Dropping Furniture
(Country: Austria; Year: 2008; Director: Harald Hund, Paul Horn)
The film is, apparently, meant to symbolise the loss of existence.
I Love Luci
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Colin Kennedy)
The future of a precarious romance depends on a dog.
Kanizsa Hill
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Evelyn Lee)
After being shot, a man is forced to exist with his head and body separate.
A Letter To Uncle Boonmee
(Country: Thailand; Year: 2009; Director: Apichatpong Weerasathakul)
A return visit to the site of a political massacre.
Lift
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Nathan Rae)
A hitchhiker discovers Britain through a series of encounters with the people who give him lifts.
Little Red Hoodie
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jørn Utkilen; Writer: Jørn Utkilen; Stars: Kazmin Borrer, Noel Boyd, Giselle Hammond, Kezia Doran, Nicola Jo Cully)
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Grim twist on Red Riding Hood.
Looploop
(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Patrick Bergeron)
A partly animated documentary exploring the details of life during a train journey through Vietnam.
Madam Butterfly
(Country: Italy, Taiwan, France; Year: 2008; Director: Tsai Ming-Liang)
The heroine of Puccini's opera finds herself stranded in a Kuala Lumpur bus station.
Memotech
(Country: Faroe Islands; Year: 2009; Director: Marianna Mørkøre, Rannvá Káradóttir)
Experimental film set against the backdrop of the Faroes.
Miss This At Your Peril
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Brent King)
A group of people experiment with a new anti-addiction medication.
Peter In Radioland
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Johanna Wagner)
Observational documentary about the filmmaker's father and his love of analogue technology.
Please Say Something
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2008; Director: David O'Reilly)
Set in the far-off future, this is the story of the difficult relationship between a very emotional cat and her husband, a tedious mouse.
Princess Margaret Boulevard
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Kazik Radwanski)
A middle aged woman confronts the confusion and loneliness of Alzheimer's disease.
Rumbo A Peor
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Àlex Brendemühl)
Two men in football strips meet a woman whilst walking through a remote place.
Scope
(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Volker Schreiner)
An exploration of confounded communication through the distortion of sound.
Skhizein
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Jérémy Clapin; Writer: Jérémy Clapin, Stéphane Piera; Stars: Julien Boisselier, Theo Grimmisein)
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An ordinary man tries to cope with life after an unexpected occurance leaves him 91cm to the side of himself.
When Worlds Collide
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Fred Worden)
Symbolic images become separated from the things they ordinarily represent.
Wings And Oars
(Country: Latvia; Year: 2009; Director: Vladimir Letschiov)
A former pilot reminisces about his life.
Wintering
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Iain Finlay)
A woman watches a man perform bizarre acts of destruction.
Without You
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tal Rosner)
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Exploration of London's industrial suburbia.
You’re The Stranger Here
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Tom Geens; Writer: Tom Geens; Stars: Kate Cook, Anthony Smee, Ella Peel)
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Margot has a crazy leg. She lives in a fascist regime where they shoot people with crazy legs.
