Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025

View other Glasgow Short Film Festival Films by strand: Bill Douglas Award 1: Our being In transmission , Bill Douglas Award 2: A portrait reflected in splinters , Bill Douglas Award 3: Myths For Founding And Confounding , Bill Douglas Award 4: Terms And Conditions For Survival , Bill Douglas Award 6: Codes of belonging , For Shorts & Giggles , Galas , Grieving Tomorrows: Discourses on Ontology, or Resisting Erasure , Minikino presents Indonesian Spice Route , Scared Shortless , Scottish Competition 1: Hunt You Down , Scottish Competition 2: One More Hour , Scottish Competition 3: Living In Exile

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (Chao Somnop Chet) (Country: Cambodia, France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Chheangkea; Writer: Chheangkea; Stars: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Sokun Theary Ty, Phalla Im, Chansophorn Buth, Ponleu Chab, Naryroth Say, Sophat Peov, Bophal Meas, Thi Rea, Piseth Chhun, Sotheara Nin, Yem Phanna, Seila Prum, Sophanrith Phon)
Upon hearing about her favorite grandson’s impending engagement to a woman, Grandma Nai ventures out of her tomb to stop the arrangement and help her grandson stand up for himself.
Inside, The Valley Sings (Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Nathan Fagan)
Three individuals in prisons across the United States experience the tedium, loneliness and psychological despair of long-term solitary confinement. Over time, they begin to escape into elaborate fantasy worlds.
Milk (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Miranda Stern)
Utilising an experimental, multimedia approach, the filmmaker grapples with the loss of her mother at an early age and how it has shaped her own identity and trauma.
On The Way (Rrugës) (Country: Kosovo; Year: 2024; Director: Samir Karahoda; Writer: Miron Karahoda, Samir Karahoda; Stars: Kumrije Hoxha, Miron Karahoda, Ylber Mehmeti, Anton Nrecaj)
Father and son travel to the airport to pick up a gift sent by the boy's godfather. Amid bureaucratic hurdles, with little hope for real change in their country, they find comfort and strength in their shared optimism for the future.
We Beg To Differ (Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Ruairi Bradley)
Exploration of the car hobby of 'diffing' and its attraction to those who participate
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