Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025

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Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Heather Virgoe)
Fighting off a vampire is hard. Coming out is harder. In the midst of pre-party dress-up, Max finds himself the online target of an angry vampire bent on drinking his blood. Typical Halloween.
In The Room (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Paul Barrie)
After a successful first audition, actor Cait's call-back is upended by her scene partner: a man she hoped never again to encounter, with whom she shared a traumatic night many years ago.
Paternal Advice (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Lisa Clarkson; Writer: Lisa Clarkson, based on the short story by Janice Galloway)
Glasgow, 1994. A Scottish working class man is forced to teach his estranged son a Scottish working class lesson, ahead of the child starting school.
Pumpkin Guts (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Bryan M Ferguson)
In 1987, a woman discovers a strange object on her doorstep, accompanied by a chilling instruction. As she grapples with the terrible task it demands, she is drawn into a nightmarish ordeal that threatens her sanity and soul.
Seeking (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Ciara Flint)
Following the sudden death of her husband, grief turns a widow to the spirit world and psychic mediumship.
This Werewolf Complex (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Heather E Andrews)
An intimate discussion on the different forms of aura experienced, told through the voices of individuals who experience seizures in focused parts of the brain, resulting in sensory, physical and emotional disturbances.
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