Reel 2006
The Witches The Witches
The Witches and The Flying Scotsman
Adam & Paul (Adam And Paul) (Country: Ireland; Year: 2004; Director: Lenny Abrahamson; Writer: Mark O'Halloran; Stars: Mark O'Halloran, Tom Murphy, Louise Lewis, Deirdre Molloy, Gerry Moore, Paul Roe, Eamonn Hunt, Gary Egan)
Rambling encounters with two Irish vagrants in a soulless urban wasteland.
Blind Flight (Country: UK; Year: 2003; Director: John Furse; Writer: John Furse, Brian Keenan, based on An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan; Stars: Ian Hart, Linus Roache, Mohamad Chamas)
The story of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's kidnap in Beirut.
The Flying Scotsman (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Douglas Mackinnon; Writer: John Brown, Declan Hughes, Simon Rose; Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Brown, Joseph Carney, Brian Cox, Crawford McInally-Keir, Jan Plazalski, Niall Macgregor, Julie Austin, Morag Calder, Billy Boyd, Laura Fraser, Jean Marie Coffey)
A Scottish cyclist's biopic.
Night People (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Adrian Mead; Writer: Jack Dickson, Adrian Mead; Stars: Katrina Bryan, Alan McCafferty, Anthony Beselle, Neil Mackay, Michael MacKenzie, Kellyanne Farquhar, Cara Shandley, Anthony Martin, Jim Sturgeon, Lily Waterton)
Four-and-a-half stories from Edinburgh in search of redemption.
Ratcatcher (Country: UK; Year: 1999; Director: Lynne Ramsay; Writer: Lynne Ramsay; Stars: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Lynne Ramsay Jr., Leanne Mullen, John Miller, Jackie Quinn)
An insight into the anguish of a young boy in the wake of a tragic accident.
Ratcatcher Ratcatcher
Ratcatcher and Night People
Solid Air (Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: May Miles Thomas; Writer: May Miles Thomas; Stars: Maurice Roëves, Brian McCardie, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Gary Lewis, James Martin, Laura Harvey, Neil McCormack, Ian Hanmore, Anne Downie, Matthew Bill Boyd, Laurie Ventry)
Is a gambler really fighting for his dad - or just trying to win cash to pay off a debt?
Tickets And Regulations (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Sandro Sotirchos; Writer: Sandro Sotirchos; Stars: Robert F Mack)
A day in the life of a parking attendant.
The Witches (Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Elizabeth Hobbs; Writer: Morag McKinnon)
New laws against witchcraft trouble three fishwives from North Berwick in 1590.
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