New Glasgow ShortsN/C 15+

Glasgow seems to appear more than ever on the big screen, whether playing itself in the likes of Neds and The Angels’ Share, or slapping on some grease paint and tarting up as Philadelphia or San Francisco in World War Z and Cloud Atlas. But the most unexpected, authentic and comic portraits of the city are often found in short films made by emerging local talent. Glasgow Short Film Festival has rounded up a motley crew of recent favourites – some we have already screened at the Festival, others are showing publicly for the first time. From no-frills guerrilla efforts to big budget glossy productions, each of these live-action fiction films captures something unique to Glasgow.

We expect to welcome several of the filmmakers to the screening to introduce their work and answer questions.

Full programme details:

The Phone Box (5 min) by Ian Robertson
One telephone conversation that costs a fortune...

Musicville (16 min) by Andrew Panton
A Scottish take on an old school Hollywood backlot musical - developed as a collaboration between Digital Film and Television students and Musical Theatre students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Foxy & Marina (25 min) by Zak Copping
A lyrical romance set in the not-so-romantic world of drug addiction. A young boy from Skye flirts with the idea of giving up heroin and returning home to the islands. But then he meets Marina.

Philippa & Nancy (8 min) by Paul White, Ciara Barry, Claire McInnes, Nora Smyth
Fed up internet dating, friends Philippa and Nancy try an unconventional approach to finding love.

Return to Sender (17 min) by Stuart Elliott
One day a crate turns up at a hermit’s door. The contents of which will change his life forever.

Five Six Seven Eight! (10 min) by Felipe Bustos Sierra
A young man, too shy to talk to the girl he loves, begins dancing by himself in the empty swimming pool where she volunteers, regardless of how foolish he might look. His enthusiasm affects the crowd and the laws of physics.