MAMILS (Middle Aged Men In Lycra)
A pissing contest between two middle-aged cyclists descends into a dance-off. However, no matter how much money you sink into your toys, you will never be young or cool again. Lol.
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You From The Future
Comedy short film about a couple who, while slobbing out in front of Mario Kart, are visited by their future selves trying to change their future. A twist on the usual sci-fi trope, it shows that having no idea what you’re doing is not necessarily confined to your 20s.
Boobs
A surrealist experimental animation about a woman’s relationship with her boobs. In the short film, boobs are detachable, transferable, photocopyable. They grow on trees and are sold in shops. The film runs through the lifecycle of breasts, as the filmmaker has experienced them. They start as balled up pieces of paper, which unfurl on her…
The Clearing
Julian Barratt voices the main character of this strange little tale. Barratt plays his signature blowhard, a man determined to show his wife and son he is a true outdoorsman. In reality he is just doing everyone’s head in on a camping trip. Pitched somewhere straddling comedy and the genuine frustrations of an unhappy marriage,…
Pedwar
A group of wanks tell each other stories while they wait for their car to get fixed in this horror comedy short film. Stranded in a cottage in Wales, a trio of pals notice a painting of the four horsemen of the apocalypse over the mantlepiece. Creeping each other out on this dark and stormy…
Timekeepers of Eternity
That was really interesting. Timekeepers of Eternity is a reworking of The Langoliers, printed on paper then animated. It’s actually really well done, giving a feel for the story that’s all it’s own. Because I was in an audience of criminally young people, I was one of the only folk who saw the TV movie…
Opening of the Glasgow Short Film Festival!
Getting my favourite seat nice and early, super excited for the start of the festival! Got myself one of the GSFF’s own beers, Short Hops, a wee bit of free splishy splashy, don’t mind if I do. Also got a smashing new tote bag, packed with goodies, including a cheeky wee caramel wafer.
Da Humbug
A grumpy old man is irritated by everything to do with Christmas, from the incessant Christmas music, to the wholesale takeover of the telly. Unable to escape it even in his own home, he’s jostled by the snowballs hitting his window. He runs outside to chase the weans away, not realising they were actually hitting…
Running With Trains
Ronnie, a young autistic student, has his whole life disrupted by the Covid pandemic. He finds it very difficult to be out his routine, and is isolated from friends at his college and his club. He finds an outlet by combining his two passions – running and trains. Making this film with his family, Ronnie…
The Secret Life Of Jim Henry
The Secret Life of Jim Henry is about a polyglot who learns to speak the language of dust. Dust just constantly whispers about what it was before it was dust. Which kinda means all those ghosts whispering folk can hear is just dust trying to communicate.