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Screenings & Events - Shorts

Sunday 29th August 2004
Shorts 3
14:00 - 15:00

The Appointment
8 mins : Drama

The Appointment

A young man has a re-occurring experience that he needs to find answers to. He has an appointment with his analyst and after careful deliberation the analyst fails to provide the young man with sufficient reasoning. The young man however has arrived at his own conclusions and has decided to act upon them.

Dir/Prod Keith Rogerson / DoP Nick Tebbet

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Saturday 28th August 2004
Shorts 2
14:00 - 15:10

Daddy's Boy
10 mins : Drama

Daddy's Boy

A jilted butcher tries to win back his lover's heart no matter what the consequences. 'Daddy's Boy' is a dark comedy that proves the way to a man's heart really is through his stomach. Warning: not suitable for vegetarians.

Dir/Prod Toni Harman / DoP/Prod Alex Wakeford

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Friday 27th August 2004
Shorts 1
14:00 - 15:05


Deja Voodoo
4 mins : Drama

Deja Voodoo

'Deja Voodoo' is a strange, dark, haunting story of a man who has a premonition of what the future holds in store for him. A mysterious clue provides an escape route if he can solve the riddle in time...

Dir/Prod Zadoc Nava/DoP Deric Tan

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Saturday 28th August 2004
Shorts 2
14:00 - 15:10

Forever
22 mins : Sci-Fi

Forever

When Sturges is sent to investigate the strange and solitary figure of John Reilly, he has to open his mind to encompass the impossible: Reilly has lived for nearly 400 years…and now Reilly looks to Sturges to release him from his immortality.

Dir Terry Flaxton / DoP Terry Flaxton / Prod Alison Sterling

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Friday 27th August 2004
Shorts 1
14:00 - 15:05


The Happiness Thief
14 mins : Drama

The Happiness Thief

A miserable girl curses her younger brother for being so happy. Little does she know her curse would summon a grotesque figure who, in the darkness of night, would steal the boy’s happiness. Horrified and ridden with guilt, the girl chases the thief onto the city’s rooftops to bargain for her brother’s happiness.

Dir Derek Boyes / DoP Vladimir Trivic / Prod Matthew King

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Friday 27th August 2004
Shorts 1
14:00 - 15:05


How (Not) to Make a Short Film
10 mins : Drama

How (Not) to Make a Short Film

A short about the short film industry; a film within a film. An unholy triumvirate of a producer, a director and a writer meet in an East End London pub to discuss the hot script. Things however take a surreal turn for the worse.

Dir/Prod Alexander Snelling / DoP Melissa Byers

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Sunday 29th August 2004
Shorts 3
14:00 - 15:00

In Heaven as it is on Earth
5 mins : Comedy

In Heaven as it is on Earth

During a trip to Hessdalen, 'The Bermuda Triangle of the North', a rag tag group of amateur scientists get taught a lesson in the mysterious workings of causality.

Dir Sven Oestgaard / DoP Trond Toender / Prod Erling Normann

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Saturday 28th August 2004
Shorts 2
14:00 - 15:10

It's a Casual Life
12 mins : Drama

It's a Casual Life

The story of 'Jimmy' and his life-long membership to the Saturday scene of football violence and the casual culture. Through a brutally honest monologue and series of dramatic and violent flashbacks, the film challenges the myths surrounding football hooligans.

Dir/Prod Jon S Baird / DoP James Saligari

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Saturday 28th August 2004
Shorts 2
14:00 - 15:10

The Last Client
10 mins : Drama

The Last Client

Trina is a mortician, and has the job of making the dead look good for their funeral. Her daily routine is turned on its head when she discovers her next client, lying on the slab, is her father, who disappeared when she was young.

Dir Diene Petterle / DoP Ole Bratt Birkeland / Prod Stewart Le Marechal

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Friday 27th August 2004
Shorts 1
14:00 - 15:05


Murderer Either Way
14 mins : Drama

Murderer Either Way

A mixed race young man finds himself at a crossroads: should he embrace the reality of his personal story or hang on to the past with all its flaws? Abbisola confesses his deepest insecurities, facing a world where colour still is an issue.

Dir/Prod Alex AJ Festinesse / DoP Michael Brennan

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Sunday 29th August 2004
Shorts 3
14:00 - 15:00

My Yacht
30 mins : Drama

My Yacht

A wannabe filmmaker, Ben, at the Cannes Film Festival, pretends he's a yacht-owning producer in order to impress hopeful actress Laura. Although his 'big producer' act alienates her, she is tempted by his yacht, but then he discovers she has a secret of her own.

Dir Huck Melnick & Jeremy Herman / DoP Tim Wooster / Prod Tom Wontner

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Friday 27th August 2004
Shorts 1
14:00 - 15:05


A Soldier's Tunic
13 mins : Drama

A Soldier's Tunic

1855. A cavalryman returns from the Crimea to find his sweetheart is expected to marry another man. To resolve the issue he accepts the challenge of a duel - for a love you wouldn't die for is no love at all.

Dir Simon Bovey / DoP Terry Flaxton / Prod Bridget Dowty & Simon Bovey

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Saturday 28th August 2004
Shorts 2
14:00 - 15:10

The Tea Party
7 mins : Drama

The Tea Party

An elderly couple organises a 'tea party' for a group of old friends. But appearances can be deceptive - nothing is as it seems. Someone's in for a big surprise...

Dir Martin Friend / DoP Paddy Blake / Prod Paul Ashby

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Friday 27th August 2004
Shorts 1
14:00 - 15:05


Who
9 mins : Thriller

Who

A man wakes in a field with a bloody wound to the head, and a wallet as his only clue to his forgotten identity. Tracing his footsteps he discovers a derelict house, and finally the truth can be revealed… who he really is.

Dir Tez Palmer and Matt Johns / DoP James Saligari / Prod Kerri Trounce

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Saturday 28th August 2004
Shorts 2
14:00 - 15:10

Winner Takes All
6 mins : Drama

Winner Takes All

A cool crowd gathers around a charismatic storyteller, to hear the tale of a stranger who attempts a crazy challenge to win a pot of money and a girl’s attention, with hilarious consequences.

Dir/Prod Helen Grace / DoP Peter Thornton / Prod JC Mac

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile

Sunday 29th August 2004
Shorts 3
14:00 - 15:00

The Wreck of the Mary Celeste
11 mins : Drama

The Wreck of the Mary Celeste

Set in mid-1970s Hull, an industrial town in the North East of England, 'The Wreck of the Mary Celeste' is the story of a lonely woman's struggle to live on her own terms, in a hostile and antagonistic environment.

Dir Eddy Marshall / DoP George Steel / Prod Jonathan G. Brown

Showing at Radisson SAS Hotel, Royal Mile


 
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