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Tue 06 Oct 6pm CERT 18

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE

Come and see the festival's stunning award winning short films, in this special showcase event. Animation, drama, documentary and the festival's jury prize IRENE, now on its way to the Academy Awards.

POSTS

(Karen Machin, UK 2009, 3 min)

The young people in this short creative documentary describe their hopes and worries about housing at a very stressful time in their lives when their estate is about to be demolished. Music by Jez Kerr (A Certain Ratio).

OVER AND OVER (AND OVER) AGAIN

(Mosaic Films, UK 2008, 4 min)

Discover how an everyday routine like leaving the house for school can become the worst nightmare for a teenage boy…or how numbers can take over a young mind to the point of driving behaviour and influencing unwanted actions…with Danny’s testimony we gain a revelatory insight into the struggles of some teenagers suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder.

OVER MY DAD’S BODY

(Taliya Finkel, Israel 2008, 1hr 10 min)

Filmmaker Taliya Finkel goes on a fascinating journey in order to investigate her late father’s claims that her uncle is an undercover agent sent to Israel by the old Soviet regime. Guided by a private investigator she travels from Israel to the Ukraine and back in a desperate quest to find proof of her father’s story and to examine the thin line that separates imagination and reality.

IRENE

(Lindsay Goodall, Kat Hebden, Scotland 2008, 11 min)

Irene is an engaging personal story about the filmmaker’s 92 year old grandmother and the daughter who cares for her. While suffering from Alzheimer’s and decreasing physical ability, Irene’s feisty personality still shines through, often leading to laughter, tension and heartache.

SHED CONVENTION

(Paul Allen, Vivien Müller-Rommel, UK 2008, 10 min)

Ed, a depressed Health and Safety inspector, finds instructions for a time travelling kettle at a recycling plant. He builds it. And it works. Travelling in time Ed has to work out how the device works, realising health and safety might not rock his world after all.

WED 07 Oct

The Times of Harvey Milk

Rob Epstein, USA, 1984, 1hr 30m, 15, Documentary

Harvey Milk’s life was centred around protecting and improving human rights, so why was his life cut short by an assassin’s bullet? He was the first openly gay man to be elected to office in the United States, campaigning for the rights of all members of his district in San Francisco, and here we see from friends, supporters and colleagues why he was so popular, so loved. Though assassin Dan White’s actions may have been an attempt to silence Harvey, they actually helped established a legacy, with Milk as the figurehead of a wider LGBT and human rights movement.

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS AT POST- FILM DISCUSSION

Thu 08 Oct 2pm CERT 18

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE - PART DEUX!

More award winning shorts from the festival's open film submission.

LIFTING THE LID: MEN WHO SURVIVE SEXUAL ABUSE AS CHILDREN

(SAMH, Pilton Video, Scotland 2009, 40 min)

Three Scottish male survivors of childhood sexual abuse tell their stories. They describe being abused, the impact it had on them as young men and adults, the responses they got when seeking help, the effect of being listened to and their recovery.

FLOATING IS EASY

(Alcoba Films, Scotland 2008, 14 min)

Alison has devoted the last three years of her life to caring for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s. When she wakes one morning to find the front door of her house open and her patient gone, Alison fails to raise the alarm.

HOME

(Footprint Films, Reel Issues Films/BFBS, UK 2008, 10 min)

Max is a teenager returning home to his family after a failed suicide attempt. As he has to face up to the consequences of his actions on his family, so the family have to face their own feelings on his return.

NIMBUS

(Junction 15 Productions, UK 2009, 6 min)

This enigmatic animation is a celebration of empowerment and intervention. Using a simple wire puppet, an atmospheric soundtrack and audio interviews, the film presents the world many users are faced with, their thoughts and feelings, and for some, the slow journey towards recovery.

IRENE

(Lindsay Goodall, Kat Hebden, Scotland 2008, 10 min)

Irene is an engaging personal story about the filmmaker’s 92 year old grandmother and the daughter who cares for her. While suffering from Alzheimer’s and decreasing physical ability, Irene’s feisty personality still shines through, often leading to laughter, tension and heartache.