Mark
Ash, 5 Mins
Bobby,
a quiet 9-year old with a passion for birdwatching,
is caught up with his parents constant battling.
The
Green Man Of Knowledge
Rachel
Bevan Baker, 13 mins
A
young man reaches his 21st birthday
and ventures forth from his home.
On
reaching the Land of Enchantment, his right
of passage begins.
Nominated
for a BAFTA New Talent Award in 2000.
The
Gashlycrumb Tinies
Calum
MacDonald, 8 mins
Another
animation, this time depicting a skeletal Victorian
gentleman who happens upon a machine that shows
him the numerous fatal calamities that befell
the children of the huge Gashlycrumb family.
Based on the books of the same name by Edward
Gorey.
Drive
Of A Lifetime
John
MacKenzie, 1 min
A
spoof of a car advert where a dog replaces the
driver and imagines he is saving a furry animal
from being run over.
My
Job II
Joern
Utkilen
A
spelaeogist talks about her job.
Reflections
Upon The Origins Of The Pineapple
Huw
Davies and Nigel Atkinson, Cliffhanger Films,
7 mins
A
former actor of the silent era recalls the making
of his latest film, finally offering an explanation
for the construction of one of Scotland’s
most absurd architectural follies. Winner of
the BAFTA New Talent Award for Music and Sound
Design (Paul Leonard-Morgan)
Rice
Paper Stars
Andy
Goddard, 16 mins
Trapped
inside the handbag disco from hell and drunk
on Malibu and heartbreak, jilted bride Kelly
Marie is having the worst day of her life. Nominated
for a BAFTA New Talent Award 2000 and made through
the Scottish Screen Tartan Shorts Scheme.
Quickstep
Lesley
Halliday, 5 mins
For
45 years Lesley’s mother has kept a piece
of film which depicted her as a young woman
dancing in a ballroom. Quickstep documents her
reaction to finally seeing the film and looks
at the memories triggered by the experience.
Sex
And Death
Cat
McKiernan, 9 mins
Made
under the auspices of the Cineworks scheme,
Sex and Death won a BAFTA New Talent
Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement
in 2000 (Simon Dennis) A modern fairytale about
one woman’s struggle to keep her relationships
….alive.
Scotty
Dogs And Shortbread
Project
Ability, Glasgow 10 mins
An
animation made by artists from Project Ability,
which was established in 1984 and specialises
in creating art-based opportunities for disabled
people. From the dinosaurs to the present day;
Scottish history like you’ve never seen
it before!
