SHORTS 2:
CLOSE QUARTERS
Whether we love each other or hate each other, one thing is certain; we’re living in close quarters.
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This diverse programme examines human nature in our, increasingly, close proximity. Vital conversations about identity, race, gender, cultural heritage and immigration sit alongside narratives about difference and displacement and laugh-out-loud portraits of unconventional outsiders.
Explore with us our beautiful differences and, crucially, our fundamental similarities.
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73mins, adv12+
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(S) - Student film
(W) - Welsh premiere
(UK) - UK premiere
ENOUGH
Dir. Anna Mantzaris | UK | 2:19 (S) (W)
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The impulses we all can feel but never act upon. Glimpses of emotional anarchy and moment of lost self-control.
CATHERINE
Dir. Brit Raes | Belgium | 11:51 (W)
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A tragic comedy of a sweet little girl, who grows up to be a crazy old cat lady.
THE LAST JOB ON EARTH - THE GUARDIAN
Dir. Moth Studio | UK | 2:42
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Meet Alice, holder of the last recognisable job on Earth, trying to make sense of her role in an automated world.
HATE FOR SALE
Dir. Anna Eijsbouts | Netherlands | 2:39 (W)
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Hate for sale. All the very best.
Do my cries excite your interest?
I'LL THINK ABOUT IT
Dir. Trang Nguyen | UK | 2:55 (S) (W)
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Babu is a timid character. The frustration of not getting his own personal space, causes him to inflate to monstrous proportions.
NICHOLAS
Dir. Catherine Prowse, Jade Evans | UK | 1:37 (S) (W)
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The story of a Big Issue seller named Nicolas told through the magazines he sells.
I DON'T PROTEST, I JUST DANCE IN MY SHADOW
Dir. Jessica Ashman | UK | 5:21 (W)
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I don’t want to feel like it’s only me. I know it’s not only me, because there are others out there…
THE CHILDREN OF CONCRETE
Dir. Jonathan Phanhsay-Chamson | France | 6:42 (S) (W)
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Am I French or Chinese ? I wander in my identity questions. I recall France, my France.
THERE'S TOO MANY OF THESE CROWS
Dir. Morgan Miller | USA | 3:50 (W)
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A short film about aggression and escalation.
PAPA
Dir. Magda Kreps | Germany | 1:31 (S) (W)
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A father's experience of leaving the Soviet Union and coming to Hamburg for the very first time in 1989.
S H R I M P
Dir. Nelly Michenaud | UK | 3:24 (S) (W)
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Maggie loves miniature objects and watching people from her upstairs terrace. She didn't expect to meet anyone up there.
THE BOX
Dir. Dusan Kastelic | Slovenia | 12:42 (W)
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The Box is full of miserable creatures. One of them doesn’t belong there. He’s thinking outside the box...
THIRSTY
Dir. Oscar Barany | UK | 2:59 (S) (W)
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Thirsty is 2D animated comedy following a desert dweller who is forced to go on a perilous journey just for a drink.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Dir. Cat Bruce | UK | 12:33
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Under threat of imminent eviction from her countryside home, a self-reliant woman struggles to preserve her way of life.