We’ve pranksters and romancers, dietary fads and social trends, communication breakdowns and claustrophobic spaces, online etiquette and religious obligation, supermarket romance and a drastic plan to escape a lonely Christmas, in this collection of British shorts with a distinctly comic flavour.
Advisory Cert 15
Saturday 1st December at 4:00pm
NIAMOS 1 (Nia Cultural Centre), Chichester Road, Warwick St, Manchester M15 5EU
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AFTERNOON DELIGHTS
Dir: Christopher Ian Smith, Prod: Sophia Georgiou, Wri: Richard Anthony Dunford.
UK, 2018, 5 min 30 sec, Cert 15
Two sisters’ practical joke on their Grandfather doesn’t quite go to plan.
THE HUNGRY GAMES
North West Premiere
Dir / Prod / Wri / Cast: Jessica Ellerby, Co-Dir: Sam Swainsbury.
UK, 2017, 6 min 20 sec, Cert 15
Two regular women spiral out of control ‘in the name of health’.
HIDING
North West Premiere
Dir / Prod / Wri: Harry Roth.
UK, 2018, 7 min 24 sec, Cert 15
An ambitious wildlife photographer is driven to extreme measures as she attempts to uphold the peace and tranquility of her prized birdwatching spot.
TRUE CRIME
World Premiere
Dir / Wri: Christopher Ratcliff, Prod: Ted Wilkes.
UK, 2018, 11 min 16 sec) (Cert 15)
After discovering a corpse during his morning jog, Bill embarks on an increasingly frantic journey to ensure he won’t be wrongfully identified as the killer.
MINDF*#K
North West Premiere
Dir / Co-Prod / Co-Wri: Sherill Turner, Co-Prod / Co-Wri / Cast: Louise Ann Munro.
UK, 2018, 9 min 12 sec, Cert 15
Two cinema ushers share a mutual crush, but they are both too shy to do anything about it until they start hearing each other’s thoughts – the good and the bad.
HANDS FREE
Dir / Prod / Wri: John Addis & Matt Bowron.
UK, 2018, 7 min, Cert 15
Dr Morris goes to increasingly desperate lengths to conceal a painful truth from his wife.
HOPE IN A BOX
North West Premiere
Dir / Wri: Mick Dow, Prod / Cast: Becky Black.
UK, 2017, 6 min 52 sec, Cert 15
Kidnapped, tied up and locked in a box, Ally and Mark have to make a decision: Do they stay or get out?
LADY
Dir / Prod / Wri: Will Nash, Prod: Dan Hammersley.
UK, 2018, 5 min 29 sec, Cert 15
A fan of the ‘ladette culture’ from the 90’s, Lady tells us why it was so great.
CALL ME ALVY
North West Premiere
Dir / Wri: Alexei Slater, Prod: Eve Dautremant Tomas.
UK, 2017, 10 min 20 sec, Cert 12
When Bar Mitzvah boy Brian Silver becomes obsessed with Woody Allen, his mother Judith goes to great lengths to make sure the big day goes smoothly.
UNEXPECTED ITEM
North West Premiere
Dir: Stephen Gallacher, Prod: Sashi Arnold, Wri: Chris Croucher.
UK, 2018, 10 min 9 sec, Cert 15
Sometimes you get more than you pay for, but life advice from a self service check out, is probably the strangest deal you’ll get in the supermarket today.
JEAN
Dir: JD Hampton, Prod: Bev Lawley, Zoe Guilford, Wri: Sonya Quayle.
UK, 2018, 9 min 34 sec, Cert 12
Tired of spending every day alone Jean decides this Christmas she’ll do something about it.
TROLL HUNTERS
Dir: Joseph Brett, Wri / Cast: Rebecca Boey.
UK, 2018, 8 min 59 sec, Cert 15
Four people whose lives have been destroyed by internet trolls, and their addiction to arguing back.
TRT: 96 min 05 sec
