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Welcome to the first Scottish International Short Film Festival! We are so happy to be sharing this incredible programme with you
We have created SIFF to showcase exceptional, Scottish and international short film, whilst also addressing the imbalance of underrepresented groups of makers and stories within film festivals Our programme includes animated, narrative, documentary and experimental short films, by makers from eleven countries and in fourteen languages.
We are very proud to have EQUITY -the performing arts and entertainment trade union- sponsoring the Best Performance 2023 award. The very talented Scottish artist Wilma MacKenzie is creating bespoke, hand-engraved glass and slate awards for this years' award winners A jury of filmmakers, artists and actors will select the winners of 7 award categories, which will be announced on Saturday the 12th August, after the final film
*We want to highlight that the 'Mother Love' programme on Friday the 11th August, includes films with content warnings for child-loss, infanticide and death, and we strongly recommend that you read the blurbs and content warnings for this section.*
Thank you for being part of the first Scottish International Short Film Festival and from everyone at SIFF 2023 - we hope you enjoy the films!
All films not in English will have English subtitles.
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Thursday 10th august: Our bodies / our worlds p 4-5 19:00 - 20:20
Friday 11th August: mother love p 6 -8 19:00 - 20:30
*Please note some of these films carry trigger warnings for child-loss, infanticide and death*
Saturday 12th August: oh wonderful world p 9-11
15:30 - 16:55
Saturday 12th august: furious and flawed and funny p 12-15
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Equity has produced a guide to working on short and festival circuit films with the aim to get these productions made to a professional standard This guide is to be used in conjunction with the Equity template Form of Engagement for Artists in Shorts or Festival Circuit Films
Members working on these films felt that producers were not sufficiently aware of issues such as national minimum wage legislation, risk assessments and dignity at work protocols.
Equity understands the importance of setting out clear and fair terms for members working in this area Our members are professionals and as such it is important that everyone involved is aware of their minimum legal rights
This Guide seeks to address these rights and cater for them in an accessible way by way of a Template Form of Engagement and Guidelines that can be adopted, free of cost, by any short film production, or other film productions which are not subject to commercial distribution Performers have rights which require that their creative contribution is recognised.
In order for a producer to sell or license a performance in a film it is necessary that a performer provides their consent and assigns their performer rights This guide deals with productions where rights are limited to non-commercial uses, such as festival screenings. At a later date, a producer may negotiate with a performer to secure the commercial rights. At this time, the parties are encouraged to contact Equity for advice
Our stall at SIFF will highlight the Equity guide, and the work the trade union is doing to promote members' rights and best practice in short films
SPONSORED BY B e s t P e r f o r m a n c e a w a r d 2 0 2 3
The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms
USA, 2021, 10', ENGLISH
DIRECTORS: ELOISE SHERRID AND LAURYN WELCH
A magical-realist documentary combining paintings with live action footage to show a man's experience living with a painful chronic illness
trailer: https://vimeo com/810919331
@laurynredwelch @ellegedly
'Till The Music Stops!
FRANCE, 2022, 22:56', FRENCH
DIRECTOR: EMILIE DE MONSABERT
CAST: SARAH SUCO, EMMA REYNES, CHRISTELLE CORNIL, GUILLAUME POTTIER
Witnessatherbestfriendswedding,Paulinehopestoenjoythisextraordinay dayandtogetclosertothehandsomeRaphael Butitwillbehardforherto take her eyes off her disabled daughter Emma, whom she could not bring herselftoletkeep
@MANIFEST FRANCE @SARAHSUCO
O u r b o d i e s / o u r w o r l d s
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Our bodies / our worlds
Invisible World
USA, 2023, 4:39, ENGLISH DIRECTOR: KYM MCDANIEL
To apply for an accessible or Crip parking placard, a doctor within the state must approve the application As part of the application there are six medical conditions which qualify a person for a placard
Instagram-@kymcdanielWebsite-kymmcdanielcom
Friday Night Blind
USA, 2022, 13:31', ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: SCOTT KRAHN AND ROBB FISCHER
CAST:JUDY HENDERSON, SANDY TISDALE, RHONDA LANG
Friday Night Blind is the inspiring story of three visually impaired friends in the Milwaukee Beer Barrels Blind Bowling League An eclectic mix of visually impaired and sighted bowlers taking life one frame at a time
scottkrahn@me com
trailer: https://vimeo com/810915985
A f f r i c a t e
HUNGARY, 2022, 26', HUNGARIAN/ENGLISH/CROATIAN
DIRECTOR: ANNA GYIMESI
CAST: ADÉL KOVÁTS, KINGA CSUTAK-HOFFMANN, LILLA KIZLINGER, MÁRK NAGY
A single mother s adventure by the seaside leads her to recognise her unnecessary martyrdom for her disabled teenage daughter
trailer: https://vimeo com/809116566
https://www lightsonfilm com/affricate html
https://www facebook com/affricatefilm/
@Lightsonfilm @annagyimesi
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Friday 11th August
19:00 - 20:30
> E x p l o r i n g a m y r i a d o f c h a l l e n g e s f a c e d a c r o s s c u l t u r e s b y m o t h e r s a n d d a u g h t e r s .
* P l e a s e n o t e s o m e o f t h e s e f i l m s c a r r y c o n t e n t w a r n i n g s f o r c h i l d - l o s s , i n f a n t i c i d e a n d d e a t h *
B r a n k a
HUNGARY, 2021, 20', SERBIAN/BOSNIAN/HUNGARIAN)
DIRECTOR: ÁKOS K KOVÁCS
CAST: DINA MUSANOVIC, DOROTTYA ANTÓCI, NENAD PECINAR
Yugoslavia 1991 Far away from the war zones Branka gets a job at a maternity ward of a state hospital The young woman is all alone, but it turns out loneliness is not the hardest burden Branka has to carry Newborns are disappearing from the hospital
trailer: https://vimeo com/749533260
@lightson @kkovacsakos
K a f i a
SCOTLAND, 2022, 13:13', ENGLISH/KURDISH
DIRECTOR: RAZ SALIH
A personal documentary about Raz Salih a young woman who wants to connect with her Grandmother 'Kafia' a blind 90-year-old woman Kafia suffersfromdementia ishardofhearing andisbed-bound
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Khadiga
EGYPT/FRANCE, 2021 20', ARABIC DIRECTOR: MORAD MOSTAFA
CAST: MALAK TAREK, FATIMA FAWZI, ZIZI MOUSTAFA, AYMAN ABDELAZIZ
Khadiga a young mother of 18 lives alone with her baby after her husband left for work in a remote city; on an ordinary day she makes her way through the hustle of Cairo streets to do some visits where she feels uncomfortable with the surroundings
CONTENT WARNING FOR INFANTICIDE
trailer: https://vimeo com/749534378
Website: lightsonfilm com/khadiga html @morad mostafaa @lightsonfilm
Rawa
LEBANON, 12', 2022, ARABIC DIRECTOR: CAMILLE TOULMÉ
LittleRawalivesinaSyrianrefugeecamponthenorthernborderof Lebanon With her brothers and sisters she grew up in the camp like in a huge playground and no longer wants to leave Through 5 yearswefollowherdestinymarkedbythewarinSyria @promofest distribution
Missed Calls
SCOTLAND, 2023, 8:57', ENGLISH DIRECTOR: WILMA SMITH
WORLD PREMIERE
Experimental short film funded by VACMA through North Lanarkshire Council in partnership with Creative Scotland #VACMAScotland
Filmmaker Wilma Smith goes back to her family home and listens to the voice messages left From her Mum and Dad
*CONTENT WARNING FOR REAL LIFE DEATH*
trailer: https://vimeo com/809120991
https://www facebook com/wilmasmith filmdirector/
*Please note some of these films carry trigger warnings for child-loss, infanticide and death*
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Consumed
SCOTLAND 2020 15' ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: KAREN LAMOND
CAST: SHAUNA MACDONALD, EMUN ELLIOT
WRITER: SIMONE PEREIRA HIND
PRODUCER: PENNY DAVIES
Grieving after an early miscarriage, Faye preserves the embryo in a jar of oil, and sleeps with it under her pillow She shows her husband, expecting him to feel the same connection Isolated when he questions her sanity instead Faye must act to keep the embryo safe
CONTENT WARNING FOR CHILD LOSS
trailer: https://vimeo com/810915290
@smashingpictures @karenlamondfilmphoto
@the scottish shauna macdonald (instagram)
@SmashingPicturesLtd (Facebook)
@SmashingPicsLtd (Twitter)
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*Please note some of these films carry trigger warnings for child-loss, infanticide and death*
Oh Wonderful World
saturday 12th august
15:30 - 16:55
Total Disaster
Armed with realistic bird puppets, trickster environmental activists pretend to be a giant oil company staging a satirical press conference to introduce RéHabitat, a plan to rescue animals from the East African Oil Pipeline by relocating them to “ more sustainable” habitats Using humor and mischief they expose a deadly ecological disaster in a zany effort to help #StopEACOP
trailer: https://vimeo com/755211902
https://www mollymcleangore com
http://www totalrehabitat org
Ne Notoca Kiauitzin
(My Name Is Little Rain)
USA, 2021, 3:39', SPANISH DIRECTOR: EDEN SABOLBORO CAST: KIA I’X ARRIAGA
ThisimmersiveshortfilmisinspiredbythejourneyofDetroit-basedartistKia Ix Arriaga, who uses her Aztec traditions to connect the present to the past throughdance,art,music,performanceandstorytelling @edensabolboro https://wwwinstagramcom/reelcleverfilms/
FRANCE, 2022, ENLGISH/FRENCH/SPANISH DIRECTOR:KEIL ORION TROISI AND MOLLY GORE
9 > T h i s s e c t i o n e x p l o r e s t h e n a t u r a l e n v i r o n m e n t - a b e a u t i f u l c o l l e c t i o n o f f i l m s t h a t o f f e r d i f f e r e n t i n t e r n a t i o n a l p e r s p e c t i v e s o f t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d .
P e n n - a r - B e d
FRANCE, 2021, 1:42', BRETON FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
DIRECTOR:EMMA RAMSAY-TANNIOU
CAST: ERIC GUZIOU
Penn-ar-Bed is based on the loss of culture that comes with the loss of language Focusing on the insular Celtic language Breton the work is a reflection of the deprivation of heritage that happens when an orally transmitted culture is heavily discouraged almost to the point of extinction by the government
Email: emmarams art@gmail com
Instagram: @emmaramsaytanniou
S e a w e e d
SCOTLAND, 2022, 18:33' ENGLISH & GAELIC DIRECTOR: JULIA PARKS
A marine odyssey into the folklore, ecology and history of seaweed in northern Scotland Voiced by harvesters environmentalists archaeologists and seaweed farmers behind the miracle resource trailer: https://vimeo com/810918672
@Juliaemilyparks – Instagram juliaemilyparks@gmail com
From Florist to Florilegium
SCOTLAND, 2023, 6:07', ENGLISH STUDENT FILMMAKER
DIRECTOR: SHARON DE NISE
CAST: LIZ GAFFNEY, COLLEEN BROWN
A visual documentary featuring textile artist and former professional florist Liz Gaffney focusing on her commission to make 200 hand-felted covers for theroyal'HighgroveFlorilegium'and'TransylvaniaFlorilegium'from'Heartfelt byLiz studiointheWesternHighlandsofScotland
https://wwwbeyondbubbledomproductionscom https://wwwfacebookcom/BeyondBubbledomProductions https://wwwInstagramcom/BeyondBubbledom
10 O h W o n d e r f u l W o r l d
Oh Wonderful World
T h e E g r e t R i v e r
TAIWAN, 2022, 20:20',
DIRECTOR: WAN-LING LIU
The building guard shares a secret field between the buildings with an egret, when the field was destroyed, he decides to take the egret to find a new place to live
trailer: https://vimeo com/810917975
liuacow@gmail com
https://liuacow com/the-egret-river/
Have a Nice Day Forever
NORWAY, 2021, 20:24', NORWEGIAN/ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: TATIANA DELAUNAY
CAST: FRANK BEISER, ÞÓRIR FREYR HÖSKULDSSON
Two witty sweet and confused men become friends because they don't have anything better to do Their day oscillates between small talk existential crisis and dubious male rites of passage whilst wandering the woods surrounding Oslo in search of a suitable place to camp - in the middle of winter
trailer: https://vimeo com/755209680
@manifest france
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saturday 12th august
18:30 - 21:05
(includes a 20-minute interval and award announcements)
> Our final presentation is an eclectic mix of films exploring masculinity, cultural displacement, longing for love, unfair policing and male friendship.
Datsun
NEW ZEALAND, 2021, 15', ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: MARK ALBISTON
CAST: MICKEY REDDISH, BILLY R. MCCARTHY, TATE HARROW, ASHLEY HARNETT, MARION PREBBLE, ERYN WILSON
A fourteen-year -old boy whose Mum plans on selling his deceased Dad’s Datsun decides to take his best friend and little brother on one last joyride
trailer: https://vimeo com/809117375:
https://www lightsonfilm com/datsun html
https://markalbiston com https://sweetshopgreen com
Safe
USA, 2021, 16', ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: IAN BARLING
CAST: WILL PATTON, PHILIP ETTINGER, NOA FISHER, CINDY KATZ, SKIPP SUDDUTH, BRETT DIGGS, LADA DOUKHNAI, KEVIN CRONIN, LEO TROY
On a winter night in Atlantic City the manager of a defunct casino must reckon with his parental failures when his unruly son needs help out of an illicit bind
trailer: https://vimeo com/749535665
https://www lightsonfilm com/safe html
@LightsonFilm
@IanBarling @safetheshort
@philipettinger @skippsudduth @noalehf
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Furious and Flawed and Funny
Will You
Look At Me
CHINA, 20' 2022, CHINESE
DIRECTOR: SHULI HUANG
CAST: YUNXUE YU, KANGMIN HUANG, SHULI HUANG
As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love
trailer: https://vimeo com/810071242
https://www lightsonfilm com/willyoulookatme html @lightsonfilm
San Gabriel Valley
USA, 2022,20:06', MADARIN CHINESE
DIRECTOR: DANTE JIAYU LIU
CAST: WEI REN, DRALLA AIERKEN
WRITER & PRODUCER: SARAH HYUNJI PARK
Ten months after Supin moved to the United States with her husband Qinyi, her favorite student Mia from the Chinese piano shop she works at is about to leave the States to return home As Supin feels more and more cornered by her new life in the States, thenewsofMia'supcomingdepartureleavesarippleinSupin'sstill heart
@dantejiayuliu@americanfilminstitute
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Furious and Flawed and Funny
Now, Daphne
FRANCE, 2019, 21:10', FRENCH
DIRECTOR: JOHANN G LOUIS
CAST: STÉPHANIE MICHELINI, MYRIAM BOYER, GAËLLE HAÜSERMANN, FABIEN RICHARD, PIERRE SOURDIVE
A national road not very transient a hotel on probation a road restaurant from another time
A young woman Daphne drives through these desert landscapes It's nighttime She meets people whoseemtoknowherwithoutbeingabletogiveheraname Who is Daphne? Could it be a ghost who came to walk in the footsteps ofherpast?
@manifest france @johannglouis
M021, 11', FRENCH
MEHDI FIKRI
NNE ROSA, JISCA KALVANDA, YANNICK CHOIRAT, SAUGEY, FABIEN BILHERAN, BRUNO DREYFURST, UHEYRI, KADER KADA
olicewoman helps colleagues to conduct a search, but outthatthingsarentgoingthewaytheyresupposedto wlightsonfilmcom/4amhtml
lm@jeanne rosa
P o s t O f f i c e S o c i a l C l u b
ENGLAND, 6:38, 2022, ENGLISH CO-DIRECTORS JOSEPH BLACKMORE AND KARL BUFFINI DEEHAN AND CAJUS KESLER
The Post Office Social Club and its weekly darts competition is an anchor point for the local community and an important part of community life We followmanagersPamandMarioandhearaboutlifeinthePostOffice @festhomeplatform
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Short Stay, Long Stay
UNITED KINGDOM, 2023, 15:30', ENGLISH
DIRECTOR: DANNY CARTER
CAST: NEIL BELL, NITIN GANATRA, GEORGE EDWARDS, HELEN MONKS, MAX GRAHAM
Two men work in rival car parks in a city that's quickly changing around them They learn the news that their jobs no longer exist andhaveonefinalweektosayapropergoodbye Instagram:@dannycarterfilm
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