SHORTS #4:
THE POWERS THAT BE
Thu 08 Feb | 20:30 | 87 mins | Recommended 18+ | £5
What happens when you come into conflict with the powers that be? From teenage rebellion to crossing forgotten gods, these films let us stray from the straight and narrow.
Still Life
Dir. Karim Morel | 15 mins | France
Juliette, a police officer, joins her father Rimbaud in a field. Rimbaud is a farmer and one of his cows has been killed and skinned during the night. Juliette leads the investigation.
The Midway Pact
Dir. Pourya Osati | 18 mins | Iran
Masoumeh considers her husband Amir responsible for the death of Majid’s mother in a car accident. Amir, on the other hand, tries to cover up the truth by putting her down, yet the couple both are unknowingly walking into a vicious trap.
Skive
Dir. Corinna Brooke Elleschild | 13 mins | UK
A coming-of-age social realism film based in the British South-West. A story of defiance, hope and the connection between two teenagers against the backdrop of a difficult world.
Beltane
Dir. Helena Houghton | 5 mins | UK
A camping trip becomes a nightmare for Josh and Sarah when they kindle the ire of Unseelie Fae. Steeped in British folklore, this cautionary tale is an evocative exploration of the Summer King myth.
Wheel and Desert
Dir. Reza Sabetpour | 11 mins | Iran
When a man reaches his stall he notices a mess and finds a wounded man sheltering by a bush asking for some water and a bag next to him. On his way back to help get water, his boss tells him “Someone was shot last night and is still on the run.” The game changes…
MAX
Dir. Ant McPhail | 13 mins | Australia
Russ, 17, struggles to figure out what it means to be a ‘man’ in his small coastal town. In gun-controlled Australia, Russ steals shotgun from his elderly neighbour, giving him the chance to prove himself to the local underworld heavyweight. However, Russ decides to carve his own path rather than have it determined by the approval of others through social initiations of manhood.
Midnight Ride
Dir. Alessandro Farrattini Pojani | 13 mins | UK
A drug-dealing, Italian delivery rider resorts to robbing a South London burrito joint after his bike and drugs are stolen, little knowing he might be the one taken for a ride all along.