UK Shorts I: There Is No Place Like Home

SHORTS

UK, 2009. 86 mins. English

Ideals of home and family give us a place where we tend to refer or return to. Here our heroes take us through the challenges arising from the depths of our psyches.

WITHOUT (2009, 4 mins)
Director: Natalia Andreadis
A woman is trapped in a room with a vicious Doberman watching her every move. Will her captor be revealed?

WATCHING (2009/10, 14 mins)
Director: Max Myers
The ability to spot where truth lies - and where lies begin - will make or break you in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

MARIGOLDS (2009, 16 mins)
Director: Stephanie Zari
Dark secrets of a suburban housewife's dusty existence surface when an unexpected visit from her son threatens her fragile state.

MY DAD THE COMMUNIST (2009, 17 mins)
Director: Lab Ky Mo
Tony yearns to break down the cultural barriers between him and his 'inscrutable' Chinese dad before it's too late.

ENNIS ROAD (2009, 5 mins)
Directors: Si Allen, Adam Greves
A former council odd-job man is gradually thrown into turmoil when a mysterious local gang conspires to drive him over the edge in this coming-of-geriatric-age film.

SIS (2010, 11 mins)
Director: Deborah Haywood
When Lauren and Amy hear there is a man who 'likes children' is living in the area, they decide to track him down to show him their handstands.

SALTO MORTLAE (2010, 19 mins)
Director: Christos Massalas
A woman trapped inside 'stereotypes' seeks a new context (and new attire), in which her distorted femininity can find shape and possibility...