NEW SHORTS #27 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
13:30 Sat 18 Jan 2014
Join us in the romantic art deco surroundings of the Rio Cinema in Dalston for a matinee of romantic dramas. There’s an all-star cast including MacKenzie Crook and Bronagh Gallagher in the award-winning romantic sci-fi space epic Orbit Ever After, Andrew Shim (Milky in This Is England) in bittersweet London love story Off Yer ‘Ead, a grizzled Rutger Hauer in Turn, and a serious turn from comedian Jack Whitehall in one-night stand drama The Houdini Girl.
103 min
Rio Cinema
E8 2PB
Access
Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.
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DOG
John Fitzpatrick 2 mins (UK, 2013)
Two men meet in a field. One of them gets cold feet. -
DOLLFACE
Louis Paxton 14 mins (UK, 2013)
'DOLLFACE' is a tense BLACK comedy about a young couple's dinner date. Lilly has been seeing Henry for a while now, things are going really well and Lilly suspects that tonight Henry will declare his love for her. ...But Henry Hot-Stuff has a far more unsettling confession; one that will test Lilly's perception of... normality. -
GRACE
Dean Anderson 11 mins (UK, 2013)
Coming-of-age Drama about Grace (Natasha Kendall), a socially isolated 17-year-old, who momentarily finds solace in a sexual encounter with Darren (Robert Reina), an older man having a mid-life crisis. Upon finding Darren's lost wallet with a home address, Grace decides this would be an opportunity to track Darren down, and see him once again. -
HOUDINI GIRL, THE
Kfir Yefet 10 mins (UK, 2013)
Red, a talented mind-magician, has picked up a beautiful and enigmatic young Irish girl - Rosa - at one of his gigs. After a passionate night together, they start talking, watched over by Red's beloved vintage Houdini poster. As dawn breaks, things take an unexpected turn, and Red finds himself with a tough decision to make -
LONELY HEARTS
Leon Chambers 10 mins (UK, 2013)
Lonely serial killer Henrik may have found a kindred spirit. But the course of true crime never did run smooth.. -
OFF YER 'EAD
Dan Kokotajlo 13 mins (UK, 2013)
A doomed relationship between a frustrated deaf woman and a lazy man who meet through a smart phone dating app. The story is mostly told through short unedited vignettes. -
ORBIT EVER AFTER
Jamie Stone 20 mins (UK, 2013)
Earth’s orbit. The distant future. Two star-crossed lovers overcome all probabilities and sacrifice everything they have in order to spend one perfect moment together. -
ROOM FOR TWO
Directed by Jan Hillman, Produced by Sam Mildner 16 mins (UK, 2013)
A young couple, Sarah and Myles, check into a hotel, but things aren't as they initially appear; Sarah's married. Already unsure if she can go through with the affair, the evening's events force Sarah to make an even bigger decision. -
TOUCH
Nimer Rashed 3 mins (UK, 2013)
The life of a couple told through the touching of hands. -
TURN
Stuart Gillies 4 mins (UK, 2013)
In that single moment, a lifetime crystallized forcing him to act on instinct. He left his life behind and followed his heart, to her. A new beginning. A second chance. A different end.