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FERGIE TIME, Dir. Kjetil Alexander Gudmestad
New Shorts

NEW SHORTS: 'Til Death Do Us Part

18:30 Sat 7 Jan 2017

Hackney Picturehouse

Decades in, can the ‘spark’ be salvaged? These dramas give us a varied look at love and long term relationships. Perhaps swinging or sex in public are your kindling of choice, or maybe there’s no hope left. Watch out for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Hayley Atwell, Michael Smiley, Rupert Procter, Phil Davis, Amanda Donohoe and James Wilby.

  • WHISKERS AND JANE

    Mark Devenport 13 mins (UK, 2016)

    An aging rocker struggles to recapture his mojo.
  • A PORNOGRAPHER WOOS

    Patrick Myles 7 mins (UK, 2016)

    A man on holiday attempts to rekindle the passion in his relationship with his wife, and tries to seduce her by writing her a pornographic poem, despite the constant attention of their two children and his ever present mother in law.
  • MINE

    Simon Berry 8 mins (UK, 2016)

    Fifty years of marriage. Fifty years of love and happiness. Fifty years of lies. When Walter steps on a live land mine in a remote field in England, he finds himself at the mercy of his wife Diane, who has recently unearthed a deadly secret buried in their past.
  • FERGIE TIME

    Kjetil Alexander Gudmestad 3 mins (UK, 2016)

    A marriage, running well over injury time, ends Woman 1 - Man 0, after Woman [finally] speaks her mind about their thirty years together.
  • DIRECTIONS

    Oliver Greenall 4 mins (UK, 2016)

    A married couple go for a pleasant drive in the countryside in an attempt to rekindle their relationship but they get lost on the way and an argument ensues.
  • SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS

    James Laycock 8 mins (UK, 2016)

    An encounter with a neighbour makes Penny re-evaluate her relationship with Mark.
  • THE DRIVING SEAT

    Phil Lowe 9 mins (UK, 2016)

    One Saturday morning, a middle aged couple decide to make love in their car in the driveway to put a spark back in their marriage - only to find it has rather the opposite effect.
  • CHICKEN / EGG

    James D'Arcy 15 mins (UK, 2016)

    Mark's a good guy. Kenneth not so much. Mark's gonna help Kenneth out. Maybe.
  • THE WRONG END OF THE STICK

    Terri Matthews 10 mins (UK, 2016)

    Malcolm Fetcher is a neurotic, middle-aged teacher lost in a dull marriage with his wife of twenty years, Beverly. As he faces an all-consuming identity crisis, their marriage disintegrates and he is forced to express a deep, hidden desire.
  • THE SWING OF IT

    Douglas Ray 10 mins (UK, 2016)

    A retired couple decide to attend a local swingers party, in the hope of restarting their stalled love life. But not only are they the only attendees, the hosts are a couple of stuck up liberals who have been objecting to their planning application. What follows is a night of brutal honesty, small town politics and not a lot of snogging.