NEW SHORTS: A Winter's Matinee Of Romantic Films
14:00 Sun 13 Jan 2019
A tonic for the cynical soul, these syrupy shorts offer up big romances, littler dalliances and a whole lot of love. British treasure Joan Collins reconnects with loves lost, Chewing Gum’s Jade Anouka takes the next step into motherhood, Sense8’s Tuppence Middleton tests the platonic bonds with her AI companion and Jaime Winston cameos as wingwoman. 102’
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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F*CK
Danny Morgan 10 mins (UK, 2018)
A young couple try to navigate their sex life after the birth of their baby. -
34 DAYS, 18 HOURS
Hélène Schweitzer, Charles Meunier 6 mins (UK, 2017)
It's Theo's birthday today and all he wants is to talk to his ex, Lucile. -
BABY GRAVY
Marley Morrison 12 mins (UK, 2017)
In a rural pub restaurant on a busy motorway, same-sex couple Brona and Alex await the arrival of a man called Karl. -
STINE
Kat Wood 8 mins (UK, 2018)
Set in the near future, an end-of-life-care robot called STINE tends to his patient Lizzie in the last few days of her life. -
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Robert Hackett 5 mins (UK, 2018)
A weary postman trudges through the February snow, delivering brightly coloured envelopes decorated with hearts and cupids. -
NIGHT BUS
Ben Phillips 3 mins (UK, 2017)
A lonely man loses himself in his imagination on the last bus home. -
GERRY
Victoria Hollup, Paul Agar 16 mins (UK, 2018)
Facing twilight years of loneliness and isolation, Hilda (Joan Collins) whilst clearing out her deceased husband's belongings, unearths a long-buried secret. -
LOVE POOL
Asim Chaudhry 17 mins (UK, 2018)
Eternally single Mark refuses to settle for anyone but 'the one', but a chance encounter in the back of a taxi pool forces him to reconsider,. -
SERIATION
George Bearpark 25 mins (UK, 2018)
An entire relationship viewed non-sequentially in one continuous take.