Swindon Independent Film Festival

rise

5m

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United Kingdom

Animation, Music Video

Music Video of Thea Gilmore song

 

Cutting

16m 57s 0ms

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United Kingdom

Student, Short

Christian faces a long and intense night of physical suffering to get down to the weight limit for his fight, but is he ready for the emotional toll?

Grounding Short Film

7m

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

 

Ireland

Student, Short

Sarah, a shy 15-year-old girl, finds the courage to open up about the abuse she and her brother have faced at the hands of their mother and the psychological consequences of it while attending an appointment at a children's mental health facility.

 

PLAYGROUNDS

4m 38s 0ms

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United Kingdom

Animation, Experimental, Short

PLAYGROUNDS is a short film that travels back to the early '90s, lost deep in the suburbs, absent parents allow forgotten kids to escape to other worlds where they can't be found.

 

Dispatches from the Vietnam War: Beer, Bunkers and Typewriters

4m 18s

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United States

Animation, Documentary

'Dispatches from the Vietnam War: Beer, Bunkers and Typewriters' follows the surreal and existential journey of a young soldier entering war for the first time.

Not long after I first met Lloyd I started hearing stories about his time in Vietnam during the war. Each one cut through the archetypes I had often heard about the war and wars in general. Each one insightful and nuanced. Each one led to a desire to hear more.

Details behind why he volunteered to join the Army; what it was like for him to fly on an airplane for the first time, let alone one heading to war; and his transition from Vietnam home were left out due to time constraints. So too were a few other stories. Perhaps those will be shared at a later date.

What remains are three stories that pull you into a world of a young man navigating the paradoxes of conflict at a pivotal time in his life.

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The Connection 

14m 15s

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United Kingdom

Student, Short

Jodi is fairly young somewhat confident woman aspiring to be a stand-up comic. She is struggling to make a name for herself in the male dominated comedy club circuit. One night during her set she notices Tom, an audience member with a distinct laugh.

 

Cellfie

3m 10s

Solo Film

Portugal

Animation, Experimental, Short, Student

A scientist seeks answers by observing the world through the lens of her microscope.

 

The Audition 

15m 0s 0ms

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United Kingdom

Short

Phil has an idea- he's going to put on a play. 

 

Gone - Disparueeng

13m 0s 0ms

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

France

Short

A bickering family on a road trip stops at a gas station. Murielle, the mother, insists on having the car washed. 

 

Can't Hide It

16m 30s 0ms

Short under 20 minutes, Music Videos & Micro short (under 3mins).

United Kingdom

Short

Kim and Richard face up to the fact that she has cancer - in their own words the treatment is just a process to get through before getting on with their lives. They didn't consider the challenge of having to relay the message time after time to their friends and family reliving the moment they were first made aware.

 

 

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