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Programme 2007

 

Please note this event is free

 

 

 
Sunday June the 3rd

 

~~~~~~~~~~~ Matinee ~~~~~~~~~~~
3:00pm - 3:30pm

The Trench

World War 1 drama

Room for Rent

A silent movie about a new lodger

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Missing Jib

A lonely man distributes posters of himself but is he really alone?

Dressed In Night

Pop video

Takes The Biscuit

A man in a bar imagines how he can take vicious revenge on a biscuit stealer

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Fritz

A German soldier who doesn't realise the war is over sets up camp in a tight space.

My Art Idea

Performance Art. Sort of.

Spawn Of Trailer Trash

Coming soon to a cinema near you. Or maybe not.

4:30pm - 5:00pm

My Wee True Story

Touching family drama

I Am The Snail

Let Blab take you on an animated journey of music and stupidity!

Pornaoke Ads

Comedy adverts in a distinctive Porn Karaoke style

On The Case

Housesitting. It's exciting stuff.

5:00pm - 5:30pm

In The Shadow of Light

A tale of endings and rebirth set to music.

After the Great Thaw

Far in the future, Scotland is consumed by rising seas. Judy and her loving Mother reminisce to a tragic end!

Nightshift

A patient escapes from a secure ward, and now he's seeking revenge.

5:30pm - 6:00pm

Mono

A love affair conducted in sound not vision.

Codehunters

Epic Manga-style animation set in the future as four heroes battle mutants and evildoers in a futuristic city.

 
6:00pm till 8:00pm
-----BREAK-----
Away an huv yer tea!

 

~~~~~~~~~~~ Evening ~~~~~~~~~~~
8:00pm - 8:30pm

Beware of the Stranger

A heartbroken girl takes a walk in the woods where she encounters a curious and unlikely soulmate.

Boot Polish

A magical tale about a shoe shine boy in Pakistan and his love for a courtesan.

8:30pm - 9:00pm

Daylight Hole

Subterranean happenings with a microphone.

Roberts Story

Self Portrait.

Designated Target

Tense, high octane action adventure.

9:00pm - 9:30pm

The Spiders Web

An escaped convict seeks refuge in an empty house, until the owner returns.

Left Holding the Baby

The art of nappy changing.

Friendly Fire

The art and crisis management of heckling is explored in this documentary on unwanted criticicism.

9:30pm - 10:00pm

Bound by Blood

Brothers with criminal connections.

Fetch

Cute comedy following the adventures of a rather bizarre dog.

Sebastien Foucault

Comedy on the fun of freerunning.

10:00pm - 10:30pm

Loast

A sharp comedy about a guy, his flat and some lost key

A Mouse Funeral

An intimate and heart rending look at the last rites and passage of a sadly missed friend.

Teenage Warhol

Charming & engaging comedy following a young girl & her efforts to win the approval of Andy Warhol's ghost.

10:30pm-11:00pm

Sweetie

Drama following a hard-pressed family and their efforts to get the shopping home.

Bike Thief

Mockumentary comedy following the inept life of Edinburghs #1 Bike Thief..

The End Of Day One
 
 
Sunday June the 10th

 

~~~~~~~~~~~ Matinee ~~~~~~~~~~~
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Nightcap

A trans-atlantic relationship reveals much about cultural differences.

Nolan

A young man on the edge of a breakdown tells of his fears and his fractured friendships.

3:30pm - 4:00pm

The Iron Chair

A tale of murder and revenge.

Ernie & The Egg

A hapless newcomers first mission nearly ends in disaster!

Nowhere

A girl wakes to find there is no easy way out.

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Big Men

A frail Grand-father's obsession with James Bond intrudes upon his Grandsons Stag Night plans.

East Cliff West Bay

The best laid plans of mice and men…

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored

A dramatic & insightful exploration of the life of a teenage girl & her admirers.

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Fine

A stroke sufferer explains how he feels.

The Keeper

According to many Lakota Sioux the 'sacred hoop' has been broken. What does this mean and can it be mended?

5:30pm - 6:00pm

What Happens To The Innocent?

Searing documentary following the lives of wrongfully convicted prisoners on their release from captivity.

Weirds Way

Adventures in St Andrews

 
6:00pm till 8:00pm
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Away an huv yer tea!

 

~~~~~~~~~~~ Evening ~~~~~~~~~~~
8:00pm - 8:30pm

Exclusive Leith Short Film Festival Premiere Of

In The Process

Sales rep Jane tries to climb the corporate ladder and form a more meaningful relationship with her boss. Something’s got to give.

Famine

Darkly amusing animated short featuring the efforts of insects avoiding starvation in a Film Noir-style city.

8:30pm - 9:00pm

Highway Code

A father & daughter take a car journey where home truths are revealed and an uneasy reconciliation awaits.

Please Kill Me

An enthusiastic suicide finds his plans of being reunited with his adored wife are bitterly thwarted

The Ashgrove Kaleyard

Join the crew of the famous kaleyard in a trip down memory lane as they demonstrate some gardening tools of yesteryear with unusual consequences!

Chimp or Bairn

Penelope-Ann is always right in these situations….It’s a chimp!

9:00pm - 9:30pm

I Felt Nothing

Several women reminisce about losing their virginity.

Always the Quiet Ones

An office workers descent into Madness

9:30pm - 10:00pm

Barnet Shuffle

Hair Raising capers from a baldy man.

Vamp

Young ladies on a night on the town indulge themselves in some forbidden fruit.

Silver Lining

It's not all bad news.

10:00pm - 10:30pm

Black Tie

A butler leads a double life whilst working for a bourgeois couple with sadistic tendencies.

Sympathy for the Devil

On Michaelmas Eve the Devil walks the Earth looking for souls to burn in Hell. Pity he's out of shape.

10:30pm - 11:30pm

The Way We Played

The friendship between two boys is tested on the eve of the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Who's My Favourite Girl?

Coming-of-age comedy as a young lad strives for his first kiss & avoids humiliation at the hands of his Mum.

Sweetie

Drama following a hard-pressed family and their efforts to get the shopping home.

Bike Thief

Mockumentary comedy following the inept life of Edinburghs #1 Bike Thief..

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