New Films New Talent 2008 - Scottish Screen

ANIMATION
Last Hand
Production: Independent
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Director: Louise Lockwood
Writer: Gillian Christie
Producer: Audrey McFadden
Genre: Fiction
Format: Digibeta
Contact: audrey.mcfadden@bbc.co.uk
With everything to win and everything to lose, four
anonymous players at a high-rolling card game stake it all
on... the last hand. Last chance to make a killing. Last chance
to beat the odds. The pressure's on. Somebody's going to
snap….
The Flyer
Production: Streetwise Film Scheme
Duration: 16 minutes
Director: Andrea Harkin
Writer: Andrea Harkin
Producer: Julie McIntosh & Graham Fitzpatrick
Genre: Drama
Format: Beta SP, HD, DV Cam
Contact: info@piltonvideo.org
Polish student Anna struggles to establish a new life in
Scotland, while trying to save her long-distance relationship
with childhood sweetheart Pawel. Caught between her life
in Edinburgh and the demands of home, Anna faces up to
her new reality. BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2008
Winner for Best First Time Performance.
Little Dinosaurs
Production: Independent
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Director: Dana Dorian
Writer: Dana Dorian
Producer: Dana Dorian
Genre: Animation/Children/Comedy
Format: Digibeta, Beta SP (PAL) (NTSC), DVD (PAL) (NTSC)
Contact: dana.dorian@axisanimation.com
A five-year-old Scottish boy discusses the best way for a
group of small dinosaurs to stop a big dinosaur from picking
on them.
Night School
Production: GMAC Shortcuts
Duration: 10 minutes 35 seconds
Director: Ben Soper
Writer: Ben Soper
Producer: Katie Crook
Genre: Drama
Format: Digibeta, Beta SP, HD Cam, DVD
Contact: blueirisfilms@googlemail.com or
info@g-mac.co.uk
A young couple break into an abandoned school. Strangers
to one another they struggle to achieve the intimacy they
desire.
The Problem with Pets
Production: Graduation film, MFA Advanced Film Practice
Duration: 13 minutes
Director: Catriona Craig
Writer: Frances O’Neill
Producer: Susan Wright
Genre: Fiction/Comedy
Format: Digibeta, HD Cam, DVD
Contact: info@screenacademyscotland.ac.uk
Seven-year-old Monica blames her mum's new boyfriend
for the untimely deaths of her pets and sets out on a path
of revenge. Selected for Skillset Trailblazers at Edinburgh
International Film Festival, 2008.
Space Travel According
to John
Production: 1A Productions for Channel 4
Duration: 3 minutes
Director: Jamie Stone & Anders Jedenfors
Producer: Laura Clarke
Genre: Animated documentary/Comedy
Format: Digibeta
Contact: lauraclarke77@hotmail.com
In this short soap-powder animation, ten-year-old John
theorises on the miracle of space travel and speculates as to
what the future might have in store. Best Animation at BAFTA
Scotland Awards 2008.
Saltmark
Production: GMAC Shortcuts
Duration: 12 minutes 30 seconds
Director: Robin Haig
Writer: Robin Haig
Producer: Kat Calton & David Hancock
Genre: Drama
Format: Digibeta, Beta SP, DVD
Contact: contact@blindsideproductions.com or
info@g-mac.co.uk
In a small Scottish town, a teenage girl is forced to visit
her grandfather. When his infirmity turns their outing from
a chore into outright humiliation, she must make a stark
choice: his dignity or her own?
Styx
Production: Independent
Duration: 7 minutes
Director: Robert Robinson
Writer: Robert Robinson
Producer: Robert Robinson
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Beta SP
Contact: robertsrobinson@gmail.com
A dead man seeks to escape the cavernous realm of Limbo
by crossing the great River Styx to the afterlife.