His films have been screened at festivals all over the world, showcased on Dazed, Random Acts, BBC iPlayer, Arrow Player, Alter and televised on Film4. Labelled a “natural descendant of the Cinema of Transgression”, his work is visceral, paradoxically beautiful and disturbing – a juxtaposition of the uncanny and the surreal. Ferguson is a self-taught writer/director from Glasgow. Synopsis: It’s 1987 and two metalheads have opened a gateway to hell under the instructions of a satanic aerobics tape.īio: Bryan M.

My films are all full of patter quite colloquial to Glasgow, so it’s always a real boost when people from other countries see them and enjoy them.” I’m really chuffed to have Short Circuit getting the film out there and being seen at such amazing festivals alongside short films I’m a massive fan of. “I was honoured to have my wee film included in the Short Circuit Film Tour. His work tends to look at the grittier side of the city through a darkly comic lens. Synopsis: 12-year-old Reece must brave the mean streets of Glasgow at night in order to shepherd his drunk father home safely in this semi-autobiographical short film.īio: James Price is a self taught screenwriter and filmmaker from the North of Glasgow. You can read full details about this event and Short Circuit’s Industry Day here.īelow you can find out more about the filmmakers, their shorts and what they’ve most enjoyed about being involved in the touring programme: Boys Night Industry Pass-holders will have the opportunity to meet the filmmakers whose shorts have featured in our touring programme during our Screening In Scotland event from 4pm-5.30pm. On Wednesday 3rd of March Short Circuit will be taking over Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Programme. Now the programme is coming home to Scotland and will be available on Glasgow Film Festival’s Press and Industry Platform for the duration of the Industry Programme (from Monday 1st – Saturday 6th March). The Short Circuit: Screening from Scotland touring programme has already screened as part of Show Me Shorts film festival in New Zealand and Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland. Over the last few months Short Circuit has taken five short fiction films from Scotland on tour, highlighting the wealth of diversity and talent that our emerging filmmakers have to offer.

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