Strawberry Shorts Film Festival 2015 Programme 1

15 certificate

Friday 5 June 2015: Screening 20:00

Crack

Crack

Director: Peggie Clark

Everyone loves a game of Mind the Crack…

The fifth in a comedy short film series by O’Shea & O’Gaukroger. Written for O&O comedy duo by Anthony Lear.

(0:30, Comedy, UK, 2014)

Ants Apartment

Ants Apartment

Director: Tofigh Amani

This is a story concerning a family living in the ants apartment. Set in the Iraqi desert, a few years after the war, time slowly passes…

(10:38, Drama, Kurdistan-Iraq , 2014)

The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture

Director: Daisy Jacobs

You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!’ But Mother won’t go, and two brothers lives unravel as she clings on. Life-size animated characters tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent.

(7:00, Animation, UK, 2014)

Four postcards to Marta

Four postcards to Marta

Director: Hernán Talavera

A small film made around a few intimate and simple postcards that were sent to the film makers girlfriend when she returned home to Latvia in the autumn of 2014

(10:03, Documentary, Spain, 2015)

Marea(Tides)

Marea(Tides)

Director: Adam Breier

At the beach, Camelia plans to celebrate her son Angel’s birthday. Provoked by the disappearance of his father, Angel runs off and Camelia is forced to begin a search that will lead her to confront the failure of her family.

(15:20, Drama, Cuba, 2013)

Service Movement Desire

Service Movement Desire

Director: James Baker

A short film celebrating the history of Cambridge City Football Club. The film explores the site’s evolution from accent gravel pit to the home of Cambridge City.

(5:11, Documentary, UK, 2014)

That’s why we are here

That's why we are here

Director: Nils Strüven

The church is his profession, his life, his world, but what he once used to do with passion is now nothing more than tedious routine…

(8:30, Comedy, Germany, 2014)