UK Shorts 2

Total: 95 mins 7 secs

Prepare yourself to be transported back in time with this wonderful selection of period dramas.  Emotions run high within high class society when a scandal emerges, and a duel with a difference doesn’t quite set the record straight.  A starving man is pushed into desperate measures, and a jester’s tomfoolery has his life hanging in the balance.

Saturday 14th October Available for 48 hrs from 6:00pm
Thursday 5th October 4:20pm - Light Cinema Screen 1 Sunday 8th October 2:40pm - Light Cinema Screen 1

Tree of Many Faces

Johannes Magnus Aule
United Kingdom, 2023
18:30 mins
Anna wants nothing more than to love and to be loved, but when her feelings become unrequited her aching heart falls prey to the powers of the dark.

National Film and Television School

Tommies

Brian Fairbairn,
Karl Eccleston
United Kingdom, 2022
14:51 mins
In Regency-era London five women waiting for a carriage descend into a frenzy of vicious gossip about a notorious scandal - with devastating results.

A Dishonourable Death

BLOK
United Kingdom, 2022
12:13 mins
Set in 1837, we bear witness to a gentleman's duel on the outskirts of London, England... A case of mistaken identity, poor timekeeping, injured pride masquerading as honour, a set of incredibly old and unreliable duelling pistols, and what we have is a whirlwind journey of oddity and quite a bit of...

OCRAS

Nick Alexander
United Kingdom, 2022
16:40 mins
During the 1847 Irish famine, a young boy is pushed to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.

National Film and Television School

The Herring Girls

Rekha Garton
United Kingdom, 2022
16:04 mins
Annag is alone, lost, fighting for her sanity. Awake and dreaming, she is drawn to the shoreline, yearning for the deep coastal waters. By day she feels the eyes of The Herring Girls on her as she pulls and tears at the fish alongside them, trying to hide her slipping grasp of reality. Do they know ...

The Licensed Fool

Gareth Bowen
United Kingdom, 2023
16:49 mins
A travelling court jester, known as The Licensed Fool, begins to unravel when he learns of a sinister motive behind him being hired for an upcoming performance.