NEW SHORTS: Pulp Fictions
AFTERTASTE, dir. Chloe Wicks
Assassinations, family feuds, vampiric seductions and tough crooks are the order of the day in this selection of noir-tinged genre pieces.
Anchored by heavyweight performances from the likes of Jessica Brown-Findlay (Harlots), Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) and Louise Brealey (Sherlock), these shorts prove themselves a masterclass in plot twist - with flashes of violence, unexpected turns and some questionable characters on questionable missions.
Programmed by Philip Ilson. 71'
This programme contains blood, violence, drug use and predatory behaviour.
THE RECORDIST
Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen
Sound recordist Andrew operates from the fringes of film sets, unseen and often forgotten. When Andrew tunes into a young actress having an affair with a film director, he uses the recording to blackmail her into submitting to his perverted desires.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Through the lens of a dystopian future where slavery has become a service, the film looks to contrast the brutal with the everyday, a character who is happy to take a human life but ashamed at the thought of parking in a disabled parking space.
MR WHIPPY
As a bloody conflict between rival drug gangs operating out of ice cream vans rages in '80s Glasgow, the limits of love and loyalty are tested.
THE DARK ROAD
On the coldest morning of the year, a farmer discovers two trespassers on his land with a cryptic explanation for their presence. Compelled to learn their true purpose, he finds himself forced into a decision that will upend his moral core.
AFTERTASTE
Moll and Alfie are getting together after a few years of friendship - but she has a secret that threatens not only their budding romance, but also his life. A film about intimacy, shame and appetite.
FUEL
After being disturbed by a phone-call from a man from her past, an actress is provoked to act irrationally. To make matters more complex, the play that she stars in is also about a tumultuous relationship between a man and a woman. Here, the lines between art and reality are mesmerisingly blurred.
