Forward Film Festival: Short Films Block 3
Mockingbird CinemaThe Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham
Fri 2 Oct · 19:30
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Crosswinds Dir. Kit Brown 10.56 Ava comes to visit her Grandfather, he tries to hide his failing health from her. Fatherhood Dir. Robin De Vernon Ryding 22.22 Lee is a hardworking father-to-be but is struggling to balance his responsibilities. His crippling self doubt stems from his resentment towards of his own father who abandoned him at a very young age and his mother who constantly reminds him of his failures. However, his budding relationship with an elderly local customer sparks a bond he had been yearning for all his life. Mates Dir. Rory Pearson 14.20 Two old friends reunite in an Inner West Sydney terrace, but something simmers beneath the surface. What does it truly mean to be 'mates'? Jackie Is Lost Dir. Maximillian King 10.39 Jackie is forced out of retirement as she struggles with the cost of living, and she begins work at a storage unit facility. On her first day, Jackie loses her way and is tormented by a shadow. As the film explores Jackie’s isolation, loneliness, memory, and age, we begin to wonder how real the unsettling environment of the storage unit truly is. Jackie Is Lost is a surreal thriller that follows the mundane life of a pensioner encouraged out of retirement. Through Jackie’s lonely routine at home, as well as her purgatorial place of work in a storage facility, the film explores the liminality and isolation of invisible people. Staring Karen Henthorn (Time, C4, Eastenders, BBC) as Jackie, and Tim Downie (Toast of London, BBC Big Mood, Channel 4, Geek Girl, Netflix) as Manager, and Nell Hudson (Outlander, Starz, Victoria, ITV). Jackie Is Lost is made independently and entirely self-funded. Runtime: 55 minutes Rating: (TBC) Forward Festival
