Forward Film Festival: Short Films Block 8
Mockingbird CinemaThe Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham
Sun 4 Oct · 14:00
About this event
The Root of All Evil Dir. Harry Dawes 18.03 In this western adaptation of a story from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, three bounty killers in 1870s America pursue the elusive outlaw Samael Mallory, wanted for a string of violent crimes. When a ragged drifter points them toward a remote pine grove, they discover something far greater - and deadlier - than the reward they're chasing. friendship was a safe bet Dir. Nara Toktoshova 15.00 When Jen’s future becomes uncertain, she returns to England and seeks to reconnect with her estranged best friend, Andy. One afternoon. A tightrope between past and present. A glimpse at who they were, and what they could have been. I’m Toby Dir. Tom Woolley 5.25 A reclusive man’s anxiety turns to terror when his unplugged phone begins to ring, just as an eerie figure appears on his doorstep. The Hero Dir. Oliver Woolridge 9.23 At the end of the Great War, a soldier burdened with informing a mother of her son's death, faces an impossible decision... Tell her a noble lie, or the horrible truth? Man From Mars Dir. Sophia Dall'Aglio 8.34 After spending 15 years in an inter-galactic penitentiary, Jerry Miller returns to Earth Runtime: 56 minutes Rating: (TBC) Forward Festival
