A terrible enigma plagues pedestrians. A surreal sensibility and preoccupation with sound characterises the acclaimed work of Jamie Thraves, a graduate of the Royal College of Art and previously one of the British Film Institute’s New Directors.
Tilda Swinton plays an other-wordly traveller experiencing the madness of modern urban living. With rhythmic stop-motion photography and compelling music by Orbital, this is a striking début by two new film-makers.
Three hoodlums prepare to execute a hostage. Hours later some children find the signs of their activity. Both tense and grimly humorous, Barrie White’s latest short was made for the BFI’s New Directors scheme.
A reflective triptych of passionless moments during one girl’s adolescence in Glasgow. Cinematographer Lynne Ramsay’s powerful graduation film for the National Film & Television School won the Critics’ Prize for best short at last year’s Cannes festival.
