PEEKABOO
UK 35mm 18 mins Director/Screenplay Hannah Gal Producer Hannah Judah DoP Ed Mash Cast Eileen Nichols, Andrew Neil, Robert Timmons Print Source hannah@gal.co.uk

A stranger than fiction horror story, based on true events that shocked America in 1970. Announced on the main evening news: a thirteen year old girl is discovered in LA suburb after being held prisoner in a room, harnessed to a potty chair for twelve years.

DREAM SHADOWS
Germany Super16 18 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Steffen Groth DoP Philipp Kirsamer Cast Bernadette Heerwagen, David Bennent, Svenja Benecke Print Source info@amad-productions.com

A young psychology student, caught up in the constant analysis of her life, learns that there are other people to care about than just herself. That, at times, is tough. A moral fairytale.

FLUENT DYSPHASIA
Ireland HD 16 mins Director/Screenplay Daniel O’Hara Producer Grainne O’Carroll DoP Fergal O’Hanlon Cast Stephen Rea, Jayne Stynes, Paddy C Courtney Print Source doughproductions@ireland.com

Murph wakes up, mysteriously speaking perfect Irish – which he never could before – and having forgotten how to speak English. There’s nothing funny about fluent dysphasia.

SIX SHOOTER
UK/Ireland 16mm 27 mins Director/Screenplay Martin McDonagh Producers Mia Bays, Kenton Allen DoP Baz Irvine Cast Brendan Gleeson, Ruaidhri Conroy, David Wilmot Print Source miabays@yahoo.co.uk

On a train journey home through rural Ireland, a man whose wife has just died that morning encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball. His outlandish words and actions set in motion a chain of events that lead inexorably to the tale’s dark and dangerous conclusion.

WAVERLEY
UK 35mm 26 mins Director/Screenplay Piers Thompson Producer Susan Picken DoP Nanu Segal Cast Angela Pleasance Print Source susanpicken@blueyonder.co.uk

An elderly woman’s life is interrupted by an unforeseen accident.

Six Shooter will also play in UK Selection