One of the more heartwarming images in the news recently has been seeing Ukrainian refugees being welcomed by their eastern European neighbours. But there’s been very few mentions of how centuries-old European hostility to the Roma people, gypsies, and Travellers, has prevailed. These Ukrainians with an equally urgent need for refuge from violent Russian invaders have been met all too often with closed doors and closed borders.
Short Circuit: Glasgow Short Film Festival interview
Get the lowdown on Glasgow Short Film Festival s second online edition. They tell us what they ve learned after a year of digital festivals and give us some hints about this year s event, which includes dogs and dance but absolutely no Zoom-based dramas Feature by Jamie Dunn | 10 Mar 2021
Later this month, Glasgow Short Film Festival will become the first UK cinema event forced to go virtual for a second time as we pass the one year mark since COVID-19 began to run rampant through the UK population. The 2020 edition was due to take place 18 March, but it became clear it would be unsafe to do so; lockdown 1.0 went into force two days later.