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The Skinny Glasgow Short Film Festival returns for its 14th edition The mighty Glasgow Short Film Festival reveals the films in its two competitions, and shares its 2021 launch trailer Article by Jamie Dunn | 17 Feb 2021 Glasgow Short Film Festival becomes the first annual film festival to have to go virtual twice, as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on the UK film exhibition scene. While the 2020 festival took place during the pandemic, it was mostly curated beforehand, meaning GSFF will be able to address our changed world more directly in its lineup this year. “We have bee...

GLASGOW Film Festival (GFF) will this year feature Welcome To, a programme of films and events, with a focus on black Scottish films, filmmakers and history, from March 4 to 6. Programmed by Tomiwa Folorunso and Natasha Ruwona, the programme focuses on and attempts to collate some of the many contributions made by black people in Scotland, as well as bringing to the forefront the presences of those who have and do walk the land. Welcome To will screen six films, a mix of shorts and feature-lengths, divided into two main focuses. The first, Welcome To: A Focus On Black Women Filmmakers, ...

Mexican femicide  short drama The Road Is A Red Thread has won the top prize at 16 Days 16 Films, the short film competition aimed at raising awareness of gender-based violence. The short, directed by Mexico’s Melissa Elizondo Moreno, centres on femicide – the murder of women because they are women – and draws attention to the thousands who ‘disappear’ each year in Mexico. The award, announced on Wednesday in London via a streamed online event, includes a cash prize of £2,000 ($2,700) and the opportunity for Moreno to create a new public service announcement for UK Says No More, ...