International Narrative Shorts 1:
It’s Natural to be Afraid
Director:Justin Doherty
- UK 2010
- 9 min 30 sec
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
Mya is coming into this country. Sam is coming out of mourning. Ryan is coming into adulthood. Are any of them where they want to be? Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
Kirmizi Alarm – Red Alert
Director:Emre Akay
- Turkey 2010
- 15 min
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
A few hours before his TV speech, the president of the Conservative Turkey Party has a lot on his mind. But most important of all, can the indispensable red necktie be found in time? Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
Bathing & the Single Girl
Director:Christine Ellis McCarthy
- USA 2010
- 11 min
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
An eleven minute comedy about the horrors of dating and bathing with younger men! Can you ever get clean again?!? Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
The Secret Friend
Director:Flavio Aldes
- USA / Brazil 2010
- 15 min
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
Veteran actress Viola Harris (The Other Guys, Sex and the City 2) gives a remarkable performance alongside Siobhan Fallon (Men in Black, Forrest Gump) in this poignant and subtly playful story. Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
Sidewalk Wars
Director:Hans Montelius
- Sweden 2010
- 2 min 24 sec
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
Late at night in a lonely city intersection, a life-and-death battle breaks out amongst the little men trapped inside the street posts. Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
A Love Story in Milk
Director:Danann Breathnach
- UK 2010
- 2 min 9 sec
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
The most romantic film you'll ever see with two milk cartons. Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
Arbeiter Verlassen Die Fabrik – Workers Leaving the Factory
Director:Anna Linke
- UK 2010
- 10 min 29 sec
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
Karin works in a metal factory where she spends day after day, performing the same monotonous tasks. When a new worker begins his job in the factory, it seems to be the end of this drab life. Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
Nancy, Sid & Sergio
Director:Craig Pickles
- UK 2010
- 18 min 34 sec
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
When God and the Devil go on a rock climbing weekend in Wales it's down time, a chance to call a temporary truce. But, when they discover Nancy slumped at the bottom of a cliff, old rivalries soon surface when she joins them for a day of adventure. Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1
La Orquestra de las Mariposas – The Butterfly Orchestra
Director:Isabel Soria
- Spain 2010
- 16 min
- Colour
- Oct 31 2011-Oct 31 2011
Federico is a lonely and withering orchestra conductor. He is unable to conduct an imaginary orchestra without the instruments sounding out of time and out of tune, until some unexpected and surprising performers turn up to help him. Click here to book tickets for entire international narrative shorts - programme 1

