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BFFS Short Film Marketplace
Cinema for All 2005/17 mins/4:3/mono A film about film societies, made by people who've been there and done it. BFFS Scotland's celebrated short film, directed by Ian Rintoul and produced by BFFS's Ian Kerr. If you have broadband, you can download it for free by clicking here, but please note, the filesize is around 1g, and you will need to expand the archive with Stuffit Expander before encoding it and burning it to DVD.
The Gift 2005/9 mins The Gift is the story of a young girl who rescues a seal and visits the sea prince in his underwater palace. She is very happy until one night she dreams of home. The lonely prince, sad to see her go, gives her a beautiful mysterious shell. Back home, she discovers she has been away many years, her family have gone and the house is overgrown. In desperation she returns to the beach and opens the shell. She discovers that it contains the gift of time…
The animation is drawn in sand, which creates fluid fragile images expressing the sense of transience and time lost. The Gift was commissioned by Channel Four in association with Scottish Screen. It has been shown on Channel Four (Christmas 2006) and selected for numerous international film festivals, including Edinburgh, Berlin, Zagreb, Hiroshima, Rio de Janeiro and Palm Springs, Los Angeles. It is suitable for adult and young audiences.
DVD (price £12 inc. permission to show, VAT & postage) "Brilliant - a unique film experience" (John Salisbury, BFFS)
Show me an extract from The Gift in Quicktime format A Far Cry 2006/15 mins/Dir: Gary O'Brien/Scr: Paul Laight/Cast: Philip Delancy, Emily Stronge In the aftermath of a battle between British and German troops, Private Miles finds an orphaned baby on the battlefield. Collecting and protecting the child he must get back to HQ, making his way through enemy-infested territory. A reluctant surrogate father, Miles, ultimately is faced with a horrendous dilemma: he must choose between his own life and that of the infant.
The film is available on DVD from the original DV CAM master. It has 16 Bit 48Khz Stero Sound and is in a PAL 16:9 video format. The DVD is available for £12 each. This includes the rights to unlimited screenings, and the postage and packing. To buy a copy, send a cheque for £12, made payable to Paul Laight, with your return address to:
Fix Films Ltd, It would also be very much appreciated if you could help our market research by including any information regarding which film society you represent, and how many times you intend to show the film.
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