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.
Amel Alzakout and her partner Khaled Abdulwahed made the powerful film Purple Sea, which shows Alzakout s struggle after her migrant vessel capsized in the Mediterranean ARTIST Amel Alzakout was escaping from war-torn Syria on a flimsy migrant boat when it capsized, throwing her into the Mediterranean with more than 300 other passengers. Crucial rescue operations were delayed by bureaucracy and 43 people died in what was the deadliest migration related tragedy in 2015. Alzakout survived – along with incredible footage from her GoPro camera, which was strapped to her wrist so she could film the journey, never expecting it would record her near death.
Top Ten Virtual Shows Across the UK and Ireland
From a critical reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ to a research project on the role of photography in the Irish civil rights movement, these are the best shows to stream
As we near the anniversary of lockdown 1.0, there are lots of reasons to feel flat and unmotivated. Nobody knows when public spaces will open up again, nor the long-term effects of this trauma writ large on society. But art can assuage some of the frustrations we’re facing. A host of platforms across the UK and Ireland have devised virtual shows that speak to and guide us out of limbo. Here are ten highlights.