BFF: Competition Shorts Programme 3

BBFC RatingBFF: Competition Shorts Programme 3

Showing: 02 November 2024

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Sat 2 Nov 2024

CertificateNot Rated
Year2024
GenreShorts
Running Time1HR
Extra InfoRecommended 18+
SeasonBelfast Film Festival

Belfast Film Festival is proud to support the medium of short film, and this annual competition is made up of early-to-mid career and established filmmakers from the island of Ireland.

The Painted Man - Dan Colley -12 mins

In a grey and lifeless suburb, The Painted Man appears. A street performer who never looks the same twice; his larger-than-life costumes and his entrancing performances capture the attention of quiet young George. The unexpected kinship that blossoms between them is strikingly depicted in this touching ode to outsiders. 

Yara - James Doherty - 12 mins

A Syrian father and daughter find themselves in rural Ireland. Haunted by memories of the past the father descends into a paranoid spiral, sealing himself and his daughter off from the outside world. Prickly, anxious and heartbreaking, Yara is a nightmarish look into the refugee experience.

In Heat - Rory Fleck Byrne - 20 mins

A recovering sex addict on the verge of relapse is pulled into a surreal odyssey of his subconscious. With a stunning central performance from Ben Whishaw, In Heat renders the canyons of the mind through a beachy psychosis, using dance and movement to convey the protagonist’s deteriorating mind.

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