CARETAKER FOR THE LORD
UK 2010
16 mins
Director: Jane McAllister

A fragile community tries to save a run-down Church in Glasgow’s east end. As line dancing and yoga illuminate the church hall, the Minister bitterly preaches that the Church has lost its direction and should be left to die. The broken building trembles in this battle for space and souls.

NIGHT SHIFT
UK 2011
9 mins
Director: Ruth Reid

Anne Wallace had a dream of helping Glasgow’s working women. Her tireless campaigning soon got her a double-decker bus, and the ‘Ministry of Salt and Light’ was founded.

UNDER THE SURFACE
UK 2011
9 mins
Director: David R. Cairns

Last summer in Dundee, eight young men took their own lives. The city was in shock as the deaths mounted, week on week. This film revisits their relatives, six months later. Giving up on asking ‘why?’ parents are trying to get on with their lives. One mother, Carol, now has something new to live for: a granddaughter

I CAN SMELL THE CORDITE
UK 2011
9 mins
Director: Andy Taylor Smith

One bunker. Two men. Christmas Eve, 1944. Or was it 2011?

THE PERFECT FIT
UK 2011
9 mins
Director: Tali Yankelevich

Ballet shoes might be worn by delicate girls, but they are crafted by burly men whose hands tell a very different story. A perfectionist shoemaker pounds his soul out making each pair as he tries to ease the burden on the dancers’ feet.

JIMMY
UK 2011
12 mins
Director: Martin Smith

Jimmy McIntosh, MBE campaigns for disabled rights. Nothing can stop him - especially not Cerebral Palsy. Follow a day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh through his own eyes.

TWINSET
UK 2010
12 mins
Director: Amy Rose

Tea and cake, stilettos and gentle murmurs; old ladies in an Essex church welcome a towering transvestite into their midst. But families ask questions that polite old ladies do not dare; this is an observational film about courage and the price of happiness.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE
UK 2011
16 mins
Director: Amber Cherry Eames

Set in the Scottish Highlands, this short film explores the history of deforestation and its effect on today's remaining Caledonian pine forests. The film examines behaviours which are now considered essential for the regeneration of Scotland's ancient forests.