Matt Lloyd was a short film programmer at the Edinburgh International Film Festival from 2004 to 2008. His critical history of the EIFF, "How the Movie Brats Took Over Edinburgh", was published in 2011. He has been involved in the programming or production of several Scottish film festivals, including two high-profile Highland events with Mark Cousins and Tilda Swinton. Matt has led the GSFF since 2010 and chairs the selection committee for the Scottish competition.
New currents in French and German short film cinema
Tue 26 NovJoin us to enjoy the best of French and German short film at the Goethe-Institut Glasgow, curated by Matt Lloyd (Director of the Glasgow Short Film Festival), in collaboration with the Institut français d’Écosse.
Following the film screening, we look forward to a Q&A with Matt Lloyd.
The following films will be shown:
L’Effort commercial (Store Policy) by Sarah Arnold | France | 2020 | 17 mins
Lea starts a summer job as a cashier in a large supermarket chain. In an empty and cold environment, she soon discovers the underlying violence in the workplace. Winner of the International Audience Award, GSFF 2021
Der Molchkongress (The Newt Congress) by Immanuel Esser, Matthias Sahli | Germany, Switzerland | 2022 | 16 mins
Giant talking newts have been used both for work and as laboratory animals for years. Delegates come together in a conference building surrounded by nature to optimize the exploitation of animals. A free adaptation of Karel Čapek’s 1936 novel “War with the Newts”.
Le Mal des Ardents (Ardent Other) by Alice Brygo | France | 2022 | 16 mins
A stunned crowd faces a fire. The threat has no name; a diffuse fear is spreading. Fear must be summoned; the fire must be transformed into a sign.
Backflip by Nikita Diakur | Germany | 2022 | 12 mins
Attempting a backflip is not safe. You can break your neck, fall on your head or land badly on your wrists. None of this is pretty, so my avatar does the trick. He practices on a 6-core processor using machine learning. The processor is not the latest but still calculates 6 hops per iteration. One iteration lasts one minute, which is 360 jumps in an hour and 8,640 jumps in a day. I couldn’t jump that much myself.
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