Travel broadens the mind they say. Well perhaps for some. Others just get lost, tricked or abandoned along the way. Take a walk into the unknown in our final international selection.
Scottish Premiere
Patrick Bergeron; Canada; 2008; 5min
The view from a train to Hanoi runs forwards and backwards in the search for forgotten details, mimicking the way memories are replayed in the mind.
Scottish Premiere
Àlex Brendemühl; Spain; 2009; 12min
Two men dressed in football stripes wander through nature. They meet a woman on the road. The beginning of something or nothing, perhaps.
Scottish Premiere
Nathan Rae; UK; 2009; 10min
A unique portrait of Britain on the move, told from the perspectives of a hitchhiker and the strangers who invite him into their cars and lives.
Jørn Utkilen; UK; 2009; 15min
In this modern re-working of a classic fairytale, a young girl discovers that the adult world can be a dangerous place.
Scottish Premiere
Vladimir Leschiov; Latvia; 2009; 6min
A former pilot looks back over his life - everything that took place on the journey from an airstrip to an abandoned boat house.
UK Premiere
Tsai Ming-Liang; Italy/Taiwan/France; 2008; 36min
Puccini’s heroine in a bus station in Kuala Lumpur, without enough money to pay for her ticket.
Curated by The Magic Lantern
This screening will be followed by networking drinks courtesy of Central Station.
