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Shift

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SDI and ECA Shorts at Inverness Film Festival

  • Date: 11/12/2011 Time: 11:00
  • We’re delighted to have our latest Bridging the Gap: Shift shorts screening as part of the 9th Inverness Film Festival! Sam Firth’s The Worm Inside, Amy Rose’s Twinset (BTG Surprise) and Caretaker for the Lord by Jane McAllister are also part of the programme.

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Document9

Human Rights and Creative Documentary

  • Date: 10/22/2011 Time: 12:00
  • SDI is delighted to partner with Document 9 Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (20-23 October) for the screening of 3 of our latest Bridging the Gap shorts followed by a panel discussion.

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Shift at ScreenPlay in Lerwick/Shetland

  • Posted on 09.2.11
  • Our most northern outing so far with our slate of SHIFT films will be taking place tomorrow in Lerwick, Shetland during ScreenPlay (11am, Garrison Theatre), the annual film festival which is curated by critic Mark Kermode.

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Scottish documentary filmmakers get world premieres at 65th Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Posted on 06.20.11
  • Press Release 20/6/ 2010 – for immediate release Attn:  News desks / Arts correspondents Brand new docs showcasing home grown talent (23rd June) Bridging the Gap is one of the leading documentary new talent initiatives for cinema in the UK, consistently picking up awards, BAFTA’s, special mentions and festival screenings …

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Jimmy

  • Director: Martin Smith
  • Year of Production: 2011
  • Duration: 12'16''
  • Jimmy McIntosh, MBE, campaigns daily for disabled rights. Nothing can stop him, especially not his own Cerebral Palsy.

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Anne Wallace

Night Shift

  • Director: Ruth Reid
  • Year of Production: 2011
  • Duration: 9'08''
  • Anne Wallace once had a dream to help Glasgow’s working women.

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The Perfect Fit by Tali Yankelevich

The Perfect Fit

  • Director: Tali Yankelevich
  • Year of Production: 2011
  • Duration: 9'23''
  • Ballet shoes might be worn by delicate girls, but they are crafted by burly men, whose hands tell a different story…

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The Red Army

The Red Army

  • Director: Paul Ryan
  • Year of Production: 2011
  • Duration: 9'05''
  • Two unlikely fans of red squirrels go all the way to decimate the greys.

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The Suicide Gap

Under the Surface

  • Director: David R. Cairns
  • Year of Production: 2011
  • Duration: 9'05''
  • Last summer in Dundee, eight young men took their own lives. A moving encounter with those left behind.

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Screenings At Sheffield Doc/Fest

  • Posted on 06.6.11
  • The following brand new bridging the gap films will screen in Sheffield. Tickets available at Box Office and with a delegate pass: The Perfect Fit Director: Tali Yankelevich They might be worn by delicate girls, but ballet shoes are crafted by burly men. A perfectionist shoemaker pounds his soul out …

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Jimmy by Martin Smith

Shift Screening at EIFF

  • Date: 06/23/2011 Time: 14:15
  • Watch the brand new Bridging the Gap shorts at EIFF!

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I Can Smell the Cordite

I Can Smell the Cordite

  • Director: Andy Taylor Smith
  • Year of Production: 2011
  • Duration: 9'05''
  • One bunker. Two men. Christmas Eve, 1944. Or was it 2011?

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