Childminder
Detective John Hay is told his young son has been kidnapped and he has just 15 minutes to reach him. Forced into a desperate race against time he fights to overcome obstacles the kidnapper has prepared whilst piecing together the identity of his tormentor. In the final moments he is has to face the truth about the role he has played in this deadly game and the impact on his son, who will never again see his father with innocent eyes.
Nurse #1
'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house
Elsie
Casim (Atta Yaqub), un joven escocés de origen paquistaní, es un DJ que sueña con abrir un club con su mejor amigo. Sus padres, que emigraron al Reino Unido en los años sesenta, tienen en Glasgow una tienda de comestibles y prensa. Siguiendo la tradición musulmana, han decidido que Casim se case con su prima Jasmine. Casim tiene dos hermanas: Rucksana, la mayor, está prometida a un un joven del agrado de sus padres. Tahara, la pequeña, de carácter rebelde, está terminando sus estudios en un instituto católico, donde Roisin (Eva Birthistle) es su profesora de música. Cuando Casim y Roisin se conocen, se sienten atraídos, pero mantienen su relación en secreto, pues las diferencias religiosas y culturales son un obstáculo insalvable para la familia de Casim.
