An Evening of Shorts

Classification:

Unknown

Screening Date:

28-Nov-2023

Summary:

Back by popular demand, a varied evening of shorts!

Film Notes

Title	Director	Year	Length	Category	Synopsis
Ave Maria	Basil Khalil	2015	15 min	Comedy	Nuns of the Sisters of Mercy convent in the middle of the West Bank have their daily routine of silence and prayer disrupted when a family of religious Israeli settlers crash their car into the convent's wall.
Sam and the Plant Next Door	Ömer Sami	2019	23 min	Documentary	This Guardian documentary meets a boy growing up in the shadow of the nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C, who must choose between opposing it or benefiting from its educational bursary.
The Wheel Thing	Simon O’Neill	2023	10 min	Comedy	Psychotherapist Catherine spends her days imagining what she’d really like to tell her clients. One day a glance in a cafe connects her with Danny and everything changes. A romantic comedy about being swept off your feet, starring Samia Rida and Blaine Harrison.
Heart Valley	Christian Cargill	2022	19 min	Documentary	Heart Valley is about Welsh shepherd Wilf Davies. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the award for Best Documentary Short.
The Riot Act	Oliver Riley Smith	2017	15 min	Drama	After filming police shooting a black man, an amateur journalist takes to the streets to capture the ensuing protests. When he is attacked by riot police, he must decide whether to remain a witness or use his footage to fight back.
What's Virgin Mean?	Michael Davies	2008	2 min	Comedy	A woman cooks while her young daughter colours in a colouring book at the table. All is well until the daughter pipes up to ask her mother what "virgin" means.

What you thought about An Evening of Shorts

Film Responses

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
60 (77%)	14 (18%)	2 (3%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
Total Number of Responses: 78 Film Score (0-5): 4.68

Collated Response Comments

97 members and guests attended an evening of shorts. We received an average of 76 responses; a response rate of 78%. Here are the scores. (I will add comments later.)

What's Virgin Mean? 4.68; Heart Valley 4.45; Ave Maria 4.44; The Riot Act 3.67; Sam and the Plant Next Door 3.56; The Wheel Thing 3.50.

Ave Maria

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
46 (59%)	23 (29%)	7 (9%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
Total Number of Responses: 78 Film Score (0-5): 4.44

Sam and the Plant Next Door

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
12 (15%)	29 (37%)	30 (38%)	7 (9%)	1 (1%)
Total Number of Responses: 79 Film Score (0-5): 3.56

The Wheel Thing

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
11 (15%)	28 (38%)	26 (35%)	5 (7%)	4 (5%)
Total Number of Responses: 74 Film Score (0-5): 3.50

Heart Valley

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
41 (56%)	24 (33%)	8 (11%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Total Number of Responses: 73 Film Score (0-5): 4.45

The Riot Act

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
14 (19%)	34 (47%)	13 (18%)	8 (11%)	3 (4%)
Total Number of Responses: 72 Film Score (0-5): 3.67

What's Virgin Mean?

Excellent	Good	Average	Poor	Very Poor
60 (77%)	14 (18%)	2 (3%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)
Total Number of Responses: 78 Film Score (0-5): 4.68