FRIDGE
Short Films: Fridge shown with Close (cert 15)
Sunday 15 May, 18:30 (£5)Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
Gary Lewis will introduce and talk about these two short films made in Govanhill in the 1990s, written and directed by Peter Mullan to be screened at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall.
In Fridge, a young boys' game in a backcourt in Glasgow goes wrong, resulting in one of them being trapped in a discarded fridge. In the hours that follow, the responsibility for this young life falls into the hands of Alice (Vicky Masson) and Rudy (Gary Lewis) who are themselves homeless, friendless, and on the verge of chronic alcoholism.
Fridge was winner of 12 international awards, including BAFTA Scotland, Best Short Film Award 1995; Cork International Film Festival Best European Short Film (joint award) 1995; Atlantic Film Festival Best Short Film Award 1995; Grand Prize of the Bilbao International Film Festival 1995.