Film
Short Films
We are passionate about creating independent cinema. Listed below are all of the award winning short films that we have produced and worked on thus far in our humble journey.
Etwas Nutzlos (2023) by Eric J. Liddle
Directed by Eric J. Liddle and produced by Humble Film Productions, Etwas Nutzlos is an experimental short created purely out of still images, examining a failing relationship in the lonely yet familiar urban jungle of Berlin.
The short is about to start its festival run and is another example of uncompromising surrealism that is sure to spark debate with every audience that sees it. So far it has been selected by the INEFF Experimental Fiction Festival 2023 in Manchester and Experimental Brasil 2023 in Rio De Janeiro, as well as being screeed at Shortscape 2023 and The HB Film Festival 2023. Its next screening will be at London Experimental 2024.
Read what the UK Film Review had to say about our latest short film.
1815 (2022) by Neil Boyle
Directed by Neil Boyle and produced by Toria Cassidy and Humble Film Productions, 1815 follows the journey of two broken men as they navigate the repercussions of the Scottish Highland Clearances.
The film was produced independently as we managed to self-raise £30,000 of funding for the production. You can find out more about this successful campaign by visiting the funding page.
The short enjoyed a hugely succesful festival circuit run, having been selected for Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023, Idyllwild Cinema Fest 2023, Venezia Shorts 2022, Berlin International Art Film Festival 2022, New York: Lift Off Festival 2022 and The HB Film Festival.
At this years Scottish Short Film Festival, 1815 picked up 7 award wins, including Best Cinematography for our own Kasparas Vidunas.
Shot by Kasparas Vidunas, edited by Eric J. Liddle, and production design by Urte Rusteikaite of Humble Film Productions.
The film is now available to stream online for free on the STV Player.
Sunshine Periphery (2021) by Eric J. Liddle
Sunshine Periphery is a short film written and directed by Humble founder Eric J. Liddle and edited by Humble founder Kasparas Viduñas.
This is an ambitious project that saw a Scottish-German-US-American co-production independently (crowd)-fund approximately $20,000 to enable us to head to the States to shoot our surrealist neo-noir. You can find more information about their successful campaign by visiting the funding page.
The team, consisting of experienced filmmakers working within the industry in Berlin and Munich, alongside the Humble team in Glasgow, worked together to an arthouse short in the vein of Maya Deren and Luis Buñuel shot in a location synonymous with surrealism: California.
Sponsors for this project included Tilta, Zeiss Cinematography, and ARRI. You can read about DOP Julian Schmidt's experience shooting the film on the Zeiss Lenspire Blog.
Awards and Screenings:
Moscow Shorts International Film Festival 2020
Rolling Ideas Film Festival 2020
TMFF: The Monthly Film Festival 2020 Winner: Best Experimental. Nominee: Best Original Score
Short to the Point May 2020 Winner: Best Narrative Short, Best Production Design
Short Film Factory 2020
Andromeda International Film Festival 2020
Lift Off Global Network Sessions 2020
FICE Buenos Aires 2020
Reviews
BILLYNOTREALLY (2021) by Kasparas Vidunas & Eric J. Liddle
BILLYNOTREALLY is a micro-short film written, directed and edited by Humble directors Kasparas Vidunas & Eric J Liddle. The short film was created for a BIFA micro competition in which filmmakers were asked to make a 3 minute horror short in lockdown. Creating a film completely out of still images, Kaspar and Eric used a friend and a typewriter to make an atmospheric drama that delves into the psyche of a lonely, tormented man.
The Wind Outside (2020) by Kasparas Vidunas
The Wind Outside is a micro-short film written, directed and edited by Humble director Kasparas Vidunas. The short film was made during the COVID lockdown of 2020 and delves into the social anxiety and political climate surrounding the unprecedented situation of the virus. Created ingeniously with a mannequin and a shoebox, this is a surreal short that shows Kaspars creative capacity and filmmaking talent.
Mister Swolo (2018) by Eric J. Liddle
