Here's Our Future In Front Of Us (2011)
20 minutes
A young couple, Sally and Stuart, want to know if they will spend their whole lives together, so Stuart has gone forward in time to find out. The film begins on his return, when he must reveal to his girlfriend everything the future has in store for them.
Written and directed by Jessica McDermott.
Birthday Day (2012)
8 minutes
A surreal short based on the stand up comedy of Michael Redmond. Michael is going on a date with his less than conventional girlfriend for her birthday treat.
Written by Michael Redmond, and directed by Jessica McDermott.
Is It Me You're Looking For? (2011)
8 minutes
This comedy short follows the unsuccessful progress of a serial dater. What is she doing to put them all off?
Made for the Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project co-written by Jessica McDermott, and directed by Bernd Porr.
Five Memories (2012)
7 minutes
In this sci-fi short, Vasso is searching through other people’s memories on a mission to locate a target. But will she find them in time?
Made for the Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project co-written by Jessica McDermott, and directed by Bernd Porr.
Little Red Riding Hood (2006)
3 minutes
Little Red Riding Hood is on her way to visit her grandmother when she encounters a wolf. A vision of the classic fairy tale retold through hand-painted photographic stills.
Fairy tale thriller photographed and directed by Jessica McDermott.
Music: Le Petit Nicholas by Gabriel Yared.
Miss Havisham: A Very Victorian Hermit(2010)
5 minutes
An experimental short film that considers the character of Great Expectations' Miss Havisham, and attempts to answer how she came to be the cantankerous hermit that appears in Dickens' novel.
Written and directed by Jessica McDermott.
Life of Brian (2008)
5 minutes
Brian has pictorial references to his life all over his body. This film uses photographic stills and off-screen narration to tell the story of one man’s life through his tattoos.
Documentary photographed and directed by Jessica McDermott.
Music: King Tubby Meets The Rockers by Ernest Ranglin
Saratoga Trunk (2006)
6 minutes
A glimpse into a vintage clothes warehouse run as a family business in Anderston, Glasgow, after it has changed hands from mother to son.
Documentary directed by Jessica McDermott.
Music: One by U2, performed by Johnny Cash.