Small Deaths

United Kingdom

1996

11 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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DP Alwin H. Kuchler, Lynne Ramsay

CAST Anne McLean, James Ramsay, Lynne Ramsay Jr., Genna Gillan, Jodie McCartney, Thomas Mullen, Ryan Rafferty

SOUND Trevor Powell

Cannes (Short Films): Jury Prize, Rotterdam (Main Programme)

Synopsis

Based on personal memories and experiences of childhood, set in and around a Glasgow housing scheme. A triptych of moments of reflection and loss in one girl’s childhood and adolescence. –Cannes Film Festival

Director

Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is an award-winning Scottish film director, best known for the feature films Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar.

Ramsay won the 1996 Cannes Prix de Jury for her graduation film, the short “Small Deaths”. Her second short film, “Kill the Day”, won the Clemont Ferrand Prix du Jury; her third, “Gasman”, won her another Cannes Prix du Jury in addition to a Scottish BAFTA for Best Short Film.

Ratcatcher (1999), Ramsay’s debut feature, won critical acclaim and numerous awards. It was screened at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival, winning her the Guardian New Directors prize. She also won the Carl Foreman Award for Newcomer in British Film at the 2000 BAFTA Awards, the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival and the Silver Hugo for Best Director at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Morvern Callar (2002) won Samantha Morton the British Independent… read more

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StellaWasaDiver

24Oct12

I liked the idea behind the film, as reflected in its title, that it captures the "small deaths" we experience growing up. Like the first time you realized that people lie, or that your parents aren't always right. Ramsay uses slow and quiet scenes for her deaths. I'm not much of a fan of short films or stories because they're over before you can even get into them, so I was predisposed not to like this. That being said, it was decent and you could milk it for some good stills.