After dropping out of university, Qiang hides from the world by living in his car and scraping a living as a minicab driver. But when his Mum calls to ask where he is, Qiang is forced to face up to his lies at great risk to his own mental health.
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After dropping out of university, Qiang hides from the world by living in his car and scraping a living as a minicab driver. But when his Mum calls to ask where he is, Qiang is forced to face up to his lies at great risk to his own mental health.
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Galina Chakarova
film editor
Gliding
2021 | 5 min | BFI Network x BAFTA Crew
A young girl gliding through life on her roller blades has to contend with the pandemic and leaving this blissful life behind.
writer & director Galina Chakarova | producer Timothy Porter | director of photography Suzanne Smith | composer Samuel Pegg | edited by Galina Chakarova & Gaz Evans | sound redordist Haresh Patel | sound designer Chiara Cabri | colourist Mark Slobodian | Stills by Vlad Stoilkoff


Official Selection:
25th International Film Festival Winterthur
34th Minimalen Short Film Festival
10th Walthamstow Short Film Festival
45th LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers
Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival - Semi Finalist

