38th edition
17-25 january 2026

The Girl in the Red Dress

Aletta Collins

United Kingdom
2002 Fiction 13 min
Gaynor and Rory have been together for three years. Rory has been seeing someone else, and he is about to end the relationship. Gaynor knows it. After a party, they walk home together. This late-night walk is probably their last...
With : Shirley Henderson, Charlie Condou, Jenny Eclair
Screenplay : Jill Parker
Image : Gavin Struthers
Sound : Joe Walters, Richard Street
Editing : George Akers
Production : Cacti Films LTD // 40ª Stanlake Road, London W12 7HL, Royaume-Uni // Tél et fax : +44 (0) 20 8354 0289 // Email : office@cactifilms.freeserve.co.uk
Aletta Collins was born in London and studied at the London Contemporary Dance School. Since then, she has worked in opera and theatre throughout Europe as a choreographer and director. As a choreographer, her film work includes The man who knew too little, by Jon Amiel, and Regina, by Maria Sigurdardottir. The girl in the red dress is her first short film.