Gasman is a 15-minute short film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. Released in 1998, Set in the 1970s it stars Ramsay's niece and namesake Lynne Ramsay Jr. as Lynne, a young girl who discovers her father's not-so-secret infidelity at a Christmas party.^[1] The film is filmed and set in Glasgow. The film received critical attention and premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival where it received the Short Film Palme d'Or. It also received the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film nomination.

The film is available on the Cinema 16: World Short Films and Cinema 16: European Short Films (US Special Edition) DVDs, and as a bonus feature on the Ratcatcher DVD in the UK and the US.

Plot

Set in the 1970s it stars Ramsay's niece and namesake Lynne Ramsay Jr. as Lynne, a young girl who discovers her father's not-so-secret infidelity at a Christmas party. The film is filmed and set in Glasgow.

Cast

• Lynne Ramsay Jr. as Lynne
• Martin Anderson as Steven
• James Ramsay as Da
• Denise Flannagan as Ma
• Jackie Quinn as Woman
• Lisa Taylor as Girl
• Robert McEwan as Boy

Release

• The film is available on the Cinema 16: World Short Films and Cinema 16: European Short Films (US Special Edition) DVDs
• This short film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Ratcatcher (1999).^[2]

Awards and nominations