COUNTDOWN - MARCEL KYRILL GARDELLI (1995)

Countdown was written and directed by German filmmaker Marcell Kyrill Gardelli. A man, bereft of his wife and child, has decided to commit suicide by setting up a contraption that means when a wind-up toy - a drumming panda - falls off the end of the table, it will trigger a shotgun. The man straps himself into a chair so as he cannot escape should he have any second thoughts. However, he then spies a baby in a pram by the busy road outside, and the pram brake is about to fail... Marcell Kyrill Gardelli has made several short films since and continues to work in Germany. If you like dramatic Countdown be sure to rate it and share it!