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FRIDAY EVENT VENUE
6pm - 10pm Opening Night Party (Invite Only) Shop 4, The Old Truman Brewery P.18
SATURDAY EVENT VENUE
12pm - 1:10pm Official Selection Edit the Environment Screening G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.19
1:30pm - 2:30pm Panel: The Life of a BAFTA-winning Short Film G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.19
3pm - 4:10pm Official Selection Documentary Screening G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.20
4:30pm - 5:30pm Panel: Writing for Diversity 5, The Old Truman Brewery P.20
#SMALLSFF19 4:30pm - 6pm Barbican Q&A Session Barbican Cinema 3 P.21
6pm - 7:10pm Official Selection Comedy Screening G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.21
7:30pm - 8:30pm Official Selection Music Video Screening G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.21
SUNDAY EVENT VENUE
12:15pm - 1:25pm Official Selection Student Screening G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.22
2pm - 3pm Panel: How To Get Your Film Funded G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.22
3:30pm - 4:40pm Official Selection Animation Screening G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.23
5:15pm - 18:30pm Official Selection Drama Screening 5, The Old Truman Brewery P.23
Keynote Speaker: Rob How 7pm - 8pm G5, The Old Truman Brewery P.24 Producer - Chernobyl, Trainspotting
MONDAY EVENT VENUE
Shop 4 and G5, 6pm - 10pm Closing Night Awards Gala (Invite Only) P.25 The Old Truman Brewery
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Still from Scenes From A Dry City
Opening Night Party 12pm - 1.10pm 6pm - 10pm Official Selection Edit The Environment Shorts Invite only In celebration of this year’s theme, we’ve introduced a brand new We’re so excited to celebrate the 14th year of The Smalls Annual Film category focusing on the world around us. With a phenomenal selection Festival! As we look ahead to a weekend full of screenings and panels, of environment-centred work, each short is both a celebration of the we are once again providing a stage for independent filmmaking. world we live in and a call to action, bringing attention to the issues Every year we continue to be amazed by the talent of the filmmaking that we face on a global level and solutions as to what we can do to community and the festival opening night party is always an inspiring counteract the destruction that the human race has caused. The content way to kick things off! is bound to inspire continued conversation from alternate perspectives, pushing us to discuss solutions.
1.30pm - 2.30pm Panel: The Life of a BAFTA-winning Short Film
Earlier this year, 73 Cows won a BAFTA for best British Short Film. Director, Alex Lockwood, talks us through the life cycle of the film from initial concept through script development, funding and production to getting the film in front of festival programmers and audiences. Join us for practical insights into navigating the often perilous journey from script to screen.
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This year’s collaboration with the Barbican for their Life Rewired season, explores what it means to be human when technology is changing everything. With shorts, documentaries and animations, each film presents a unique take on the role technology plays in our daily lives – including artificial intelligence, ageing, fertility and relationships – and what it might mean for our future. In this special screening as part of The Smalls Film Festival, watch the series so far and join us for Still from Guns Found Here a Q&A with some of the filmmakers as they discuss the making of their short films and what they think the filmmaker of the future might look like. 3pm - 4.10pm Official Selection Documentary Shorts 5.30pm - 7pm Official Selection Comedy Shorts What better way to discover the endless landscapes and cultures inhabiting our world than through the medium of art? Whether it’s Our wildly imaginative selection of comedic shorts is a testament to the across the globe or right on our doorstep, we bring to you a selection ever-changing landscape of humour, with laughter proving plausible of factual stories to inspire and stimulate, an indispensable genre for in the most bizarre and unassuming places. Whether it is the impact any creative ceremony. From Mumbai to America, sit back and enjoy of weed on someone who definitely shouldn’t smoke, the discovery of our selection of poetic, visual studies on the human experience that a donkey lost in the desert wearing headphones or how to make the traverse the land and sea. worst possible first impression, we present a selection of narratives breaking the boundaries of hilarity for your pleasure 4.30pm - 5.30pm Panel: Writing for Diversity 7.30pm - 8.30pm Official Selection Music Video At a time when there is continuous debate about whether or not an actor needs to have similar characteristics to the character that they A pleasurable journey for both the eyes and the ears, our selection are representing, should we be casting roles based on what the actor of music videos provides our audience with endless reasons to move brings to the performance, or do all aspects of a character - from to their cinematic rhythm. An intriguing mash-up of musical genres ethnicity to gender to disability - need to be considered in the writer’s and artistic vision, from the truly obscure emerging from Sweden to room? Join us to explore different perspectives, from script-writers a heart-wrenching story from the US, prepare to delve into alternate to Development Executives, as we move through the journey of a film, worlds one beat at a time. from writing specifically for diverse characters to finally seeing these characters appear on screen.
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12.15pm - 1.25pm 4.30pm - 6.30pm Official Selection Student Film Shorts Official Selection Animation Shorts
Discover the spectacular creative efforts of the forerunners of our Animation paves the way for us to step boldly into other worlds, broad- filmmaking future, with shorts from leading student talent. Their array ening our imagination with endless creative visions. Each featured short of work is a testament to their imaginations: a comedic rescue attempt offers an eccentric visual experience, from a man trying to understand in the Alps, a commentary on the current political climate and a trip his father through a stack of dirty VHS tapes that he left behind to the into a colourful and mysterious world full of desire. Cultivated by those chance to look through the eyes of a macaque mother. Exploring an taking the industry by storm - their minds a magnet for visionary array of human emotions in surrealistic environments, prepare to enjoy design - it’s clear to predict the future in store for their filmmaking our truly mind-bending category of artistic design. careers. 5.15pm - 6.30pm 2.00pm - 3.00pm - Panel Official Selection Drama Shorts How To Get Your Film Funded Dramas can delve into the many emotional intricacies of our world, This panel will discuss forms of funding available for your next film, exploring an array of human feelings from the blissfully sublime to the from applying for grants and awards, to considering private investors, darkened underworld of loss and grief. Prepare to journey through a crowdfunding and brand sponsorships, as well as negotiating your selection of remarkable shorts, each covering important themes in project’s distribution. We will cover the latest developments in film our current climate. Whether you’re feasting upon the responsibilities financing, discuss what funders are expecting from you as a filmmaker, of a six-year-old or exploring familial pressures, no path remains and look at success stories. The conversation will be led by UK film undiscovered. industry experts, providing you with an industry-assured plan of action to help get your project off the ground.
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7.00pm - 8.00pm Closing Night Awards Gala Keynote Speaker: Rob How 6pm - 10pm Invite only Rob How started off as a runner in a production company in the early 80’s, and worked his way up to being a Location Manager, then PM The perfect end to a weekend of celebration, our Closing Night and Line Producer on features at a time when very few were being will screen the incredible winning films and be an evening of fun, produced in this country. As the industry grew, he had the opportunity excitement and festivity. We’re already excited for next year. to work on Trainspotting, The Full Monty and 28 Days Later. He now increasingly works on popular TV shows, including Troy and Chernobyl. Rob has worked in many places across the World, and experienced the different cultures and attitudes that challenge or encourage our own attitudes to the environment, and ways of working. He will discuss his personal experience and how he sees that film can contribute to an awareness of how to produce a change.
24 25 26 27 Animation Sunday 3:30pm - 4:40pm
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NO, I DON’T WANT MY DEAD DAD’S WILD LOVE Still from No, I Don’t Want To Dance TO DANCE PORNO TAPES Paul Autric, Quentin Andrea Vinciguerra Charlie Tyrell Camus, Maryka HORS DE L’EAU GOOD INTENTIONS HERMAN BROWN IS UK Canada Laudet, Léa Georges, Zoé Sottiaux, Corentin Simon Duong Van Anna Mantzaris FEELING DOWN Yvergniaux Huyen, Joël Durand, UK Dan Castro In these dark times, A son seeks to better France Thibault Leclercq, UK you may think that understand his every hazard has emotionally distant Valentin Lucas, After a young woman been identified, but late-father through While on a romantic Andrei Sitari is responsible for a hit Herman’s quiet, nobody has taken the belongings he left getaway, Alan and France and run, strange and colourful world is into consideration: behind... including Beverly cause a spooky things start to suddenly interrupted how dangerous dance a stack of VHS dirty fatal accident. This Through the eyes of happen. by something loud and can be. movies. crime won’t remain a macaque mother, stressful. unpunished... a group of snow ALBATROSS SOUP SELFIES THE IMMORTAL monkeys has to Winnie Cheung Claudius Gentinetta Alex Avagimian face the strict rules US Switzerland US which govern their community. A man walks off a A fireworks display of A daughter in search boat, into a restaurant grinning people who for her family in the and orders albatross lose themselves in the woods of Siberia soup. He takes a bite, abysses of human where once a priest pulls out a gun, and existence. A selfie race and now a shepherd kills himself. Why? around the world. reigns.
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GREENPEACE ERSTE GROUP JAGRLAMA PRIDE IN LONDON THE WILDLIFE GREENPEACE ‘THE ‘THERE’S A ‘First Christmas’ Marek Partys ‘Pride, Jubilee’ TRUSTS ‘WIND IN HANDMADE GIFT’ RANG-TAN IN MY Kyra & Constantin Czech Republic Fred Rowson THE WILLOWS’ Anna Mantzaris BEDROOM’ Austria UK Matthew Day, Tom UK / France Salon Alpin Short movie about O’Meara UK We follow Henry the small boy from UK Hedgehog as he starts Ladakh, who wants Honouring 50 Years of We follow the Pushing the rampant at a new school. His to be as good as ice Queer Revolt story of a little girl destruction of spikes make it hard hockey player Jaromír Cinema Advert for who appears to be rainforest habitat in for him to fit in but Jágr. ACLU ‘TURNED the wildlife trusts protecting her bear Indonesia to grow luckily he has a friend, AWAY’ highlighting the from the cold, but it palm oil into the looking out for him. COMIC RELIEF Daniela Sherer Nature Depletion in turns out she’s aware spotlight by focusing ‘WISE WORDS’ US the United Kingdom. of an even more on the story of an 32 dangerous problem. orangutan. UK In July 2012, David Mullins and A grandfather, Peter Charlie Craig visited Mullan, passes on Masterpiece Cakeshop advice to his baby to order a cake for grandchild. their upcoming wedding reception. 30 31 Comedy Saturday 6pm - 7:10pm
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CRAIG’S PATHETIC A PLACE WE CALL JUST AGREE THEN NEFTA FOOTBALL MILTON HOUSECALL FREAKOUT REALITY Duncan Cowles, Ross CLUB Tim Wilkime Josh Soskin Graham Parkes Kristoffer Borgli Hogg Yves Piat US US US US UK France A guy makes a bad Officer Tony’s first day Craig really should A short visual memoir Contrasting artistic IIn the south of first impression back on the beat. And not smoke weed. about an existential visions, misplaced Tunisia, two football when he meets his it takes everything he’s breakdown and confidence and blatant fan brothers bump girlfriend’s family as got to finally face the the subsequent ignorance collide on into a headphone- they gather at her world. breakthrough, the backdrop of an wearing donkey lost grandfather’s death featuring Jeff increasingly fragile and in the middle of the bed. Goldblum, Scientology divided world. desert on the border and a Taiwanese of Algeria. bodybuilder.
32 33 Documentary Saturday 3pm - 4:10pm
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GUNS FOUND HERE BROOKLYNN ALL INCLUSIVE SWATTED WHERE WERE YOU? TUNGRUS David Freid Charlie Mysak Corina Schwingruber Ismaël Joffroy Dan Emmerson Rishi Chandna US US Ilić Chandoutis UK India Switzerland France When there’s a gun In this intimate A bittersweet portrait In a cramped crime in America, portrait, Darchel and Under the spell of Online players of Britain on its last apartment in Mumbai, there’s only one place Jacob Mohler learn to mass entertainment on describe their legs as a part of the a family considers to go to trace the gun cope with the tragic the high seas. Follow struggles with EU. Still living, loving eating their hell- back to its owner: loss of their daughter, the routines of live “swatting”, a and laughing in the raising pet rooster, so Martinsburg, West who was fatally shot at aboard a cruise ship. life-threatening midst of the madness. that they can reclaim Virginia. her best friend’s home. cyber-harassment their lives. phenomenon that looms over them whenever they play.
34 35 Drama Sunday 5:15pm - 18:30pm
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NAPTHA CAROLINE FAUVE BABS ALL THESE Moin Hussain Celine Held Jeremy Comte Celine Held CREATURES UK & Logan George Canada & Logan George Charles Williams US UK Australia Faraz’s quiet life Set in a surface mine, working at an isolated When plans fall two boys sink into a A young man makes An adolescent boy petrol station is turned through, a six-year- seemingly innocent a discovery about his attempts to untangle upside down when his old is faced with a big power game with deceased father, he his memories ageing father Malik responsibility on a hot Mother Nature as the must decide if he can of a mysterious infestation, the insists on returning Texas day. sole observer. accept the truth about unravelling of his back home. who (or what) his dad really loved. father, and the little creatures inside us all.
36 37 Environment Saturday 12pm - 1:10pm
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LOST WORLD DULCE SLEEPWALKER SCENES FROM 73 COWS Kalyanee Mam Guille Isa Matias Rygh, Mathias A DRY CITY Alex Lockwood Cambodia & Angello Faccini Nordli Eriksen Francois Verster, UK US / Colombia Norway Simon Wood As Singapore dredges South Africa The story of Jay sand out from beneath On Colombia’s Pacific We see an old man Wilde, the first Cambodia’s mangrove Coast, a mother walking through his In Cape Town, South farmer in the UK to forests, an ecosystem teaches her daughter, hometown, New Delhi, Africa, residents fear trade beef farming for and a way of life are Dulce, how to swim, but as in any dream, the arrival of “Day sustainable organic faced with the threat an essential skill in this there is something Zero,” when the city’s vegan farming, giving of erasure. remote region. unfamiliar about the taps will be shut off. up his herd of cattle in bustling megacity. the process.
38 39 Music Video Saturday 7:30pm - 8:30pm
BOSTON BUN SAMANTHA & ONE REPUBLIC ‘SPREAD LOVE’ SABRINA ‘SABA’ ‘RESCUE ME’ Simon Cahn Marie Larrivé and Christian Lamb France Lucas Malbrun US France A new pet changes Featureing Cody the life of a mourning A multicolored cloud Bingham from Dancing cat lover. born from a melting with the Stars: Juniors, ice-cap appears in a as a kid who’s chased WILKINSON ‘I NEED’ sea-side town, the by a pack of masked, Charlotte Regan inhabitants are soon BMX-riding thugs. UK enraptured by the The trials and cloud’s supernatural TSHEGUE tribulations of the powers. ‘MUANAPOTO’ daily users of a council Pantera estate lift. THE CHEMICAL Ivory Coast Still from Wiley, Boasty BROTHERS ‘WE’VE A profoundly deaf and LOYLE CARNER GOT TO TRY’ mute woman negotiates WILEY ‘BOASTY’ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM YUMI ZOUMA ‘IN ‘OTTOLENGHI’ Ninian Doff her way out of a world Henry Scholfield ‘OH BABY’ CAMERA’ Oscar Hudson UK devoid of sound. UK Rian Johnson Pavel Brenner UK US US A rescue dog is fast- A nine-year old stands Loyle Carner falls tracked into a secret BENNY BLANCO, in for Wiley after the Directed by Rian When a young asleep on a train and programme that leads CALVIN HARRIS ‘I grime star can’t make Johnson (Star Wars: man arrives at this dreams through his to the cockpit of a F1 FOUND YOU’ a shoot. Featuring The Last Jedi), David girlfriend’s suburban journey. car then behind the Jake Schreier Stefflon Don, Idris Elba Strathairn and Sissy house, the parents controls of a space US and Sean Paul. Spacek build a DIY are away, and he’s MITSKI ‘A PEARL’ rocket. The journey of a teleportation device. about to be quietly Saad Moosajee Honduran woman HOT CHIP ‘HUNGRY stunned by surprising US CHILD’ SALVATORE performance. compelled to leave Saman Kesh GANACCHI ‘HORSE’ An interpretive abuse at home, seeking US Vedran Rupic JUNGLE ‘CASIO’ visualization of the refuge in the US. Sweden Josh Lloyd-Watson & heightened feelings A bickering couple Charlie Di Placido one goes through in are forced to look at Salvatore Ganacchi UK the late stages of a the problems in their travels in a shoe on relationship. relationship a mission to prevent A dimly lit club, violence against cocktails, and dancing animals. - all choreographed to the sound of Jungle’s Casio. Still from Samantha & Sabrina, Saba 40 41 Student Film Sunday 12:15pm - 1:25pm
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BACCHUS MANILA IS FULL OF ARIA DEAR ENGLAND SOLAR PLEXUS HORS PISTE Rikke Alma MEN NAMED BOY Myrsini Aristidou Marta Lemos David Macshane Léo Brunel, Loris Krogshave Planeta Andrew Stephen Lee Cyprus UK UK Cavalier, Camille Denmark Philippines Jalabert, Oscar Malet Athens, today. Dear England, I want Noah has not France Alex, a young woman In the Philippines, Seventeen-year-old to break up. The accepted the death bored with modern an estranged son Aria, who is working filmmaker’s present of his mother, an Two rescue workers life, is lured by Bacchus purchases a child who at Jimmy’s local kebab struggles to reclaim astronaut. In order are ready for their into a colorful and can drink and smoke to place is waiting for a her cultural identity to move on, he must new mission. mysterious world to impress his father. driving lesson with her as an immigrant in break that which still Despite their explore her deepest father the UK. connects them. professionalism and desires. FORGLEMMEGEI . their determination, (Forget-Me-Not) everything does not Katarina Lundquist go to plan… Denmark
When a lifelong friend departs, a stubborn old man has to face his inner fears in order to restore peace to his mind.
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