EXPLORE YORK EXPERIENCE FILM 15 Venues. 300 Films. 4 Days 7 - 1 0 November 2 013 www.asff.co.uk 1 FESTIVAL PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
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CREDITS ASFF opens on Thursday 7th November Cherie Federico Dale Donley and continues until Sunday 10th November Rob Cheung Laura Barr As we move into our 3rd year of ASFF, we couldn’t be more thrilled to bring Hannah Clugston Rebecca Bowery you this new instalment of York’s international short flm festival. Programming Alexandra Beresford this year’s festival has been exciting, from choosing the Offcial Selection Andrew Lambeth from over 30 countries, to organising this year’s masterclasses, networking Abbe Robinson Chris Brooke events and guest screenings. We have a rich selection of flms from across the Lumen Arts world, in genres including drama, comedy, thriller, documentary, animation, experimental, artists’ flm, music video and a new family friendly programme. PRACTICAL INFORMATION The Festival Hub is located at Visit York This year’s masterclasses include Joakim Sundström (Seven Psychopaths ) 1 Museum Street and BAFTA on Sound Editing, Warp Films, Film4, Channel 4, Alice Lowe on York, YO1 7DT Screenwriting (Sightseers, Hot Fuzz and Kill List ), and a lively panel discussion (+44) (0) 1904 629 137 exploring the nature of short flm, as well as many other industry opportunities. All flms are screened in their original language; if this We have a number of events, from our ever-popular Meet the Filmmakers is other than English, English subtitles will be provided. evening to daily networking sessions with industry representatives from Edinburgh Film Festival, London Film Festival, Channel 4 and many others. The screenings are subject There are also special programmes from BAFTA, Yorkshire Film Archive, and to change at any time. Most flms are C12A, but Screen Bandita, as well as our guest countries: India, Mexico and Kuwait. some may be C15. Please see the programme and On a practical note, due to the historical nature of some of our venues, venue for details. seating is allocated on a frst come, frst served basis, so please arrive at the Some flms may contain venue early. All flms are up for an award in their category, as well as Best of fashing images. Fest and the People’s Choice Award. Have a wonderful ASFF 2013. Visit www.asff.co.uk for the most up to date information. Cherie Federico, Director, ASFF Follow us on Twitter @asffest. 3 TICKET PRICES
3 day screening pass - £30 Networking Sessions - £7 Gives full access to all festival Held at York’s Dean Court Hotel, our industry networking screenings from 8 - 10 November, sessions present an opportunity to engage directly with, including special programmes. and gain valuable insights from, representatives from leading flm organisations, while exchanging ideas and information. Senior (60+) £27.00 Student £27.00 Tea & coffee included. Child £18.00 Family £72.00 Friday 8 November: 11:00 - 12:30 * BAFTA: Lisa Bryer (Chair of BAFTA Short Film Jury) Creative England: Paul Ashton (Senior Talent Executive) 1 day screening pass - £15 Channel 4: Susie Wright (Media Project Manager) Gives access to all of the screenings Film London: Maggie Ellis (Head of Artists’ Moving Image) taking place on your chosen day of the Sheffeld Doc/Fest: Hussain Currimbhoy (Programmer) festival (Friday, Saturday or Sunday). Saturday 9 November: 12:00 - 13:30 * Senior (60+) £13.50 Creative Scotland: Ross McKenzie (Development) Student £13.50 London Film Festival: Philip Ilson (Short Film Programmer) Child £9.60 Raindance: Chris Thomas (Raindance Tutor) Family £36.00 Saturday 9 November: 14:30 - 16:00 * Underwire: Chloe Trayner (Festival Producer) Meet the Filmmakers - £7 Creative Scotland: Ross McKenzie (Development) 7pm until late at Yorkshire Museum. Edinburgh International Film Festival: Lydia Beilby (Programmer) Screening at 8pm, followed by a panel discussion and networking opportunities. Sunday 10 November: 12:00 - 13:30 * Creative Scotland: Ross McKenzie (Development) Edinburgh International Film Festival: Lydia Beilby (Programmer) Awards Ceremony - £7 London Film Festival: Philip Ilson (Short Film Programmer) Award ceremony 6pm - 9pm at ASFF HQ (De Grey Rooms). Free drink with * Attendance of representatives from leading flm your ticket. After party from 9pm. organisations is subject to change.
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Thursday 7th November network at our Opening Night at City Screen Official BAR: 1331 Screening of flms and after-party. Guests to the Opening One of York’s most popular bar/ Night will receive a complimentary drink with their ticket and restaurants, 1331 is an ideal place to an ASFF VIP Bag flled with a selection of goodies. socialise with friends old and new between ASFF screenings and events. Tickets are limited for this event so be sure to book early. Tucked away inside the venue is Brandy Brown’s Little Cinema, a boutique cinema space providing a Friday 8th November luxurious viewing experience with its Screenings all day and Friday Night Party at 1331 leather reclining chairs and sofas. A series of talks at York St John University and The cinema will be screening our York Theatre Royal during the afternoon from flm comedy and drama programmes industry representatives. throughout the festival, allowing you to combine networking and catching Please note we can only accommodate a limited number of the flms you want to see. people per talk, so please book early. Collecting Tickets Saturday 9th November Please visit the Festival Hub to collect Screenings all day and Meet the Filmmakers your Festival Tickets and Wristband Meet the Filmmakers event at Yorkshire Museum from 7pm, before accessing the screenings. with screening at 8pm, followed by a panel discussion with our flmmakers and networking opportunities, music and bar. Festival Hub Opening Times: Thursday 7 November: 9am - 5pm Friday 8 November: 9am - 5pm Sunday 10th November Saturday 9 November: 9am - 5pm Limited screenings across the city and Award Ceremony Sunday 10 November: 10am - 4pm An award ceremony will round off the festival at the ASFF HQ (De Grey Rooms) from 6pm, free drink with your ticket and networking. Category winners will be announced, as well as Best of Fest Award and the People’s Choice.
5 MASTERCLASSES: TALKS FROM THE INDUSTRY (FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER)
Alice Lowe VENUE Alice Lowe on Screenwriting York Theatre Royal Alice Lowe has appeared in some of the UK’s best loved TV comedies (Black Books, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace), TIME and popular British flms Hot Fuzz and Kill List. As co- 12:00 - 13:00 writer and star of the acclaimed black comedy Sightseers, Alice will discuss screenwriting techniques and how PRICE performance can be used as a writing tool. £8.50
Film 4 VENUE Tom Leggett on Film Production York St John University Film4 is known for working with the most innovative talent in the UK. As Development Editor, Tom Leggett TIME collaborates with flmmakers to nurture flms from 12:00 - 13:00 conception to the end result. He will discuss the production processes involved, and what the channel PRICE looks for in its upcoming talent. £8.50
Panel Discussion VENUE PANEL Is a Short Ever Just a Short? York St John University DISCUSSION Lisa Bryer (Chair of BAFTA Short Film Jury), Alan Bernstein (Director of Learning at London Film School), TIME Is A SHort Philip Ilson (London Short Film Festival Director) and 13:00 - 14:00 EVER JUST Colin Pons (Producer and Board Member of Showroom & Workstation) debate whether a short flm can exist in PRICE A SHORT? its own right or if it has to lead to other things. £8.50
Channel 4 VENUE Susie Wright: Channel 4 York St John University Susie Wright is Media Project Manager with Channel 4’s Creative Diversity team, which is a frst TIME point of contact for new, emergent and unorthodox 13:00 - 14:00 talent. She will discuss her role in making Channel 4 the most creatively diverse broadcaster in the UK, PRICE and what the channel looks for in new content. £8.50
6 Sheffield Doc/Fest VENUE Hussain Currimbhoy: Documentary York St John University Sheffeld Doc/Fest is the UK’s leading festival focusing on documentary. As Programmer for the event, Hussain TIME Currimbhoy knows what to look out for in cutting edge 13:30 - 14:30 factual flm. Discussing how the genre is developing, he will explore the notion of what documentary is in 2013 PRICE and what makes a good non-fction flm. £8.50
Warp Films VENUE Barry Ryan on Warp Films York Theatre Royal Warp Films is known and respected the world over for such modern classics as Four Lions, Dead Man’s Shoes TIME and This Is England. Producer Barry Ryan will cover the 13:30 - 15:00 breadth of Warp’s projects, encompassing a dynamic range of shorts and features, and offer insights into PRICE production and how to stand out in the flm industry. £8.50
Film London VENUE Maggie Ellis: FIlm London York St John University Film London is the capital’s flm and media agency. Maggie Ellis, head of Artists’ Moving Image, will TIME discuss the movement and development of artists’ 15:00 - 16:00 flm into features and the crossover from galleries into cinemas, highlighting the opportunities for PRICE flmmakers at Film London. £8.50
Beggars Group VENUE Craig McNeil on Music Video York St John University Craig McNeil is Director of TV and Film at Beggars Group (Rough Trade, 4AD, Matador, XL Recordings). TIME He has extensive experience in promoting music 15:00 - 16:00 videos to the leading music channels. Offering insights into what makes a music video commercial, PRICE he will give advice on how to make yours stand out. £8.50
7 MASTERCLASSES: TALKS FROM THE INDUSTRY (FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER)
Cowboy Films VENUE Cowboy Films: Lisa Bryer York St John University Lisa Bryer is Founder and Producer of Cowboy Films, the company behind such recognised titles as Marley, TIME Last King of Scotland, Fire in Babylon and Goodbye 15:00 - 16:00 Charlie Bright. Lisa will share the secrets of being a successful producer and provide advice for those PRICE aspiring to get into this feld. £8.50
Raindance VENUE Chris Thomas on Directing York St John University Chris Thomas has been directing actors in flm and theatre projects for the past 20 years, so he knows TIME a thing or two about the business. He will provide 15:00 - 16:00 various approaches and helpful dynamic tips on directing, how to get better results from the cast, PRICE and create a richer experience for the audience. £8.50
BAFTA VENUE Joakim Sundström on Sound Editing York Theatre Royal BAFTA nominated Supervising Sound Editor Joakim Sundström will discuss the principles of sound editing TIME and design, drawing upon his extensive experience 16:00 - 17:30 working on Oscar and BAFTA winning flms (Seven Psychopaths, The Constant Gardener). He will be PRICE joined in his masterclass by Producer Mia Bays. £8.50
Tandem VENUE TANDEM on Animation York St John University TANDEM is an Oscar winning animation studio. Producer Emma Burch will discuss the studio’s TIME flmmaking process with Oscar and BAFTA winning 16:30 - 17:30 director Daniel Greaves. Looking closely at his new short, Mr Plastimime, the masterclass will include clips PRICE from his Oscar winner, Manipulation, and a Q&A. £8.50
8 SPECIAL SCREENINGS: BAFTA / YORKSHIRE FILM ARCHIVE
ASFF is proud to host a programme of special screenings of award-winning shorts, animation and archive flm.
BAFTA On Friday 8 November, this unique feature-length presentation at Yorkshire Museum gives you the opportunity to experience innovative and experimental flm from a selection of the most talented British flmmakers, including this year’s BAFTA winner for Short Animation, The Making of Longbird. www.bafta.org.
HERE TO FALL THE CURSE Kris Kelly Fyzal Boulifa UK / Ireland, 2012, 6m UK / Morocco, 2012, 16m When a girl receives a call Fatine has ventured far from from her father she is set on the village to meet her older a frantic journey through a lover. When she is caught chaotic world. by a small boy, all she wants to do is go home.
TUMULT I’M FINE THANKS Johnny Barrington Eamonn O’Neill UK, 2011, 13m UK / Ireland, 2012, 5m A tribe of Norse warriors I’m fne thanks. How traipse across a barren are you? The story of a land after battle. Bloodied young man struggling and wounded, their with the inadequacies chief is near death. of his day to day life.
THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD GOOD NIGHT Will Anderson Muriel d’Ansembourg UK, 2011, 15m UK, 2012, 28m Inspired by the 1911 Russian Rachel and Chloe are done classic Long Bird, a budding with being naïve 14-year-olds. animator attempts to make his They head into town on a mysteriously long character secret night out, oozing a relevant in the modern world. sexuality they barely own.
Yorkshire Film Archive
Yorkshire Film Archive presents a series of short flms from their collections, featuring both amateur and professionally-shot footage of the City of York, dating from the 1920s to the 1980s.
The screening will also preview Filmed and Not Forgotten, a visually evocative project to discover the stories of people caught on flm in Yorkshire during the First World War.
9 SPECIAL SCREENINGS: KUWAIT / INDIA / MEXICO / SCREEN BANDITA
ASFF is proud to host a selection of short fiction, documentary and animation film from guest countries including Kuwait, India and Mexico, and celebrates Screen Bandita's vital work to revitalise previously abandoned film reels.
Kuwait TO REST IN PEACE MOUSTACHE Fawaz Al Matrouk Meqdad Al Kout Kuwait, 2010, 19m Kuwait, 2010, 14m 45s Inspired by a true story. Malek, The flm is set in old a Kuwaiti man during the Iraqi Kuwait and depicts the life Invasion in 1990 is caught of a man who is unable between his fear of death and to grow a moustache. his respect for human dignity.
PANDA TOKAI Jassim Al Nofaly Abdulrahman Alaskar / Kuwait, 2012, 9m Abeer Tebawi / Vachan Just hours before his Sharma, Kuwait, 2012, 18m marriage, Ziad must Tokai is a documentary bid farewell to the about labourers living and most important thing working in Kuwait and the in his life: his panda. diffculties that they face.
India FRIDAY NIGHT JUST THAT SORT OF A DAY Gul Dharmani Abhay Kumar India, 2012, 24m India, 2011, 13m 32s Three high school girlfriends' Just That Sort of a Day carefree Friday night turns follows seemingly random ominous when their rickshaw characters as they go about cab drops the trio off in their lives with their quirks, the middle of nowhere. doubts and misgivings.
THE ECLIPSE OF TAREGNA Rakesh Chaudhary India / USA, 2011, 20m Mr. Pathak is a retired civil engineer and lives in Taregna, a small town in India. He is worn out by life’s many setbacks and is indifferent to his family.
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MEXICO LA TIRICIA O DE CÓMO CURAR LA NORIA LA TRISTEZA (THE DOLDRUMS (THE WATERWHEEL) OR HOW TO CURE SADNESS) Karla Castañeda Ángeles Cruz México, 2012, 10m México, 2012, 10m In a small town, time The tiricia is an illness stops for a father who of the soul when the has lost his son. heart is saddened.
SOLDADOS DE JUGUETE REALITY 2.0 (TOY SOLDIERS) Víctor Orozco Ramírez, José Yapur, UK / México, Germany / México, 2012, 11m 2012, 14m “I thought that in this exotic country As a means to release anger, I could distance myself from introverted 11-year-old Michael Mexico, but I was wrong.” A short violently knocks down toy animated documentary about the soldiers in a therapist’s offce. drug-related violence in Mexico.
EL REY DEL OTRO CINE (THE MAN WITHOUT A CAMERA) Gabriela Ivette Sandoval Torres, México, 2012, 15m 30s Portrait of a true cinephile, Jorge Grajales, considered in underground circles the guru of alternative cinema.
Screen Bandita Reels From Life Two or : How We Learned To Love Postmodernism. Revel in an incandescent evening of celluloid- flm treasure with Screen Bandita as they present their second foray into the world of previously abandoned Super 8 flms. Showcasing reels salvaged from junk shops, fea markets and dusty attics and focusing thematically upon flms that typify that most slippery of concepts; the so- called postmodern condition.
11 VENUES
Taking place across the city of York, ASFF will screen in a number of iconic locations all within walking distance of one another, combining the historical with the contemporary.
VISIT YORK (ASFF FESTIVAL HUB)
Visit York is York’s offcial tourist information centre and ASFF Hub where wristbands and tickets will be available. Our staff will be there throughout to help with any queries you have about the festival.
Fully accessible.
York Theatre Royal De Grey Rooms (ASFF HQ) A theatre since 1744, built Originally used as an on the ruins of St. Leonard’s offcers' mess, the De Grey Hospital, the building is a Rooms feature a sweeping perfect blend of architectural neo-classical ballroom in a styles from the past three Grade II listed building. centuries. Partial access. Fully accessible.
CITY SCREEN YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY Overlooking the River This prestigious civic Ouse, City Screen is the university with an award heart of independent flm winning campus in York city in York and the venue for centre has roots going back our Opening Night. The to the 1840s. Fully accessible. cinema is fully accessible.
ST WILLIAM’S COLLEGE BARLEY HALL Built in 1461 in sight of A stunning medieval York Minster, St William’s house that was hidden for College, under a license decades and rediscovered granted by the King, and restored to its was originally a priests’ original splendour in the college. Not accessible. 1980s. Partial access.
12 KING’S MANOR NEW SCHOOL HOUSE GALLERY One of York’s most attractive Award-winning object sites, this group of largely and art gallery, housed Grade I medieval buildings is in a Grade II listed former a vivid evocation of the past schoolhouse, showing with a sure place in the future. the best in contemporary and decorative art.
YORKSHIRE MUSEUM MANSION HOUSE The museum was Centrally located, York’s founded by the Yorkshire grand Mansion House carries Philosophical Society the distinction of having in 1830 and is situated been the offcial residence inside the York Museum of the city’s Lord Mayor Gardens. Fully accessible. for almost 300 years.
MICKLEGATE BAR MUSEUM ACCORDING TO MCGEE Situated on the route of A white cube space York’s famous walls walk, dedicated to showing Micklegate Bar has stood contemporary art in the sentinel to, and served centre of York, According as a gateway for, the city to McGee guarantees for over 800 years. visitors a warm welcome.
BEDERN HALL DEAN COURT HOTEL 14th century Bedern Hall A 4 star luxury hotel located is situated in the heart of in the shadow of York York. Originally part of Minster, the Best Western the College of the Vicars Plus Dean Court is the venue Choral, it has historic for our networking sessions. links with York Minster.
WHITE STUFF THIRTEEN THIRTY ONE This York city centre branch Situated in York’s lively Latin of the popular boutique Quarter, this gastro-bar is fashion and lifestyle store a hive of activity, housing a houses a relaxing nine-seater luxury cinema with reclining cinema. Partial access. seats and table service.
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F 15 FILM SCHEDULE: FRIDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
City Screen White Stuff Micklegate Barley Hall 1331 King's Manor York Museum Mansion House Bedern Hall According New School St William's St William's Bar Museum To MCgee House Gallery College 1 College 2 10:00 Music (LOOPED) Drama 5 Experimental 5 Art 1 - 5 (Looped) Drama 13 Experimental 4 10:00 - 17:00 Documentary 1 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 - 11:35 11:00 Thriller 1 Documentary 5 Comedy 1 11:00 - 12.20 11:00 - 12:20 11:00 - 12:15 Experimental 6 Mexico 11:15 - 12:15 11:15 - 12:15 12:00 Documentary 2 Drama 6 Drama 14 12:00 - 13:15 12:00 - 13:30 12:00 - 13:30 Drama 3 13:00 Thriller 2 12:30 - 14:00 12:45 - 14.15 Documentary 4 Music Experimental 2 13:00 - 14:20 13:00 - 14:00 13:00 - 14:00 Yorkshire Film 14:00 Archive 13:30 - 14:45 Drama 7 Drama 15 Comedy 2 14:00 - 15:30 14:00 - 15:30 Thriller 3 14:15 - 15:35 Experimental 4 Experimental 1 15:00 14:30 - 15.50 Documentary 3 14:30 - 15:30 14:30 - 15:30 14:45 - 16:00 Documentary 5 15:00 - 16:20
16:00 Animation 5 Drama 4 Drama 8 Documentary 4 Experimental 3 Drama 16 FF Drama 1 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:30 Drama 10 16:00 - 17:20 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:00 Kuwait 16:15 - 17:45 17:00 16:30 - 17:30
India FF Animation 1 18:00 17:30 - 18:30 FF Animation 2 17:30 - 18:30 Drama 1 Drama 9 Drama 11 17:45 - 18:30 Comedy 6 18:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 19:15
19:00 BAFTA 18:45 - 20:00 Thriller 1 Thriller 2 19:00 - 20:20 19:00 - 20:30 Comedy 5 20:00 Animation 1 Drama 12 19:30 - 20:50 Comedy 3 19:45 - 20:45 19:45 - 21:15 20:00 - 21:15 Comedy 4 21:00 20:30 - 21:45 Animation 2 21:00 - 22:00 Documentary 6 Drama 2 Animation 3 21:15 - 22:30 22:00 21:30 - 23:00 21:30 - 22:15
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16 City Screen White Stuff Micklegate Barley Hall 1331 King's Manor York Museum Mansion House Bedern Hall According New School St William's St William's Bar Museum To MCgee House Gallery College 1 College 2 Music (LOOPED) Drama 5 Experimental 5 Art 1 - 5 (Looped) Drama 13 Experimental 4 10:00 - 17:00 Documentary 1 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 - 11:35
Thriller 1 Documentary 5 Comedy 1 11:00 - 12.20 11:00 - 12:20 11:00 - 12:15 Experimental 6 Mexico 11:15 - 12:15 11:15 - 12:15
Documentary 2 Drama 6 Drama 14 12:00 - 13:15 12:00 - 13:30 12:00 - 13:30 Drama 3 Thriller 2 12:30 - 14:00 12:45 - 14.15 Documentary 4 Music Experimental 2 13:00 - 14:20 13:00 - 14:00 13:00 - 14:00 Yorkshire Film Archive 13:30 - 14:45 Drama 7 Drama 15 Comedy 2 14:00 - 15:30 14:00 - 15:30 Thriller 3 14:15 - 15:35 Experimental 4 Experimental 1 14:30 - 15.50 Documentary 3 14:30 - 15:30 14:30 - 15:30 14:45 - 16:00 Documentary 5 15:00 - 16:20
Animation 5 Drama 4 Drama 8 Documentary 4 Experimental 3 Drama 16 FF Drama 1 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:30 Drama 10 16:00 - 17:20 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:00 Kuwait 16:15 - 17:45 16:30 - 17:30
India FF Animation 1 17:30 - 18:30 FF Animation 2 17:30 - 18:30 Drama 1 Drama 9 Drama 11 17:45 - 18:30 Comedy 6 18:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 19:30 18:00 - 19:15
BAFTA 18:45 - 20:00 Thriller 1 Thriller 2 19:00 - 20:20 19:00 - 20:30 Comedy 5 Animation 1 Drama 12 19:30 - 20:50 Comedy 3 19:45 - 20:45 19:45 - 21:15 20:00 - 21:15 Comedy 4 20:30 - 21:45 Animation 2 21:00 - 22:00 Documentary 6 Drama 2 Animation 3 21:15 - 22:30 21:30 - 23:00 21:30 - 22:15
17 FILM SCHEDULE: SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
City Screen White Stuff Micklegate Barley Hall 1331 King's Manor King's Manor Yorkshire Mansion House Bedern Hall According to New School St William's St William's Bar Museum 1 2 Museum Mcgee House Gallery College 1 College 2 10:00 Music (LOOPED) FF Animation 1 Comedy 4 Art 5 Art 1 - 5 (Looped) Drama 16 Experimental 1 10:00 - 17:00 Documentary 5 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 11:15 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 - 11:35 11:00 Animation 5 Documentary 3 Drama 2 11:00 - 12:00 11:00 - 12:15 11:00 - 12:30 Kuwait Art 4 11:15 - 12:15 Animation 2 11:15 - 12:15 FF Drama 1 12:00 11:30 - 12:30 11:30 - 12:30 Documentary 2 Drama 15 Thriller 3 12:00 - 13:15 12:00 - 13:30 12:15 - 13:35 Documentary 4 Drama 9 Art 3 13:00 12:30 - 13:50 Comedy 3 12:30 - 14:00 12:30 - 13:30 12:45 - 14:00 FF Animation 2 Experimental 2 13:00 - 13:45 13:00 - 14:00 Documentary 1 14:00 Thriller 2 13:30 - 14:50 13:45 - 15:15 Art 2 Drama 14 Documentary 5 Drama 6 Animation 1 14:00 - 15:00 14:00 - 15:30 14:15 - 15:35 14:15 - 15:45 Drama 8 14:15 - 15:15 Experimental 4 15:00 14:30 - 16:00 14:30 - 15:30
Mexico Thriller 1 15:15 - 16:15 Art 1 16:00 15:30 - 16:50 Thriller 3 15:30 - 16:30 15:45 - 17:15 Animation 3 Drama 13 Experimental 6 Drama 4 FF Animation 2 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:00 FF Drama 2 16:15 - 17:45 Drama 7 16:15 - 17:00 17:00 16:30 - 17:30 16:30 - 18:00
Thriller 2 Drama 12 Animation 4 Experimental 5 18:00 17:30 - 19:00 17:30 - 19:00 17:30 - 18:30 17:30 - 18:30 Meet The Comedy 5 Comedy 2 Filmmakers 18:00 - 19:20 18:15 - 19:35 Drama 10 18:00 - 23:00 19:00 18:30 - 20:00 Drama 1 Experimental 3 Documentary 6 Drama 11 19:00 - 20:30 19:00 - 20:00 19:15 - 20:30 19:15 - 20:45 20:00 Comedy 6 Drama 3 19:45 - 21:00 20:00 - 21:30 Drama 5 21:00 20:30 - 22:00 Music India 21:00 - 22:00 21:00 - 22:00 Documentary 2 21:15 - 22:30 22:00 Comedy 1 21:45 - 23:00
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18 City Screen White Stuff Micklegate Barley Hall 1331 King's Manor King's Manor Yorkshire Mansion House Bedern Hall According to New School St William's St William's Bar Museum 1 2 Museum Mcgee House Gallery College 1 College 2 Music (LOOPED) FF Animation 1 Comedy 4 Art 5 Art 1 - 5 (Looped) Drama 16 Experimental 1 10:00 - 17:00 Documentary 5 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 11:15 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 - 11:35
Animation 5 Documentary 3 Drama 2 11:00 - 12:00 11:00 - 12:15 11:00 - 12:30 Kuwait Art 4 11:15 - 12:15 Animation 2 11:15 - 12:15 FF Drama 1 11:30 - 12:30 11:30 - 12:30 Documentary 2 Drama 15 Thriller 3 12:00 - 13:15 12:00 - 13:30 12:15 - 13:35 Documentary 4 Drama 9 Art 3 12:30 - 13:50 Comedy 3 12:30 - 14:00 12:30 - 13:30 12:45 - 14:00 FF Animation 2 Experimental 2 13:00 - 13:45 13:00 - 14:00 Documentary 1 Thriller 2 13:30 - 14:50 13:45 - 15:15 Art 2 Drama 14 Documentary 5 Drama 6 Animation 1 14:00 - 15:00 14:00 - 15:30 14:15 - 15:35 14:15 - 15:45 Drama 8 14:15 - 15:15 Experimental 4 14:30 - 16:00 14:30 - 15:30
Mexico Thriller 1 15:15 - 16:15 Art 1 15:30 - 16:50 Thriller 3 15:30 - 16:30 15:45 - 17:15 Animation 3 Drama 13 Experimental 6 Drama 4 FF Animation 2 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:00 FF Drama 2 16:15 - 17:45 Drama 7 16:15 - 17:00 16:30 - 17:30 16:30 - 18:00
Thriller 2 Drama 12 Animation 4 Experimental 5 17:30 - 19:00 17:30 - 19:00 17:30 - 18:30 17:30 - 18:30 Meet The Comedy 5 Comedy 2 Filmmakers 18:00 - 19:20 18:15 - 19:35 Drama 10 18:00 - 23:00 18:30 - 20:00 Drama 1 Experimental 3 Documentary 6 Drama 11 19:00 - 20:30 19:00 - 20:00 19:15 - 20:30 19:15 - 20:45 Comedy 6 Drama 3 19:45 - 21:00 20:00 - 21:30 Drama 5 20:30 - 22:00 Music India 21:00 - 22:00 21:00 - 22:00 Documentary 2 21:15 - 22:30 Comedy 1 21:45 - 23:00
19 FILM SCHEDULE: SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
City Screen White Stuff Micklegate Barley Hall 1331 King's Manor King's Manor Yorkshire Bedern Hall According to New School St William's St William's ASFF HQ Bar Museum 1 2 Museum MCgee House Gallery College 1 College 2 (De Grey ROOMS) 10:00 Music (Looped) FF Animation 1 Drama 16 Art 1 - 5 (Looped) Drama 10 Experimental 3 10:00 - 17:00 FF Drama 2 10:00 - 11:00 Documentary 6 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 - 11:15 10:15 - 11:30 11:00 Thriller 1 Documentary 4 Drama 2 11:00 - 12:20 11:00 - 12:20 11:00 - 12:30 Drama 5 Experimental 5 India 11:15 - 12:45 11:15 - 12:15 12:00 11:30 - 12:30 FF Animation 2 Experimental 6 Drama 11 11:45 - 12:30 11:45 - 12:45 11:45 - 13:15
Experimental 4 13:00 Thriller 2 Documentary 3 Documentary 1 Comedy 3 Comedy 4 12:30 -13:30 12:45 - 14:15 12:45 - 14:00 12:45 - 14:05 12:45 - 14:00 Drama 6 12:45 - 14:00 13:00 - 14:30 Animation 4 Drama 12 14:00 13:30 - 14:30 13:30 - 15:00 FF Drama 1 13:45 - 14:45 Documentary 5 Drama 1 Animation 2 Thriller 3 14:15 - 15:35 Documentary 2 14:15 - 15:45 14:15 - 15:15 15:00 14:30 - 15:50 14:30 - 15:45 Drama 7 14:45 - 16:15 Experimental 2 FF Drama 2 Drama 13 15:00 - 16:00 Thriller 2 15:15 - 16:15 15:15 - 16:45 16:00 15:30 - 17:00 Animation 5 Mexico Drama 4 Screen Bandita 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:00 Experimental 1 Drama 8 16:15 - 17:15 17:00 16:30 - 18:00 Drama 14 Animation 1 17:00 - 18:30 17:15 - 18:15 Animation 3 18:00 Comedy 2 17:30 - 18:30 17:45 - 19:05 AwarD Ceremony 18:00 - 23:00 Drama 9 Comedy 5 19:00 18:30 - 20:00 18:30 - 19:50 Comedy 6 Drama 15 18:45 - 20:00 18:45 - 20:15 Drama 3 19:15 - 20:45 20:00
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20 City Screen White Stuff Micklegate Barley Hall 1331 King's Manor King's Manor Yorkshire Bedern Hall According to New School St William's St William's ASFF HQ Bar Museum 1 2 Museum MCgee House Gallery College 1 College 2 (De Grey ROOMS) Music (Looped) FF Animation 1 Drama 16 Art 1 - 5 (Looped) Drama 10 Experimental 3 10:00 - 17:00 FF Drama 2 10:00 - 11:00 Documentary 6 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 11:30 10:00 - 11:00 10:15 - 11:15 10:15 - 11:30
Thriller 1 Documentary 4 Drama 2 11:00 - 12:20 11:00 - 12:20 11:00 - 12:30 Drama 5 Experimental 5 India 11:15 - 12:45 11:15 - 12:15 11:30 - 12:30 FF Animation 2 Experimental 6 Drama 11 11:45 - 12:30 11:45 - 12:45 11:45 - 13:15
Experimental 4 Thriller 2 Documentary 3 Documentary 1 Comedy 3 Comedy 4 12:30 -13:30 12:45 - 14:15 12:45 - 14:00 12:45 - 14:05 12:45 - 14:00 Drama 6 12:45 - 14:00 13:00 - 14:30 Animation 4 Drama 12 13:30 - 14:30 13:30 - 15:00 FF Drama 1 13:45 - 14:45 Documentary 5 Drama 1 Animation 2 Thriller 3 14:15 - 15:35 Documentary 2 14:15 - 15:45 14:15 - 15:15 14:30 - 15:50 14:30 - 15:45 Drama 7 14:45 - 16:15 Experimental 2 FF Drama 2 Drama 13 15:00 - 16:00 Thriller 2 15:15 - 16:15 15:15 - 16:45 15:30 - 17:00 Animation 5 Mexico Drama 4 Screen Bandita 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:00 16:00 - 17:30 16:00 - 17:00 Experimental 1 Drama 8 16:15 - 17:15 16:30 - 18:00 Drama 14 Animation 1 17:00 - 18:30 17:15 - 18:15 Animation 3 Comedy 2 17:30 - 18:30 17:45 - 19:05 AwarD Ceremony 18:00 - 23:00 Drama 9 Comedy 5 18:30 - 20:00 18:30 - 19:50 Comedy 6 Drama 15 18:45 - 20:00 18:45 - 20:15 Drama 3 19:15 - 20:45
Comedy 1 21:00 - 22:15
21 FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St Williams College 2 Venue: King's Manor 1 Venue: King's Manor 1 ANIMATION 1 Time: 17:30 - 18:30 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Time: 10:00 - 11:00
01 02 ESTEFAN FULWANTI AND SLIM-C Jeff Call (Brigham Young University) Vaibhav Piwlatkar (Rhythm & Hues Studios Pvt Ltd) USA, 2012, 6m 42s India, 2012, 5m 40s Estefan is a story about the world’s greatest hairdresser. An elephant and a crocodile who meet as rivals in the grand Faced with his biggest challenge yet, he must please a fnale of a prestigious dance show develop a new respect very demanding client. Failure is simply not an option. for each other’s talents. Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
03 04 THE HONEY PLOT KAPITÄN HU (CAPTAIN HU) Al Cox (The Arts University at Bournemouth) Basil Vogt (Trickbüro) UK, 2012, 3m 31s Switzerland, 2011, 8m 37s A bear with a stolen beehive tries to fee his country. After a severe storm Captain Hu fnds himself run aground in Meanwhile, a mob of angry beekeepers in hot the Alps. A helpful alpine farmer discovers new uses for his pursuit of the bear attempt to stop his getaway. nautical equipment. However, Captain Hu draws the line at that.
05 06 THE LITTLE RED PAPER SHIP STICK Aleksandra Zareba (Dragonfy Films) Ole Christoffer Haga (Independent) Germany / Poland, 2013, 13m Norway, 2012, 7m 20s A poetic story about fnding courage when facing the An abandoned dog encounters a friendly stranger big, wide world: one day, the Little Red Paper Ship decides on his day off work. Afraid of losing his new-found to start a journey that will change his life forever. friend, he gets attached, literally, to this man.
22 FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Bedern Hall King's Manor 2 (13:00 - 13:45) Venue: King's Manor 2 ANIMATION 2 Time: 17:45 - 18:30 Mansion House (16:15 - 17:00) Time: 11:45 - 12:30
01 02 THE MONSTER THE ODD SOUND OUT Toby Dixon (The Arts University at Bournemouth) Pernille Sihm / Ida Maria Schouw Andreasen UK, 2012, 3m 29s (The Animation Workshop) Denmark, 2012, 6m 30s A brave little warrior and her trusty steed are on a quest A band of invisible creatures decide to expel a musician to rid the forest of a monster – but is Little truly prepared whose odd sound is disrupting the mood of their ensemble. for what will face her at the end of her journey? Will he ever fnd a band with room for an odd sound?
03 04 OUT OF THE ORDINARY PIPKIN Tommy Kinnerup (The Animation Workshop) Pamela Wyn Shannon (Tiny Elephants LTD) Denmark, 2012, 7m 32s UK, 2013, 5m 27s A man who must go through the same monotonous offce Exploring the relationship between folk memory, landscape and routine to get the promotion he desires fnds that unexpected belonging, Pipkin is a stop-motion animation about a sycamore events force him to open his eyes to something greater. seed whose destiny depends on which way the winds blow.
05 06 UNDER THE FOLD HOLY SHE*P Bo Juhl Nielsen (The Animation Workshop) Magnus Kravik / Katerina Pantela Denmark, 2012, 7m 34s (The Arts University at Bournemouth) UK, 2012, 3m 1s At the beginning of the Great Depression, an unemployed Achilles is a sheep who lives under the strict regime man and his son are thrown onto the street. Homeless and of Anges in her monastery at the top of a Greek island. destitute, could his son’s naïve optimism be his way out? Seeking fun and excitement, he attempts an escape.
23 FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 DRAMA 1 Time: 16:00 - 17:00 Time: 11:30 - 12:30 Time: 13:45 - 14:45
01 02 PARACHUTES PAPER PARACHUTES Wendy Pillonel (Independent ) Katie Pow (KaPow Media Productions) Switzerland, 2012, 5m 40s Netherlands / UK, 2011, 22m On an artifcial beach Estelle looks at a wall on which Obsessively ordered Miles receives his birthday presents by the sea is painted. Thibaud approaches the girl and parachute from Uncle Ed. On his 9th birthday, Miles starts a mission pretends he could see the things that no longer exist. to have Uncle Ed save him from his hopelessly messy parents.
03 AERON Orban Wallace (Bat on Ball Creations) UK, 2012, 20m 29s A tale of childhood innocence which fnely crosses the line between imagination and reality, while delving into the marginalisation of the traveller community.
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24 FAMILY FRIENDLY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY No screenings Venue: Barley Hall Barley Hall (10:15 - 11:15) DRAMA 2 Time: 16:30 - 17:30 According to McGee (15:15 - 16:15)
01 02 FISHER OF KIDS THE GREAT TUCK SHOP ROBBERY Steven Keen (International Human Rights Group) Martin Glegg / Liam Young (Independent) Germany, 2013, 18m Scotland, 2013, 9m After seven years of child labour, James Kof Annan escapes Set when children had room in their lives for adventure from Ghana’s brutal fshing industry and soon rises to become this is a tale of a daring tuck-shop heist where the one of the leading Human Rights activists of our time. robbers get more than they bargained for.
03 04 GRANNY BABY BESTEFARS BÅT (GRANDFATHER’S BOAT) Eva Colmers (No Problem Productions) Sondre Sandbakken (Nordland Vocational College Canada, 2013, 9m of Art and Film), Norway, 2013, 11m A young boy bumps into a confused, old Granny. He wants A young boy wants to cheer up his sick grandfather, so he sets to help her but how? Intriguing soundscape and visuals make out on a journey to bring back the grandfather’s old wooden boat. this colourful short flm a memorable viewing experience.
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25 MUSIC FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY According to McGee (13:00 - 14:00) King's Manor 2 (21:00 - 22:00) Venue: White Stuff SCREENING White Stuff (10:00 - 17:00 Looped) White Stuff (10:00 - 17:00 Looped) Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped)
01 02 THE GORGEOUS COLOURS: ANIMAL UL/KR: MAGIA (MAGIC) Bruno Palma (Independent) Roman Przylipiak (One Production) Ireland, 2013, 3m 45s Poland, 2013, 3m 25s Animation to the track Animal by The Gorgeous Colours. A music video for UL/KR, Magia tells the story of a man The protagonist of this short flm is haunted by the shadows who is sensitive to light. During the day, the curtains in his of his own personality. fat are drawn shut and he must navigate the darkness …
03 04 PUNKTURE SLUTS: NO HOPAH BEES VILLAGE: NOBODY KNOWS Daniel D. Moses (DDM Productions) Eva Münnich (Independent) UK, 2012, 3m 45s Germany, 2012, 4m 16s Shot in a burnt-out East London location for underground Music video for the band Bees Village: a young man beat makers Punkture Sluts, No Hopah is an unsettling and bitten by a werewolf is transformed and freed for a grimy symphony for the “dark and twisted” among us. short time before he gets shot by accident.
05 06 TULIPOMANIA: RUMBLE THUD THE LONG DEAD SEVENS: MOTHER’S SONG Cheryl Gelover / Tom Murray (Independent) Linda McCarthy (Tiny Elephants Ltd) USA, 2011, 3m 22s UK, 2012, 4m 20s Experimental stop-motion music video for Pennsylvanian band Mother is sitting and drinking on the deck of her shack. Tulipomania. Sound and light convulse and fracture as silhouetted Her son has left her and he isn’t coming back. Oh Mother, objects and luminous scribbles come together in a Rumble Thud. did you kill your son?
26 07 08 HALF MOON RUN: CALL ME IN THE AFTERNOON THE VEIN: MAGMA Czlowiek Kamera (Independent) Dvein (Independent) Poland, 2012, 3m 26s Spain, 2013, 1m 28s Surreal, split screen music video for Canadian trio Half A journey through surreal, topographical landscapes of Moon Run. Deep in the woods, just out of sight, curious paint, mountains and faces, Magma is a visual, mind-bending things happen and not everything is as it seems. adventure where molten liquids and colours fuse together.
09 10 GERILJA: ANIMALS LAURA JEAN: MECHANICAL FRIENDS Christian Holm-Glad (Bulldozer Film) Fran Petersson (Independent) Norway, 2013, 3m 20s UK, 2013, 3m 5s A music video for Norwegian alt-rock band Gerilja, Animals Reality meets fairytale in Mechanical Friends, as we follow delves into a surreal world of strange fgures, combining a a young woman into a make-believe world of dark fear glamorous yet gritty aesthetic with a high-energy intensity. and great joy that she may never want to leave.
11 12 LOUISE QUINN & KID LOCO: OH JACKIE MT. WOLF: SHAPESHIFT Uisdean (Tromolo Productions) Paul Frankl (Independent) UK, 2012, 7m 7s UK, 2013, 3m 34s Music video for singer songwriter Louise Quinn, featuring “Dreamfolk” electronica foursome Mt. Wolf perform their electro artist Kid Loco. A crowd waits in anticipation as a ethereal track Shapeshift in a monochromatic montage singer prepares to take the stage, but never quite makes it. where dark, cinematic fgures glisten with particles of light.
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13 14 BALDUIN: MY LOVE SOON KID CANAVERAL: THE WRENCH Yves Ackermann (Emoticom) Douglas King (14c Studio) Switzerland, 2011/2012, 2m 42s UK, 2013, 2m 40s Music video for Swiss composer Balduin. Coloured fower Moving on from a broken relationship, an artist tries to fragments and dust form rhythmic compositions over time. destroy a painting of his ex-girlfriend. It soon becomes Flower bouquets explode in slow motion: a frework of fowers. clear that this will not be as easy as he thinks.
15 16 ALIALUJAH CHOIR: A HOUSE, A HOME DUOLOGUE: ZEROS Daniel Fickle (Two Penguins / Four Winters) Dominic Graham-Hyde (Cork On The Fork Productions) USA, 2012, 6m 53s UK, 2012, 3m 42s A love, a death and another death reconciled in a A music video for the band Duologue, Zeros follows a subterranean world: a story inspired by two patients under man who chooses to live life within his own personal the care of 19th century physician, James C. Hawthorne. “bubble.” In keeping others out, is he now trapped in?
17 18 HUGO & THE PRISMATICS: LE MYSTÈRE BAT FOR LASHES: LILIES Raoul Paulet (Pitch & Folks) Peter Sluszka (Hornet Inc) UK, 2013, 3m 30s USA, 2013, 4m 50s On a metaphysical journey of self-discovery, a woman Music video for Bat For Lashes: a mysterious landscape teeming explores the meaning of life. Wandering alone into the deepest with spectral visions is conjured by life-sized puppets, two recesses of her imagination, can she choose the right path? dimensional spirits, miniature scenery and morphing polygons.
28 THRILLER FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY City Screen (11:00 - 12:20) Venue: City Screen Venue: City Screen SCREENING 1 Bedern Hall (19:00 - 20:20) Time: 15:30 - 16:50 Time: 11:00 - 12:20
01 02 SIGNALBOX #100 FOR SARAH James Gunn (Independent) Vincent McEntee (Wishka Films) UK, 2012, 10m 27s Ireland, 2012, 20m In a clearing deep within a forest, a man lives alone in Following the death of her lover, a young woman fnds a small signal box. He regulates a single, mysterious herself besieged by demons from her past. Alone in train line that connects two unidentifed territories. their fat, has she fnally lost her grip on reality?
03 04 HARDER CARIÑO Paul Mallison (Newport Film School, University of Wales) Shaun Hughes (Factotum Films / CBL Media) UK, 2013, 10m Spain, 2013, 12m 49s A boy must protect his mother, battle-worn by her abusive A lone fgure travelling on his motorcycle through rural relationship, from the brutality of her partner. However, a Spain is caught up in a tragic accident which sends him terrible reality awaits him once the circle of abuse has ended. spinning into a shadowy world of loss, darkness and pain.
05 06 THE KING IS DEAD LAPSUS Richard Higson (Curve Films) Karim Ouaret (Come On Productions) UK, 2012, 8m 40s France, 2012, 30m There’s a mole in the organisation, and Lionel doesn’t like Beneath the whirr of a desolate laundromat, a woman moles. He has gathered his right-hand men together to enters to wash her clothes. Beside her, a man’s memory fnd out who has a loose tongue, whatever it takes. plays tricks on him as he tries to read his comic book.
29 THRILLER FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY City Screen (12:45 - 14:15) City Screen (13:45 - 15:15) City Screen (12:45 - 14:15) SCREENING 2 St Williams College 2 (19:00 - 20:30) King's Manor 2 (17:30 - 19:00) King's Manor 2 (15:30 - 17:00)
01 02 THE BLACK SCHOLES CONSPIRACY PRO KOPF Tim Bassford (Reel Issues) Sascha Zimmerman (Top Five Films) UK, 2012, 21m 15s Germany, 2012, 13m 45s In the high-pressure world of global fnance, a city trader A bored businessman makes a phone call home only who is seeking revenge for his wife’s death fnds himself for his maid to reveal a shocking discovery about drawn into one fnal, nightmarish confrontation. his wife. Once the truth is out, who will pay?
03 04 INERTIA JUARITOS James Moffett (Clueless Films) HF Crum (Chamizal Park) Malta, 2013, 10m 40s USA, 2012, 11m 27s Shamed and lonely, an army deserter decides to take his own From the depths of Juarez’s brutal drug war, a narcoblogger life, but is confronted by a seemingly impossible occurrence. fghts back to expose the gangs that are murdering his What is real and when does reality blur into fantasy? town. However, sooner or later he must venture outside ...
05 06 SHACKLED THE WHOLE PICTURE Nour Wazzi (Panacea Productions / Traveller Films) Louis Lagayette (Tesa Production) UK, 2012, 11m 8s France, 2013, 13m 18s Held captive by a circus, Malu is rescued from her shackles On a quiet summer night in Paris, three radically different by her husband. As she waits anxiously in the darkness people who appear to have nothing in common meet for her chance to escape, a disturbing truth surfaces. unexpectedly. Is there more here than frst meets the eye?
30 THRILLER FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: City Screen City Screen (12:15 - 13:35) Venue: City Screen SCREENING 3 Time: 14:30 - 15:50 King's Manor 2 (15:45 - 17:15) Time: 14:30 - 15:50
01 02 CHAMBRE DOUBLE (DOUBLE ROOM) THE FOLLOWED Mathieu Mortelmans (Independent) Zak Klein (Ether Films) Belgium, 2013, 15m UK, 2012, 12m 51s In the middle of the night, a doctor arrives at a small In a women’s support group, a young dancer speaks about downtown hotel after work. As he enters his room, the a strange fan who cannot separate fact from fction. Minutes hotel’s receptionist knocks to ask for his help. into her testimony, she realises she has been followed.
03 04 COLD WARRIOR WHORE Emily Greenwood (Wellington Films) Asim Abbasi (Illicitus Productions) UK, 2012, 19m UK, 2013, 15m 11s A young Romanian gymnast questions her dreams of Convinced that she is having an affair, a man consumed Olympic glory when she unearths the truth about her Communist with suspicion decides to spy on his wife. Determined to state’s shady government doping plot to win at any cost. catch her red-handed, he slowly loses his grip on reality.
05 06 THE GRAND ASHES Simon Dymond (Stella Vision Films) Guillermo Gomez Puentes (Grymo) UK, 2013, 13m 18s Chile, 2013, 5m 40s On the streets of Nottingham, the lives of three desperate Cloaked by darkness in the depth of a forest, lit only characters collide over a single night. The Grand weaves through by the cold moonlight and the fickering fre, two girls the murky underbelly of the city to a devastating climax. dwell on their relationships and recent events.
31 ANIMATION FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: King's Manor Venue: King's Manor 2 Venue: King's Manor 2 SCREENING 1 Time: 19:45 - 20:45 Time: 14:15 - 15:15 Time: 17:15 - 18:15
01 02 LOST SENSES THE UMBRELLA FACTORY Marcin Wasilewski (Grupa Smacznego) Lexie & Nick Trivundza (Naissance) Poland, 2013, 5m 45s USA, 2013, 3m 52s A stylised encounter in an abstract world: a man on A traveller knocking upon the door of three brothers bargains for his way to meet a woman fnds that one unguarded a room in exchange for his magic talisman. Although capable of moment is enough to make him lose his senses. granting wishes, his talisman causes unexpected consequences.
03 04 ISBLOMSTENS HEMMELIGHED (THE SECRET OF THE ICE FLOWER) NOT OVER EASY Jacob Ley (Copenhagen Bombay) Jordan Canning (Get Set Films) Denmark, 2012, 27m Canada, 2012, 6m Humbug embarks on an adventure to retrieve his Great Karen and Ken’s relationship is over. After kicking him out, Karen Grandpa’s lost magic wand. Inspired to explore his heritage, celebrates with breakfast for one, only to fnd a gift from Ken he puts on a magic show the Valley has never seen before. which gets her daydreaming about giving him a second chance.
05 06 MEE MEMORIA Letty Felgendreher (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) Elísabet Ýr Atladóttir (The Animation Workshop) Germany, 2012, 4m 40s Denmark, 2012, 6m 28s A tale about adoption and food. As a baby, Mee was adopted into A homeless and destitute drug addict, Vincent, winds up in a foreign culture and is questioned about her family, her culture an abandoned house where a dark and twisted entity forces and her language … even though all she wants to do is to eat. him to confront the past he has suppressed for so long.
32 ANIMATION FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY c15 Venue: King's Manor Venue: King's Manor 2 Venue: King's Manor 2 SCREENING 2 Time: 21:00 - 22:00 Time: 11:30 - 12:30 Time: 14:15 - 15:15
01 02 OH WILLY … ED. Emma De Swaef / Marc James Roels (Beast Animation) Gabriel Garcia (Hype.cg) Belgium / France / Netherlands / Luxembourg, 2011, 16m 42s Brazil, 2013, 13m 56s Willy returns to the naturist community where he spent his youth A tale about a man and his extraordinary life: after to visit his dying mother. In confused sadness, he fees to the ffty years on an unforgettable journey, no-one forest, fnding motherly protection in a big, gentle beast. can fgure out why he would want to end it …
03 04 DARKNESS TEMPEST IN A BEDROOM Benjael Halfmaderholz (Hylas Film) Laurence Arcadias / Juliette Marchand Germany, 2013, 4m 47s (Amorce Films / JPL Films) France, 2011, 11m At the circus, a carnival strongman makes a chance Suzan and Duayne have everything to be happy about – discovery on his daily routine. Memories of a departed everything except an exciting sex life. They decide to take friend transport him along on an out-of-this-world trip. a journey into the desert to rekindle their passion.
05 06 CTRL THE NETHER REGIONS Matt Waruszynski (Sizzle Studios) Maria Lee (WÖNKY Films) UK, 2012, 1m 46s UK, 2012, 3m 15s Offce worker Graham learns there is a fne line Desperate to escape the bureaucracy of Hell, between having no control and having too much the Devil manages to slip away from the daily in this surprising tale of redemption. pressures of running his evil domain.
33 ANIMATION FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Mansion House Venue: Bedern Hall Venue: Yorkshire Museum SCREENING 3 Time: 21:30 - 22:15 Time: 16:00 - 17:00 Time: 17:30 - 18:30
01 02 TENGRI THE SCARECROW Alisi Telengut (Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Kylie Boon (Independent) Concordia University) Canada, 2012, 5m 34s Wales, 2012, 4m 52s Tengri is a story based on the Mongolian burial custom A stop-motion flm about a lonely scarecrow, shunned known as “Wind Burial”, whereby a cart carries a body by the farmyard’s crows, who wakes up one morning until it falls and fnds its fnal resting place. to discover the love of his life over in the next feld.
03 04 THE HOUR GLASS BENJAMIN’S FLOWERS Joscha Thelosen (Independent) Malin Erixon (Ganzanderes Animation) Germany / UK, 2012, 8m 47s Sweden, 2012, 11m 52s A tale about death: living alone in a small house in In the confnes of his room, a lonely man lives on the blurry no man’s land, death fnds an abandoned baby on borderline of fantasy, where it can be diffcult to understand his doorstep that will turn his life upside down. where reality ends and his colourful imagination begins.
05 06 BENDITO MACHINE IV - FUEL THE MACHINES APODEMY Jossie Malis (Zumbakamera) Katerina Athanasopoulou (Independent) Spain, 2012, 9m 54s UK / Greece, 2012, 5m 13s On a planet transformed into a colossal petrochemical A fock of birds moves a cage vehicle, seeking escape park, Bendito Machine IV follows the story of an improbable from a city half-fnished and abandoned. While Europe hero who embarks on a journey by land, sea and air. seems to be imploding, this is my portrait of Athens.
34 ANIMATION FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY No screening Venue: Bedern Hall Venue: According to McGee SCREENING 4 Time: 17:30 - 18:30 Time: 13:30 - 14:30
01 02 SIDEWALK LITTLE WORLD Celia Bullwinkel (Independent) Becky Bailey (Neath Films) USA, 2013, 4m 15s UK, 2012, 7m 30s A woman confronts the changing shape of her body as Set in the Victorian era, Little World follows a woman who she walks through the different stages of life. Sidewalk is a visits the crumbling old Deaf school where she grew up and short flm about walking, ageing and the journey within. remembers fondly how it shaped her formative years.
03 04 LOVE HATE WRITERS’ BLOCK Alice Nightingale / Hughey Herbert Tom Gran / Martin Woolley (WÖNKY Films) (University College Falmouth) UK, 2012, 3m 31s UK, 2013, 5m 15s Everyone has their loves and hates: Love Hate is a body Set in a prison for criminally poor writers, Writers’ Block of recordings that brings these to life on-screen through follows a gang of cons who get hold of the script to traditional and digital 2D animation techniques. their own lives and attempt to re-write their escape.
05 06 JAMÓN THE EVENT Iria López (National Film and Television School) Julia Pott (Underwater Gardening & Hornet Inc) UK, 2012, 8m USA / UK, 2012, 3m 19s José is a pig who lives alone in a Spanish town. Tom Chivers’ poem The Event is brought to life in this After a new neighbour moves in next door, he unique animation, where a world plummets into chaos begins to come to terms with who he really is. after an unknown event disrupts the course of things.
35 ANIMATION FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: City Screen Venue: City Screen Venue: City Screen SCREENING 5 Time: 16:00 - 17:00 Time: 11:00 - 12:00 Time: 16:00 - 17:00
01 02 BUTTERFLIES FRACTION Isabel Peppard (TBC Media PTY LTD) Alain Delannoy (Independent) Australia, 2013, 12m 7s Canada, 2012, 8m 49s To a struggling artist, the prospect of a paid job Fraction is a silent flm which follows the story of offered by a businessman seems inviting but the an elderly artist who must battle the clock as he reality threatens to kill her imagination. struggles to complete his fnal body of work.
03 04 MACHINEHEAD BUT MILK IS IMPORTANT Micah Gallagher (Independent) Anna Mantzaris / Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen USA, 2012, 12m (Volda University College) Norway, 2012, 10m 38s This flm follows a man on a journey of self-discovery. A man with social anxiety disorder fnds his routine life Through puppet animation, it pays homage to stop-motion changed drastically when a naïve and clumsy creature masters such as Jan Svankmajer and the Quay Brothers. appears and starts to follow him. Terrifed, he tries to escape.
05 HEAD OVER HEELS Timothy Reckart (National Film & Television School) UK, 2012, 10m 20s An exclusive screening from the Winner of the 2012 Bath Film Festival IMDb New Filmmaker Award. Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the foor and she lives on the ceiling.
36 ARTIST FILM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY c15 Venue: School House Gallery According to McGee (15:30 - 16:30) Venue: School House Gallery SCREENING 1 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped) School House Gallery (10:00 - 17:00) Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped)
01 02 //KIDS// NOSTOS: END OF EXILE Nadja Verena Marcin, (NVM Studio) Denis Buckley (Killarney Arts, Summerhall Gallery USA / Germany, 2012, 13m 34s Edinburgh), Ireland, 2013, 8m 25s //KIDS// narrates, through a revision of the cult flm Kids (1995, After a lifetime in England, an Irishman contemplates a fnal Larry Clark), the interaction of young adults, the smooth homecoming. Defning his life, all he can be certain of is transition between shocking rituals and its adaption as lifestyle. suffering. He departs then, rejecting God but knowing Christ.
03 04 ACOUSTIC MEMORY WIECZÓR (AN EVENING) Henry Butcher (Independent) Sofa Bohdanowicz (Independent) UK, 2012, 4m 56s Canada, 2013, 18m 50s Personal tragedy sends a man to the place of his childhood: Wieczór is a flm that focuses on the director’s grandmother. a journey with a dead end, where he struggles to fnd an Shot shortly after her passing, the piece explores explanation to a human sacrifce in the name of big ideas. traces of life that linger in her vacated home.
05 06 EROSION OF SUFFERING DUST TO DUST Ceallaigh Norman (Independent) Becky Weston (Independent) New Zealand, 2012, 11m 10s UK, 2012, 4m 6s Gunkanjima, Nagasaki harbour. The elements transform Dust to Dust is an experimental flm depicting a musician technological progress into rubble, eroding our without music in a state of accelerated decay. His movements creations, our notions of ourselves, our suffering. paint a ghost-like trail, which lingers like the presence of loss.
37 ARTIST FILM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: School House Gallery According to McGee (14:00 - 15:00) Venue: School House Gallery SCREENING 2 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped) School House Gallery (10:00 - 17:00) Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped)
01 02 MA INTRUSION Imran Perretta (Independent) Natalie Plaskura (Independent) UK, 2012, 10m 36s Germany, 2012, 11m 11s Ma, Bengali for mother, is a work exploring the subject Surrealistic, seemingly disparate yet interrelated of loss. The flm follows my grandmother as she refects scenes that poke, like an intrusive recurring traumatic on the recent death of her daughter, my mother. experience, into the mind of the powerless spectator.
03 04 NOT CLEAR CUT PACED Paul Turano (Independent) Stephen Chen (Dissonance Productions) USA, 2012, 7m 30s Canada, 2013, 5m 19s A small instance of collateral damage from the recent fnancial Colliding different meanings of pace (as speed, as measure, crisis; a family’s challenging decision to harvest 70-year-old as constraint) to explore alienation in the constant movement hardwood trees as an attempt to make up for money lost. of everyday life that keeps returning one to the same place.
05 06 BLACK BOX RECORDER FRAGMENTS ON MACHINES Abinadi Meza (Independent) Emma Charles (Independent) USA, 2013, 2m 12s UK, 2013, 17m 10s The narrator of this experimental fction, Ouroboros A2M37, Fragments on Machines reveals the physical framework and is an artifcial yet deeply human observer, collecting what a materiality of the Internet and explores its connection to machine might show us about ourselves. “Here are the dreams.” the evolution of architecture and economics in the city.
38 ARTIST FILM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: School House Gallery According to McGee (12:30 - 13:30) Venue: School House Gallery SCREENING 3 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped) School House Gallery (10:00 - 17:00) Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped)
01 02 VIRTUOS VIRTUELL (VIRTUOSO VIRTUAL) THE SPRAWL Thomas Stellmach / Maja Oschmann Tom German (Plymouth College of Art) (Thomas Stellmach Animation) Germany, 2013, 7m 22s UK, 2013, 4m 5s Abstract ink drawings “grow” in an interplay of curiosity, The Sprawl is an experimental documentary. Exploring encounters, pursuits and confrontation. They stimulate emotions, texture, pattern and light, it draws attention to the underlying carrying us on a poetical journey to a musical world of pictures. beauty of the overlooked spaces within our cities.
03 04 MILLENNIUM STAR COUNTDOWN Maria Norrman (Independent) Roxane Permar / Susan Timmins (Independent) Sweden, 2012, 8m 6s UK, 2012, 4m 29s The video shows a drag makeover in reverse. Norrman Countdown explores the operations block and bunker at Saxa gets styled, by a drag queen, to look like one herself. Their Vord, the former RAF base in Shetland, which was part of conversations refect on imitation, gender roles and identity. NATO’s early warning radar system during the Cold War.
05 06 SONOTOKI WHAT REMAINS Amanda Belantara (Yuki Kondo / Pat Collins / Tadhg O’ Sullivan (Harvest Films) Aomori Contemporary Art Center), Japan, 2012, 18m Ireland, 2013, 11m Shot on a static camera in Aomori City, Japan, in the A journey through the carefully preserved artefacts of the Irish depths of winter, Sonotoki explores the ephemeral yet Film Archive, this mysterious and captivating visual poem drifts recurring movements of human life and nature. and fows around the space between record and memory.
39 ARTIST FILM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: School House Gallery According to McGee (11:15 - 12:15) Venue: School House Gallery SCREENING 4 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped) School House Gallery (10:00 - 17:00) Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped)
01 02 OVER AND UNDER AND THROUGH MALAISE Desiree Moore (Gurl Talk Films) Christian Schmeer (Independent) USA, 2013, 22m 4s Germany / UK, 2013, 5m 37s We follow Iris who is trapped within a patriarchal home An atmospheric non-narrative documentary short structure and culture. Once freed from the confnes of her flm exploring Beelitz-Heilstätten, an abandoned environment, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery. hospital complex with an intricate past.
03 04 ISLAND GOING MOVEMENT # 4 Alistair I Macdonald (Independent) Daniel Hopkins (Staffordshire University) UK, 2013, 11m 45s UK, 2012, 7m 8s A traveller visits an unidentifed island with a thermos fask You are always very close to the road systems and a travel guide. Civil war, mutant sheep, irradiated seas and of England, which sweep through the country celebrity holiday homes fgure heavily. Maybe. like a series of blood veins and arteries.
05 06 THE MAKING OF HERO 25572 BÜTTEL Miguel Endara (Independent) Rainer Komers (kOMERS.flm) USA, 2012, 2m 16s Germany, 2012, 5m The Making of Hero is a short flm that visually A flm about strangeness, losses and destruction, 25572 Büttel documents the meticulous process of drawing a depicts a former village which was transformed into an industrial portrait composed entirely of 3.2 million ink dots. zone surrounded by chemical plants and power stations.
40 ARTIST FILM FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: School House Gallery According to McGee (10:00 - 11:00) Venue: School House Gallery SCREENING 5 Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped) School House Gallery (10:00 - 17:00) Time: 10:00 - 17:00 (Looped)
01 02 STAGING SILENCE (2) GEPHYROPHOBIA Hans Op de Beeck (Independent) Caroline Monnet (Independent) Belgium, 2013, 20m 48s Canada, 2012, 2m 21s The flm is based around abstract settings from our memory, Gephyrophobia, meaning fear of bridges, is a flm about referring to public places. The theatre-like images are both movement, landscape and the tension between two distinct ridiculous and serious, and relate to slapstick, as well to flm noir. identities that share a river as their common border.
03 04 MUC 72 GLADE Jamie Buckley (Independent) Alejandra Pombo Suárez (Independent) UK, 2012, 4m 30s Spain / USA, 2012, 20m 43s MUC 72 was flmed at the site of the 1972 Munich Olympic Village. Glade is created as a contemplative experience, which The flm contains found archive footage depicting moments presents an opportunity to produce unexpected encounters around the 1972 events, and contemporary footage shot in 2012. between different layers of appearance and disappearance.
05 NATURE HOUSE INC Nick Jordan (Independent) UK, 2013, 6m 12s Nature House Inc is a flm which depicts the proliferation of bird houses, erected to attract the migratory Purple Martin – “America’s Most Wanted Bird.”
41 COMEDY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 SCREENING 1 Time: 11:00 - 12:15 Time: 21:45 - 23:00 Time: 21:00 - 22:15
01 02 THE PLEDGE FOR MR BUNNY THE CLAW Kevin Lim (Soda Honey Films) Nathan Hughes (The Small Storytellers) Australia, 2013, 6m 59s UK, 2012, 11m 25s A boy’s fascination with machines leads him down a When a family visits a run-down amusement arcade, Dad road of deceit involving a terminally ill plush toy, a black is haunted by a killer, Ruby claims a strange prize from the market kidney and bunnies sold into sexual slavery. claw machine and Mum just wants a normal day out.
03 04 THIS WAY OUT STAR STRUCK Staten Cousins-Roe (Forward Motion Pictures) Cheese Whiskers (Enjoy Yourself Productions) UK, 2013, 19m 27s Australia, 2013, 21m 36s An oddball manager and her hapless assistant have 10 A tale about a teenage outcast who is given both a gift and days to increase client numbers at their assisted suicide a curse when a freak accident leaves a meteorite lodged centre or face closure by the Euthanasia Licensing Board. in his skull, awakening super-human intelligence.
05 LOVE CAKE Eleanor Yule (Screen Academy Scotland / Darke Eye) UK, 2012, 14m 58s Violet wants magic but she’s too scared to take a chance. However, a delicious gift left on her doorstep prompts her to embark on a mission into unexpected temptation.
42 COMEDY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 SCREENING 2 Time: 14:15 - 15:35 Time: 18:15 - 19:35 Time: 17:45 - 19:05
01 02 TITANIC LOVE DUCT TAPE Mark Pressdee (Macoy Media) Yann Gorriz (Independent) UK, 2012, 22m 8s UK, 2013, 7m 14s A cash-strapped man whose girlfriend is obsessed with When a young couple move into the terrace next all things Titanic is forced to stage a dramatic stunt in a door, Eric’s daily routine is turned upside down, last-ditch attempt to save their sinking relationship. forcing him to go in search of peace and quiet.
03 04 HAZEL ME, ME, ME Tamer Ruggli (Tipi’mages Productions) Geraldine Geraghty (Kyng Films) Switzerland, 2012, 8m 37s UK, 2009, 16m An obsessive mother on the verge of a breakdown. A father Me, Me, Me is the story of an ambitious actor whose ego carefully blotted from the family photos. A child-psychiatrist with drives him to desperate measures when his nemesis, rival unconventional methods. Hazel is the story of a young boy’s life. actor Danny, begins to overshadow every area of his life.
05 ALLES SUPER! (EVERYTHING’S SUPER!) OLLIE Ralf Beyerle (Independent) Stuart Elliot (Mustard London) Germany, 2013, 22m 50s UK, 2012, 3m 1s An unemployed man with relationship problems fnds himself in A man discovers that he has a seven-year-old child named a mess. Refusing to give up, he resolves to become a superhero Ollie. Will he turn out to be a long-lost son or a new-found and save the world, whether it wants to be saved or not. nemesis as they encounter each other for the frst time.
43 COMEDY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 SCREENING 3 Time: 20:00 - 21:15 Time: 12:45 - 14:00 Time: 12:45 - 14:00
01 02 GIN & DRY PREGNANT Oscar Plewes (Capture) Angelina Colom (Northern Film School) UK, 2010, 15m UK, 2012, 7m 24s At a retirement home where booze has been rationed, two When Ben’s mom becomes pregnant, everybody seems residents go in search of a Christmas drink. Discovering to love her more. So the fve-year-old boy decides he too that they are not alone in their quest, a heist is hatched. must become pregnant – it is only a question of how.
03 04 NO MESSAGES WELCOME AND … OUR CONDOLENCES Cian McGarrigle (Tengger Productions) Leon Prudovsky (2-Team Productions) Ireland, 2012, 17m 41s Israel, 2012, 26m 50s A long-suffering barman expecting an important phone call In 1991, at the beginning of a massive immigration wave, a must put up with the advice of his hungover boss and the 12-year-old boy documents his family’s absurd and traumatic bar’s regular boozehound as he waits for the phone to ring. journey from the USSR to Israel on their home-video camera.
05 LOOT Greg Rom (Gentlemen Films) South Africa, 2012, 10m 32s An unarmed man attempts a bank robbery with a twist: Loot is a surprising story where few things are as they seem, and reality and fantasy blur together.
44 COMEDY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Bedern Hall Venue: King's Manor 2 Venue: King's Manor 2 SCREENING 4 Time: 20:30 - 21:45 Time: 10:00 - 11:15 Time: 12:45 - 14:00
01 02 A LOVELY TREAT THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF Mitch Yapko (Long Legs Productions) Jack Lawrence (University of York) USA, 2012, 10m 2s UK, 2013, 20m 55s A woman with high expectations for her love life fnds A feisty pick-pocket and a failed artist strike up an unlikely herself on a blind date with a man who is not her type. criminal partnership when they meet upon the open road, Can she fnally learn to embrace the unexpected? but things get complicated when one falls for the other.
03 04 LIARS LA PAGE BLANCHE (WRITER’S BLOCK) Oscar Nobi (Independent) Yohann Sfez (7e ACT) UK, 2012, 6m 19s France, 2012, 19m 55s A group of failed creatives faithfully support each other as they A young screenwriter lost for inspiration is forced out of pursue their ambitions – that is, until their true feelings are his comfort zone by his mentor in order to combat his revealed in spectacular fashion. Is honesty really the best policy? writer’s block. But just how far is he prepared to go?
05 06 THE PLOTTERS OUR NAME IS MICHAEL MORGAN Thomas Guerrier (Independent) Maurice Caldera (Quiddity Films) UK, 2012, 2m 20s UK, 2012, 13m In a secret lair, Guy Fawkes and his group of fellow It’s the end of the month, and a salesman with one conspirators begin to lose the plot when they struggle fnal sale to make fnds a strange fgure pitching on his to remember what they are doing at the big event. turf. Who is he? And what on earth is he selling?
45 COMEDY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: King's Manor 2 SCREENING 5 Time: 19:30 - 20:50 Time: 18:00 - 19:20 Time: 18:30 - 19:50
01 02 REP 5091 MOLEHILLS Robert Smith (A Beard And A No Show) Rupert Hill (Manchester Independent Collective) UK, 2013, 20m UK, 2013, 14m 6s In a world where a single phone call can banish your Two wannabe gangsters desperate to make some money troubles, a man makes a pact with one of the devil’s call decide to stage a robbery at a local newsagent armed centre salesmen working at the fery gates of hell. with only a toy gun and a couple of animal masks.
03 04 LOOKING FOR JOY EVIL URGES Lars Persson (Kalkontelevision) Cullum Carver-Jones (Chaos) Sweden, 2013, 10m 32s UK, 2012/2013, 9m 19s An isolated Swedish farmer living in a small, rural village is A young married couple are pushed to breaking point by afraid of being alone. The solution? He decides to fnd a wife each other’s annoying habits. With the added stresses of the online – but can they overcome the language barrier? holiday season, how will they cope on Christmas Day?
05 06 DÄUMELINCHEN (THUMBELINA) LITTLE MISS JIHAD Theresa Braun (Independent) Stephanie Law / Jessica Wu (LMJ Productions) Germany, 2013, 13m 50s Canada, 2012, 13m What if adults lived care-free as children? Would the world be When a 10-year-old girl discovers that her father better without restrictions? Däumelinchen follows a seven- disappeared on September 11th 2001, she announces year-old girl who grows up to question the necessity of rules. to her class that she wants to be a terrorist.
46 COMEDY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: Yorkshire Museum SCREENING 6 Time: 18:00 - 19:15 Time: 19:45 - 21:00 Time: 18:45 - 20:00
01 02 KONNICHIWA BRICK LANE SHAKESPEARE’S WART Saera Jin (Balanceflm) Jonathan Kydd (JK Rovers) Japan / UK, 2013, 14m 59s UK, 2013, 15m 43s Over the course of a single day on London’s streets, An actor desperate for work endures two sadistic directors Konnichiwa Brick Lane follows a Japanese girl stepping out of and a useless stage manager when he auditions for a her comfort zone to experience the highs and lows of love. small part in Shakespeare’s classic play Henry IV Part 2 .
03 04 THE NEXT STEP A WASTED NIGHT Mel Eslyn (Independent) Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra (Fundação Aramano USA, 2013, 6m 7s Álvares Penteado) Brazil, 2012, 16m 22s A young, dysfunctional couple decide to take the next step in Two friends reunite after a frustrating evening out with two their relationship. However, after an encounter with a peculiar unsuccessful dates. Will they lie about the outcome of their night gentleman, they realise it might be bigger than they think. or swallow their pride and reveal what has really happened?
05 06 THE KNOWLEDGE NO PLAYGROUND FOR LITTLE COWBOYS Adam Jenkins (Light & Bell Productions) Carl Rock (Sleek Films) UK, 2012, 6m 13s UK, 2012, 14m 58s A minicab driver who dreams of being in one of London’s Following a locker room robbery, a young cowboy decides to famous black cabs prepares to take “The Knowledge.” reclaim the goods for himself. With his rival “The Kid” closing However, the relentless revision is starting to take its toll … in on his trail, he tries desperately to keep one step ahead.
47 DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Barley Hall Venue: Barley Hall Venue: Barley Hall SCREENING 1 Time: 10:15 - 11:35 Time: 13:30 - 14:50 Time: 12:45 - 14:05
01 02 FIFTY PEOPLE ONE QUESTION NOTES ON BLINDNESS: RAINFALL Kamil Krolak (KamilFilms) Peter Middleton / James Spinney (Fee Fie Foe Films) Ireland, 2012, 11m 15s UK, 2013, 3m 45s Fifty People One Question is a documentary flmed on After losing his sight in 1983, John Hull kept an intimate the streets of Galway, Ireland – where 50 random people diary over three years, deconstructing his experience of were brought together by one very diffcult question. blindness in relation to his family, his identity and his faith.
03 04 I WILL HURT YOU BEFORE YOU HURT ME IT’S A GOOD LIFE Margarida Paiva (Independent) Tasos Giapoutzis (University of Bedfordshire) Norway, 2013, 19m 30s UK, 2013, 8m 4s A flm based on real interview footage with women who It’s a Good Life explores the impact of war through have been convicted of murder. The flm approaches the the life of Elidad, a young man who emigrated from implication of violence, and the shift from victim to aggressor. Rwanda to the UK when he was a teenager.
05 06 CROSSING THE DIVIDE TREASURE Cathy Heffernan (Neath Films Ltd) Oliver Murray (Melon Head) UK, 2012, 16m 20s UK, 2013, 3m 29s A story of love and friendship in Belfast during the Troubles, 40 years and thousands of found objects later, a man Crossing the Divide explores how the Deaf community overcame pauses to refect on how treasure hunting moved from a the divisions that split Northern Ireland for 30 years. hobby to a full-fedged obsession that took over his life.
48 DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Barley Hall Barley Hall (12:00 - 13:15) Venue: Barley Hall SCREENING 2 Time: 12:00 - 13:15 St Willam's College 1 (21:15 - 22:30) Time: 14:30 - 15:45
01 02 UNRAVEL DANGER OVERHEAD POWERLINES Meghna Gupta (Independent) Mia Mullarkey (Ishka Films) UK, 2012, 14m Ireland, 2013, 23m 30s Unravel follows the Western world’s unwanted clothes on A modern-day David and Goliath tale, Danger Overhead a journey across Northern India to a sleepy town named Powerlines follows a 65-year-old woman who is imprisoned when Panipat, where women recycle the cast-offs back into yarn. she tries to protect thousands of trees she planted by hand.
03 04 CARTA A SASHA (LETTER TO SASHA) THE PORT Andoni Jaen / Javier Reverte (Almatwins Productions) Rory Alexander Stewart (Independent) Spain, 2012, 15m UK, 2013, 17m Fatima, who lives in Asuerd’s refugee camp in the Hamada region As an intimate study of The Port O’Leith, Edinburgh’s of the Algerian desert, leads a very austere life with her family. infamous pub, The Port examines its history and distinct She is a studious young girl who dreams of being a doctor. tradition, fuelled by the stories of the tight-knit regulars.
05 NIRVANA Jack Bradley (Abingdon Film Unit) UK, 2012, 9m 23s Set against the beautiful backdrop of Burma, Dr. Dhammasami reveals that to achieve Nirvana, we must be physically and mentally free.
49 DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Micklegate Bar Venue: Micklegate Bar Venue: Micklegate Bar SCREENING 3 Time: 14:45 - 16:00 Time: 11:00 - 12:15 Time: 12:45 - 14:00
01 02 BEING SAYED RASOUL MISSING GREEN Ray Haddad (Independent) Anne Maree Barry (Still Films) United Arab Emirates, 2012, 8m 45s Ireland, 2013, 13m 47s A short portrait of a day spent with a not-so-ordinary Missing Green is a poetic journey through Pakistani truck driver on a flm set, giving a thought-provoking Cork Street, Dublin, Ireland. Two parallel stories glimpse into the life of the affable yet refective character. intermesh to create one underlying narrative.
03 04 CHASING THE WORLD’S LARGEST NUMBER URBEX Christian Holm-Glad (Bulldozer Film) Stephen MacLean (Independent) Norway, 2013, 22m UK, 2012, 10m Mathematician Jo Røislien takes us into the world of large Weaving through Sheffeld’s forgotten buildings, explorers from numbers on a road trip through California. The flm is an the underground community of “urbexing” (urban exploring) associative mix between mathematics and music video. share their experiences and passion for these derelict artefacts.
05 06 CREO E-WASTELAND Moss Davis (The Manchester School of Art) David Fedele (David Fedele Films) UK, 2013, 8m 28s Australia, 2012, 20m Creo is an intimate portrait documenting the life of E-Wasteland presents a visual portrait of Ghana’s unregulated 90-year-old Leonard Creo, an artist and speed-walker e-waste recycling trade, where electronics are not seen for who continues to inspire others with his passion for life. what they once were, but for what they have become.
50 DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Micklegate Bar (13:00 - 14:20) Venue: Micklegate Bar Venue: Micklegate Bar SCREENING 4 Bedern Hall (16:00 - 17:20) Time: 12:30 - 13:50 Time: 11:00 - 12:20
01 02 THE MAKING OF FALLUJAH: A NEW CHAMBER OPERA THE CHILD OF SILENT WINTER John Bolton (Opus 59 Films Inc.) Iiris Härmä (Guerilla Films) Canada, 2012, 24m Finland, 2012, 21m The Making Of Fallujah: A New Chamber Opera is a Katja is a young, frustrated retiree. At 24, she lives life in documentary flm which goes behind-the-scenes of solitude, spending days walking her dog, looking out of the Fallujah, the frst opera about the Iraq war and PTSD. window and channelling her restlessness into her drawings.
03 04 RESIGHT YELLOW FEVER Sama Waham (Independent) Ng’endo Mukii (Royal College of Art) UK, 2012, 10m UK / Kenya, 2012, 7m Exposing the wonders of darkness and the relativity of A focus on African women’s self-image, using memories, seeing, Resight is a tale of painting, pride and purity told interviews and mixed media to describe our almost through the eyes of Yvonne Felix, a visually impaired artist. schizophrenic pursuit of globalised beauty.
05 BEIGE Sylvie Hohlbaum (Tamtam Film) Germany, 2012, 14m 20s A clandestine dress code for German retirees exists – they all wear beige. Is there a connection between wearing beige and aging? Will we all wear beige one day?
51 DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Micklegate Bar (11:00 - 12:20) Micklegate Bar (14:15 - 15:35) Venue: Micklegate Bar SCREENING 5 Barley Hall (15:00 - 16:20) Barley Hall (10:15 - 11:35) Time: 14:15 - 15:35
01 02 WHO IS GILBERT PROUSCH? BORN POSITIVE Nora Ganthaler (Met Film School) Carla Simón (London Film School) UK / Italy, 2012, 16m UK, 2012, 18m It’s hard to believe that a tiny village in the Italian Alps is the Born Positive is a documentary about three Londoners who share birthplace of Gilbert Prousch (Gilbert & George). Yet his roots the stigma of being HIV positive. The flm explores how their open an alternative interpretation to his controversial art. experiences have been shaped by the virus since childhood.
03 04 OLE HANSEN: THE SALMON SMOKER ABUELAS (GRANDMOTHERS) Nikolaj Belzer (Everything is Okay) Afarin Eghbal (National Film & Television School) UK, 2012, 5m 45s UK, 2011, 9m 16s Working from a secluded cabin above a warehouse in An elderly woman in Buenos Aires awaits the birth of her Stoke Newington, Ole Hansen, a renowned artisanal grandchild and the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, salmon smoker, shows us his unique approach to life. circumstances dictate that she must wait over 30 years.
05 06 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD A SMALL EPISODE Pippa Riddick (Pickled Productions) Mathieu Gremillet (Matvideo) UK, 2013, 7m 13s Netherlands, 2013, 10m 40 years after that band took that photo, the realities of An intimate journey with Dutch artist Toer van living on Abbey Road are uncovered. A one-off portrait, Schaijk who shares for the frst time some of his most highlighting a ridiculous legacy that that band left behind. personal feelings through a new paintwork.
52 DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: King's Manor 2 Venue: King's Manor 2 SCREENING 6 Time: 21:15 - 22:30 Time: 19:15 - 20:30 Time: 10:15 - 11:30
01 02 THE VILLAGE OLD NORSE Liliana Sulzbach (Tempo Porto Alegre) Andrew Telling (Independent) Brazil, 2012, 25m Norway, 2012, 4m 15s Far away from any other urban centres, Itapuã is a small Following Irish artist Conor Harrington’s trip to the remote community with the rituals of everyday life. The location, Norwegian island of Vardø, Old Norse documents the four which sheltered 1,454 people, remains with only 35 residents. paintings he worked on while immersed in the island’s landscape.
03 04 FOUR-TELL NO ORDINARY PASSENGER Kathryn Ferguson (Independent) Cabell Hopkins (Independent) UK, 2013, 11m UK, 2013, 7m 30s Architect Zaha Hadid, Fashion Commentator Caryn Franklin 87-year-old Stan Dibben, ex-World Sidecar Champion, OBE , Designer Bella Freud and Entrepreneur Sharmedean Reid looks back on his career in racing and discusses the perils celebrate female role models on International Women’s Day. of being a “passenger” in such a dangerous sport.
05 ODOTTAJAT (THE WAIT) Inka Achté (The National Film and Television School) Finland / UK, 2012, 24m 30s They vanish without warning: fathers, husbands, sons. They leave behind families who wait for years in a limbo of constant questioning, fearing nothing more than getting an answer.
53 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY c15 Venue: 1331 Venue: Bedern Hall Venue: 1331 SCREENING 1 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Time: 19:00 - 20:30 Time: 14:15 - 15:45
01 02 BLACKSTORY SELL BY DATE Christoph Brunner / Stefan Brunner (Filmakademie Wien) Emma Savage (Savage Mills Ltd) Austria / Switzerland, 2012, 30m – preview screening UK, 2012, 14m Intertwining the stories of Lucille, Gabriel, Fred, Sylvester After the initial fun of trying for a baby wears off, the failure to and Max, Blackstory depicts a Hellish combination of characters conceive puts strain on a relationship, and the woman starts and situations on a pitch-black night to remember… to question the merits of pregnancy and motherhood.
03 04 DIRTY ON THE OUTSIDE DAYS OF AWE Leonardo Lafferte (28 North Productions) Rehana Rose Khan (Ponder Productions Limited) Spain, 2013, 14m 40s UK, 2012, 12m Zaida Belarbi is a foreign woman working in Spain as a It’s Jewish New Year, and the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah cleaner in an old building. However, her relationship with and Yom Kippur are a time for mercy, introspection, and one of the residents will fnally make her face her fears. forgiveness. But who is looking for forgiveness?
05 THE CASE OF MARY FORD Ben Mole (BPC Ltd) UK / Greece, 2013, 21m 45s New York City, 1913. Recent Greek immigrant Mary Ford is accused of killing her lover. Mary claims that the real murderer is her husband. But her husband … is already dead.
54 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 SCREENING 2 Time: 21:30 - 23:00 Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Time: 11:00 - 12:30
01 02 THE MAPMAKER PALIMPSEST Stephen Johnson (Flame 47 / MJZ) Michael Tyburski ({group theory}) UK, 2011, 18m USA, 2013, 17m 22s Rowan and Isabel return to the coastline where they spent a A successful house tuner provides clients with a blissful summer 50 years before. With Isabel nearing death, unique form of therapy, which carefully examines Rowan makes a sacrifce that will preserve their unity. subtle details in their living spaces.
03 04 LIFEVER PASAK Ted Hardy-Carnac (Ciné Qua Non Productions) Nell Eu (London Film School) France, 2012, 14m Malaysia / UK, 2012, 20m 32s Karine lives with her mother. Every day, she chats with her father Within in a busy marketplace in Kuala Lumpur, a young on a webcam. Mixing social drama and science fction, the movie woman is trapped in a family that does not love or respect dives into the day-to-day life of an almost normal family ... her. Finding out she is pregnant, she is inspired to take a risk.
05 CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Bim Ajadi (Neath Films) UK, 2012, 24m Sophie is a talented, young, Deaf athlete. After an accident, she fears she’ll never compete again. With support and determination, she proves that anyone can be a champion.
55 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 SCREENING 3 Time: 12:30 - 14:00 Time: 20:00 - 21:30 Time: 19:15 - 20:45
01 02 ÁSTARSAGA ONE NEW MESSAGE Ása Hjörleifsdóttir (Vintage Pictures) Sam Ferguson (The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Iceland / USA, 2012, 17m UK, 2012, 13m 18s A story of love, madness and 24-hour daylight, Ástarsaga While struggling with the decision to have his beloved begins with Solange’s boyfriend, Bladur, taking off to Iceland. dog put to sleep, a 76-year-old widower begins to ask the She decides to follow and fnds a mysterious surprise. question, which of them is actually in better health.
03 04 YOU GO AHEAD DEATH IN A NUT Govinda Van Maele (Red Lion) Tom Chick (DigiCult) Luxembourg, 2013, 23m UK, 2012, 15m 57s Camille takes Alex under his wing after he has been kicked Retelling of a folk story of the consequences of a out by his parents. He teaches him how to steal a car and son’s battle with a mysterious fgure that appears how to talk to his girlfriend. Then they fnd a gun … one day, calling his dying mother’s name.
05 HSU JI BEHIND THE SCREEN Thomas Rio (Easy Tiger Production) France, 2012, 24m Alone and bored, Hsu Ji watches an old comic movie until the flm’s three characters end up in the real world. They have a lot in common: they don’t have their papers either …
56 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 Venue: 1331 SCREENING 4 Time: 16:00 - 17:30 Time: 16:15 - 17:45 Time: 16:00 - 17:30
01 02 ÚJRATERVEZÉS (MY GUIDE) TO LOSE CONTROL Barnabás Tóth (Csokonai Muvelodési˝ ˝ Központ, Marty Stalker (Visionworks Television) Laokoon Film Group) Hungary, 2013, 12m UK / Ireland, 2013, 29m 24s An elderly couple are stuck in traffc. The two protagonists After nearly 10 years of military service, including operations have very different dispositions – the wife talks while in several war zones, a former elite soldier struggles her husband growls or exclaims occasionally. to deal with PTSD after leaving the armed forces.
03 04 CURSE OF THE SUNSET STARLET AFTERPARTY Lori Precious (Lori Precious Productions) David Adam (Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen) USA, 2013, 22m Denmark, 2013, 11m 38s A horror flm star returns to her long abandoned A young girl on her way to a party arrives only to daughter, claiming that she is dying. But is she really a fnd it desolate. Something terrible has happened in drifter, grifter, or a ghost come to destroy the family? this place, and she is determined to confront it.
05 ROSEMARY JANE Carolina Petro (London Film School) UK, 2013, 17m 20s Rosemary, a 65-year-old widow, is crippled by grief. In search of a remedy for her depression and insomnia, she ventures out to a council estate to buy marijuana.
57 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY c15 Venue: King's Manor Venue: King's Manor 1 Venue: King's Manor 1 SCREENING 5 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 Time: 20:30 - 22:00 Time: 11:15 - 12:45
01 02 OUT OF DARKNESS YOU KNOW WHAT I WISH FOR Manjinder Virk (Mango Films) Irina Arms (Armsflm) UK, 2013, 12m 45s Germany, 2012, 17m 30s A unique story, told by nine different voices, which Two Russian children prepare an ambush on German occupants explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that during WWII, and swear that they will kill the enemy. But then, won’t let go. With Tom Hiddleston and Riz Ahmed. unexpectedly, two German offcers arrive at their house …
03 04 WÖ GOMMER (WHERE ARE WE GOING) SHOWER Cosima Frei (Zurich University of the Arts) Christian K. Norvalls (Folkefender) Switzerland, 2012, 20m 29s Norway, 2012, 7m 38s The lightheartedness of a summer’s night is combined with A man who decides to take a shower after his unfulflled expectations in this bittersweet coming of age workout is side-tracked by a noise he cannot identify. story, which follows Cem as he runs away from his family. Seeking the source, he is left completely exposed.
05 06 THE ETERNAL NOT PUSSY CAT Joe Spray (London Film School) Simon Wharf (Brod Productions) UK, 2012, 18m 48s UK, 2012, 17m 54s The Eternal Not is a surreal black comedy about a couple – An exclusive screening of the Winner of the Bath Film Festival’s Bertram and Helena – who long for eternal bliss, and have 2012 IMDb Script to Screen Winner, and nominated for an been awaiting the arrival of their frst child … for two years. RTS Award, Pussy Cat is a flm about sex, marriage and a cat.
58 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: King's Manor Venue: 1331 Venue: King's Manor 1 SCREENING 6 Time: 12:00 - 13:30 Time: 14:15 - 15:45 Time: 13:00 - 14:30
01 02 GASPÉ COPPER DINNER Alexis Fortier Gauthier (Périphéria Productions) Lee Nechushtan (Tel Aviv University) Canada, 2013, 14m Israel, 2012, 19m In Murdochville in 1957, a family is forced to A dinner that almost ends in disaster leads 67-year-old Gadi move locations to the city after the father, badly affected to go on the frst blind date of his life. We follow him as he by a long miners’ strike, fnally fnds a new job. makes his way there, and encounter the people he meets.
03 04 FOXY AND MARINA HEIMKOMMEN (COMING HOME) Zachariah Copping (DigiCult) Micah Magee (German Film and Television Academy) UK, 2013, 24m Germany, 2012, 23m Set in Glasgow, Foxy and Marina is a lyrical romance Jo’s angry older brother picks her up from hockey practice about two heroin users who meet at their dealer’s house every day. Hiphop vs Beethoven. Ice vs fre. On the repeated and the dynamics of that particular relationship. ride home, the two siblings fnd each other again.
05 WAXWING Tim Mercier (Peoples Poet Production) UK, 2012, 14m At a city’s edge on the cusp of winter and spring, this is the story of an extraordinary day in a young birdwatcher’s life charged with both magic and fear.
59 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: King's Manor Venue: King's Manor 1 Venue: King's Manor 1 SCREENING 7 Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Time: 16:30 - 18:00 Time: 14:45 - 16:15
01 02 HAPPINESS BAYA’A AL WARD (FLOWER SELLER) Chris King (Watermark Films) Ihab Jadallah (Neath Films) USA, 2013, 17m Palestine / UK / France, 2011, 18m A depressed woman, drowning in the cubicle walls of her Flower Seller follows the struggles of a poor fower monotonous dead-end job, befriends a co-worker who seller in a refugee camp in Palestine, faced with the makes her rethink who she is and what she wants out of life. decision of being a traitor to his people or surviving.
03 04 LARGE DOUBLE ROOM IN ZONE 2 EL ÚLTIMO PASO (THE LAST STEP) Tony Burke (Dead Bird Ltd.) Juan Pablo Richter (K-fex Films SRL) UK, 2012, 10m Bolivia, 2012, 9m 55s Two lonely singletons meet when James views a room Life depends on the great decisions ... the hardest in Selena’s fat. They appear to want the same things. ones. The time for Lara and Mateo to make their hardest But one of them isn’t telling the whole truth. decision, one on which their lives depend, has come.
05 06 ACHELE (SISTER) THE FIRE Clara Kraft Isono (London Film School) Artem Volchkov (VGIK) UK, 2012, 16m 32s Russia, 2013, 25m In the Himalayan region of Ladakh, India, two young sisters The son of a country priest runs from his struggle with the onset of separation. What does that mean? house after an argument with his father, but he And can they stop the changes that will tear them apart? is forced to come back to save his family.
60 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: King's Manor Venue: King's Manor 1 Venue: King's Manor 1 SCREENING 8 Time: 16:00 - 17:30 Time: 14:30 - 16:00 Time: 16:30 - 18:00
01 02 SUMMER SUIT THE BIG LEAP Rebecca Peniston-Bird (Independent) Kristoffer Rus (Prasa & Film / East of West Cinema AB / Telewizja Australia, 2012, 14m 43s Polska S.A. / ATM FX / WFDiF) Poland / Sweden, 2013, 13m 10-year-old tomboy Robbie’s discovery of an old Three people meet atop a skyscraper, all with the intention suit gives her a new sense of identity. But can she of committing suicide. The situation escalates on realising and her suit survive the trials of summer? they carry conficting opinions about the afterlife.
03 04 LA CASA DI ESTER STILL HERE Stefano Chiodini (Mood Film) Yeah Yeah (Yeah Yeah Creative) Italy, 2012, 15m USA, 2013, 22m In the frame of everyday life, a married couple are hiding A man who believes he has survived a global apocalypse a history of domestic violence until the wife realises the learns through the daily radio broadcasts he sends to potential intolerable drama she is suffering by bringing up the past. survivors that he is wrong, leading to a diffcult decision.
05 THE FARMER’S WIFE Francis Lee (Straw House Films) UK, 2012, 18m As the farmer’s wife’s surroundings are invaded by outsiders, she carries out her daily tasks in preparation for what will be her fnal day on her farm, the only land she has known.
61 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: King's Manor Venue: King's Manor 1 Venue: King's Manor 1 SCREENING 9 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Time: 12:30 - 14:00 Time: 18:30 - 20:00
01 02 SUNDAY MORNING HIBERNATION Brian O’Toole (London Film School) Jon Mikel Caballero (Ainur Films) Ireland, 2013, 21m 50s Spain, 2012, 17m It’s a Sunday morning and a nine-year-old girl is getting Joseph is an astronaut set to go where no man has gone up to mischief around her palatial home. Things take a before through the “Hibernation” programme. However, there turn after a frightening experience in the swimming pool. is an unfortunate breakdown between him and his instructor.
03 04 ANONYMOUS KILIMANJARO Matthew Murdoch (Matthew Murdoch Film and Video / Nima Yousef (Hob AB) Inspiration Films) UK, 2012, 11m 25s Sweden, 2013, 15min Jealous sensitivities are running high for an unlikely couple Göran and Kerstin live in a distant relationship, their intimacy out on a date. Helen and Simon should both know their fading due to Kerstin’s dementia. Göran takes a trip with a friend, relationship doesn’t matter, but unfortunately for them, it does. hoping to fnd meaning. But things don’t turn out as expected.
05 DAWN Stephanie Zari (Moving Pictures Media) UK, 2012, 28m A psychological drama exploring the bond of triplets, broken at birth, that sends surviving siblings Jude and Maddison on an intimate quest to fll their sense of loss and grief.
62 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Mansion House Venue: King's Manor 1 Venue: St William's College 1 SCREENING 10 Time: 16:15 - 17:45 Time: 18:30 - 20:00 Time: 10:00 - 11:30
01 02 MOUSSE PHYSICS John Hellberg (Autoboys AB) Claire Oakley (Quiddity Films) Sweden, 2012, 35m UK, 2012, 13m During a signifcant horse racing event, the local betting Rona (9) lives in a seaside town where the local power station centre looks like the ultimate spot for some fast cash, and seems to be sucking away all of the remaining energy. Mousse is fed up of living as a second-class citizen. However, then she fnds the God Particle on the beach.
03 04 FIVE NEEDLES LITTLE LIES Julian Peedle-Calloo (Neath Films) Keith Adam Johnson (Independent) UK, 2011, 13m 45s Australia, 2012, 15m Five Needles follows the lives of four Deaf Jewish women Phillip has just lost Marcus, his long-term partner. He tries as they strive to fnd security and peace, and survive within to forget his grief in alcohol and invites a rent boy home. the confnes and routine of a Nazi sewing factory. But the boy proves to be more than he bargained for.
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63 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Mansion House Venue: Mansion House Venue: St William's College 1 SCREENING 11 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Time: 19:15 - 20:45 Time: 11:45 - 13:15
01 02 HILJAINEN VIIKKO (ALL HALLOWS’ WEEK) CONFESSION Jussi Hiltunen (Making Movies) Julian Peedle-Calloo (Neath Films) Finland, 2011, 17m UK, 2012, 24m A short flm about guilt and forgiveness. A shooting incident A historical drama, featuring Alexander Graham Bell and takes place in front of a small town disco in Northern Finland. Reverend Francis Maginn, depicts the battle for Deaf culture as Two witnesses have to cope with loss, sorrow and guilt. Victorian society tries to ban sign language and Deaf marriage.
03 04 THE LOVE PARADOX UP OR DOWN Ian Allen Lim (Independent) Georgios Koukoumas (THAT / Media Box) Puerto Rico, 2012, 13m Cyprus, 2012, 15m After his wife’s tragic death in a car accident, a well Three individuals are enclosed in an elevator. Who are they? respected astrophysicist collapses into a downward What did they do fve minutes ago? What is their destination? spiral, obsessed with proving his theory of time travel. These are some of the questions presented and maybe answered.
05 06 MAGPIE RETRO Michael Barwise (Stirling Film & Television Productions Ltd) David Nguyen (Independent) UK, 2012, 10m 47s UK, 2013, 12m 43s Set in coastal Ireland, Magpie is the story of a pair of illicit Unable to decipher his wife’s cryptic suicide note, young lovers, Johnny and Cathy, who escape to a quiet a grieving husband channels her ghost through beach house to see out the last few days of their affair. his smartphone in search of an explanation.
64 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: Mansion House Venue: Mansion House Venue: St William's College 1 SCREENING 12 Time: 19:45 - 21:15 Time: 17:30 - 19:00 Time: 13:30 - 15:00
01 02 COMMA LAY ME DOWN Gerri Pavloff (Porta Films) Lucy Tcherniak, (Run Rabbit Films) Latvia, 2012, 27m UK, 2013, 11m The story follows a day in the life of Oscar, an architect in Exploring the curious relationship between two girls. Lily his 50s, deeply in love with a young actress. Eager to give and Penny are bound together by a horrible truth. To lift her a gift, Oscar sneaks into her rehearsals to see her. the terrible burden she carries, Lily must take action.
03 04 ATROPHY GO UP Mairtin de Barra (Zodiac Films) Roman Kayumov (Independent) Ireland, 2012, 13m 13s Russian Federation, 2013, 15m Atrophy examines the sacrifces made in the name of Alex retreated from real life, creating a new personality online – development, and the effect they have upon people. A tale of smart, successful and vigorous. He didn’t want to accept himself old versus new, loss, friendship and an old farmer and his dog … as he was, so the world didn’t want to accept him either…
05 TWO WEEKS TOPS Danny Hekt (Tel Aviv University) Israel, 2012, 26m Gome’, a poet and thinker, is being evicted from his apartment, and with no place to go he fnds himself at his childhood home. Here, he must face his parents and life choices.
65 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 SCREENING 13 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 Time: 16:00 - 17:30 Time: 15:15 - 16:45
01 02 SAHASI CHORI (BRAVE GIRL) VOCUUS Erin Galey (NYU Tisch Asia / In The Flicker) Patryk Jurek (Artefactum Film) USA / Nepal / India, 2013, 19m 55s Poland, 2012, 18m Nepali girl Bhumika leaves her Himalayan village seeking After his wife’s death, Pawel is left with daughter Marta, employment in the city with friend Krishna, but unbeknownst who he’s never been close to. The lost girl and depressed to her, he plans to use her as currency in a devil’s bargain. man have to fnd each other in an otherwise empty home.
03 04 KING OF THE TEDS COPS AND ROBBERS Jim Cartwright (Sprout Pictures) Keith Mackin and John Reck (Plato Films) UK, 2012, 26m 32s UK / Ireland, 2012, 13m 26s When a long lost friend calls, Ron and Tina are reminded Two brothers embark on a journey that teaches them of a time when Ron was known as the charismatic the power and penalty of gunplay. As one discovers the “King of the Teds” and both women loved him. realities, the other remains immersed in a world of fantasy.
05 06 SECONDS TENURE Jordan Canning (Get Set Films) Tom Majerski (Manchester Metropolitan University) Canada, 2012, 5m UK, 2013, 10m 35s Whilst eating his dinner, the disremembered details of Anthony Tarr serves his Queen and country, and is dedicated the man’s life fash before his eyes as he slowly falls to his life’s work. The model of a loyal patriot and soldier, back and chokes to death on a piece of meat. he is willing to sacrifce everything for his service.
66 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 SCREENING 14 Time: 12:00 - 13:30 Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Time: 17:00 - 18:30
01 02 A BEAUTIFUL DEATH ANNIVERSARY Janis Pugh (Crooked Finger Productions) Curt Apduhan (Small Pond Films) UK, 2012, 28m 25s USA, 2011, 21m 15s Poignant, playful and at times surreal, A Beautiful Death The tale of a married couple who plan to spice up their explores the last moments of communal tenderness shared 10th anniversary by hiring an exotic dancer to perform for by a family as they prepare for the death of their mother. them – an evening which reveals the scars of lives not lived.
03 04 TWINKLE, TWINKLE TUNS, RAS SI FREZAT (HALF SHAVED) Deborah Haywood (Rankin Film Productions) Bogdan Muresanu (Commitet & Adcelerate) UK, 2013, 9m Romania, 2012, 11m 28s When Sophie and Megan play Mummies and Daddies, At the beginning of 1991, an old barber meets by chance his we learn a lot about Mummy and Daddy, especially former torturer who came in for a shave. The client denies it, but when Megan shows Sophie how to “turn into a star.” the barber is convinced he is right and he is wishing for revenge.
05 GOOD NIGHT Muriel d’Ansembourg (London Film School / Blindeye Films) UK, 2012, 24m Good Night is an intimate portrait of two teenage girls on a secret night out in London, where their childhood innocence is threatened by an awakening and dangerous sexuality.
67 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 SCREENING 15 Time: 14:00 - 15:30 Time: 12:00 - 13:30 Time: 18:45 - 20:15
01 02 WIE ES UNS GEFÄLLT (AS WE LIKE IT) ERIC Paul Meschùh (Art-Media / HFF Munich) Richard Foster (Richard Foster Films) Austria / Germany, 2012, 29m 40s UK, 2013, 9m 34s Emilia and Hannes are the guardians of 8-year-old Jasmin Eric is the story of a young man returning home to attend and have grown to love her despite her challenging and violent the funeral of his childhood friend Jack’s mother. We behaviour. A story between idealism and instinct. follow Eric as he helps Jack to fnd his feet after his loss.
03 04 ISTVAN AND THE FUR TROUT LINES IN THE SAND Sophie Farkas Bolla (Frakas Production) Michael Gilroy (My Pictures Ltd) Canada, 2012, 20m UK, 2012, 16m 39s Istvan, a young boy blessed with the gift of Infnite Wisdom, Sisters Amy and Suzanne are on the run having escaped from is the guardian of the Portal of Nations. In order to gain his a children’s home. They promise always to stick together freedom and marry the one he loves, he must fnd a fur trout. but Suzanne has something far greater on her mind.
05 06 CHANCE OF RAIN ROMANTIC HIDEAWAY Philipp C. Wolter (The FilmGym) Kawita Sareen (Independent) USA, 2012, 14m 4s UK, 2012, 3m 52s As Jason ducks into a psychic parlour to escape the A Valentine’s Day gesture goes horribly wrong when pouring rain, little does he know that he will have to make a dark secret between two women is revealed. a choice that determines the course of his life and future.
68 DRAMA FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: St William's College 1 Venue: According to McGee SCREENING 16 Time: 16:00 - 17:30 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 Time: 10:00 - 11:30
01 02 BIRD LOUP, Y ES-TU? (WOLF, ARE YOU HERE?) Alasdair Bayne (Strange Films) Xavier Sirven (Barney Production) Scotland, 2012, 12m 30s France, 2012, 28m A bird lies dead in a hayfeld. A boy fnds it. A girl A cow mysteriously dies in a village. Camille, eight, discovers watches him. The consequences of their actions the dead body and tries to understand. Slowly she becomes on this day will change them forever. suspicious about a farm worker whose behaviour disturbs her.
03 04 LIPSTICK SEIN KAMPF Carla Simon (London Film School) Jakob Zapf (neoPOL Film) UK, 2013, 9m 5s Germany, 2013, 16m 39s Sophia and Oliver are siblings who enjoy playing at their Boris, a 16-year-old boy under the infuence of his grandma’s house while she sleeps. One day, they encounter neo-Nazi brother witnesses the power of truth when listening death for the frst time and have to deal with it on their own. to a survivor of Auschwitz giving a talk in school.
05 A LITTLE FARTHER Nikan Nezami (Independent) Iran, 2012, 29m A blind girl and her friend take a trip to a miraculous spring in a outland village to be cured. A man from the village is coming to the city with his family to visit a doctor.
69 EXPERIMENTAL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 SCREENING 1 Time: 14:30 - 15:30 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Time: 16:15 - 17:15
01 02 I YAM WHAT I YAM… L’INVENZIONE MAN VS SAND Peter Sant (Independent) Prano Bailey-Bond (NonPop Productions) Malta / UK, 2013, 29m 32s UK, 2012, 9m I Yam What I Yam… L’invenzione is centred around the collision of Post-apocalyptic short flm inspired by Theatre of the two flms originally shot on the same location – Emidio Greco’s Absurd, offering a satirised view of the live-to-work ethic. L’invenzione di Morel (1974) and Robert Altman’s Popeye (1980). Originally based on a letter about the economic crisis.
03 04 ANFANG JUNI (JUNE BEGINS) MY FOREST Kerstin Neuwirth (Academy of Media Arts Cologne) Sébastien PINS (Independent) Germany, 2012, 11m Belgium, 2012, 6m 55s Women of different generations act wordlessly in a large garden. With the view of a child, travel throughout the forest to What are the relations between the various people. How does discover its magic, its mysteries, its meetings and the the elusive man come into it? Is it possible to escape? unique relation that man can have with nature.
05 06 HÄROMDAGEN (THE OTHER DAY) SOFT TOFFEE Sofa Wickman (Independent) Duncan Cowles / Anita Norfolk (Edinburgh College of Art) Netherlands / Sweden, 2013, 5m 54s UK, 2012, 3m 24s What is it to know a father? Behind our given roles, there is an If your memories change - does your past change? entire world we might never have access to. Perhaps that’s OK. The reliability of memory is questioned in this short flm about a woman trying to remember a past love.
70 EXPERIMENTAL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 SCREENING 2 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Time: 15:00 - 16:00
01 02 3020 LAGUNA ST. IN EXITUM CONSUELO Ashley Rodholm / Joe Picard (Independent) Paul Johnson (Independent) USA, 2013, 10m UK / Peru, 2013, 19m 20s Filmed in a site-specifc installation, 3020 Laguna St. The story of a young Peruvian dancer trying In Exitum is a short experimental flm that explores the to pursue her dreams in the harsh world of the art created out of a home scheduled for demolition. largest river city in the Amazon jungle.
03 04 STREETS IN THE SKY COMPARTMENT TEN Leon Seth (Independent) Jason Tovey (Independent) UK, 2012, 11m UK, 2013, 8m 59s An atmospheric documentary that encompasses memory, On a train travelling through the night, a man is warned by a loss and transition. The flm meditates on the design of social stranger about a checkpoint and the sinister indoctrination environments, and the ideals and intentions of the architects. that is taking place in that part of the country.
05 06 I WON’T BE YOUR MIRROR DREAM BIGGER DREAMS Franco Franchini (Independent) Sandro Miller (One Eye Shut Productions) USA, 2011, 13m 53s USA, 2013, 2m 2s The last prototypes of the human race exist only by taking Dream Bigger Dreams is a compilation from eight flms pictures of themselves. No objects, no buildings, no trash in this created for Nick Cave. The flms originally were created world, only the digital representation. What story could they tell? for an exhibition which Cave was having in Lille, France.
71 EXPERIMENTAL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: According to McGee Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 SCREENING 3 Time: 16:00 - 17:00 Time: 19:00 - 20:00 Time: 10:00 - 11:00
01 02 PREHISTORIA ARTERIAL Hakan Can (Apartment Blue Factory) Christopher Ian Smith (Modern Moving Image) Germany, 2011, 21m UK, 2013, 9m 53s Prehistoria tells the story of a man who plunges into In the industrial hinterland of England, Benjamin encounters a his woebegone memories to overcome the pain that girl. Arcadian and beautiful, she offers escape from his lonely, the unfaithfulness of his former lover has caused. repetitive life. But is she human? And does she even exist?
03 04 A ROOST FOR EVERY BIRD UNTITLED, 2013 Jack Wormell (Independent) Anna Blandford / Anna Valdez Hanks (Fallen Films Ltd.) UK, 2012, 5m 42s Colombia / UK, 2013, 9m 3s A friend of mine likes to make sweeping statements When a gallery in London shows photographs of about London like “In South London you can’t get Colombian street prostitutes, the moral problems a good kebab”, exploring the notion of place. caused by their creation are ignored.
05 06 THE SILK SILENCE OF THE WILD COTTON CANDY IMPOSSIBLE SHOES Nina Caspari (Independent) Melodie Roulaud (Anomalous Visuals) Belgium, 2012, 9m 45s UK, 2012, 4m Back in the time of a child, inside the head of a young Starring paraplegic model and artist Sophie Morgan, woman. A surreal mix of dream and reality. Memories, this short flm explores the dichotomy of shoes that are wishes and dreams are confronting the present. impossible to walk in and feet that cannot walk.
72 EXPERIMENTAL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: According to McGee Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 SCREENING 4 Time: 14:30 - 15:30 Time: 14:30 - 15:30 Time: 12:30 - 13:30
01 02 FLICKER HERE AND AWAY Bouha Kazmi (Independent Films) Meena Nanji (Ecesis Films Inc) UK, 2013, 10m 50s USA / India, 2012, 10m 38s A beautiful and fragmented story of loss and self- A boy’s experience as he contemplates the world around discovery following a vulnerable drifter girl as she treads him, the wonder and mystery of nature, the confusion of desolate hollow ground trying to fnd her direction. changing times and people, and the possibilities of the future.
03 04 LONDONERS ONE DAY BERLIN Joseph Ernst (Gladis Haralski Ltd / Channel 4) Nicolas Dusollier (Independent) UK, 2012, 11m France / Germany, 2012/2013, 16m 7s A vintage flm about modern day London, which was shot Sven is a young and successful German writer. A entirely on a 100-year-old wooden hand-cranked 35mm group of people engage him in a discussion on his camera, depicting today as if it were 100 years ago. last project, resulting in an aesthetic experience.
05 06 PARASITE CHOI TWIXT Damien Steck (OUKA Studio / SR Partners) Majid Bagheri / Anna Kraulis (Independent) France / UK, 2012, 10m 1s Canada, 2011, 4m 23s Parasite Choi unfolds by depicting that last fght Twixt imagines a realm of shadow-like spirits, exploring the of the last human being is against itself … fragile space between absence and presence. Featuring dancers Something inside us wants to go away ... be ready! Philippa Myler and Lindsey Ridgway, and music by Zoë Keating.
73 EXPERIMENTAL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: According to McGee Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: St William's College 2 SCREENING 5 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Time: 17:30 - 18:30 Time: 11:15 - 12:15
01 02 ELON + EMMANUELLE LUZ MOB: HUERFANO Natalie Galazka (Natalie Galaxy Inc.) Jeff Bernier (Greenhorn Productions) Canada, 2012, 7m 35s USA, 2013, 5m 42s This magical realism tale unravels a chance A lone man’s search for the perfect sound leads him on encounter between strangers, their merging an unexpected journey. This experiment in feld recording imaginations and falling in love without words. takes Luz from the wilds of Colorado to the wilder city.
03 04 LANDSCAPE DUET ROOFTOP Pierre Larauza (t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e) Mette Mærsk (Independent) Belgium / Hong Kong, 2012, 12m 20s Denmark, 2013, 7m 38s This wordless flm implicitly denounces through dance the Music video for the Danish band Travelling Tribes. Rooftop is environmental issue of over-urbanism, which little by little from their debut album, Everything Seems to Change. The band is erases the natural landscape in many important cities. one of the upcoming names in the Roskilde Festival 2013 line-up.
05 06 THE ART OF DEFINING ME NUMB CEREMONY Seeta Patel / Kamala Devam (Independent) Ninja Miori / Hannes Hagstrand (Ninja Miori Film) UK, 2013, 15m Sweden, 2011, 4m 53s In a tick box society where identity has become a commodity, Numb Ceremony is a short abstract flm about a state this dance flm takes a humorous look at how artists are just after losing someone and before the grief comes, infuenced by the expectations and defnitions placed upon them. when it is impossible to understand what has happened.
74 EXPERIMENTAL FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Venue: According to McGee Venue: St William's College 2 Venue: According to McGee SCREENING 6 Time: 11:15 - 12:15 Time: 16:00 - 17:00 Time: 11:45 - 12:45
01 02 TEA FOR TWO THE DOWNFALL Max Rogers (Beautiful Movements Productions) Andreas Melcher / Christian Meyerholz (Independent) UK, 2013, 13m 16s Germany, 2012, 3m 30s Doris is a downtrodden housewife played by Dubstep performers Symbiz describe a system doomed by its Kimberly Wyatt. She is a dreamer who longs for the constant need for growth in their music video. The Downfall is an attention she deserves from the man of her dreams. experimental flm using new production techniques.
03 04 MOTION SICKNESS ALTER EGO Jessica Kennedy / John McIlduff (Independent) Rusch Meyer (Robert Staff / Simon Ruschmeyer) Ireland, 2012, 10m 25s Germany, 2012, 4m 10s Multi award winning flm about escape and rejection. Diving through the mind’s eye, sifting debris of the splintering A marching band rehearses in a car park. A fock of conscious, lurking in chambers of hope and memory, stealing crows lie dead in the wind. Three people sit in a car. dominion in fragile reality. Both collide, who shall prevail?
05 06 POLYSTYRENE DREAMS HALF THE HEART Jack Exton (The Northern Film School) Andreas Rochholl (KADMOS Produktion) UK, 2012, 10m Germany, 2012, 12m 52s A love story that demonstrates one woman’s fascination with her A poetic musical flm featuring a soprano, a Deaf angel, a worker, creation and the imperfections that make it unique. Observing the 2 horses and a central train station. What is the mystery of the inner workings of the factory that creates these human objects. moment? When in daily life is a melody fathered in one’s mind?
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