largest ever pool of submissions. We celebrate the diversity of filmmaking with our online platform and our aim is to give our filmmakers more visibility internationally. As well as the adult competition, we once again celebrate our youth showcase to provide a platform for the newest generations of storytelling and creative expression. Building on collaborations from last year with The Guardian, The Whickers and the world’s largest disability film festival, Oska Bright, this year we are excited to form Ladies and gentlemen... new connections with The Iraqi Film Institute, The Film and TV charity and of course our fantastic new sponsors ...welcome to BFF2021! Our programme is jam Waterbear Network who have inspired us with their packed full of new films, discussions and workshops incredible free platform of environmental film. where we not only celebrate so many incredibly gifted Our curation this year explores the many narratives and emerging directors, but also dive into discussions on wide-ranging voices of our Short Film Finalists. Poignant and diversity, identity, our environment, creativity and above creatively told stories reflect themes on humanity’s mental all connectivity and getting great films out there for you anguish, our inherent need for belonging and identity, the to see! In 2020 Covid-19 forced us to be clear about what struggles within families amidst cultural pressures, and how was important. Connectivity! And whilst we reluctantly communities can come together and present the beauty fall back on online access once more, we hope to open of their best or indeed the very ugliness of their worst. So our reach across time and space with our content being many stimulating tales are here for your viewing in a mix of available during the week of the festival and the documentary, animation and fiction. Engage in the collective week following. conversations that these films present with friends and In our planning we try to allow for both the physical family or interact with our greater community on one of our experience of cinema and online screenings for you to many live Q&A events online. We hope you’ll join us! experience beyond our usual borders. We are building our big screen ambitions for 2022 while retaining some of the virtual interactions established last year hoping to help filmmakers who might not have the resources to travel, even in an open season. Our short film competition is back! This will be the SAM CULLIS, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR second year of international entries in documentary, animation and fiction to diversify our programme so that our festival offers something unique. Importantly our finalists are part of a wider showcase celebrating over 100 filmmakers who have been shortlisted from our barnesfilmfestival.com waterbear.com WATCH AWARD-WINNING SHORTS & DOCS.
“The Barnes Film Festival has gathered real momentum over the past six years. After the year ANYWHERE. we have had, I would like to congratulate the festival team and all the people who have contributed to the accomplishment of the 6th edition. Since I have been involved, I have witnessed first-hand their distinctive vision, and have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of year-round events, most recently with a celebration FOR FREE. of the return to cinema with Edgar Wright and Tom Holland. Last year BFF was one of the first to replicate Free Membership. the festival atmosphere online and I anticipate again No Ads. this year that it will offer the much wider audience a range of high-quality screenings, workshops, Q and A’s and networking events. I believe the festival will enrich people with new ideas, creative collaborations and synergies that can progress them in their film journey. The festival has turned Barnes into a place that now attracts filmmakers and people working in the film industry. I am proud to be supporting it.”
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LIMBO Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film GRANADA NIGHTS At BFF 2020 Head of Film4 Daniel Battsek announced + Q&A and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO + Q&A GRANADA NIGHTS as Winner of Best Feature, it was also AT OLYMPIC STUDIOS is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, AT RIVERSIDE selected for ‘Breakthrough’ at London Screenings 2019. We set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new are finally able to bring the film to the big screen for its Festival THURSDAY, 17 JUNE⋅20:45 – 23:00 STUDIOS arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. premiere. GRANADA NIGHTS is a self-discovery feature film set DIR. BEN SHARROCK WED, 23 JUNE⋅20:00 – 23:00 It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened in Granada, Spain about a British-Asian tourist who struggles DIR. ABID KHAN by his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from with a broken heart as he befriends a group of young foreigners This event will not his homeland. Reflecting the complexity of the movement of and crashes into the heart of the international student scene. require a festival pass. people across borders has been a long-held passion for director This event will not The film stars Screen International Star of Tomorrow, Antonio require a festival pass. and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO Aakeel (Eaten By Lions, City Of Tiny Lights), Quintessa Swindell in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in (Netflix Trinkets, Voyagers and recently announced in DC Film 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. Black Adam). After the film there will be a Q&A with the There, he formed a network of friends whose personal cast and crew. stories inspired the film. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Ben Sharrock by Come early to mingle with us and enjoy a free beer courtesy of Cameron Saunders, Vice President and Trustee of the Film our drink sponsor Cervezas Alhambra from 7pm and TV charity who supported in the making of this film.
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SCREENINGS WORKSHOPS TALKS EVENTS “I was thrilled to hear that Barnes Film Festival would be returning for a sixth year. After successive lockdowns, it’s safe to say we have a large and hungry pool of talented people who are ready, willing and able PROUD PARTNER OF BFF2021 to start sharing their work again. I am hugely grateful to the organisers for continuing to facilitate this wonderful community of storytellers, which I know provides guidance and inspiration for so many. It really is essential that upcoming talent, particularly young people, have platforms such as this where they can harness their passion and creativity for filmmaking. This past year has really highlighted how vital the arts, including and especially film, are to our sense of wellbeing. I look forward to enjoying what I’m sure will be another hugely successful event.”
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Our Jury comprises filmmakers, actors and industry leaders who are committed to recognizing and supporting the best in innovative, diverse, and artistically excellent film for young audiences throughout the globe. Established in 2011, the Property Partnership is an independent, multi-award-winning estate agency with offices in Barnes, Richmond and Surrey, dedicated 2020to providing a positive experience based on a blend of modern technology and traditional values.
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Film Festival ad A5.indd 1 17/05/2021 13:55 Finalists PACK ANIMALS From the ridiculous to the sublime, compassion clashes with violence in tales where human nature is at times harshly exposed.
DA YIE THE FIRE NEXT TIME ROTTWEILER MAD IN XPAIN DIR. ANTHONY NTI, INTL SHORT FICTION DIR. RENALDHO PELLE, UK ANIMATION DIR. JONNY POWELL, UK SHORT FICTION DIR. COKE RIOBOO, INTL ANIMATION Breathtaking and a visual treat, Anthony Nti, leads Animator Renaldho Pelle combines a slick digital Jonny Powell’s intense drama raises questions about A dark satirical stop motion film, set in a post- us into a world of peril. Set in Ghana, two young approach with a tactile analog style. His atmospheric privilege and strife. Set in a council estate, apocalyptic Spain, where different tribes survive children, Prince and Matilda are taken on an paint on glass film uses hand painted character it transports you to a microcosm where the stakes struggling to gain control of the only livelihood ominous joyride by a stranger with the lure of food. animation with stop motion sets, drawing us into the are high and luck is low. Protagonist, Sophia, must that exists - a very low quality red wine. Coke As day turns into night we are acutely aware of the oppressive world of social inequality. It will makes help her ex-convict boyfriend pay his debt, but Riobóo’s unique voice takes you on a wild ride while danger the children are in and desperately hope that your heart race. at what cost. addressing current day issues. the stranger will have a change of heart.
SHOWTIME CAGNOLINO A CAT CALLED JAM STARLINGS DIR. TOMMY AGRIODIMAS, INTL SHORT DOC DIR. HUGO DIEGO GARCIA, INTL SHORT FICTION DIR. LORRAINE LORDAN, INTL ANIMATION DIR. SIMON ALLEN, UK SHORT FICTION Director Tommy Agriodimas celebrates resourceful Hugo Diego Garcia’s gritty film keeps you on the Lorraine Lordan’s 2D treatment is an ode to the old Filmed during lockdown, Simon Allen’s directorial moves of two young men, rejecting the life of gang edge of your seat. Sharp and fast paced, it takes you masters of animation. Jam, a cat with an identity debut is a poignant insight to the lonely world criminality in their community,driven by passion on a night out with a group of hoodlums looking for crisis is desperate to befriend dogs. When he meets of senior citizens. When an elderly man sets out and self expression, we are treated with a show of trouble, but it’s a dog eat dog world out there and a cat called Treacle, he must do some to remove unwanted visitors who are ruining the positivity, athleticism and performance dance on the ‘if you can’t bite, you shouldn’t bark’. soul searching. vegetable patch in his garden, he did not anticipate subway cars of New York City. Trigger Warning how it would change him. Finalists BODY AND SOUL Identity and physicality face each other, one never far from the other, in their unmasking within these revealing stories.
FLESH GYM PATRIOT ROBERTO LET MY BODY SPEAK DIR. CAMILA KATER, INTL ANIMATION DIR. SLOBODAN KARAJLOVIC, UK SHORT FICTION DIR. CARMEN CÓRDOBA GONZÁLEZ, INTL ANIMATION DIR. MADONNA ADIB, UK SHORT DOC Camila Kater’s approach is lyrical, haunting and hard Slobodan Karajlovic brings Rishi Vaja’s amusing Carmen Córdoba González’s visual storytelling is Madonna Abib films a sensual documentary where hitting. Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well script to life. The light hearted commentary on captivating, vibrant and deeply moving. It explores sexual identity and body politics speak out following and well done. Five women share their intimate culture clash holds a mirror to the grim realities the very current issues of love and self image. years of repression in Damascus. personal stories and experiences in relation to the of the present day world. When a ‘gym patriot’, a Underpinned by the idea of perseverance and body, from childhood to old age. white man, is left unnerved during his shower by the hope, it is truly an uplifting tale. incessant singing in Arabic from another cubicle, we are curious to know how it ends.
ZERO, ZERO SOMETHING BORROWED MY OWN PERSONAL LEBANON BUSH SCHOOL DIR. EVA GRACE BOR, INTL SHORT DOC DIR. MICKY WOZNY, UK ANIMATION DIR. THEO PANAGOPOULOS, UK SHORT DOC DIR. EMANUELA ZUCCALÀ, INTL SHORT DOC Rooted in an ethnographic approach to filmmaking, Set on the backdrop of delicate ink work, Micky Documentary Director Theo Panagopoulos Director Emanuela Zuccalà compassionately Eva Bor’s “Zero Zero” meditates on one family’s Wozny’s digitally animated world is almost palpable. discovers his mother’s secrets of war as he captures the difficulties for Liberian women fighting relationship to identity and belonging. A story about love, it inspires introspection and explores his National and personal identity. the deeply entrenched cultural tradition of genital touches upon the bitter sweet realities of life. mutilation. Finalists ON THE EDGE Confronting the limits of mental struggle in honest reflection, these unsettling stories unravel with a mix of poignance, intrigue, hope and humour.
HEDGEHOG GOOD THANKS YOU? TRIANGLE BEFORE I DIE DIR. EDWARD BULMER, UK ANIMATION DIR. MOLLY MANNING WALKER, UK SHORT FICTION DIR. PETER ENGELMANN, UK SHORT FICTION DIR. IKER ESTEIBARLANDA, INTL SHORT DOC Gareth has a debilitating sense of self-doubt - Writer director, Molly Manning Walker’s exquisitely With a background in psychology, Peter Engelmann’s In a small island on Lake Victoria, Kenya, fisherman which follows him around in the form of a hedgehog. crafted film captures the inner turmoil of teenager, sci-fi pseudo-docu drama is a riveting watch. Based believe they are entitled to patriarchy. Meanwhile, Edward Bulmer’s CG animation is comedic but Amy, after an incident of assault. Let down by an on the 1997’s psychological experiment by Arthur women and girls are forced to carry the weight tackles the very important topic of anxiety and fear. incompetent system, she must find the strength Aron on the bonds of friendship, it explores the of silence in the face of abuse. In a close journey to overcome the attack and save what matters dark realms of the human mind and asks some very through her childhood memories, documentary most to her. pertinent questions. maker Iker Esteibarlanda gives voice to a young woman’s decision to tell her story so she might lighten her burden and find hope…
POWERWASH (I LOVE YOU) GOD IS DEAD CELL 364 ENOUGH DIR. RORY WAUDBY-TOLLEY, UK ANIMATION DIR. NICK FORE, UK SHORT FICTION DIR. MATHILDE BABO, ZOÉ ROSSION DIR. ANNA MANTZARIS, UK ANIMATION Rory Waudby-Tolley’s minimalistic film is anything Writer, Director Nick Fore introduces us to the INTL SHORT DOC Moments of lost self-control we dare not act out. In but minimal. The brief moment of exchange philosophical debate of Nietzsch’s principles of An ex-prisoner of the Stasi delivers a frightening her stop motion film, Anna Mantzaris’ wool puppets between a husband and wife speaks volumes about existentialism through humour. When the modern testimony from his former cell. Directors Mathilde are given to reckless impulsiveness. A bit like we all the mundanity of life and withered dreams. world discovers that God doesn’t exist, Jesus Babo and Zoe Rossion perfect the short story telling wish sometimes. fights to maintain his divine purpose, terrified of form in a 4 min short leaving us questioning the being diminished to his working-class existence in sustainability of our contemporary democracies. Northern England. These moving shorts shine a light on how our protagonists wrestle with identity and Finalists A FAMILY AFFAIR belonging as they entwine with the relationships in their lives.
SUN DOG PRECIOUS BUNDLE ACCOMPLICES TO THE DUSTY SEA DIR. DORIAN JESPERS, INTL SHORT FICTION DIR. KIM ANGELICA HEAD, UK SHORT DOC DIR. RUBÉN GUINDO NOVA, INTL SHORT FICTION DIR. HÉLOÏSE FERLAY, INTL ANIMATION The golden haze of tungsten in the city with the Director Kim Head shares an honest reflection in this The engaging performances inspired by director A profoundly beautiful film, Héloïse Ferlay’s hand longest night - Dorian Jespers’ Tartovsky-ish documentary exploring her want for a relationship Rubén Guindo Nova take you on a rollercoaster of crafted puppets, Malo, Zoe and their mother take fantasy world is alluring. Blurring the lines between with her father, entwining animation creatively to emotions. Set in Spain and seen through the eyes you on an emotional journey of frayed relationships, dream and reality, one such night, we embark on a express her emotion. of teenager, Ana, Nova tackles a breadth of global yearning and moments of spontaneous joy. mesmerising and surreal journey with Fedor, a young issues ranging from harassment and bullying to Truly a masterpiece. locksmith, in the obscurity of the Russian Arctic to austerity, and the devastating consequences they cross the threshold into a phantasmagoric universe. have on the lives of people.
LOLA TIME AND TIDE HANDSCAPE DIR. MIRANDA CARTER-WATSON, UK SHORT DOC DIR. CALEB YULE, UK SHORT DOC DIR. YIRU CHEN, INTL SHORT FICTION The story of a family - told from the perspective of Caleb Yule’s stunningly shot documentary Partially deaf Xia Qing has more than his hearing to their pet dog, Lola. As we observe everyday life, witnesses the last two seacoalers on the challenge him as he seeks to pursue his dream of Director Miranda Carter-Watson with originality and North East coast of England. becoming a dancer. Director Yiru Chen poignantly poignance documents a larger story that quietly depicts realities of life facing expectations within unfolds in the background. different cultures. Feature Docs
THE KIOSK ROAD TO VRINDAVAN 80,000 SCHNITZEL DIR. ALEXANDRA PIANELLI DIR. RAVINOL CHAMBERS DIR. HANNAH SCHWEIER WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE SATURDAY, 19 JUNE FRIDAY, 18 JUNE The Kiosk is a humorous and tender video diary Director and former Krishna monk Ravinol Chambers Part diary form, part essay, Director Hannah Schweier shot by young visual artist Alexandra Pianelli, on her witnesses culture and progress collide, as girls documents her sister’s struggle, never far from the Smartphone! Stories unravel from the newsstand in confront traditional gender roles for education, cows and combine harvester, to single handedly a chic Paris neighbourhood, meanwhile the printed throwing him into a new line of discovery. bring back the profitability of the family farm and press is in crisis and her childhood fantasy of keeping hotel whilst her grandmother reflects on a long shop turns out to be a little more complicated that lifetime in the kitchen. An intimate portrait of life, she expected… loss, love and above all perseverance.
SOUTHSIDE HEROES PROPER PRONOUNS DIR. MARTIN KIESSLING DIR. MEGAN DANIELS FRIDAY, 18 JUNE SUNDAY, 20 JUNE How can a student rise above low expectations? Following four tranagender ministers fighting Director Martin Kiessling celebrates how a teacher intolerance and discrimination in the Bible Belt, takes 5 teenagers into the world of poetry slamming. documentary Director Megan Daniels witnesses their Performances develop with a force and authenticity challenges as they seek validation in the pulpit, the that you wouldn’t expect. community and existing relationships. Feature Film
A BRIXTON TALE ROSE: A LOVE STORY VALENTINA DIR. DARRAGH CAREY, BERTRAND DESROCHERS DIR. JENNIFER SHERIDAN DIR. CÁSSIO PEREIRA DOS SANTOS SATURDAY, 19 JUNE THURSDAY, 17 JUNE SATURDAY, 19 JUNE An edgy, thrilling drama fuelled by the hunger for The story of a young couple living alone in the A trans girl and her mother move to a new town fame, a desire to find love and acceptance and the woods, who must contend with a life-altering illness in order to start fresh, but quickly face dilemmas misguided energy of youth. Featuring powerful that manifests itself in a violent and terrifying way. when the local high school needs a second parental performances from a cast including Lily Newmark Rose’s disease is a vampiric, parasitic thirst for blood. signature for enrollment. (Misbehaviour, Pin Cushion), Ola Orebiyi (Limbo, Cherry), Craige Middleburg (CO-D) and Jaime Winstone (Made In Dagenham, Kidulthood). Trigger Warning
HOW TO STOP A RECURRING TOPRAK DREAM DIR. SEVGI HIRSCHHÄUSER DIR. EDWARD MORRIS FRIDAY, 18 JUNE PROUD PARTNER FRIDAY, 18 JUNE The dramatic story of a simple family in rural Exploring themes of separation and loss this dreamy Turkey dealing with poverty, family traditions, and OF BFF2021 trip takes place over a weekend in the lives of two religious heritage. Since the death of his parents, sisters. An imminent family separation forces the the teenage Burak has lived with his uncle Cemil and oldest daughter to kidnap her sister in an attempt to grandmother in a remote Turkish village. reconnect before they part. Oska Bright Films
We are excited to team up with Oska Bright again this year. Oska Bright is the worlds leading festival for films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism. We proudly announce the selected films to be shown as part of our ESCAPE THE ORDINARY THE TRAIN UONTED! larger program. Film can be a DIR. RAY JACOBS & ARTY PARTY DIR. AARON DUNBAR DIR. DANIELE BONARINI powerful tool to create change The story of a young woman travelling through time A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a Tiziano wants to go to the Cinecittà World and space to discover a new world. single man contemplates it, bearing within him the amusement park at all costs to visit the Old West. and highlight injustices and image of a cathedral. A tale of artistic obsession. Will what he finds there be different to what he’d imagined? inequalities within the industry and society as a whole.
SNOWBALL EFFECT BORN TO DANCE WITH SHAKESPEARE IN TOKYO DIR. TEAGAN NASH AN EXTRA CHROMOSOME DIR. BUS STOP FILMS Lost on an expedition, a young explorer must find DIR. NIKOLAY NIKOLOV A Shakespeare fan with Down’s syndrome, sets off the way back to their team. This is Teagan Nash’s Drag Syndrome are superstars who have entirely on an adventure to discover Tokyo and get away first film. It was made almost entirely on a mobile changed the conversation about Down’s syndrome from his over-bearing older brother. device. and drag, encouraging us all to embrace our inner diva. Youth Showcase
ISOLATED GRINDSTONE SATIN & VELVET DREAMER DIR. CALYPSO CRAGG DIR. TOAN VU, GRACE CONLEY, LOUIZA LAOUT, DIR. ANNE PLOEGMAN DIR. NICKOLAS KRUEGER Calypso Cragg is able to turn the negativity of the ANNABELLE RÄTH Anne Ploegman’s stop-motion animation brings the This short tells the story of a boy who dreams of lockdown into something liberating through affirm- This collaborative project brings together live action friendship of a fabric girl and her feline friend to life. transitioning but feels confined by the world he lives ing creativity. This film captures feelings of loneliness and animation to great effect. The film is a descent This sweet story reminds us not to forget to show in. Nickolas Krueger makes great use of colour- and the exhausting monotony of this once-in-a-life- into neurotic hallucination as the protagonist faces kindness to those who are closest to you. filtered lighting to contrast the blue melancholia of time event through moody cinematography and a the challenge of the filmmaking grind, something his everyday with the multicoloured freedom of his looping improvised score. most young filmmakers have to undertake before dreams. going into specialisation.
KALEIDOSCOPE DON’T OPEN THE DOOR! TWO SIDES WHO ARE FRIENDS? DIR. GRACE CONLEY DIR. VASILE BERDE LUCA STEFAN DIR. RAULIZ PAEZ DIR. KATJA TUŠEK Taking the connotations of a spectrum of colours, Vasile Berde Luca Stefan employs classical horror Rauliz Paez blends Lego animation with live action Katja Tušek’s short film devotes itself to the power of Grace Conley frames the way she feels about herself and thriller tropes in this film to great effect. It tells footage to give visual metaphors that complement friendship by explaining its virtues using voice-over. and how she may try to come across. The film not the story of a boy who must decide his fate after his spoken word poetry. He tells the story of two The footage shows a group of girls whose friendship only delves into the expressive power of colour but receiving some ominous text messages. people who drifted apart and hopes they can be knows no bounds in this joyous film. demonstrates a multisensory awareness one might together again. expect from a more mature filmmaker. Youth Showcase
ROCKFACE MAGIC HEAD DEAR 2020! 67 DASIES DIR. ISAAC HURST DIR. ANASTASIA SHINKARENKO DIR. ISHÉ GRANT DIR. SAFFRON COCKERTON-RAI This film by Isaac Hurst tells the story of a young Anastasia Shinkarenko’s stop-motion animation tells Ishé Grant’s film is a poetic reflection on the ups Saffron Cockerton-Rai’s documentary tells the story girl who is bullied. Eventually she finds liberation the story of a magic head that intervenes in acts of and downs of lockdown in London. It brings of how she hand-painted 67 daisies to give to those through friendship and shares her story in online cruelty to restore goodness to the Earth. The sweet contemporary footage into the black and white grain in her neighbourhood. This film is inspiring in how vlogs. Indeed, as her posts remind others in the film drawings and animal sound effects from this young of film-stock to complement the thoughtful voice- it shows that creativity has the power to connect that they are not alone, this film can help victims filmmaker show great promise. over narration. people who might otherwise be alone. of bullying to connect with others who care about them.
BODIES THAT FIGHT PAINTING WITH LIGHT PLAYERS MUSIC FOR THE END OF DIR. CATALINA IBAÑEZ DIR. MADELINE O’CONNELL DIR. AVA BOUNDS THE WORLD Catalina Ibañez’s hand-drawn digital animation tells Madeline O’Connell’s film tells the story of a This high quality production from Ava Bounds is DIR. EMMANUEL LI the story of a day in the life of a young Chilean filmmaker who must come to terms with the set in what initially seems to be an idyllic village. Music is the natural solution to the recent feminist. A highly dynamic animation of vibrant social responsibility that comes with documentary However, a young girl is revealed to exert a sinister apocalypse in Emmanuel Li’s film. The protagonist colours charge Catalina’s revolutionary discourse filmmaking. As we hear the sound of film running level of control upon her fellow villagers and animals uses his radio to celebrate his freedom from with a youthful energy to be reckoned with. and the death of a filmic subject we may reflect on in the vicinity, in an eerie twist. responsibility, but also to help to come to terms with the thoughts of Laura Mulvey and Roland Barthes to loneliness in a film showing sophisticated cinematic consider the murderous potential of images. style from a young filmmaker. Events
NETWORKING EVENT: A LOVE LETTER TO HOSTED BY FESTIVAL FORMULA THE BIG SCREEN SATURDAY, 19 JUNE⋅17:00 – 18:00 THURSDAY, 17 JUNE⋅19:00 – 20:00 It’s Saturday night, so BYOB and come say hey at A repeat of our recent hugely successful the Festival Formula happy hour. There will be the Edgar Wright and Tom Holland interview to fill us opportunity to say hello to everyone, a few party with optimism for 2021 and why a return to the games, and mostly a slice of time to just relax cinema is a must... and bring a smile to your face. Put on your best Edgar and Tom were joined by Daniel Battsek, Zoom background and be ready to answer some (Director Film 4) and Charlotte Bogard Macleod interesting Would You Rather…? scenarios. (Distraction Tactics Film Club) for a night celebrating all things cinema.
WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 17:00 Festival Director Sam Cullis and film producer, and current director of Film4 Daniel Battsek announce the winners and runner up of each category of the festival competition as decided by our 2021 jury. Following the announcement the winners of the short categories will be screened. Feature winners will be available for 24 hours on the screening hub. Workshops
PITCH SURGERY: A JOURNEY INTO FILM ART SASHA DAMJANOVSKI SATURDAY, 19 JUNE⋅12:30 – 13:30 SATURDAY 19 JUNE 15:00 – 17:00 Description:Ever wondered what makes a good You have a great project. So, how good is your poster great? Join Adam Cockerton for a critical but pitch? Do you walk into a pitching session with light-hearted journey into some of the best posters a smile, or do you go in petrified and leave in cinematic history. We will explore marketing dissatisfied? The good news is that pitching skills campaigns from the last 12 months, look at trends can be learned. We’ll look at how to identify the in film advertising and review some of the best film HOOK of a project and how to EXCITE others posters from this year’s film festival. This talk follows with it; how to PREPARE well; how to ADAPT to on from last year’s informative talk on the mechanics different circumstances, how to deal with NERVES of a film poster and the resurgence of traditional and demonstrate AUTHENTICITY; we’ll learn what is illustration in modern film art. Adam is Creative more powerful than Power Point. Sasha Damjanovski Director of the Dream Factory, an entertainment is a multiple award winning writer, director and design agency based in London and Berlin. producer with over twenty five years of experience working in film, TV and business communications. He’s a counselling coach, an associate lecturer VISUAL EFFECTS: LIVE at Central Saint Martins (UAL), and works with PETER EZSENYI EVENT individual and corporate clients in the UK and MONDAY, 21 JUNE⋅18:00 – 19:00 internationally. www.sashadamjanovski.com Imagined futures: a behind the scenes look at visual effects Peter is a VFX Supervisor who has worked SCHOOL OF NOISE: on the visual effects of films like Blade Runner 2049, LIVE George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky and more CINEMA SOUND EVENT recently, Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth. In this talk SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅16:00 – 17:00 he will explore the creative process that spans from Join Dan Mayfield from the School of Noise on concept to mockups to finished VFX assets, whether a sonic journey exploring film sound. This family they are used on set or in the post process. Find friendly workshop will cover how cinemas are out what it’s like working with the director and the designed, discover some classic sound design production designer or art department and making techniques, and uncover the importance of diegetic sure their unique vision becomes reality. Peter will and non-diegetic sound (if you don’t know what this share stories of his own experience of working on is don’t worry, all will be explained). these productions, giving you an insight into the world of visual effects and designing for films, from indie to blockbuster. Workshops
ANIMATION WORKSHOP LIVE EVENT SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅10:00 – 12:00 This is a fun and easy workshop that goes through the basics of stop motion animation.
WE ARE ALBERT WORKSHOP SUNDAY 20 JUNE 11:00 - 12.30 ADOBE - BEST PRACTICES SCREENWRITING WITH BAFTA Albert, the authority on environmental ON USING PRODUCTIONS MIKE BARTLETT sustainability for the Film & TV industry, are WORKFLOW IN PREMIERE PRO FRIDAY 17 JUNE 16:00-17.00 leading the charge against climate change. Line TUESDAY, 22 JUNE⋅18:00 – 19:00 Screenwriter and playwright Mike Bartlett Producer and Albert Trainer, Miranda Simmons, You will learn how to set up and work in the (Doctor Foster, King Charles III) teaches this inspires filmmakers to make positive steps towards Productions panel, useful tips for bin, project and media workshop on the basics of writing for screen, which actively reducing carbon emissions and waste from management (including Creative Cloud Libraries) to is suitable for both beginners and those with more content production and champions the creation of make sure things are kept organised, as well as best experience. The workshop will conclude with inspirational content for a sustainable future. practices for sharing and collaborating on projects. a Q&A. Lola Olufemi/Thimali Kodikara. CLIMATE STORIES LIVE ON SCREEN EVENT SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅14:00 – 15:00 The panel will be discussing the power of film to lead the conversation around Climate Change. From page to screen, we need to centre narratives about potential futures and collective action in order to combat ecological fatalism, as well as pursuing industry-wide reform to reach net-zero Rowan Emslie is Communications Director (EU) for the Clean Air Task Force. He leads CATF communications work in the European Union to reduce climate change by applying an overwhelming amount of force to some of the biggest levers to reduce carbon and other climate warming emissions. PITCHING FOR TV WITH Rowan has 10 years of communications experience ENDOR’S SARA JOHNSON across the public and private sectors, specialising in BEST PRACTICES FOR COLOUR BEST PRACTICES IN USING SATURDAY 19 JUNE 11:00-12:00 multi-channel digital communications campaigns. GRADING YOUR FILM/ AFTER EFFECTS FOR YOUR FILM/ Sara Johnson Creative Director at Endor Productions Sarah MacDonald is a New Zealand born BAFTA- DOCUMENTARY IN PREMIERE PRO DOCUMENTARY (Deep State, State of Play) hosts this introductory winning Director and Filmmaker. She spent 10 MONDAY 21 JUNE 19:00-20:00 WEDNESDAY 23 JUNE 18:00-19:00 workshop and Q&A session for writers interested in years working for both the BBC and Channel 4 This session is intended for anyone looking to colour This session is intended for anyone creating Motion getting into TV. The workshop will cover how to get creating major investigative documentaries that had grade their project using Premiere Pro. It will cover Design/Graphics or Visual Effects using After Effects. started in writing for TV, where to find screenwriting significant social impact. best practices such as achieving the correct exposure, It will cover, workflow and integration with Premiere opportunities, how to pitch, and how to approach Thimali Kodikara is Series Producer and Presenter white balance, saturation and skin tone for shots, and Pro using Dynamic Link, 2D & 3D Motion Tracking TV production companies. Sara is especially of Mothers of Invention Podcast. how to build a “Look” for a scene to help tell your including screen replacement, object removal using passionate about increasing disabled representation story. Also it will introduce you to some useful plugins Content Aware Fill, basic rotoscope techniques in TV and encourages disabled writers in particular for Premiere Pro that may speed up a specific workflow. using Rotobrush and creation of Motion Graphics to attend (though the session is open to anyone and Templates for other use in Premiere Pro. to any level of experience). BFF 2021 Barnes Film Festival Executive Board
SAMUEL CULLIS President and Founder AUGUSTO NEMBRINI Creative Director ALEXA BAILEY Programmer LEIGH JENKINS Founding Member
PROUD PARTNER OF BFF2021 Barnes Film Festival Advisory Board
DANIEL BATTSEK Director, Film4 BABIS TSOUTSAS Director, Aegean Film Festival SUE VERTUE Director, Hartswood Films STEPHEN BURDGE Director, Empire Design/Olympic Studios WILLIAM BURDETT COUTS Founder, Assembly/Riverside Studios SAM SUTARIA Head of Strategy, Waterbear DAVID VAN DER GAAG Founder, Rogue Films Q&A
CAMERON SAUNDERS THE GUARDIAN’S DIRECTOR DAVID LYNCH WILL POULTER LIVE EVENT THURSDAY, 17 JUNE⋅20:00-21:00 FRIDAY, 18 JUNE⋅18:00 -19:00 LAURENCE TOPHAM TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION Following his breakthrough in Son of Rambow, Will Paramount Executive Vice President Cameron FRIDAY, 18 JUNE⋅19:30 SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅09:00 – 10:00 went on to gain recognition for his role as Eustace Saunders talks distribution in the digital age with We are honoured to have The Guardian’s Director Iconic filmmaker, David Lynch, has been practising Scrubb in The Chronicles of Narnia. He received senior lecturer in film from Ravensbourne University Laurence Topham with us for a Live Q&A on the the stress-reducing technique, Transcendental further praise for his starring role in the comedy Mostafa Nagy. making of his inspirational film My Brother’s Keeper. Meditation (TM), for 48 years and says that he has film We’re the Millers, for which he won the BAFTA Using observational documentary and archival not missed a single meditation: “It has given me Rising Star Award. footage Laurence never loses sight of celebrating effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, compassion and human kindness through his work. creativity and happiness deep within.” Will also starred in The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the period epic film My Brother’s Keeper - Former Guantánamo Nigel Barlow (Author, Creativity Consultant & Trustee The Revenant, the crime drama film Detroit, detainee, Mohamedou Ould Salahi, and his guard, of David Lynch Foundation UK) will be joined by Dr the interactive science fiction film Black Mirror: Steve Wood, reunite in Mauritania 13 years after last Norman Rosenthal (world-renowned psychiatrist, Bandersnatch, and the folk horror film Midsommar. seeing each other, rekindling an unlikely relationship best-selling author, who is known for his innovative that profoundly changed their lives. Mohamedou research on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and was a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay for 14 years. inspirational writings), to discuss how TM works, how Will is interviewed by Distraction Tactic’s During his incarceration he was subjected to torture it benefits mental health and increases creativity. Charlotte Macleod. and solitary confinement, but never charged with a crime. His memoir, Guantánamo Diary, became The David Lynch Foundation UK founded by an international bestseller and was adapted into filmmaker David Lynch, is a registered charity in the film, The Mauritanian, starring Tahar Rahim England And Wales established in 2012. Since CINEMATOGRAPHER and Jodie Foster. opening its doors in 2005 in US, the David Lynch LARRY SMITH Foundation, a 501(c)(3) a non profit organisation, has FRIDAY, 18 JUNE⋅18:00 – 19:00 helped to bring the stress-reducing Transcendental BFF Creative Director Augusto Nembrini interviews Meditation technique to more than 1 million children Cinematographer Larry Smith. Larry Smith is a British and adults around the world. cinematographer. Born in London, he is known for his work with Stanley Kubrick, Tom Hooper and To donate: davidlynchfoundation.org.uk/donate Nicolas Winding Refn. Smith had his directing debut with the 2015 film Trafficker. Q&A
GEORGE MACKAY SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅20:00-21:00 BFF festival patron and stalwart George MacKay (thanks for coming back again!) discusses his career, focusing particularly on the influence of film musicals. WATCH THE BREAKDOWN on
A co-production between FILM COMPOSER WaterBear and Earthrise Studios SPOTLIGHT: LORNE BALFE with Jack Harries. SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅16:00 – 17:00 A conversation with the award winning and internationally renowned film composer, Lorne Scan me: Balfe, a Grammy Award-winning, EMMY and BAFTA nominated composer. Originally from Inverness, Scotland, his work can be heard across entertainment mediums, from stirring documentaries Download now to high action blockbuster movies. Also known for his collaborations with other renowned musicians and composers such as Max Richter, Peter Gregson and Hans Zimmer. His recent credits include “His on.. Oh go Dark Materials”, “Mission Impossible - Fallout” and Marvel’s upcoming “Black Widow”. Q&A
MUSIC SUPERVISION: FILM COMPOSER SPOTLIGHT: ANNA MANTZARIS LIVE THE WHICKERS - AMERICAVILLE Q&A MAGGIE RODFORD ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE TUESDAY, 22 JUNE⋅18:00 – 18:30 & DIRECTOR Q&A SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅17:00 – 18:00 SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅19:00 – 20:00 Anna Mantzaris is a Swedish Animation TUESDAY, 22 JUNE⋅19:00 – 21:00 An insight into the role of music supervision with A Q&A session with the amazing film and TV Director based in London. Her work is often Hidden among the mountains north of Beijing, Air-Edel’s Managing Director and Music Supervisor, composer, Isobel Waller-Bridge, known for the character driven and she loves to mix humour a replica of the Wyoming town of Jackson Hole Maggie Rodford. With over 40 years of experience, beloved Fleabag TV series and critically acclaimed and melancholy. Her short films have won over 50 promises to deliver the American dream to its Maggie has worked as music producer, co-ordinator Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Emma. Isobel international awards, including European Animation several thousand Chinese residents. Documentary and supervisor on many high profile films and is Waller-Bridge has composed remarkable original Awards, Vimeo Best of the Year and Walt Disney and Americaville, follows Annie Liu as she escapes known for her strong and lasting partnerships with scores comprising of her trademark electronic sound Audience Award at Ottawa International Animation China’s increasingly uninhabitable capital city to iconic filmmakers and composers across the globe. worlds and lush melodies for large-scale orchestra, Festival. Her most recent film ‘Good Intentions’ pursue happiness, freedom, romance, and spiritual Maggie is currently the President of the UK & across feature films, television, and narrative-driven premiered at BFI London Film Festival and got fulfilment in Jackson Hole; only to find the American European Guild of Music Supervisors and her recent entertainment. An award-winning composer at the awarded at London International Animation Festival. idyll harder to attain than what was promised to her. film credits include Viggo Mortensen’s Falling and forefront of a new wave of emerging artists in film, Anna is represented by Passion Animation Studios, Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Death On The Nile. Join us as television and theatre. Other recent soundtracks where she directs commercials and commissions, The screening will be followed by a Q&A with we explore her exceptional career and insight on the include Van-ity Fair and Vita & Virginia. most lately a Christmas advert for John Lewis. Director Adam James Smith, hosted by Artistic world of music supervision! Anna will be interviewed by our Grass Roots Director of The Whickers, Jane Ray. lead Naomi Westerman Americaville Q&A with Director Adam James Smith, hosted by Artistic Director of The Whickers, Jane Ray
The Whickers were established in 2015 to fund and recognise original and innovative documentary. They are one of the biggest funds for first-time directors internationally, giving away over £100,000 annually to support emerging film and audio documentary-makers. THE CARDIACS: ALL THAT DISTRACTION TACTICS - Artistic Director of The Whickers, Jane Ray talks to GLITTERS IS A MARES NEST SOUND IN FILM former funding award winner, Adam Smith about SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅19:20-19:40 SUNDAY, 20 JUNE⋅21:00 – 22:00 his first feature documentary, Americaville. A must Hear from The Cardiac’s classic line-up keyboardist, Join Fearne Cotton as she chats to Dan Smith, lead watch to glean essential tips for documentary William D. Drake, speak with author and journalist singer/songwriter of Bastille and Charlotte Bogard filmmakers looking to apply for funding. Cathi Unsworth about the band’s film, “All That Macleod, playwright, about their global online film Glitters Is A Maresnest”. club, Distraction Tactics. Q&A
IRAQI FILM INSITUTE THE BREAD AND SMOKE MONDAY, 21 JUNE⋅20:00 – 21:00 DIR. IBRAHIM RAMADHAN Join the president of the Iraqi Film Institute (IFI), The flight of Kurdish children afraid of Daesh and Iraqi filmmaker and photographer Maythem Ridha in Bachar Assad’s regime and their life of misery in a 2021 a special programme to discuss the challenges and refugee camp near Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan). To get a achievements of Iraqi Cinema with Iraqi filmmakers meal these children are obliged to wait for hours and Maysoon Pachachi and Zainab Al-Hariri. Presenting 3 at the end, they sit before a cinema screen to forget films from the IFI’s New Narrative programme which about their misfortune and hunger. offer a unique glimpse into Iraqi society, our panel will be discussing experiences made in a country devastated by decades of war and violence and the journey of Iraqi filmmakers through these times. Maythem Ridha shares clips from his latest film Ali and His Miracle Sheep from his award winning anthology of films Iraqi Tales. Maysoon Pachachi, talks of her seminal film Return to the Land of Wonders, one of the first films made after the fall of Saddam Hussein documenting her return to Iraq after an absence of 35 years, and Zainab Al-Hariri’s shares with us in 40 Years of Silence her searching RED WINDOW into why her father, a respected doctor, sacrificed DIR. HUSSEIN AL-AQILI himself trying to assassinate Saddam Hussein. Set in a city of death and ruin, how can a fighter from ISSI give up the doctrine of killing to give birth to one of love and life?
CACHAK DIR. MUSTAFA SHAWKI A documentary about a person who made society crazy, so they knew him and did not know him. A crazy tale and a more mad community. IraqiFilmInstitute.com Interviewers 2021
I have loved film ever since my dad took me to see “How the West was Conducting interviews with the directors of films nominated at this year’s Barnes Film Festival has been a wonderful Won”; the cinematography hit me first, followed by the soundtrack, and then experience. Each film I watched had its own unique style and I learned a huge amount about each film makers creative the acting! Saturday morning cinema at the Standard in Blackheath became a ritual, sitting in the Circle to maximise the view of the screen; then the thrill process and what inspired them to follow their stories. Each piece had a distinctly personal touch while maintaining an of illicit under age viewing of my first 18 rated movie “High Plains Drifter” engaging and relatable narrative. I believe that documentaries made today are much more character-based than they CLARE WILLIAMS have been before, and this is something I hope to see continue in the future of film making. “ This is my first time volunteering I loved interviewing the director of ABBY CHITTY Southside Heros because it was such for Barnes Film Festival, and it a treat to be able to watch a film and was such a great experience! The love of film for me comes first off then talk to the director afterwards! That I thoroughly enjoyed engaging from my early years of acting. When is what every film buff wants to do. It it comes to movies, documentaries was interesting to hear about how the with directors and finding out etc, being able to switch off from the documentary was made, and how it HATTIE MOIR more about their films, and outside world and transport yourself into developed over time. a film that has nothing to do with your I hope to one day contribute to the MARIAM MAJJID festival with an animation everyday life gives me pure happiness ELLIE SMITH An artist and a mother, (having popcorn with it also gives me entry of my own.” Mariam Majid is also an extra happiness!) Having realised I prefer I am based in Cardiff. When I was 7 years old, I REEM SOLIMAN award winning writer and presenting to acting, I am so honoured I started volunteering at went to the Barbican Centre with my Mum for director. Her short film, to have worked with some directors that the Barnes Film Festival three a special exhibition about Star Wars. It there A Night with Noorjehan, are included in the BFF. years ago, initially getting was there I discovered that the Millennium won awards at the TOM SPARE Falcon was built on a set at Pinewood, and the BAFTA qualifying Leeds involved after attending a ship ‘flew’ using special effects, blue screen International Film Festival, writing seminar by acclaimed with a camera moving around a model version. Sheffield Film Festival This was my first experience of seeing behind and Film 4’s Barnes Film playwright James Graham. the curtain, understanding how a film came What I love most about Festival. Mariam was Since then, I’ve had some small together. Ever since I’ve taken an interest in movies is the social and selected to curate and VIKTORIJA FAITH successes, having a short play filmmaking and writing, and outside of work I informative aspect that design an installation comes with it - more am writing my own TV series. at the London Design Viktorija is a Singer/Songwriter, performed at a London theatre than just its escapism I Biennale 2018, Somerset Actress, Producer and founder industry event, a short radio love its construction and House. It was featured of Global Film & Music Empire, I am someone who loves cinema, in fact I just completed my undergraduate study in storytelling, its way of play being released later this as one of four pavilions representing a new generation of sending strong messages film. Going into university I was attracted to the idea of filmmaking, however ended out of forty in the official young, self-made female creatives. year and won a playwriting to society and somehow Somerset House podcast. She is currently in pre production award. I am currently writing up taking more interest in film/critical theory as I got into it, especially the work of shake it; I love its multi- As a springboard for British of her two feature film projects. language, its way of my first film screenplay and thinkers like Gilles Deleuze. While most of my film viewing is comprised of watching Asian content, she started Winner and participant of various communicating via light, art/‘world’ cinema, I still enjoy commercial cinema. Some directors I admire are her company, Wagging international singer-songwriter being involved in the festival music, image, bodies. Tongues Productions with competitions such as X Factor, this year has given me Michael Haneke, Kidlat Tahimik and Martin Scorsese. It is great to be involved with Watching a movie is a very her partner in 2016. She Baltic Voice, Viktorija Faith’s debut psychological journey for the opportunity to talk to Barnes Film Festival in supporting the growth of talented filmmakers. Indie cinema then, wrote, produced EP was released by London-based me so I tend to dismantle it currently is in a bad place and communities like BFF are crucial to ensuring it has a and directed three independent label, Panache Records. other film-makers and into pieces and try to figure theatre plays, the ‘Jungly We welcomed her to the BFF team good future. Cinema is best defined by how it changes and there is great potential in out what the director is share their passion in Jadoogar’ series that were this year and Viktorija has already trying to tell me. this era of streaming to hear voices that would never normally have been heard. staged at London Olympia interviewed several winners of the making movies. LUCIEN OHANIAN ELLIE FRATINI and Southbank Centre. festival (Jaffar Murad and Abid Khan.) TONY VOLLER Interviewers 2021
I love intelligent, drama or documentaries that have the power to change society. I’ve been a huge fan of Barnes Film Festival since inception and admire Sam and his extremely talented team for their achievement in creating what is now a highly respected and world renowned film festival and am delighted to be part of it this year. Interviewing Mark Forbes, Director of Memories of Mortlake was a joy because his heart and passion NIKKI BARRON for Elke is evident, which shone through in his film about her life.
Film is a compulsion, if not an addiction. It’s therapy to watch, and therapeutic to make so my enjoyment is bound up with an emotional commitment to characters and activism. I have a great passion for projects with strong social and environmental justice angles, and I’m pretty good at the hustle. I have a great love of road movies - Easy Rider, Thelma and Louise, Queen & Slim, Sam Peckinpah pictures. Road movies often speak to psychoanalytic concepts of self, and are usually fertile ground for political and social commentary. But Smokey and the Bandit is simple, unreconstructed fun. I got involved with Barnes Film Festival to advance the conversation within the industry around environmental and climate change narratives. Conducting the interview has reminded me what a great privilege it is to work with artists and filmmakers! TOM LOAN
I am a twenty-five-year-old British Egyptian film tutor who is obsessed with all things film. I absolutely love everything about the subject, watching, teaching and reading about film. I have my own private film tutoring business, this is a dream job as I get to analyse and dissect films with my students. It’s so much fun! I have got involved in the Barnes Film Festival because it’s actually my dream job to interview filmmakers about their ALYA SOLIMAN films, so this experience was a great opportunity. I hope for the future of film to have more inclusivity and representation of Arabic women.
I enjoyed finding out about the ENDLESSLY creative process from concept to UNEXPECTED. completion, the challenges and THOUGHTFULLY CURATED. the effort that went into the final ALEX PREW output. The creativity and sheer STREAM enthusiasm of the producers was I’ve been screenwriting for about four years, and the script that BEAUTIFUL CINEMA. wonderful to hear in person. I’d didn’t find itself scrumpled in the bin, is making its debut at BFF like to see more encouragement this year. I’m honoured to be showcasing my work next to so many and support for independent film brilliant directors and writers, and loved chatting to them in my interviews. Everyone’s motivations are different, and exploring makers. There is so much creative how that shapes their story and the way they tell it always makes talent it would be a pity if that for good conversation. My favourite film of this year is Promising Young Woman, and I’m particularly interested in the work of female potential isn’t realised. directors. I’ll be channeling my inner Emerald Fennell in my future MARK MAIR scripts, and hope others do the same. GET 30 DAYS FREE
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