Encounters Catalogue 2010 by Mireia O'Prey

A major celebration of the best UK and International film and animation talent Watershed, ARNOLFINI, CUBE CINEMA, PICTURE THIS, AT-BRISTOL, BRISTOL UK

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UK FILM COUNCIL AUDIENCE AWARD This award celebrates the film voted best of the festival by the audience. Films in the main competition programmes can compete for the cash prize of £500, so don’t forget to have your say and vote for your favourite films. This prize is intended to give you – the audience – the chance to join us in spotting the most exciting short filmmaking talent.

FILMCLUB YOUNG PEOPLE’S JURY AWARD The FILMCLUB Young People’s Jury Award showcases and celebrates short films which appeal to the sensibilities of the youthful imagination and films that stretch, stimulate and engage aesthetically and/or emotionally with teenage audiences (13+). The winner will receive £500 and the film will also be distributed to all schools taking part in the FILMCLUB initiative.

10 min.

DOCUMENTARY AWARD

DOCUMENTARY AWARD New for 2010 Encounters is highlighting and celebrating international talent in short film documentary. All documentaries in all programmes across Brief and Animated Encounters will be eligible for a £1,000 cash prize. This award is selected by our Documentary Jury and presented in association with Bristol-BBC-Anchor Collaboration.

Eligible Films:

UNEARTHING THE PEN Dir: Carol Salter WORLD FILMS FRI 19 NOV, 18.30 WATERSHED (see page 52)

PARADISE LATER

Dir: Ascan Breuer INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 6 WED 17 NOV, 20.30 WATERSHED (see page 28)

O DIVINO, DE REPENTE (DIVINO FREESTYLES)

Dir: Fabio Yamaji EMERGING ANIMATION TALENT 1 THU 18 NOV, 10.00 ARNOLFINI (see page 159)

MEIN MALLORCA (MY MALLORCA)

Dir: Bernadette Knoller INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 7 THU 18 NOV, 12.30 WATERSHED (see page 31)

EDNAS TAG (EDNA’S DAY)

Dir: Bernd Sahling INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 3 THU 18 NOV, 20.00 WATERSHED (see page 22)

10 MIN.

Dir: Jorge Leon INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 7 THU 18 NOV, 12.30 WATERSHED (see page 31)

MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY)

Dir: Frida Kempff INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 8 WED 17 NOV, 10.00

WATERSHED (see page 33)

LUMIKKO (LITTLE SNOW ANIMAL)

Dir: Miia Tervo INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 7 THU 18 NOV, 12.30 WATERSHED (see page 31)

STEVE AVERY

Dir: Sam Huntley BEST OF BRITISH 4 THU 18 NOV, 18.30 WATERSHED (see page 41)

WAGAH

Dir: Supriyo Sen WORLD FILMS FRI 19 NOV, 18.30 WATERSHED (see page 52)

NEWLYN HARBOUR Dir: Saeed Taji Farouky BRIEF ENCOUNTERS ONLINE AWARD VIA WEBSITE (see page 61)

THE RUNNER

Dir: Saeed Taji Farouky WORLD FILMS FRI 19 NOV, 18.30 WATERSHED (see page 53)

FUNLAND

Dir: Jed Cullen BRIEF ENCOUNTERS ONLINE AWARD, VIA WEBSITE (see page 61)

THE WORM INSIDE Dir: Sam Firth BEST OF BRITISH 2 WED 17 NOV, 15.30 WATERSHED (see page 39)

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 1 TUE 16 NOV 20.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 FRI 19 NOV 13.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HR 22 MINS

GLUKHOTA (DEAFNESS)

SIEMIANY

Dir: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Ukraine 2010 10 mins 55 secs

Dir: Philip James McGoldrick Belgium 2010 18 mins 12 secs

A ten-minute episode in the lives of the pupils at a deaf-mute boarding school is reconstructed in real time.

Two young teenagers come together every summer in a small village. Their friendship is taken to a new level of sexually loaded intimacy.

Yujin is busy solving problems during a math test. Suddenly, a kid jumps out of her head, ruining her concentration.

Drama, UK Premiere

Animation, UK Premiere

Prod: Ben Vandendaele, Sieber Marly, Simon Van Laar, Piotr Twardowski Writer: Philip James McGoldrick DOP: Nicolas Karakatsanis Editor: Tom Denoyette Sound: Antoine Vandendriessche/ Yves De Mey Music: Raf Keunen Cast: Damian Ul, Michał Włodarczyk, Kamil Grenda, Aleksandra Radwanska, Joanna Opozda

Prod: Kim Kihyun Editing: Jung Yumi & Kim Kihyun Sound: Song Youngho Distribution/Prod: Cinema Platform

Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Volodymyr Tykhiy Writer: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy DOP: Dmytro Sannykov Editor: Coffe Post Sound: Sergiy Stepanskiy Cast: Dmytro Sokol, Oleksand Fomichov, Sergiy Gavryluk, Oleksand Semyshkur Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy: Born in Kiev in 1974, (Ukraine) Myroslav graduated from the filmmaking department of the Kiev State Institute of Theatre and Arts. His debut short The Incident has competed in about 25 festivals in 17 countries. His second film Diagnosis has been nominated for Golden Bear. His latest short film Deafness is his second Berlinale outing and also got a Golden Bear nomination. Contact: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy mslaboshpytskiy@yahoo.com Distributor: Arthouse Traffic LLC +380 44 2500725

Philip James McGoldrick: (b.August 25, 1987 in Warsaw, Poland) A Brussels-based filmmaker of Irish nationality. He recently finished his Master’s degree in Audiovisual Arts at the RITS film academy in Brussels and is currently promoting his short film debut Siemian’. Contact: Ben Vandendaele +32 47 7632746 ben@siemianythemovie.eu Distributor: KurzFilmAgenturFon +49 40 39 10 63 0 sales@shortfilm.com

SUHAKSIHUM (MATH TEST) Dir: Jung Yumi Republic of Korea 2010 1 min 40 secs

Jung Yumi: Born in Korea (1981), Studied Fine Arts at Kookmin University (2000-2004), Studied Animation Directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (2004-2006). Contact: Kim Kihyun +82 10 4672 0240 sensitivebear@gmail.com

ROSA

THE ABYSS BOYS

Dir: Monica Lairana Argentina 2010 10 mins 35 secs

Dir: Jan-Hendrik Beetge South Africa 2010 25 mins 59 secs

In the silence of her home, Rosa, an elderly woman, bathes herself, cooks, watches television, looks for company and smokes alone by the window.

The drowning depths of illegal abalone poaching has become a dangerous life that Jimmy, a legendary ex diver, has to escape from.

Drama, UK Premiere

MEHMANI ZIR AAB (BANQUET UNDER THE WATER) Dir: Babak Amini Iran 2010 15 mins 30 secs A couple were defusing the mines which remained from war, out of the country and in a camp near the border. Drama, UK Premiere

Prod: Liliana Amate Writer: Mónica Lairana DOP: Flavio Dragoset Editor: Karina Kracoff Sound: Damian Turkieh Cast: Norma Argentina Mónica Lairana: Mónica Lairana was born in Buenos Aires in 1973 of Bolivian parents. She´s an actress of cinema and theatre. She has worked in more than ten feature films and twenty short films. Rosa, her debut as director and screenwriter, participed in the Official Competition Festival de Cannes 2010. Contact: Monica Lairana +5411 4902 7657 monilaira@hotmail.com Distributor: Ouat Media +1 416 979 7380 ext. 2112 fred.joubaud@ouatmedia.com

Prod: Rachel Young, Tendeka Matatu Writer: Jan-Hendrik Beetge DOP: Greg Heimann Editor: Eben Smal Sound: Hans Raubenheimer Music: Hans Raubenheimer Cast: Mito Skelern Distributor: Rachel Young Jan-Hendrik Beetge: His career started with multiple awards from international film festivals for his first film, Triomfeer. Recently he wrote and directed his second short-film, The Abyss Boys. Being a true visual storyteller at heart, Jan-Hendrik tends towards a big cinematic feel. He describes his style as Cinephotographic Narrative. Contact: Jan-Hendrik Beetge +27 8344 60645 jhbeetge@gmail.com

Prod: Babak Amini and DEFC Writer: Mahmoud Ghaffari DOP: Ashkan Ashkani Editor: Mahmoud Ghaffari Sound: Saeed Bojnourdi Music: Babak Miryakhani Cast: Leila Otadi, Salar Salehiye, Lagha Ghobadi Babak Amini: Born 1978 in Iranian Kurdistan, he graduated in the major of philosophy from Tehran University. Part of 17th Cinéfondation session resident in the Cannes film festival from Oct 2008 till Feb 2009 and is working on his first feature movie: 30 Days with Me. He is also, working as the director assistant to Bahman Ghobadi: A time for drunken horses, Turtles Can Fly. No one knows about the Persian cats. Contact: Babak Amini +98 212 2203412 babiamini@yahoo.com

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 2 WED 17 NOV 13.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 FRI 19 NOV 16.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HR 22 MINS

HER SEAT IS VACANT

FLØJTELØS (WHISTLELESS)

VIIKKO ENNEN VAPPUA (OVER THE FENCE)

Dir: Siri Melchior Denmark 2009 5 mins

Dir: Hamy Ramezan Finland 2010 29 mins 34 secs

Vira, a forty-year-old Ukrainian immigrant in New York, is preparing for her sister’s funeral. Amongst all her responsibilities, Vira suddenly finds herself falling in love.

In a colourful and vibrant town, all the people and animals can whistle with one exception, namely the small bird called Whistleless.

Sixteen-year-old Tomi trusts no one and does his best to protect his little sister Aino from the dangers of the world.

Drama, World Premiere

Animation

Prod: Mollye Asher, Irakli Tskhadadze Writer: Bohdana Smyrnova DOP: Michael Rossetti Editor: Sarah-Rose Meredith Sound: Mike Wood Music: Chopin Cast: Halyna Gebura, Andriy Milavsky, Olga Shuhan

Prod: Marie Bro Writer/DOP: Siri Melchior Animation: Aaron Lampert, Siri Melchior, Christopher Wright, Rachinta Platts, Hyebin Lee Music: Tanera Dawkins

Dir: Bohdana Smyrnova Ukraine 2010 17 mins

Bohdana Smyrnova: Born in Kyiv, Soviet Ukraine. When she was 19, she lost her father who had worked as a hazardous materials engineer in the Chernobyl catastrophe. By then Bohdana had already been directing her much older classmates at the film-school in Kyiv, and had been working as a journalist and a translator to support herself. Here she went on to direct Les Demarches des Papiers, a short that screened at many prestigious international festivals and venues. She went on to study MFA degree in film at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York. Contact: Bohdana Smyrnova 1347-581-5347 herseatisvacant@gmail.com

Siri Melchior: Born 1971, Copenhagen. Graduate in animation from the Royal College of Art, London, 1999, in graphic design from Danmarks Designskole, 1995 and received her B.A. in Art History from Copenhagen University, 1991. Melchior is noted for her award winning animated films: The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside (2002) and Passport (1999), both were in the running for a Cartoon d’Or. Together with two colleagues from the Royal College, she created the animation company Trunk Studio, producing works for Channel 4, BBC Scotland, MTV, Domino Records and Virgin. Melchior’s short animation Whistleless is selected for Berlinale’s Generation. Contact: Nine Wass +45 3374 3573 festivalkd@dfi.dk Distributor: Dansk Tegnefilm 2 Aps +45 3393 0988 info@tegnefilm.dk 20

Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Cilla Werning Writer: Ilmari Aho, Hamy Ramezan DOP: Arsen Sarkisiants Editor: Joona Louhivuori Sound: Olli Huhtanen Music: Pietari Mikkonen Cast: Jesse Martin, Emilia Laine, Matleena Kuusniemi Hamy Ramezan: (b. 1979) A Finnish-Iranian film director and scriptwriter. He has studied film in England and graduated in 2007. His short films have received acclaim at international film festivals. Contact Distributor: For Real +358 45 292 1111 hanna@forreal.fi

BERIK

TULUM (PARTY)

Dir: Daniel Joseph Borgman Denmark 2010 16 mins

Dir: Dalibor Matanic Croatia 2010 15 mins

A short drama about friendship and understanding. Takes place in Semey, Kazakhstan.

A girl is enjoying with her friends a careless summer day on the sunlit streets of Vukovar, where leisure makes everything seem nice and simple.

Drama, UK Premiere

Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Katja Adomeit Contact: Nine Wass +45 3374 3573 festivalkd@dfi.dk Distributor: Zentropa Productions Aps +45 3686 8788

Prod: Ankica Juric Tilic Writer: Dalibor Matanic DOP: Branko Linta Editor: Tomislav Pavlic Sound: Dubravka Premar Music: Jura Ferina & Pavao Miholjevic Cast: Leona Paraminski, Niksa Butijer Dalibor Matanic: Born in Zagreb, 1975. He graduated The Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, film and TV directing. He is a member of European film academy. He directed five feature films and several shorts, winning 20 international and 25 national awards. His latest feature Mother of Asphalt will premiere in Pusan this month. Contact: Ankica Tilic +385 1 2316787 ankica@kinorama.hr Distributor: Premium Films +33 1 42 77 06 39

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 3 WED 17 NOV 16.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 THU 18 NOV 20.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 22 MIN

EDNAS TAG (EDNA’S DAY) Dir: Bernd Sahling Germany 2009 19 mins 40 secs Having come to Germany only recently, Edna is new in the class. But she draws more and more attention to herself.

Documentary, UK Premiere DOP: Bernd Sahling Sound: Miriam Michel, Erik Wittbusch Music: Midnight Walk, KAL, Studio of Dragan Ristic, Mix Strongroom Studio, Mike Nielson, P&C Asphalt Tango Records GmbH BERND SAHLING: Born 1961 in Naumburg/GDR, Bernd Sahling worked for the DEFA-Studio in Potsdam, studied film at HFF Babelsberg as well as Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University. Since 1991, Sahling has written and directed various films for children, e.g. Die BlindGanger [Blind Flyer] (2003), for which he received the German Film Award (Lola), European Film Kids Award 2004, 1st Prize Chicago International Children´s Film Festival. He teaches on the topic of children and film in Singapore, Germany, Italy, Norway, and the US. Contact: Blinker Filmproduktion GmbH +49 221 5397460 mm@blinkerfilm.de

ZABERITE SVOIKH MERTVETSOV (TAKE YOUR DEAD MEN) Dir: Irina Zuy Russian Federation 2010 30 mins Anything works to earn for a happy life. Sergey makes money on excavations on World War 2 battlefields. But the war, once started, never ends. Drama, International Premiere Prod: Lev Chesnov, Pavel Odynin, Anatoly Baskakov Writer: Irina Zuy, Anatoly Baskakov DOP: Pavel Yemelin Editor: Ilya Delyatizky, Kirill Chichaev Sound: Varvara Belous Cast: Yevgeny Tkachuk, Aleksandr Tkachuk, Viktoria Gichkina Irina Zuy: (b.1977) She started her film career as a documentarian. She shot docudramas on social issues for Russian TV. She spent two years on her first short feature Zaberite Svoikh Mertvetsov (Take Your Dead Men) which will have its international premiere at the Encounters Film Festival. Contact: Max Tuula +79261 752572 m.tuula@gmail.com

PABLO Dir: Nely Reguera Spain 2010 13 mins A family is trying to get back to some kind of normality. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Sergi Casamitjana Writer: Nely Reguera DOP: Aitor Echeverría Editor: Francesc Sitges-Sardà Sound: Agost Alustiza Music: Maikmayer Cast: José Ángel Egido, Pablo Derqui, Carla Pérez Distributor: Escándalo Films Nely Reguera: Barcelona 1978. Her first short film was Ausencias. During the following years, she worked as 1st AD in feature films and commercials. Shocked by the ecological disaster of the sinking tanker Prestige, at the northwest coast of Spain, she decided to make the documentary film, Muxía, the wound. Nowadays, she combines her work as a director assistant with her work as a director and screenwriter of short films like Noise or Pablo. Contact: Nely Reguera +34 680 99 88 55 nelyreguera@gmail.com

DE ANDRE (THE OTHER ONES) Dir: Hisham Zaman Norway 2009 18 mins A man is driving through a winter landscape. All of a sudden, his car hits someone, and he flees the scene in panic.

WHITE TAPE Dir: Michal & Uri Kranot Denmark 2010 2 mins 5 secs White Tape explores the theme of boundaries; the frame, the space between brushstrokes and the implications of occupation. Experimental, UK Premiere

Drama Prod: Michal Kranot Prod: PĂĽl RĂ¸ed Contact: Arna Marie Bersaas +47 22 47 45 73 amb@nfi.no

Contact Distributor: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 4 THU 18 NOV 10.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 FRI 19 NOV 17.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 22 MINS

ROBUTANJE KORUZE (STEALING THE CORN)

DERBY

THE TUNNEL

Dir: Paul Negoescu Romania 2010 14 mins 50 secs

Dir: Jenna Bass South Africa 2010 25 mins

What happens if you are caught by the owner while stealing the corn?

One night, Mircea hears his 15 year old daughter having sex with her boyfriend in her bedroom.

A young girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magical quest to find her father in 1980s Zimbabwe leads to her coming of age.

Drama, UK Premiere

Drama

Prod: Ida Weiss Writer: Martin Turk DOP: Milos Srdic Editor: Jurij Moskon Sound: Miha Jaramaz Music: Chris Eckman Cast: Deni Kahriman, Boris Cavazza Distributor: Bela Film

Prod: Paul Negoescu Writer: Paul Negoescu DOP: Andrei Butica Editor: Alexandru Radu Sound: Dan-Stefan Rucareanu, Filip Muresan, Vlad Voinescu Music: Roxana Mocanu Cast: Bogdan Voda, Maria Mitu, Nicolas Teodorescu

Prod/Writer: Jenna Bass DOP: Jacques Koudstaal Editor: Jacques de Villiers Animation: Adrian Burger & Jenna Bass Sound: Nick Marcus-Robb Music: John Turest-Swartz Cast: Sibulele Mlumbi, Finch Moyo, Patricia Matongo, Vuysisile Pandle Distributor: Fox Fire Films

Dir: Martin Turk Slovenia 2010 11 mins 5 secs

Martin Turk: (b.1978) Graduated at the Ljubljana filmschool (AGRFT). Previous films include 2006 A Slice of Life and 2008 Every Day Is Not The Same. Contact: Martin Turk +38 641 901705 mrtntrk78@hotmail.com

Paul Negoescu: Born in 1984 in Bucharest. Graduated film directing at the Romanian National Film School (UNATC). He directed several shorts awarded and selected in many international film festivals (Berlinale, Karlovy Vary, Rotterdam, London, Slamdance etc). His short film Renovation was nominated for the Best Short Film at the European Film Academy Awards in 2009. He is also the Artistic Director of the Timishort Film Festival. Contact: Paul Negoescu +40 723 382 312 paul.ego@gmail.com Distributor: Interfilm Berlin Management +49 302 594 2902 sophie@interfilm.de

Jenna Bass: Born in 1986, South African director-writer Jenna Bass began her career as a magician. Her short, The Tunnel was selected for the Focus Features Africa First Program. The film premiered at Sundance and the Berlinale, subsequently screening at festivals around the world, including the Seattle, BFI London and Moscow International Film Festivals. Her upcoming feature, Tok Tokkie, won Hubert Bals Fund Award for Most Promising Project at the Durban FilmMart 2010. Production is scheduled for early 2011. Contact: Jenna Bass +27 72 804 3287 jseebass@gmail.com

LUCKY

REDEMPTION

Dir: Darcy Prendergast Australia 2009 3 mins 19 secs

Dir: Katie Wolfe New Zealand 2010 17 mins

Remnants remain, and reclaim the night.

A boy. A girl. A step too far.

Drama, UK Premiere

Experimental, UK Premiere Darcy Prendergast: (b.1985) Began his career on the living room walls. Keen to nurture his artistic talents, his parents kept the supplies steady. With a keen sense for the obsurd and a taste for the tactile, Darcy soon moved into Stop Motion Animation, where he still lives to this day... Contact: Darcy Prendergast +61 401 732 945 darcy.prendergast@gmail.com

Prod: Rachel Jean Writer: Tim Balme, Renae Maihi & Katie Wolfe DOP: Ginny Loane Editor: Lisa Hough Sound: Ande Schurr, Andrew Lovrin Music: Joel Haines ‘Paradise’ written and performed by Emma Paki Cast: Pana Hema-Taylor, Sera Henare Karlos, Drinkwater Katie Wolfe: From Taranaki and is Ngati Tama, Ngati Mutunga and Pakeha. She has been involved in the New Zealand performing arts and screen industries for the past 15 years. She has a BA majoring in English and Drama and also trained as an actor at Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School. First short film This Is Her won her short filmmaker 2008 at the New Zealand Film Festival, selected for Sundance, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals. Contact Distributor: NZ Film +64 4 382 7688 shorts@nzfilm.co.nz

MADAGASCAR, CARNET DE VOYAGE (MADAGASCAR, A JOURNEY DIARY) Dir: Bastien Dubois France 2009 11 mins 30 secs Madagascar is a journey diary that redraws the trip of a European traveller confronted with Famadihana customs. Animation Prod: Ron Dyens Editor: Boubkar Benzabat, Bastien Dubois Animation: Bastien Dubois Prod: Sacrebleu Productions Bastien Dubois: (b.1983) In 2006, he graduated in infography direction at Supinfocom Valenciennes (France). After his school, he got experience in web site creations and video games animation. As a travel lover, he discovered Madagascar and decided to realize an animated journey diary on the island. Contact: Guilaine Bergeret +33 1 42 25 30 27 colia.sacrebleu@gmail.com

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 5 THU 18 NOV 17.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 FRI 19 NOV 12.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 24 MINS

TIEFENSUCHT (BELOW THE BLUE)

HÄNDELSE VID BANK (INCIDENT BY A BANK)

Dir: Florian Fessl Austria 2010 20 mins

Dir: Ruben Östlund Sweden 2010 12 mins

Georg lost his father. To find him again, he dives into the strange but fair and beautiful world of an old fishermen’s tale.

A detailed and humorous account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where 96 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera.

Drama, UK Premiere

Drama

Prod: Florian Fessl, Magdalena Berger Writer: Florian Fessl DOP: David Wagner Editor: Florian Fessl Sound: Florian Kindlinger Music: Iva Zabkar Cast: Mirko Roggenbock, Reinold Tischler, Thomas Mraz Distributor: Ouat Media

Prod: Marie Kjellsson, Erik Hemmendorff Writer: Ruben Östlund DOP: Marius Dybwad Brandrud Cast: Bahador Foladi, Ramtin Parvaneh, Leif EdlundMore

COLIVIA (THE CAGE) Dir: Monica Gorgan Romania 2010 17 mins 10 secs A father, a boy and a dove.

Florian Fessl: (b. 1981) Made his first shortfilm debut Strange Stories (2001) followed by the comedy Der Besucher (2002), the controversal arthouse movie T-Bone 2004, the Cleaner (2005) and the short movie collection New York Stories (2005). Contact: Florian Fessl festival@floproductions.at

Drama Prod: Monica LazureanGorgan, Mete Gümürhan Writer/DOP/Editor: Adrian Sitaru Sound: Florin Tabacaru Cast: Adrian Titiene, Clara Voda, Vlad Voda Distributor: Some Like It Short S.L.

Ruben Östlund: Ruben Östlund, directed films on skiing in the late 90’s, some of them now worldfamous. After a documentary in 2000 he made his award-winning feature debut, The Guitar Mongoloid, in 2004. Involuntary (2008) was selected for Cannes 2008 and has since been in major festivals worldwide. It was also Sweden´s nominee for Best Foreign Oscar that year. His short Incident by a Bank won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2010. He is currently working on his next feature, Play (2011).

Adrian Sitaru: Producer, writer & director Adrian Sitaru (b.1971) made his debut in 2007 with the short film Valuri/Waves, with which Adrian won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, another 22 awards and selected in the Official Competition of Sundance 2008. His first feature Pescuit Sporiv/Hooked premiered at the Venice Days section of Venice International Film Festival in 2008. His latest short film Colivia/The Cage won DAAD Short Film Award in Berlinale and is part of the (third) feature film Domestic. He is currently shooting his second feature film From Love with Best Intentions (selected for Cinefondation in Cannes and Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam).

Contact: Andrea Reuter +46 8665 1142 andrea.reuter@sfi.se

Contact: Monica Gorgan +407 4910 0958 monica@4prooffilm.ro

BALANÇOS E MILKSHAKES (SWINGS AND MILKSHAKES) Dir: Erick Ricco & Fernando Mendes Brazil 2010 9 mins 55 secs A love experienced by two children is remembered by a narrator.

Animation, World Premiere Prod: Fernanda Salgado Writer: Erick Ricco Editor: Erick Ricco and Fernando Mendes Animation: Alessandro Pessoa, Elisa Rodrigues, Emerson Duarte, Erick Ricco, Fernando Mendes, Gulliver Vianei, Haron Gomes, Hozienne Reis, João Andrade, Letícia Albuquerque Sound/Music: eocopo Cast: Ana Clara Moreira, Paulo Kayser Maia, Bruno Miglioli Cunha Distributor: Apiário

ELLA Dir: Hanne Larsen Norway 2010 24 mins Ella is a burlesque drama about old, boozed-up Ella, 73, who refuses to take a bath. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Hilde Berg Contact Distributor: Arna Marie Bersaas +47 22 47 45 73 amb@nfi.no

Erick Ricco & Fernando Mendes: Erick Ricco was born 1985 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has dedicated himself to photography, video and cinema ever since 2005. Fernando Mendes was also born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he develops his works on the fields of audiovisual arts, animation and music. Works mainly as an independent director and editor, and is part of the duet of musical experimentation. Contact: Fernanda Salgado +55 3133 249257 producao@balancosemilkshakes.com 27

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 6 WED 17 NOV 20.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 SAT 20 NOV 10.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 20 MINS

SIYUR MUDRACH (GUIDED TOUR) Dir: Benjamin Freidenberg Israel 2010 25 mins Eitan lives alone in Jerusalem and works at night painting lines on the streets of the city. Seeking another person's company makes him wonder. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Ariel Benbaji, Einat Pinsky Writer: Benjamin Freidenberg DOP: Ehud Hermony Editor: Ehud Alfassi Sound: Nir Sabo, DB Studios Music: Asher Goldshmidt Cast: Shir Shenar, Isaac Shwartz, Assia Vilenkin

PARADISE LATER Dir: Ascan Breuer Austria 2010 13 mins 20 secs Inside the head of a trader we travel on a river towards an apocalyptic scenery. Documentary (adaptation of a novel), UK Premiere Prod: Victor Jaschke Contact: Dietmar Schwaerzler +43 1 5260990 dietmar@sixpackfilm.com

Benjamin Freidenberg: Born in 1980. Studied art at the Tel Aviv museum school of art, and graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School Jerusalem with honors in 2009. During his studies he created A Quiet Street a 20 min, documentary film winning best cinematography award at the Dakino film festival Bucharest Romania and special mention at the Tel Aviv Student Film Festival. Guided Tour is his Graduation film. It won best short film at the International Jerusalem Film Festival 2009. Contact Distributor: Ms. Sinai +97 2267 31950 festivals@jsfs.co.il

FLUFFY MC CLOUD

MAID IN CHINA

Dir: Conor Finnegan Ireland 2010 2 mins 55 secs

Dir: Xu Zheng China 2009 19 mins 30 secs

A short film about man’s misunderstanding and mixed relationship with mother nature.

The story of a peasant woman working in the teeming slums of Shanghai, whose life is changed by a chance sighting from her window.

Animation, UK Premiere

Drama, UK Premiere Prod: IADT NFS Sound: Eoghan Mc Donnell Music: Paul Hughs Cast: Conall Kelleher, Leigh Arthur, Laura Douglas Conor Finnegan: A twenty-six year old animation graduate of the National Film School, Ireland. His short films have screened at international festivals world wide and have won numerous awards including Hottest Animation at Rio de Janeiro’s FIAE and second prize for Best New Director at the Galway Film Festival, Ireland for his short film Plastesex. He is currently working freelance as a director and is seeking representation in the UK and Europe. Contact: Conor Finnegan +353 8612 63709 funnegan@gmail.com

Prod: Maggie Tang and Xu Zheng Editor: Xu Zheng Camera: Sam Zhang Yunhui Art: Roc Ha Sound Design: Terence Lloren Xu Zheng: After completing his Master’s in anthropology in the UK, filmmaker Xu Zheng returned to China to make documentaries about the country’s changing society. His films Guiyang Beautiful Flavour Barbecue, about a rural family running a small restaurant in the city, and New Roads, following a year in the life of a rural entrepreneur, have been broadcast and shown at festivals worldwide. Maid In China is his first fiction film. Contact: Richard Hughes +86 1391 758 9469 raleghfilms@googlemail.com

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA 7 THU 18 NOV 12.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 SAT 20 NOV 13.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HR 32 MINS

POUDRE Dir: Ky Nam Le Duc Canada 2010 21 mins Two friends spend a summer Saturday together in the suburbs of Montreal. They will watch the fireworks that same evening. Drama, European Premiere Producer: Ky Nam Le Duc Writer: Ky Nam Le Duc DOP: François Messier-Rheault Editor: Elric Robichon Sound: Bruno Pucella Music: Simon Leclerc Cast: Marc Beaupré and Ted Pluviose Ky Nam Le Duc: An aspiring musician and a week-end writer, Ky Nam Le Duc contemplates scientific studies when circumstances led him to filmmaking school at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Since then, he has written, produced and directed dramatic films, which possess a personal tone. Contact Distributor: Travelling Distribution +1-514-467-8160 info@travellingdistribution.com

TIANG NAA NOI KOI RAK (FOUR BOYS, WHITE WHISKEY AND GRILLED MOUSE) Dir: Wichanon Somumjarn Thailand 2010 10 mins 10 secs One late afternoon at the rice paddies after the harvest, four boys turn a little shack into a recreation centre. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Anocha Suwichakornpong Cast: Glod Phuthaworn, Itthipol Phukongkham, Taweesak Chaiyakhod, Anapol Khamjampa Distributor/Prod: Electric Eel Films Wichanon Somumjarn: Born in Khon Kaen in 1982. While he was in the final year of studying engineering, he made a short film titled Phee Hong Nam (W.C.) which won Honorable Mention at the Siam Cement Group Young Thai Artist Award 2005 in the film category. Currently, he is working with director, Anocha Suwichakornpong, at Electric Eel Films, a production house based in Bangkok, Thailand. Contact: Wichanon Somumjarn +66 26670177 infestfilm@gmail.com

CHLOE AND ATTIE Dir: Scooter Corkle Canada 2010 8 mins Chloe has been keeping a secret. A secret best kept in the dark...away from children...away from public places...away from the window... away from humanity forever.

Drama, European Premiere Prod: Daniel Domachowski Writer: Scooter Corkle, Clif Prowse DOP: Norm Li Editor/ Sound: Aynsley Baldwin Music: Cocorosie Cast: Jacqueline Robbins, Joyce Robbins, Mireille Urumuri Scooter Corkle: Scooter Corkle has worked in Vancouver’s film industry for the past 7 years specializing as a Gaffer and Lighting Technician. Chloe and Attie was conceived, written, filmed, and edited within 48 hours and is considered Scooter’s directorial debut. He has written and directed numerous commercials and is currently taking the month off to write his first feature film. Contact Distributor: Virmana Pictures Inc +778.883.9365 danny@virmana-pictures.com

10 MIN. Dir: Jorge León Belgium 2009 19 mins Through the reading of a witness declaration, 10 min. narrates how a young girl winds up in a prostitution ring. Documentary

LUMIKKO (LITTLE SNOW ANIMAL) Dir: Miia Tervo Finland 2009 19 mins It’s not wrong to want love - you just need to look for it in the right place.

MEIN MALLORCA (MY MALLORCA) Dir: Bernadette Knoller Germany 2010 15 mins The Heidens: 7 kids, no money, yet not a welfare case. Family chief Marita is keeping the household together while dreaming of world literature.

Documentary, UK Premiere Documentary, UK Premiere

Jorge León: (b.1967) A filmmaker and photographer based in Brussels. Recently he has been active primarily as a filmmaker, with a series of films including De Sable et de Ciment (2003), Vous êtes Ici (2006), Between Two Chairs (2007), 10min. (2009) and Vous êtes Servis (2010). Contact: Marc Bouteiller +32 486 687 768 bouteillerm@gmail.com

Prod: Mahsa Malka Writer: Miia Tervo DOP: Päivi Kettunen Editor: Okku Nuutilainen Animation: Ami Lindholm Sound: Jussi Rantala Distributor/Prod: AALTO University

Prod: Jule Deutsch DOP: Anja Läufer Sound: Torben Seemann Music: Rolf Zuckowski Editor: Julia Rau

Miia Tervo: (b. 1980) Studies film directing / documentary film at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design.

Bernadette Knoller: Born 1986 in Munich, raised in Northern Germany. Director´s assistant at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg. Since 2008 she has studied directing at the HFF Potsdam.

Contact: Saara Toivanen +35 8503 317 754 saara.toivanen@taik.fi

Contact: Cristina Marx +49 331 6202 564 distribution@hff-potsdam.de

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SHADOWS OF SILENCE Dir: Pradeepan Raveendran France 2010 11 mins The nightmares and realities of a depressed person in exile. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Pradeepan Raveendran Writer: Pradeepan Raveendran DOP: Krshna Naganpillai Editor: Muthulakshmi Varadhan Sound: Anand Krishnamoorthi Cast: Krishna Subramania, Unitha Ananthakumar, Krishanty Anathakumar Distributor: Exil Imageq Pradeepan Raveendran: Born in Sri Lanka in July 1981. He is a selftaught photographer and filmmaker. Pradeepan’s first directorial debut was in 2009 with the short film A Mango Tree in the Front Yard. This film was an official selection at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 and subsequently nominated for a Golden Bear. His second short film Shadows of Silence as completed in 2010. This film premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2010. Contact: Pradeepan Raveendran +33 149 978 983 ravideep12@gmail.com

ZENA U LJBICASTOM (WOMAN IN PURPLE) Dir: Igor Drljaca Bosnia and Hercegovina 2010 13 mins 36 secs When confronted with the prospect of easy money in postwar Sarajevo, Mirza is certain he can control the consequences. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Amra Baksic Camo Writer: Igor Drljaca, Hrvoje Zuparic DOP: Erol Zubcevic Editor: Timur Makarevic Sound: Igor Camo Cast: Haris Begić, Alen Muratović, Mediha Musliović Igor Drljaca: Born in 1983 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Igor completed his Bachelor’s in Film at York University’s Film and Video Program in 2007 in Toronto, and is currently completing his graduate thesis feature. Igor’s short films have screened internationally, including Toronto, Telluride, Montreal, Sarajevo, and Palm Springs. Previous films include On a Lonely Drive (2009) Mobilni Snovi (2008) and The Battery-Powered Duckling (2007). Contact: Igor Drljaca igor.drljaca@gmail.com Distributor: Ivana Pekusic +387 (33) 209 411 ivana.pekusic@sff.ba

MICKY BADER (BATHING MICKY)

LEBENDKONTROLLE (OUTSIDE)

Dir: Frida Kempff Sweden 2010 14 mins

Dir: Florian Schewe Germany 2010 30 mins

Micky, 100-years-old, has been a member of the local bathing club for almost half a decade. Every day, every season, she swims with her friends.

Mark does his cellmate a favour and this is about to push him back into a world he thought he had left behind. Drama, UK Premiere

Documentary Prod: Erik Andersson DOP: Camilla Skagerström Editor: Erik Andersson Sound Editing: Arvid Lind Sound Mix: Andreas Franck Music: Jon Jefferson Klingberg Frida Kempff: Born 1977 in Sala, Sweden. Filmmaker educated at Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm. Frida has been working with television and film since 1996 in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Her latest film Bathing Micky is her fifth film as a director, and won the jury prize at Cannes Film Festival 2010. Contact: Sara Rüster +46 8 665 11 41 sara.ruster@sfi.se

Prod: Luisa Korsukewitz Writer: Florian Schewe, David Moehring DOP: Yannick Bonnica Editor: Clemens Walter Sound: Christian Simon Music: Daniel Dickmeis Cast: Gerdy Zint, Franziska Jünger, Eddy Kante Florian Schewe: Born in Berlin in 1978. Studied Social Sciences from 2001-2003, paralleled by first experience in production and unit management, work as a film electrician. Preproduction and Assistant Director. In 2005 first documentary as a director (Moharram) about the youth in Tehran. Enrolled in the directors program at the University of Film and Television in Potsdam later that year. Contact Distributor: Cristina Marx +49 331 6202 564 distribution@hff-potsdam.de

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GOLD TOP

HOTEL 66

NATIVE SON

Dir: Sat Johal UK 2010 10 mins 58 secs

Dir: Anthony Chen UK 2010 14 mins

Dir: Scott Graham UK 2010 20 mins

It’s Christmas Eve morning 1984. Young Kishore, a Milkman’s runner, has a very special delivery to make. A big journey in a small world.

Hotel 66 relates the uncanny rendezvous of two emotionally displaced workers; an innocent female security guard and a male sex vendor.

Set in a border town in rural Scotland Native Son is about a troubled farm labourer struggling with loneliness and the need for human contact.

Drama

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Drama

Prod: Tim Dann Writer: Tim Dann DOP: Felix Wiedemann Editor: Phill Lees Sound: Nick Steer Music: Simon James Cookson Cast: Eric McNicol, Alison Burrows, Ian Mercer

Prod: Kurban Kassam

Prod: David Smith

Anthony Chen: Recently completed an MA in Film Directing at the National Film and Television School, UK. His shorts have screened at numerous festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Pusan, London, and have won awards in Europe and Asia. Contact Distributor: National Film and Television School +44 (0)1494 731452 festivals@nfts.co.uk

Contact: Ashley Black +44 (0)141 221 5290 ashley_native_son@live.co.uk

Sat Johal: (b.1966) Began his career in television. His first foray into film was a Zom-Com Zombie Harvest. His second short Hearing Things (Co-Producer 2005) garnered international success on the Festival circuit. Gold Top is his latest film, and his debut as Director. Contact: Timothy Dann +44 (0)7974 101 260 info@timdann.co.uk

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MY DAD THE COMMUNIST Dir: Lab Ky Mo UK 2009 17 mins 17 secs Teenage Tony’s enigmatic Chinese dad nearly dies in a car crash. Tony yearns to break down barriers between him and dad before it’s too late. Drama Prod: Michael Berliner Writer: Lab Ky Mo DOP: Zac Nicholson Editor: Joe Parsons Sound: Juliet Plumptre, Naomi Dandridge, Richard Lewis Music: Kasia Middleton, Betony Dircks Cast: Benedict Wong, Siu Hun li, Tuyen Do Lab Ky Mo: Central St. Martin’s ﬁne art graduate, and winner of the Carl Foreman Screenwriting Fellowship to California in conjunction with BAFTA. His debut feature Nine Dead Gay Guys starring Steven Berkoff was hailed by the Observer as “The most shocking ﬁlm at the Cannes Film Festival”.

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TWO LADIES & A HILL

VISITING HOURS

Dir: Federico Forcolini UK 2009 3 mins 45 secs

Dir: Steve Hughes UK 2010 7 mins 3 secs

Two old friends rejoice in the best of what the great outdoors has to offer.

Paul wakes up from a coma and is told by his wife, Beth, that they have been in a car accident.

Drama Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Naomi Wattis Writer: Federico Forcolini DOP: Benedict Spence Editor: Federico Forcolini Sound: Andrew Hughes Music: Tandis Jenhudson Cast: Doreen Mantle, Christine Ozanne Federico Forcolini: A London based filmmaker and founder and owner of Well Fed Films. His shorts have gone on to win, be finalists or get shortlisted for several competitions and festivals including: winner of the Newcomer Award Rushes Soho Shorts 2010, winner E4 online shorts, finalist Brief Encounters Depict, London Short Film Fest., Raindance, Cannes Independent Film Fest. Contact: Federico Forcolini +44 (0)7779 652 032 info@wellfedfilms.com

Contact: Michael Berliner +44 (0)20 7274 2121 shorts@b3media.net

Prod: Jane Hughes Writer: Roland Moore, Steve Hughes DOP: Mark Langton Editor: Steve Hughes Sound: James Cocksedge, Luke Hatfield Music: Debbie Wiseman Cast: Danny Webb, Alexandra Boyd Distributor: Jane Hughes, Adrenalin Pictures Steve Hughes: (b.1973) Directed numerous short films whilst working as an editor for the BBC. He moved into TV drama in 2005 and has since directed episodes of Holby City, Land Girls, Doctors and Dream Team. He runs Adrenalin Pictures with his wife, producer Jane Hughes. Visiting Hours is his tenth short film. Contact: Jane Hughes +44 (0)7970 221 687 ecowarrioress@gmail.com

I LOVE LUCI Dir: Colin Kennedy UK 2010 12 mins 30 secs A comedy of missing teeth, unrequited love and one dogs potential to shape the fortunes of a couple destined never to be together. Drama Colin Kennedy: Colin Kennedy is the latest talent to emerge from Sigma Films. He was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09 for his first music video, and his first short, I Love Luci, won the Prix des Mediatheques at Clermont-Ferrand, Best Short Film at FatFilmFest in Italy, the Audience Award at Vila do Conde Curtas, Portugal and runner-up at Rushes Short Fest in London. I Love Luci has been invited to over 30 festivals in its first year including Palm Springs and Sao Paulo.

Contact: Brian Coffey +44 (0)141 445 0400 brian@sigmafilms.com

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BAD NIGHT FOR THE BLUES Dir: Chris Shepherd UK 2010 16 mins Blue rinses, portraits of the Queen, and stand-up bingo. Chris Shepherd delves into his past and recalls the world of his Auntie Glad and her local Conservative club. Drama, World Premiere Prod: Maria Manton DOP: Simon Tindall Editor: Nick Fenton Sound: Andy Humphreys Cast: Jean Boht, Kieran Lynn, Lloyd McGuire Chris Shepherd: Chris Shepherd is a writer and director. Previous award winning films include, The Broken Jaw (1997), Dad’s Dead (2003), Who I Am And What I Want (2005) and Silence Is Golden (2006). Contact Distributor: Ryan Smith +44 (0) 207 247 6444 production@slinkypics.com

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BIRTHDAY

FLAG MOUNTAIN

Dir: Villing Chong UK 2010 5 mins 4 secs

Dir: John Smith UK 2010 8 mins 14 secs

At her daughter’s bouncy castle party Celia is reminded of the events that led to this day.

In Nicosia, the divided capital of Cyprus, a display of nationalism is taken to its logical conclusion.

Drama, World Premiere

Experimental

Prod: Gerry Maguire Writer: Villing Chong DOP: Simon Bell Editor: Villing Chong Sound: Adam Slater Cast: Bethan Lucas, John Kane

Prod: John Smith DOP: John Smith Editor/Sound: John Smith Distributor: LUX

Villing Chong: (b.1986) Began her career by making music videos for local bands but during university discovered the power of narrative storytelling through editing. Her micro short film Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, 2009, was short listed in the Virgin Media Shorts 2009 and was screened at DepicT! in the same year. She continues to direct both pop promos and shorts and collaborates regularly with award winning filmmakers. Contact: Villing Chong +44 (0)191 4414170 villingchong@yahoo.co.uk

John Smith: John Smith is a British filmmaker known for his playful subversion of documentary imagery, frequently recorded in his native East-End of London. Since 1972 he has made over fifty films, videos and installation works that have been shown in cinemas, art galleries and on television around the world and awarded major prizes at many international film festivals. His best known films include The Girl Chewing Gum, Black Tower, Blight and Hotel Diaries series. Contact: John Smith +44 (0) 20 7241 2624 info@johnsmithfilms.com

A FAMILY PORTRAIT Dir: Joseph Pierce UK 2009 4 mins 44 secs Suspicion bubbles to the surface during a tense family portrait. Animation

FORGIVING YOUR P.E. TEACHER

WHEN A HEN EATS A BEE

Dir: Warren Malone UK 2009 14 mins 31 secs

Dir: Tim Frost UK 2010 30 secs

This is a story about the desire for revenge; about how hard it is to forgive.

A very short film about when a hen eats a bee. Not necessarily scientifically correct.

Drama Prod: Mark Grimmer, Aneil Karia Writer: Joseph Pierce DOP: Liam Iandoli Editor: Robbie Morrisson Sound/ Music: Dominic Fitzgerald Cast: Robert Bathurst, Sarah McVicar, Jack Laskey, Danica Moore, Mitch Turner Joseph Pierce: An award-winning animator/filmmaker with a background in film, theatre and experimental art. In March 2008, he graduated with an MA in Animation Direction from the National Film and Television School. His graduation film Stand Up has been screened at over 20 International film festivals.

Animation Prod: Warren B. Malone Writer: Simon Josiffe DOP: Justin Brown Editor: Jonathan eric Tyrrell Animation: Andre Lucato Sound: Tony Berriman Music: Jim and Pat Garrett Show Cast: Liz Richardson, Matt Bailey

Producer: Tim Frost Animation: Tim Frost Music: Tim Frost

Warren Malone: Born in 1970 in a big hospital in a small place called Orsett and grew up in a slightly bigger place called Coventry.

Tim Frost: Tim Frost makes charming little animated films and games when not working on other people’s stuff like Peppa Pig, TV commercials, and interactive projects. You can read about his amazing (some say silly) life at his blog www.bullandgate.com

Contact: Warren Malone +44 (0)776 997 1706 wbmalone@hotmail.com

Contact: Tim Frost +44 (0)1444 413 105 bullandgate@gmail.com

Contact: Mark Grimmer +44 (0)7779 289241 mark@fiftynineproductions.co.uk

THE WORM INSIDE

WATCHING

HALF TERM

Dir: Sam Firth UK 2010 10 mins

Dir: Max Myers UK 2009 14 mins 7 secs

Dir: Sam Donovan UK 2010 22 mins 57 secs

A personal documentary about illness, adventure, living on the West Coast of Scotland, and worms.

The ability to spot where truth lies, and lies begin, will make or break you in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Documentary, World Premiere

Drama

Teen friends Malik and Adam suspect that older brother Jamal is a potential terrorist bomber. But they discover the truth is much more complex. Drama, World Premiere

Prod: Claudia Firth DOP: Sam Firth Editor: Miranda Watts Sound: Sam Firth Sound Designer: Duncan Warrick Music: Fraya Thomsen, Gillian Fleetwood Sam Firth: (b.1974) Assistant produced the cult digital feature Chunky Monkey (2001) starring David Threlfall and Alison Steadman. She directed her first short film I.D. in 2009 which won the DepicT! Special British Mention award at Encounters last year. Sam founded Tiny Spark Productions in 2009 with her sister, artist Claudia Firth. Contact: Sam Firth +44 (0) 1687 46241 sfirth@gmail.com Distributor: Scottish Documentary Institute, Finlay Pretsell +44 (0)131 2216116 f.pretsell@eca.ac.uk

Prod: Ben Hilton Co-Prod: Charlie Cattrall, Nico Mensinga, Christian McLaughlin Writer: Nico Mensinga DOP: Dan Stafford-Clark Editor: Ben Hilton Sound: Amory Leader, Emma Meaden, Ben Coleman, Damian Thorpe, Andy Stallabrass Music: Amory Leader Cast: Ian Hart, Charlie Cattrall, Susannah Fielding Max Myers: Signed by Annex Films, a London-based commercials production company, where he directs commercials, music videos and short films. A London Film School graduate, he was selected for the Shots Young Director’s Showcase. Contact: Dakus Films +44 (0)7912 110 122 christian@dakusfilms.com

Prod: Elinor Day Writer: Geoff Bussetill DOP: Ian Moss Editor: Gary Dolner Music: Dan Parry Cast: Terry Haywood, James Burrows Sam Donovan: Sam has directed 3 short films - King Ponce, Hammerhead and Half Term. King Ponce Premiered at Encounters in 2007, whilst Hammerhead played at over 50 festivals world wide, winning 10 awards along the way. Half Term is just starting its festival run and is proud to be premiering at Encounters. Contact: Sam Donovan +44 (0)7815 054 631 samdonovanfilm@googlemail.com

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PHOTOS OF GOD

SOUL FLOWERS

SIS

Dir: Paul Wright UK 2010 28 mins 26 secs

Dir: Tor Kristoffersen UK 2009 13 mins 49 secs

Dir: Deborah Haywood UK 2010 11 mins 2 secs

A teenage boy looks after his disabled mother, both haunted by the past.

Andy Butters throws aside the dependable potato and risks the future of his farm and his daughter Ruthie on the magical Soul Flower.

Lauren and Amy hear a man who ‘likes children’ is living in the area, and decide to track him down to show him their handstands.

Drama, UK Premiere

Drama, South West Premiere

Prod: Sarah Senior Writer: Joe Hepworth DOP: Fabian Wagner Editor: Kate Coggins, Jimi Lund Sound: John Willis Composer: Martyn Strange, Michael Price

Prod: Tina Pawlik Writer: Deborah Haywood DOP: Gabi Norland Editor: Lucas Roche Sound: Susan Pennington Music: David Norland Cast: Demi-Jo Parker, Billie Lee Parker, Ed Gaughan

Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Rhianna Andrews Paul Wright: RSAMD Graduate where his first film, Hikikomori won the Scottish BAFTA for Best New Work and a BAFTA nomination in 2007 for Best Short Film. The film also won Best Drama at the regional and national Royal Television Society awards. Paul was named as one of Screen Internationals ‘Stars of Tomorrow’. In 2009, he made Believe which won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at Locarno Film Festival as well as other major festivals. Photos Of God premiered at the Berlinale. Paul is based in London and is currently developing his first feature film with Warp Films. Contact Distributor: National Film and Television School +44 (0)1494 731 452 festivals@nfts.co.uk

Tor Kristoffersen: Tor has been involved in film and theatre from a young age in roles ranging from writer to actor and currently director. Tor won a string of awards at international short film festivals with his previous film Enough including DepictT! Grand Jury Award at Encounters 2008. Tor continues to direct commercials, music videos and short films. Contact: Sarah Senior +44 (0)1274 299 305 sarah@shootproductions.co.uk

Deborah Haywood: Deborah was selected for Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2007 following her first short film Lady Margaret. Sis is Deborah’s third short film, and she is in post-production with her fourth short film Biatch, as part of the Digital Nation. Contact: Deborah Haywood +44 (0)207 592 9664 djhaywood@gmail.com

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STEVE AVERY

ENVIRONMENT

GRACE

Dir: Sam Huntley UK 2010 4 mins 52 secs

Dir: Joel Simon UK 2010 5 mins

Dir: David Oneill UK 2010 10 mins

An intimate portrait of champion bodybuilder Steve Avery.

This film puts the thoughts of children into a vibrant animated world. They give their views on everything from flying cars to lost penguins.

Nine-year-old Grace, lives a latchkey life. Running the bleakest of errands for her dad. She seeks solace in a fantasy existence.

Animation

Drama, World Premiere

DOP: Ed Suckling Editor: Ed Suckling, Nuno Costa Animation: Ed Suckling, Nuno Costa Sound: Garth McConaghie

Contact: David Oneill +44 (0)7802 423520 doneill07@hotmail.com

Documentary Prod: John Nolan DOP: Sam Huntley Editor: Sam Huntley Sound: Randall Macdonald, Wave Cast: Steve Avery Sam Huntley: (b.1979, London) Made his first short film Polish Your Shoes in 2003, which went on to win 9 film awards, including Best International Short at the Cork and Melbourne film Festivals. Subsequent shorts were also shortlisted at festivals around the world, before he made his debut feature Zoomer in 2010, filmed in Kansas, USA. Sam is represented by Mad Cow Films in London. Contact: Sam Huntley sam@samhuntley.com

Joel Simon: From Belgium Joel studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liege. He later studied design in England, where he discovered the joys of claymation. Ciderpunks, a 10 minute mockumentary has won awards at animation festivals around the world. He then established Flickerpix Animation Studio and directed children’s series Buska & Barney for UTV; On The Air, numerous animated TV commercials, title sequences and shorts like the Bombay-based Horn OK Please. In 2008 he directed the 15 part BBC series Days Like This. In 2009 he conceived Wee Wise Words for BBC, and is currently working on a pilot episode for Sky1. Contact: Padraic Whyte padraic@flickerpix.com

HEAT Dir: Debbie Tucker Green UK 2010 12 mins 35 secs Michael wants to know and Donna is running out of excuses. Drama Prod: Polly Leys, Kate Norrish Writer: Debbie Tucker Green DOP: Stephan Pehrsson Editor: Victoria Boydell Sound: Mario Mooney, Jack C. Arnold Cast: Nadine Marshall, Nathaniel Martello-White, Rahim Marcelle, Shamira Brown, Michelle Asante Debbie Tucker Green: Heat marks the directorial debut of acclaimed playwright Debbie Tucker Green. Prior to making the film she had written a half hour film for C4 (Spoil, directed by Tom Harper) Contact: Polly Leys +44 (0)207 861 8065 heat@hillbillyfilms.com

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BOY

PARTYGIRL

DESIRE

Dir: Matthew Lenton UK 2010 22 mins 27 secs

Dir: James Gutierrez UK 2010 10 mins 46 secs

Dir: Drew Pautz UK 2010 18 mins 27 secs

The boy is locked in his room alone, until he finds a mouse. He escapes and embarks on an odyssey in search of cheese.

A gritty neo-noir film about the consequences of the partygirl lifestyle.

Late at night, a desperate woman escapes mysterious pursuers through a bored man’s house: a dream-like event that leads to obsession, transgression, and unforeseen consequences.

Drama, World Premiere Prod: Elinor Day Contact: Matthew Lenton +44 (0)20 7317 2233 bianca.gavin@btopenworld.com

Drama, World Premiere Prod: James Gutierrez, Jim Donleavy, Luisa Copelli Writer: James Gutierrez DOP: Jim Donleavy Editor: James Gutierrez, Vishal Shah Sound: Teitur Arnason Music: Andrew Kremer Cast: Georgina Leahy, Alexis Caley

Drama, World Premiere

James Gutierrez aka de Quezar: Born in Los Angeles, California (1968) made his film debut in 2000 with the pilot Famous. He then soon formed the production company AF Productions and began making short and feature films, including Impression, which was selected to the Sonoma, Oakland and Orinda IFFs respectively. Other works include Fartherland part 1 & 2, Pinch Fu, The Lost Gun, Tomorrow, Nesting Instinct and the Language of Love; he also served as Writer/ Exec Prod/Co-Director of the feature film Hidden. James relocated to the UK in 2004 from California.

Prod: Drew Pautz and Phil Fisk Writer: Drew Pautz DOP: Phil Fisk Editor: Dan Chisholm, David Freeman Sound: Mikkel H. Eriksen, Instrument Studio Cast: Justin Salinger, Liz White, Denise Gough Drew Pautz: Canadian writer and director now living and working in the UK. Desire is his first film. His plays for theatre include Love the Sinner (National Theatre, 2010) and Someone Else’s Shoes (English Touring Theatre, Soho Theatre, 2007). From 20032007 he was a founder member of The Work Theatre Collective, dedicated to collaboratively created, experimental performance.

Contact: James Gutierrez +44 (0)1650 2931686 afuk@mac.com

Contact: Drew Pautz +44 (0)7977 509510 drewpautz@yahoo.ca

PARIS/SEXY

PAPER DAYDREAM

THIS TIME OF YEAR

Dir: Ruth Paxton UK 2009 23 mins

Dir: Jun Iwakawa UK 2010 2 mins 10 secs

Dir: David Schofield UK 2010 15 mins

Greer’s weird. Everyone in the Village thinks so.

Staring at a blank page, a draftsman finds his focus on work begins to drift and with it, his imagination.

After a wasted life consumed by alcohol Jacob drifts through Christmas Eve in his local pub, searching for joys long gone.

Drama

Animation

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Prod: Ruth Paxton Ruth Paxton: (b.1983) An impassioned young Scottish filmmaker and artist. Ruth’s films are bold and powerful. She has a unique way of visualizing, stylizing and capturing the intimacy and complexity of people and their stories. Paris/Sexy premiered at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival where it was nominated for the UKFC Best British Short, it has since screened and received nominations at festivals across Europe. Contact: Ciara Barry +44 (0)7746 923749 ciara@digicult.co.uk

Prod: Anke Schiemann Writer: Jun Iwakawa Camera: Sinclair Obiora Editor: Jun Iwakawa Animation: Jun Iwakawa Sound: Tim Sutton Music: Tim Sutton Cast: Vincent Schmitt Jun Iwakawa: A British born Japanese (b.1975), Jun Iwakawa is a London-based motion graphics designer/director. He is a co-founder of the collective PLOT23, set up as a means to experiment and pursue personal and collaborative projects. Previous directing credits include music videos for Bonobo (Tru Thoughts Records) and Fridge (Text Records). Paper Daydream is his first animated short. Contact: Jun Iwakawa +44 (0)774 878 5937 jun.iwakawa@gmail.com

Prod: Joseph Moan Writer: David Schofield DOP: Doug Walshe Editor: Jack Whiteley Sound: Jack Whiteley Music: Sam Alder, Phil Howley Cast: Terry Naylor, Sophie Combs and Anthony Aspinal David Schofield: His previous short Last Train (2009) was nominated in 3 categories at Encounters 09. Graduating with a 1st class degree in film production in 2008 his short film Ryan 2008 earned him a Royal Television Society nomination for best drama. In the last year David has co-founded Ironbeard films, a company that works with other creatives on both commercial and personal projects. Contact: David Schofield +44 (0)161 339 2290 chattodaveschofield@yahoo.com

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BIG MOUTH

BLIND DATE

TAKE COVER

Dir: Henry Darke UK 2010 14 mins 22 secs

Dir: Nigel Davies UK 2010 3 mins 35 secs

Dir: Naz Massoumi UK 2010 4 mins 30 secs

Bud, 19, is profoundly deaf. His best friend is leaving for university. Bud is forced to literally find his own voice.

Lucille, a lonely lighthouse-keeper, surfs the net for company. Oblivious to the potentail perils of internet dating, she prepares a romantic supper for two.

A muslim woman’s encounter with an elderly man invites reflection on a dark conflict and its hidden consequences.

Drama

Drama, World Premiere

Animation Prod: Philip Herd, Bertie Guard Writer: Henry Darke, Hary Wootliff DOP: Niels Reedtz Johansen Editor: Tim Fulford Sound: Christopher Wilson Music: Mat Davidson Cast: Helen Baxendale, Toby Clemence, Stuart Laing, Paul Hocking, Theo Barklem-Biggs Henry Darke: (b.1981) From Cornwall, he graduated from the London Film school in 2008 where he was fully funded by a Skillset scholarship, his award winning graduation film The Lobster Trap was noticed by producers who secured funding for him to make Big Mouth. He has been selected to direct a half hour drama for the Channel 4 Coming Up series and is developing a feature inspired by Big Mouth, on the Hothouse feature film development scheme. Contact: Henry Darke +44 (0)207 254 2862 Distributor: Philip Herd philip@independentfilmcompany. com

Prod: Jason Bartholomew Writer: Nigel Davies Editor: Dan Williamson, Nikk Fielden Animation: Nigel Davies, Theresa Whatley, Eve Coy, Jo Hepworth Sound: Will Norie, Kim B. Christenson Nigel Davies: Nigel worked as a 2D Key Animator with his own company for 10 years before coming to Aardman. During this time he was involved in directing and animating mainly for the graphics departments of television companies such as BBC, HTV and Granada. He worked mainly on title sequences and animated sequences for programmes, which were in many different styles. He has been full time with Aardman since 1999. Contact: Aardman Animations Ltd +44 (0)117 9848919 anna.harding@aardman.com

Prod: Ed Ison Writer: Naz Massoumi DOP: Peter Milner Editor: Ed Ison Sound: Jamie Talbutt Music: Kasia Middleton Cast: Tom Geoffrey, Colin Pinney Naz Massoumi: (b.1980, Iran) A University of Bristol graduate and an emerging independent filmmaker. He works as an assistant producer in television documentaries. Take Cover is his first fiction short. Contact: Ed Ison +44 (0) 117 929 7730 ed@saltairefilms.co.uk

CONNECT

INDIGO

CONVICTION

Dir: Samuel Abrahams UK 2010 5 mins

Dir: Jack Price UK 2009 19 mins 30 secs

Dir: Richard Penfold & Sam Heam UK 2010 19 mins 52 secs

Fed up with the hostility of the city and its people, a young woman’s view of the world changes when she makes a surprise connection.

A young British Indian boy discovers he has a special gift. Tragedy ensues and a powerful secret is revealed to the world.

Based on the true story of Andrew (Isa) Ibrahim, Conviction staring Adam Deacon portrays a vulnerable British student who became radicalised to the point where he was planning a terrorist attack.

Drama, UK Premiere Drama Prod: Beau Gordon Writer: Samuel Abrahams DOP: Sam Care Editor: Chris McKay Sound: Valerio Cerini Music: Philip Zikking Choreographer: Veronica Ellis Costume Designer: Ellen Claridge Make-Up Artist: Emma Alexandra Watts Titles: Lewis Kyle White Cast: Tuppence Middleton, Daniel Lawrence Taylor Samuel Abraham: Born and raised in Bristol Samuel moved to London to study Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art. Since graduating he has directed both drama and documentary. His Channel 4 comedy Hung Out, which follows a group of friends from Bristol living in London, aired earlier this year. He is currently in development on a number of film and TV projects and is keen to develop the voice he established with his recent short film Connect. Contact: Beau Gordon +44 (0)7814941367 beaugordon1@mac.com

Prod: Jules Mascarenhas Writer: Jack Price, Tom Bidwell DOP: Oliver Elliott Editor: Andreas Torner, Jack Price Sound: Boom Post Music: Christian Henson Cast: Bhasker Patel, Varun Mann, Ernest Distributor: Studio Film Limited Jack Price: Jack has won numerous awards including Best Media and Marketing campaign awards in 2006, four IVCA awards and a New York Film Festival award. His early viral work for the Green Party became the world’s first political viral campaign, and his award winning work with producer Kathleen Kennedy gave voice to Hollywood after 9.11. His short film Indigo won Special Mention at the 2010 Berlinale. Jack is currently developing a feature film and is represented by Marc Helwig at ICM Talent Agency, LA. Contact: Jack Price +44 (0)7715683005 info@studiofilm.co.uk

Drama, World Premiere Prod: Rachel Drummond-Hay Writer: Richard Penfold DOP: Richard Stewart Editor: Jimmy Taggart Sound: Rob Saunders, Will Norrie Music: Dan Berridge Cast: Adam Deacon, Kate Hardie, Bhasker Pattel, Alanna Flynn Richard Penfold, Sam Hearn and Rachel Drummond-Hay: Together Richard Penfold, Sam Hearn and Rachel Drummond-Hay have steadily built a reputation for producing emotionally engaging short films and dramas. Their awards include a nomination for Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards 2009, Winner of an Official Jury Prize at the 24th Brest European Short Film festival 2009 and many more. Contact: Omni Productions Ltd +44 (0)117 954 7170 richard.penfold@ omniproductions.co.uk

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

TURNING

Dir: Michael Davies UK 2010 12 mins 30 secs

Dir: Karni and Saul UK 2010 10 mins

Award winning actors John Hurt and Phyllida Law are the stars of this funny, moving and poignant short film set in a Residential Home.

On his sixth birthday Robert receives three beautiful broken old birds who tell a dark and magical tale of an emperor with no skin.

Drama, World Premiere

Drama

Prod: Sandra Gorel Writer: Julian Unthank DOP: Ian Salvage Editor: Dave Thrasher Sound: Howard Bevan Music: Mark Russell Cast: John Hurt, Phyllida Law

Prod: Kat Armour-Brown, Alison Sterling Writer: Karni and Saul, based on a short story by Lynda Sexson DOP: Ben Moulden Editor: Kate Owen Animation: Saul Freed Sound: Steve Single Music: various Cast: Patrick Gibbs, Maureen Wild, Audrey Holt

Michael Davies: Michael’s first short film What’s virgin mean? won the Depict ‘08 NFTS Special Mention Award and has since had more that 650,000 hits on You Tube. A former documentary director whose credits range from Barnardo’s Children to the RTS award winning Oz & James Drink To Britain, Michael is currently directing his second season of the hit BBC Children’s drama series Tracy Beaker Returns. Love At First Sight is his latest collaboration with award winning producer Sandra Gorel. Contact: Sandra Gorel +44 (0)7977 146322 sandragorel@hotmail.com

Karni and Saul: Karni Arieli studied photography at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Saul Freed studied art and music and is a self-taught 3D animator. They relocated from Israel to London in 2002 and started working as a directing team, making commercials and music videos. In 2006, their animated short, The Red Suitcase was screened at Encounters, Rushes and Clermont-Ferrand. Their music video Float was Best Animated Promo, Annecy 2009 and winner of British Animation Awards 2010. Contact: Alison Sterling +44 (0) 117 909 9941 alison@ignitionfilms.org Distributor: One Dot Zero +44 (0) 207 729 0072 claire@onedotzero.com 47

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ICH BIN’S. HELMUT (IT’S ME. HELMUT)

THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND

VERISET KÄDET (BLOODY HANDS)

Dir: Nicolas Steiner Germany 2010 11 mins 40 secs

Dir: Andrew Brand UK 2009 16 mins 14 secs

Dir: Malakias Finland 2010 6 mins 42 secs

Helmut celebrates his 60th birthday on the day he is actually turning 57 (his wife miscalculated). Bizarre declarations of love and transience.

Whilst clearing the belongings of his missing father, Chris unearths some unexpected truths.

Jesus Christ saves from all sin. Pray to Jesus now. Obey the bible. Warning: Death, Judgment, Eternity, Heaven or Hell.

Drama

Animation

Experimental, UK Premiere Prod: Anna Luise Dietzel Writer: Nicolas Steiner, Stefanie Ren DOP: Clemens Baumeister Sound: Tobias Koch Music: Hidden White Horn Jazz Band Cast: Matthias Zelic, Andreas Herzog, Suly Roethlisberger Nicolas Steiner: Born 1984 in the Swiss Alps. In 2005 and 2006 he attended the European Film College in Denmark and then studied for one year social anthropology, film science and politics at the Zuerich University. Since October 2007 he has been studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden- Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Contact Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 7141 969 103 eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de

DOP: Andy Parsons Editor: Simon Ellis Sound: Grant Bridgeman Cast: Jonny Phillips, Sam Heydon, Paul Codling Andrew Brand: Graduate in Fine Art (Nottingham Trent, 1999-2002) His first film To his knees he fell (2004) commissioned through the UK Film Council’s Digital Shorts Scheme. Short-listed for the ‘Fortean Times Award’ at the London Short Film Festival in 2006. Things We Leave Behind (2009) completed his 2nd UKFC commissioned short film through Screen East. This has to date received 2 nominations for ‘Best UK and International Short’ and a nomination for ‘Best Cinematography’ at GrandOFF World Off Film Awards in Warsaw, Poland. Recently Andrew was commissioned by UKFC & Screen East for short film Where There’s Smoke. Contact: Andrew Brand +44 (0)7765861388 mail@andrewbrand.co.uk

Music: Onslaught Post production: Kalle Kotila Distributor: Tomi Malkki Malakias: Malakias is based in Helsinki, Finland. Studied animation in two schools. Contact: Malakias +35 8405843759 malakias10@hotmail.com

TWO MEN & A CAR PARK

LUIS

FLY

Dir: Federico Forcolini UK 2010 6 mins 30 secs

Dir: Niles Atallah Chile 2010 3 mins 50 secs

Dir: Alan Short UK 2010 2 mins 44 secs

Just another day staffing an underground carpark. Two ordinary men share an extraordinary responsibility, it’s a tough job but someone has got to do it.

Luis is waiting for Lucía in the forest. He appears and disappears in charcoal on the walls of a room.

The eternal battle between man and fly is played out with ever more comedic results to the final pay off.

Animation

Prod: Niles Atallah Writer: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León DOP: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Editor: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Animation: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Sound: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Cast: Paula Florencia Navarrete

Prod: Laura Pepper Writer: Alan Short Editor: Dan Williamson, Nikk Fielden Animation: Pascale Bories, Seamus Malone, John Ogden, Adam Cootes Sound: Will Norie

Drama, World Premiere Prod: Naomi Wattis Writer: Federico Forcolini DOP: Benedict Spence Editor: Federico Forcolini Sound: Andres Montana Music: Tandis Jenhudson Cast: Mark Benton, Nigel Betts, Naomi Wattis Federico Forcolini: A London based filmmaker and founder and owner of Well Fed Films. His shorts have gone on to win, be finalists or get shortlisted for several competitions and festivals including: winner of the Newcomer Award Rushes Soho Shorts 2010, winner Molinare 1min film challenge, winner E4 online shorts, finalist Brief Encounters Depict, London Short Film Fest, Raindance, Cannes Independent Film Fest, AOF International Film Fest. Contact: Federico Forcolini +44 (0)779 652 032 info@wellfedfilms.com

Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León: León works in the audiovisual sphere, especially animation in a variety of areas: video art works, short films and music videos. Cociña is a writer and visual artist, who makes large scale charcoal drawings. He also works as a videomaker and a stage designer. Atallah is a filmmaker and photographer. He has directed a feature film, documentaries, music videos and video installations. Contact: Niles Atallah 5623419344 niles@diluvio.cl Distributor: Future Shorts +44 (0)7775 857390 Katie@futureshorts.com

Alan Short: Having studied traditional animation at West Surrey College of Art & Design, Alan joined Aardman in 2003 with 12 years animation experience as a Senior Animator and Director. January of 2007 was appointed Head of Aardman’s CG Department here in Bristol. Alan has been nominated for an International Emmy and has won three Royal Television Society Awards, as well as a BAFTA Craft Award for Animation and Art Direction. He is currently Supervising Animator on Aardman’s next CG Feature, Arthur Christmas. Contact Distributor: Aardman Animations Ltd +44 (0)117 984 8919 anna.harding@aardman.com

AUSENTE (AWAY) Dir: Jorge Fried Budik Argentina 2009 10 mins 38 secs Between frames and windows, ‘Away’ shows the worn out routine of a young couple living on a small apartment of Buenos Aires City.

DENTRO DEL BOSQUE (IN THE WOODS) Dir: Ismael Martin Spain 2010 15 mins Rosa and Jesús, a young couple, are driving at night through a dense forest.

AVACA Dir: Gustavo Rosa De Moura Brazil 2009 12 mins In a Brazilian slaughterhouse, two skilled men build a cow. Experimental, UK Premiere

Drama, UK Premiere Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Gustavo Rosa de Moura Prod: Agustina Arbetman Contact: Jorge Fried Budik jorge@jorgefried.com Distributor: Agustina Arbetman (5411) 4300 1413 ucine@ucine.edu.ar

Prod: Ismael Martin Writer: Alejandro Alonso, Luis Caballero DOP: Luis Estrada Editor: Jorge Martín, Rubén Martínez Sound: Sergio González Music: Alberto Hernández Cast: Sandra Arpa, Miguel Catarecha, Alejandro Navarro Luis Caballero: Took the “OneYear Filmmaking” program at the New York Film Academy. Back in Madrid, he was admitted to the ECAM film school, where he has completed the three-year Film Directing program. He is currently doing the 3rd year of a degree in Philosophy at the UNED. He has written and directed several short films in Spain and the USA, some of which are: -XX: A Post-nuclear Tale, -Candidato, -Dentro del bosque. Contact: Gustavo Rosa de Moura gustavo@duasaguas.com

Writer: No screenplay. DOP: Gustavo Rosa de Moura Editor: Gustavo Rosa de Moura Sound: Gustavo Rosa de Moura Prod: Duas Águas - Gustavo Rosa de Moura Gustavo Rosa de Moura: (b. 1975) In 2008 he created the production company Estúdio Duas Águas in association with Carlito Carvalhosa and Mari Stockler. By the end of 2008, he directed the feature film Cildo, a documentary about the artist Cildo Meireles. His recent filmography include Deaf Piano (2010), Capela (2010) and Mira (in production). Contact Distributor: Shorts International Limited +44 (0) 20 7613 5400

c.tidman@shortsinternational.com

CULEBRA

SLUT THE MUSICAL

Dir: Sean Carter United States 2010 15 mins 20 secs

Dir: Tonnette Stanford Australia 2010 16 mins

A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry.

A spectacular gay love story filled with glorious 80s fashion, high energy dance numbers, glitter and fun! Drama, World Premiere

Drama, European Premiere Prod: Michael Fiore Writer: Sean Carter DOP: Bill Winters Editor: Sean Carter Sound: Ethan Beigal Music: Ryan Shore Cast: Vanessa Hidalgo, Marcos Akiaten, Carlos Linares Sean Carter: Sean Carter began his directing career at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he was the recipient of the Martin Scorsese Young Filmmaker’s Award for his outstanding body of work as a writer/director. Sean went on to develop a longtime collaboration with blockbuster movie director Jonathan Liebesman (Sony’s upcoming Battle: Los Angeles), and he was the lead editor on Liebesman’s critically celebrated Sundance feature, The Killing Room, starring Chloe Sevigny and Timothy Hutton.

Writer: Tonnette Stanford DOP: Nathan M Wright Editor: Grant Walls Sound: Chris Frith Music: Kim Tae Young Cast: Nigel Turner-Carroll, Marianne Frith Tonnette Stanford: Studied film at VCA in Melbourne and UTS in Sydney. Her films have screened at over 90 festivals nationally and international. In 2009 she graduated from the directing course at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Contact: Ruth Saunders, AFTRS +61 (0) 2 9805 6455 ruths@aftrs.edu.au

Contact: Sean Carter +1 (310) 457 2821 malibusean@aol.com

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WAGAH

WHITE TAPE

UNEARTHING THE PEN

Dir: Supriyo Sen India 2009 13 mins 34 secs

Dir: Michal & Uri Kranot Denmark 2010 2 mins 5 secs

Dir: Carol Salter Uganda 2010 12 mins 30 secs

Each night the only bordercrossing between India and Pakistan on a 3000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event.

White Tape explores the theme of boundaries; the frame, the space between brushstrokes and the implications of occupation.

Documentary

Experimental, UK Premiere

Locheng, a young goatherd in Northern Uganda yearns to read ands write. But the odds are stacked against him. 40 years ago, tribal elders buried a pen, placing a curse on the written word. Documentary

Prod: Henning Kamm

Prod: Michal Kranot

Supriyo Sen: One of the most important documentarians from India Supriyo Sen has made several nationally and internationally acclaimed feature and short documentaries. He has won more than thirty International awards in his career and his films has been screened almost all the important documentary and short film festivals all over the world.

Contact Distributor: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

Contact: Supriyo Sen +4915 1230 00204 info@detailfilm.de

Editor: Carol Salter and Emiliano Battista Sound: Peter Hodges Amps Carol Salter: Director and freelance editor with over fifteen years experience, her work spans drama, features and shorts. Her films have screened Internationally, including festivals such as Edinburgh, Sheffield Doc/Fest, IDFA, Silverdocs and Palm Springs International Film Festival, winning numerous awards worldwide. Unearthing The Pen has recently won Best Documentary at Rushes Short Film Festival, and Best Short, Aesthetica Magazine. She is a graduate of the NFTS and has a Fine Art BA Hons degree. Contact: Carol Salter +44 2077 229 335 Distributor: Rock Salt Films +44 (0) 796 115 4877 rocksaltfilms@googmail.com

THE RUNNER

SON OF NONE

3 HOURS

Dir: Saeed Taji Farouky UK 2010 6 mins 26 secs

Dir: Todd Looby Liberia 2010 16 mins

Dir: Regan Hall UK 2010 14 mins

Salah Ameidan is from Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa. He runs for a country that does not exist.

Joshua is an Liberian war orphan, falling far behind his peers, but when a goat goes missing he reveals something great despite his tough circumstances.

When militants indiscriminately murder his younger brother, Akram is out for revenge. Brotherhood, tragedy, revenge. The true story of one day in Baghdad.

Documentary, World Premiere

Experimental, World Premiere Prod: Elhum Shakerifar, Ned Gubbins & Virginie Meunier Writer: Saeed Taji Farouky & Elhum Shakerifar DOP: Saeed Taji Farouky Editor: Saeed Taji Farouky & Gareth Keogh Cast: Salah Ameidan Contact: Tourist With A Typewriter Ltdy +44 (0)7963 079 203 saeed@touristwithatypewriter.com

Drama, World Premiere Sound: Todd Looby, Denia Reeves, Jerome C Cabeen Music: Dan MacalusoA Cast: Joshua Cooper, Martha Ya, Harris T Mulbah Todd Looby: (B. 1975) Made his feature film, The Site, about his experiences working as a construction manager on Chicago’s south side. Looby’s second feature, Lefty- a no budget indie-was named one of the “top 10 movies of 2009” and is available on DVD. Looby is currently developing NY Times best-selling Author Thomas Cahill’s non-fiction book, A Saint on Death Row into a dramatic feature. Contact: Todd Lobby +1 (0)773 614 1787 info@obrigadoproductions.com

Prod: Regan Hall, Toby Stone, Hossam Allam, Issa Sawaqed Writer: Sam Snape DOP: Leo Bund Editor: Lewis Albrow Sound: Amer Dwaik, Arturo Vaquero Music: Bari Parrott Cast: Mohammed Jawad, Rafat Basel, Naseem Baha, Diana Adel Regan Hall: (b. 1976) Began his career in New Zealand before moving to England in 2000. He has established his name with dynamic fashion films for clients such as Dolce and Gabanna, Dazed and Confused, and Swarovski. 3 Hours is Hall’s first dramatic short film, for which he was awarded completion funding by the UK Film Council. A finalist in Virgin Media Shorts 2009, he has just been shortlisted for the NZ Film Commission’s lowbudget feature initiative Escalator. Contact: Regan Hall +(0)7968 855597 regan@progression-media.com

ABUELA GRILLO (GRANDMA GRASSHOPPER) Dir: Denis Chapon Denmark/Bolivia 2010 12 mins 42 secs When Abuela Grillo sings, rain falls. Because she has been mistreated by the farmers she decides to leave. Animation, European Premiere Prod: Tim Leborgne Denis Chapon: (b.1983) Graduated from Emile Cohl illstration school in Lyon (fr) and from La PoudriĂ¨re animation directors school in Valence (fr). He is now working on different projects: short films, TV series, VJ live visuals. All of them animation based, with more and more political content. The last short he directed Abuela Grillo has been selected in dozen of international Animation Festivals (from Hiroshima to Sao Paolo). Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 87554900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

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PIXELS

I-DO-AIR

Dir: Patrick Jean France 2010 2 mins 35 secs

Dir: Martina Amati UK 2009 7 mins 24 secs

New York invasion by 8-bits creatures!

Can a young girl overcome her fear of jumping into the water?

Prod: Benjamin Darras Writer: Patrick Jean DOP: Matias Boucard Animation: Patrick Jean Sound: Benoît Cauet, Nicolas Vitte Music: Nicolas Vitte

Drama

Patrick Jean: A 2002 graduate of Supinfocom, Patrick Jean first made his debut at Buf company where he worked as a 2D and 3D graphic designer for advertising and feature films. Pixels, is inspired by video games he used to play in his childhood, and has been seen 1 million times in just 24 hours after its release, creating a huge buzz on the internet, and won several prizes in festivals worldwide. Major hollywood studios have shown great interest in adapting it as a feature film, including Sony pictures, Warner, and Dreamworks. Contact Distributor: Autour de Minuit +331 42 81 17 28 amandine@autourdeminuit.com

DER KLEINE UND DAS BIEST (THE LITTLE BOY AND THE BEAST) Dir: Johannes Weiland Germany 2009 7 mins When your mother has turned into a beast, a lot of things change.

Prod: James Bolton Writer: Martina Amati DOP: Urszula Pontikos Editor: Benedetto Lanfranco Sound: Jamie Roden Music: Gunnlaug Thorvaldsdottir Cast: Claire Harris Martina Amati: Italian-born director, Martina Amati moved into drama in 2008 with A’ Mare, a 14 min film set in Sicily, which premiered at Sundance and won a BAFTA Certificate of Excellence at Aspen. Her second drama I-DoAir premiered at the Berlinale and won the BAFTA for Best Short Film 2010. Martina has just completing Chalk, a 20 min Cinema Extreme film commissioned by the UK Film Council and Film4. She is developing her first feature with Cowboy Films Contact: James Bolton +44 (0)7736 709 349 jambolt@me.com Distributor: KurzFilmAgentur +49-40-39 10 63 19 stefanie@shortfilm.com

Animation Writer: Marcus Sauermann Animation: Philip Rudolph, Johannes Schiehsl, Hugo Hernandez Rendering/Compositing: Bin-Han To Sound: Christian Heck Music: Andy Groll Cast: Ruben Schaller Johannes Weiland: Born 1977 in Freiburg/Germany, Johannes Weiland began his studies at Ludwigsburg´s Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1998, where he’s currently is teaching animation classes. Since his graduation 2003 he worked as Director/Animator at Studio Soi Ludwigsburg/ Germany and Studioaka, London. During the years he directed a number of award winning films. Contact: Johannes Weiland +49 (0) 7141 9743670 contact@studiosoi.de

THE POOL

TROLLEY BOY

MAM

Dir: Thomas Hefferon Ireland 2010 11 mins 40 secs

Dir: Teemu Auersalo Ireland 2009 3 mins 54 secs

Dir: Hugo Speer UK 2010 14 mins 40 secs

Three teenage boys break into their school swimming pool late one night, with tragic consequences.

Trolley Boy tries to keep himself motivated in his isolated and unfulfilling job.

Twelve year-old Danny must fend for his brothers and sisters whilst trying to protect a secret that threatens to break up the family forever.

Drama

Animation Drama, World Premiere

Writer: TJ Hundtofte, Thomas Hefferon Prod: Dave Leahy, Fiona Kinsella DOP: Ruairi O' Brien Editor: Derek Holland Sound: Damien Looney Music: Kim Carroll Cast: Ryan Andrews, Thomas Kelly Thomas Hefferon: (b1982) Made his first proper short, The Confession, in 2008. The film went on to play at more than 40 major international film festivals such as Tribeca and Palm Springs. Next up he received state funding to make The Pool, which has so far played at 16 international film festivals, after premiering at Tribeca back in April of this year. He is currently in post on his latest film, Switch, while also actively directing music videos and TV commercials. Contact: Thomas Hefferon +(353) 8729802045 thomashefferon@gmail.com

Prod: Nicky Gogan Writer: Teemu Auersalo Editor: Teemu Auersalo Animation: Teemu Auersalo, Ronan Coyle Sound: Giles Packham Music: Abigail Smith Cast: Bryan Quinn Teemu Auersalo: (b.1975) A Finnish director and animator living in Ireland. He has been working as a character animator for TV-series and children’s feature films since 2001. Teemu’s previous personal work includes 2005 Leningrad Cowboys: You’re My Heart and 2000 Mum’s Back from Italy! Contact: Teemu Auersalo +35 3861998448 auersalo@hotmail.com Distributor: Derry O’brien, Network Ireland Television +35 316797309

Prod: Vivienne Harvey, Rob Speranza Writer: Vivienne Harvey DOP: Sam Care Editor: Josh Levinsky Sound: Zak Kurtha Music: Amelia Warner Cast: Josie Lawrence, Paul Barber, Ronan Carter Hugo Speer: British actor Hugo Speer shot to fame as Guy in world-wide hit, The Full Monty He has since built up an excellent body of work on stage and screen, including: The Interpreter (with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn), Deathwatch (with Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis), Late Bloomers (with Isabella Rosselini and William Hurt), BBC’s excellent TV series’ Bleak House, Sorted and Five Days, cult E4 series Skins and Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, directed by Sir Peter Hall. Mam is Hugo’s directorial debut. Contact: Vigo Films +44 (0)7957 491 707 vigofilms@mac.com

BABIOLES

THE LOST THING

THE IMMIGRANT

Dir: Matray France 2010 4 mins 40 secs

Dir: Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan Australia 2010 15 mins

Dir: Doyle Hooper UK 2010 10 mins 10 secs

Lost in a garbage dump and looking for some human attention, Little Rabbit tries to reach the city with his new mate Little Indian. Animation, UK Premiere Prod: Nicolas Schmerkin Writer: Sébastien Ors, Mathieu Auvray DOP: Stephen Barcelo Editor: Mathieu Auvray Animation: Mathieu Auvray, Compositing: Sébastien Fauchère, Manuel Raïs Sound/Music: Eric Cervera Matray: Born in 1981, Matray has worked on many music videos and commercials as animation supervisor and director. Since 2004, he also directs short films. He is now developing a short series. Contact Distributor: Autour de Minuit +331 42 81 17 28 elsa@autourdeminuit.com

A boy finds a strange creature on a beach and decides to find a home for it. South West Premiere Prod: Sophie Byrne Writer: Shaun Tan Editor: Leo Baker Animation: Leo Baker Sound: John Kassab Music: Michael Yezerski Narrator: Tim Minchin Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing is the first film for both directors Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan. Andrew Ruhemann is the owner and executive producer of Passion Pictures, which he established in 1987 as a production company supplying animation and special effects. Shaun began drawing and painting images for science fiction and horror stories in smallpress magazines as a teenager, and has since become best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through surreal, dream-like imagery. Recently won Annecy Int. Animation Festival (France, June 2010): The Annecy Crystal (Best Short Film) Contact Distributor: Passion Pictures Austrailia +61405618008 sophie@passion-pictures.com.au

The first day at school is an uncertain one for any young teenager, but for Khan his journey to England is his greatest struggle. Drama Prod: Doyle Hooper, Joe Gough Writer: Doyle Hooper DOP: Aadel Nodeh-Farahani Editor: Paul Ferdenzi Sound: Marc Specter Music: Samuel K Bohn Cast: Wali Shahi, Bijan Daneshmand Doyle Hooper: Directed his first short while studying at The University of Westminster in 2004. He followed with his second short later that year, directing Roger Lloyd Pack in Freud. Since graduating from University he has directed commercials and music promos, shooting in the UK, Europe and the USA. The Immigrant is his third short film and received its Premiere at the Refuge in Film 2010 Festival at the BFI Southbank. Contact: Doyle Hooper +44 (0) 7843 688 293 doylehooper@mac.com

brief encounters online award encounters-festival.org.uk

UITGELEEFD (LEAVE ON A HIGH)

50/50

Dir: Dries Meinema Netherlands 2010 8 mins 35 secs

Dir: James Banks & David Ellington UK 2010 27 mins

When Lieke visits Mister Metsiers, she accidently intrudes on him taking his own life. Lieke is forced to choose to either stop him or help.

Jez and his long suffering Deaf friend Andy are broke and living in a van until Jez dreams up the perfect get-rich psychic scam.

Drama, UK Premiere

Drama

Prod: Charlotte Scott-Wilson

Prod: David Ellington Writer: James Banks DOP: Louie Blystad-Collins Editor: Frank Spencer Sound: Rob Saunders Cast: Jacob Cassendlen, Darren Cheek James Banks: British born sign language interpreter first became interested in working in film after meeting Bristol born Deaf film-maker and artist David Ellington, founder and co-owner of VS1 Productions. David’s production skills and experience of acting in TV, film & Theatre and James’s passion for writing and directing has so far produced, A Deaf Person’s Guide To The Sound Sensitive (2004), The Interview (2005) and Danny (2008) earning them a number of Deaf Film Festival awards.

Contact: Dries Meinema +31 641860572 dries@louterfilm.nl

SPIEL AUS GLAS (GAME OF GLASS) Dir: Sabrina Sarabi Germany 2009 9 mins 35 secs Ignored because of her wheelchair, thirteen year old Maike longs to catch Sven’s eye. Drama, UK Premiere

Contact: Doyle Hooper +44 (0) 117 929 8670 david@vs1.org

Prod: Pia Hellenthal Writer: Sabrina Sarabi DOP: Dominik Berg Editor: Sabrina Sarabi Sound: Helene Seidl Music: Christian Sander Cast: Theresa Mainka, Tim Schneider, Rosa v.d. Loo Distributor: Kunsthochschule für Medien Contact: Sabrina Sarabi +491787227481 sabrina_sarabi@yahoo.de

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BOXER

BEST MAN

Dir: Louis Neethling UK 2010 27 mins

Dir: Andrew Cumming UK 2010 17 mins 10 secs

Dir: James Sampson UK 2010 7 mins 29 secs

Mark, a deaf man, adopted by hearing parents, uncovers the truth about his past and in doing so he reveals a tragic family secret.

In a decaying Scottish community, a lonely man witnesses a violent attack that gives him a reason to exist.

On the evening of a friend’s wedding, the relationship between two young men is about to change forever.

Drama, World Premiere

DOP: Garry Torrance Editor: Andrew Cumming Sound: Al George Music: David Webster Cast: Lewis Howden, Helen McAlpine Prod: Kinetic Media

Prod: James Sampson Writer: James Sampson DOP: John Lynch Editor: James Sampson Sound: Jasper Montana Music: Jon Worsley Cast: Malcolm Hamilton, Alan Mandel, Victoria Hine-Haycock James Sampson: Born in Southampton in 1984, James Sampson studied Film and Theatre at the University of Reading. Since graduating in 2005 James has been steadily building an exciting and visually stunning body of work, with several well-received short films and music promos. James now lives in Bristol, working within television production.

Drama Prod: David Horbury Writer: Rebecca Atkinson DOP: Alex Ryle Editor: Martha Meyler Sound: Justin Smith, Ivor Talbot Music: Dave Low Cast: Matt Gurney, Sophie Stone, Bruce Alexanders Louis Neethling: (b.1971 South Africa) made his drama directing debut with Young and Speechless the world’s first deaf soap which ran for 4 years on SABC. Louis won an International Scholarship to study at the NFTS where he was mentored by, among others, Leslie Manning, Brian Tufano, Pia di Caula and Alec Mills. Louis was recruited by BBC to direct the awardwinning Switch which Jana Bennett, described as ‘a groundbreaking drama’. In 2007 Louis set up Mutt & Jeff Pictures which has made the award winning short films: Coming Out 2007, Horatio 2008, Departure Lounge and Coming Home both 2009. Contact: Mutt & Jeff Pictures Ltd +44 (0) 1895 237 332 louis@muttandjeffpictures.com

Andrew Cumming: Graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 2003 with a first class degree in animation. He made the crossover to live action with Kinetic Media, a production company he co-founded in Scotland where he writes, directs and edits his own short films and a diverse range of promotional films for various organisations. A National Film School 2006 Graduate, Andrew has since made broadcast and commercial films for award ceremonies, film festivals and charities. In 2011 Andrew is returning to the NFTS to undertake an MA in fiction directing. Contact: Andrew Cumming +44 (0)1592 712528 andrew@kineticgroup.org

Contact: James Sampson +44 (0)7891212123 jamiesampson@hotmail.co.uk

LENNY Dir: Cyril Amon Schaublin Germany 2009 16 mins 40 secs Two teenagersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives are brought together through their internet webcams. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Niklas & Bernadette Hlawatsc & Klausberger Writer: Cyril Amon Schaublin DOP: Mario Krause Editor: Cyril Amon Schaublin, Karsten Weissenfels Sound: Marcus Walpuski, Felix Eichholtz Cast: Lilith Stangenberg, Anton Ambrosino Cyril Amon Schaublin: Born in Switzerland (1984) and has been making films since the age of 15. Before moving to Berlin, he spent time in Argentina and studied Chinese for more than a year in Beijing. Since 2006 enrolled at the German Film Academy Berlin (dffb), where he was taught by James Benning, Michael Ballhaus, and others.

LA CARTE (THE POSTCARD) Dir: Stefan Le Lay France 2010 7 mins 40 secs

RENEGADES Dir: Jim Hosking UK 2009 12 mins

A man in a colour postcard falls in love with a woman in a black and white postcard.

After short-changing the Prostitute, the Renegades visit the King Of The Pimps for Cake. Here they meet the Sailor. With disastrous consequences.

Drama

Prod: Louin Rejane Writer: Stefan Le Lay DOP: Christian Wolber Editor: Stefan Le Lay Animation: Manu Forat Sound: David Goldenberg Music: Ponchielli Cast: Sara Viot Thibault Sommain Distributor: Premium Films

Prod: Joe Russo Writer: Jim Hosking DOP: Marten Tedin Editor: Carlos Arias Sound: TTT Music: Eddie Rusha Jr/ Coolbag Cast: Joe Walters, Sal Koussa, Sky Elobar Distributor: Dazzle Films

Stefan Le Lay: Director of 5 short films with 80 awards, director for the television, and he is preparing a feature film for June.

Jim Hosking:Â Jim Hosking started directing at MTV. Renegades premiered at Sundance 2010. Jim is prepping the feature film Potso. Jim made the short film Crabs this year.

Contact: Stefan Le Lay nafes.t.yalel@gmail.com

Contact Distributor: German Film and Television Academy +49 030 25759 152 niklas.hlawatsch@gmx.net

Contact: Jim Hosking +44 (0)7941 388 885 jwmhosking@gmail.com

FLOWERS

NEWLYN HARBOUR

FUNLAND

Dir: Jack Tew UK 2010 13 mins 6 secs

Dir: Saeed Taji Farouky UK 2010 2 mins 58 secs

Dir: Jed Cullen UK 2010 3 mins 22 secs

A driving lesson that comes to mean more that it should.

Newlyn is facing a crisis, but the regeneration plans may end up destroying the very thing they set out to save.

A 3 minute documentary exploring the Funland Arcade in the Trocadero Centre, London and it’s thriving community of dance mat players.

Documentary

Documentary, World Premiere

Prod: David Balfour Editor: Saeed Taji Farouky, Gareth Keogh Sound/ Music: Joe Lewis Cast: Fishermen of Newlyn Harbour

Dan Cottrell & Jed Cullen: Dan Cottrell and Jed Cullen are third year Graphic Design Communication students at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Funland is their first venture into moving image.

Drama, World Premiere DOP: Anderson West Editor: Jack Tew Music: Dan Caroll Titles: Dave Humphreys Cast: Victoria Hamnett, David Parry Jack Tew: (born 1986) Made his first shorts at while studying Media (Film) Production at Staffordshire University. During his studies he has created several award winning shorts. Hi I’m Carl (2009), One night stand (2010), and his final graduation film Flowers (2010). Contact Distributor: Staffordshire University +44 (0)7977 715529 d.a.hopkins@staffs.ac.uk

Saeed Taji Farouky: is an awardwinning documentary filmmaker and photographer. His work focuses on the relationship between the individual and their social, political and psychological environment, and often directly addresses the influences between filmmaker and subject. He is currently Artist-inResidence at Tate Britain and was awarded a TED 2010 Fellowship. His work has screened at festivals and venues including The Barbican Centre, the Geneva Human Rights Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival and the London International Documentary Film festival. Contact Distributor: Tourist With A Typewriter Ltd +44 (0)7963 079 203 saeed@touristwithatypewriter.com

Contact: Dan Cottrell dancottrell@gmail.com

TWO LADIES & A HILL

THIS TIME OF YEAR

Dir: Federico Forcolini UK 2009 3 mins 45 secs

Dir: David Schofield UK 2010 15 mins

Two old friends rejoice in the best of what the great outdoors has to offer.

After a wasted life consumed by alcohol, Jacob drifts through Christmas Eve in his local pub, searching for joys long gone.

Drama Prod: Naomi Wattis Writer: Federico Forcolini DOP: Benedict Spence Editor: Federico Forcolini Sound: Andrew Hughes Music: Tandis Jenhudson Cast: Doreen Mantle, Christine Ozanne Federico Forcolini: A London based filmmaker and founder and owner of Well Fed Films. His shorts have gone on to win, be finalists or get shortlisted for several competitions and festivals including: winner of the Newcomer Award Rushes Soho Shorts 2010, winner Molinare 1min film challenge, winner E4 online shorts, finalist Brief Encounters DepicT!, London Short Film Fest, Raindance, Cannes Independent Film Fest, AOF International Film Fest. Contact: Federico Forcolini +44 (0) 7779 652 032 info@wellfedfilms.com

Drama, World Premiere

Prod: Joseph Moan

Writer: David Schofield DOP: Doug Walshe Editor: Jack Whiteley Sound: Jack Whiteley Music: Sam Alder & Phil Howley Cast: Terry Naylor, Sophie Combs and Anthony Aspinal Distributor: dave@ ironbeardfilms.co.uk David Schofield: Has made numerous short films over the past few years. His previous short Last Train (2009) was nominated in 3 categories at Encounters 09. Graduating with a 1st class degree in film production in 2008 his short film Ryan 2008 earned him a Royal Television Society nomination for best drama. In the last year David has co-founded Ironbeard films, a company that works with other creatives on both commercial and personal projects. He has various shorts and features in development. Contact: David Schofield +44 (0) 161 339 2290 chattodaveschofield@yahoo.com

NAHEMI 2010 THU 18 NOV 18.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS

ALL FRIED UP

WHEN HUMANS RULED THE EARTH

Dir: Tom Marshall UK 2010 12 mins

Dir: Stephen Ong UK 2010 3 mins 12 secs

A chance encounter with an eccentric stranger during a breakfast at a roadside cafĂŠ leaves Martin with a bad taste in his mouth.

An animated insight into the human machine and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession with consumption. Take an intriguing journey through this mechanical monster, observing its ruthless nature towards anything in its path.

Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Jonathan Burns DOP: Richard Perry Writer: Jonah Mayfield University Of Westminster Contact: Alex Lipman +44 (0) 7841 192 567 Johnathan Burns: +44 (0) 7742 274 107 jonnyburns@valiancemedia.co.uk

Animation, Festival Premiere

LUCY Dir: Daniel Thomas UK 2010 2 mins 55 secs Life on a Hull Council Estate through the eyes of a young girl. Animation, World Premiere University of Goldsmiths Contact: Gerry McCulloch +44 (0) 773 469 4190 g.mcculloch@gold.ac.uk

Norwich University College of the Arts Contact: Stephen Ong stephen@stephenong.co.uk

The National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image, NAHEMI, presents a programme of outstanding recent work produced by film, television and animation students around the country with awards for creativity and cinematography supported by Kodak. www.nahemi.org

COTTON STONES

BETTY’S

GE RI DE HAI RI-YA

Dir: Jonathan Entwistle UK 2010 13 mins 55 secs

Dir: Becky Bush UK 2010 1min 56 secs

Dir: Qin Si Mongolia 2010 15 mins 38 secs

A brother’s betrayal and the nightmare of growing up too fast, in a place where there is nothing to live for.

Come inside Betty’s hairdressers and watch as wigs and hairdryers come to life and talk about their ailments.

Ge ri de Hai ri-ya explores the simple lifestyle of a family of nomadic herders in Mongolia

Prod: Julian Kerridge DOP: Lauren Slattery Editor: Anne Kliem

UCA Farnham

The London Film School

Drama, Premiere

Contact: Becky Bush +44 (0) 7851 239 138 bexosaurus@yahoo.co.uk

Contact: Chrissy Bright +44 (0) 20 7240 0161 c.bright@lfs.org.uk

The University of Bedfordshire Contact: Jim Hornsby +44 (0) 1273 550 466 jim.hornsby@beds.ac.uk

12 sketches on the impossibility of being still Dir: Magali Charrier UK 2009 8 mins 12 Sketches on the Impossibility of Being Still is a collection of experiments in animation and editing exploring the spaces where nothing happens: the liminal zone that exists between you and me, between here and there, sound and silence, movement and stillness.

THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A LION Dir: Alois Di Leo UK 2010 8 mins 25 secs Jake is a 7-year old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.

ONE NIGHT STAND Dir: Jack Tew/Dave Humphreys UK 2010 4 mins 55 secs The morning after the guy she wishes didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happenâ&#x20AC;Ś Drama, World Premiere Staffordshire University Contact: Dan Hopkins d.a.hopkins@staffs.ac.uk

Animation

Royal College of Art

National Film and Television School

Contact: RCA Animation Department + 44 (0) 207 590 4512 animation@rca.ac.uk

Contact: Festivals Department +44 (0)1494 731457 www.nfts.co.uk

SMALL CHANGE Dir: Cathy Brady Ireland 2010 17 mins 30 secs Karen (Nora-Jane Noone), a young single mother is bored by routine. Slot machines have become her secret thrill and addiction. With Christmas looming, a desperate hope for a big win sees her life spiral out of control. Drama, UK Premiere Prod: Tommy Fitzpatrick DOP: Luca Rocchini Editor: Conor Fitzpatrick Dun Laoghaire Contact: Cathy Brady +353 857 331 192 cathy@cherryredpictures.com

DEPICT! SHOWCASE SAT 20 NOV 14.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS A celebration of ultra-short film creativity

ALMANA

THE COLUMNIST

Dir: Hadar Landsberg Israel 2009 1 min 30 secs

Dir: Peter Shevlin UK 2010 1 min 30 secs

A wry little animation with characters made out of felt, buttons, pills, cigarettes and plasters that subtly pokes fun at an old Jewish saying about the life of women.

86-year-old newspaper columnist Tony Lord shares his devastating memories of his time in the Royal Navy during the end of World War II – including rescuing Australian prisoners of war and witnessing first hand the effects of atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Hadar Landsberg: Graduated from Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design where she majored in stop motion animation.

Peter Shevlin: Former BBC Producer and Studio Manager Pete Shevlin has established his own production company, BlokMedia.

EL TORO AZUL (THE BLUE BULL) Dir: Bahij Jaroudi UK 2009 1 min A giant bull finds interest in an unsuspecting depressed flamenco dancer in this striking animation – ole! Bahij Jaroudi: Lebanon native Bahij Jaroudi graduated from London’s Kingston University in 2009 with an MA in animation.

Every year, DepicT! asks filmmakers across the globe to show their stuff in just a minute and a half. Chosen from just under 400 films submitted from 39 countries, the 15 films on this year’s shortlist stood out for their originality, imagination and ability to engage and are now in the running for the main DepicT! Award of £1500, the DepicT! British Special Mention Award and the DepicT! Shooting People Audience Award in which you can participate at depict.org. www.depict.org

THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VILLAINY Dir: Aidan McAteer Canada & Ireland 2010 1 min 30 secs A discerning gentleman villain curls his moustache has he earnestly tries to tie a young lady to some train tracks in this 1920s silent film-style animation. Aidan McAteer: A filmmaker/ animator who has worked on shows including Peppa Pig, My Little Pony and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.

PLASTIC DREAMS

ONE MAN’S WALK

Dir: Ali Ahmed Brohi Pakistan 2010 1 min 25 secs

Dir: Nicholas & Kenneth Mitchell UK 2010 1 min 30 secs

A little girl from rural Pakistan is fascinated by the plastic toys that boys get to play with in the street. Will she ever get to join them?

Fish and chips, family, music, travel and heights – here’s a glimpse into the passions and fears of Kenneth Mitchell.

Ali Ahmed Brohi: A Pakistani filmmaker and social activist who has recently formed Media Voice, a youth based media organisation.

Supported & Managed by Sponsored by Supported by In partnership with

Nicholas Mitchell: One Man’s Walk was the brainchild of Nicholas Mitchell whose brother, Kenneth, has Down’s Syndrome and communication difficulties. One Man’s Walk was a collaborative production between a group of 10 mixed ability young people from a variety of backgrounds.

MILLING MACHINE, SHEARING MACHINE, DRILL

THE ONGOING LIFE OF PETER PEEL: CAN, CAN, CANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T

Dir: Zsolt Ercsei Romania 2010 1 min 16 secs

Dir: Felix Massie UK 2010 1 min 30 secs

Old Romanian men and women share their memories of life under the Ceausescu regime.

A funny animation focusing on Peter Peel, who is at work, working something out with his brilliant mathematical brain.

Zsolt Ercsei: Graduated from Romaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University of Oradea in 2008, where he majored in Graphic Design and Video Production.

Felix Massie: Studied animation at the University of Wales, Newport. He now works for Arthur Cox Ltd and Aardman Animations as an animator and commercial director.

TORTELLINI Dir: Margherita Ferri Italy 2010 1 min 30 secs Grandmother Marisa and cheeky young Grandson Romeo try to make stuffed pasta in a cold winter afternoon. Quirky music, great food and an adorable little wannabe chef. Margherita Ferri: Italian filmmaker and freelancer Margherita Ferri is a graduate of the University of Bologna and the National School of Cinema in Rome.

NECKLACE Dir: Jonathan Ley UK 2010 1 min 30 mins A young woman searches for something precious in the sand. Jonathan Ley: Is a writer, director and editor. He is currently in development on a short film and his debut feature.

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD SHOPS ARE WHERE THE HEART IS Dir: Edwin Soedarmadji Singapore/Indonesia 2010 1 min 30 mins An lovely animated ode to the valiant struggle of a small community rallying behind its neighbourhood shops. Will the residents prevail? Edwin Soedarmadji: During career as a technology professional Ed spent his spare time teaching himself filmmaking and storytelling - and has since made many short films.

SLICK HORSING Dir: Kiron Hussain UK 2010 1 min 30 mins A pleasant drive. A smoking rabbit. A beautiful nightmare. Mankind, Beastkind and Girlkind [the trinity of schoolboy terror] haunt a peculiar dream sequence. Kiron Hussain: Kiron was born and dragged up in Newcastle where he is studying Fine Art. Slick Horsing is his first and only film.

SCUNNER

TAP

Dir: Kayleigh Gibbons & Tom Gran UK 2010 1 min 30 secs

Dir: Andrew Edwards, Patrick Fowler & Thomas Massey UK 2010 1 min 30 mins

A dramatic sound animation revolving around the description of the word Scunner.

Three students meet at a pub to discuss their film ideas. But soon their motivation is washed awayâ&#x20AC;Ś Time for another pint!

A very short animation about when a hen eats a bee that, it goes without saying, is not necessarily scientifically correct.

Andrew Edwards, Patrick Fowler and Thomas Masset: Are in their second year Art and Design student at the University of Wolverhampton.

Tim Frost: Tim Frost makes charming (some say silly) little animated films and games when not working on other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stuff like Peppa Pig, TV commercials, and interactive projects. You can read about his amazing (some say silly) life at his blog.

Tom Gran and Kayleigh Gibbons: Both graduated from Bristol UWE (University of the West of England) in 2010 with a degree in Animation. This is their first short film to be entered into various film festivals. Scunner is the result of a collaboration between Tom, Kayleigh and composer Paul Burke, who is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

WHEN A HEN EATS A BEE Dir: Tim Frost

UK 30 secs

Can Go Through Skin

shorts2feature

INtroduction

SHORTS2FEATURE PANEL DISCUSSION

The creative challenge for many filmmakers is to make the move from shorts to feature films. This is by no means an easy proposition in terms of either artistic vision or financial reality. The cinema road is littered with unrealised feature script ideas. However, some directors do rise to the challenge and do manage to realise their feature projects. We have introduced the Shorts2Features strand to recognise this very real challenge for filmmakers. It was also introduced because I was seeing first time feature films at festivals such as Berlin and Cannes from - to the feature film world at least - unknown directors but who were established names in the short film world and quite frankly, as Creative Director, I wanted to celebrate this fact. Also locally, iFeatures was setting down in very real terms the challenge to filmmakers to make the transition. The results will be known next year but the process has much experience to share. From this year's selection I was aware of two of the directors' earlier work and for me, they realise the intensity of their short film work; Ken Wardrop’s His & Hers and Alicia Duffy’s All Good Children. Both films have been successfully screened at feature film festivals around the world. Whilst the third film Can Go through Skin made a huge impact on me when I saw it at the 2009 Berlinale – an extraordinary powerful first feature from Holland which deserves much wider distribution. You will be able to find out more about the films and share the filmmaker's experiences during the festival.

SAT 20 NOV 10.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS Shorts2Features intends to both celebrate the achievements of those short filmmakers who have made the leap into feature filmmaking and to offer opportunities to those aspirants to learn more about the Do’s and Don’ts of the transition between short and feature. This year, the festival is pleased to welcome on stage director’s Ken Wardrop (His & Hers), Alicia Duffy (All Good Children), and Sound Designer/Composer Dan Geesin (Can Go Through Skin) to share their hard-earned experiences of first-time feature filmmaking. The panel discussion will be chaired by Lizzie Francke.

Lizzie Francke

Senior Production and Development Executive, UKFC’s Film Fund Formerly a Development Producer for the Development Fund. She started her career as a film critic in the 1990s contributing to the Sight and Sound amongst others. During this period she also wrote the book Script Girls: The History of Women Screenwriters in Hollywood (1994, BFI Publishing). In 1997 she was appointed Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. She moved into production in 2001, where she co-produced Trauma, then as Executive Producer for EM Media where her credits include Control, And When Did You Last See Your Father, Magicians, Donkey Punch and many more.

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shorts2feature: HIS & HERS producing colleague Andrew Freedman and I were hoping to make our first feature length film. We both harbored ambitions to make this a drama but our experience to-date had been in documentaries. This low-budget initiative seemed to be our most realistic opportunity to make that move into drama. During these workshops it became clear that the scheme was very much geared to finding original filmmaking voices. We realized that our own filmmaking sensibilities had been developed and nurtured by making our short documentaries. If we were to make a successful transition to the long form we should firstly attempt to stay true to what we’d been successful at. By the time the various writers and directors were filing out to begin work on their respective scripts, we’d decided we wanted to make a feature length documentary.

HIS & HERS

Although we failed to have the project selected for the Catalyst Scheme we eventually did secure the support of the Irish Film Board. They backed the project and us 100%, and have been a tremendous help throughout the process.

THU 18 NOV 20.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS Dir: Ken Wardop Ireland 2010 “A man loves his girlfriend the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” Old Irish Proverb

Why did this subject appeal to you? I have always considered His & Hers to be a love story - our desire and luck to share life’s journey.

From kitchens, living rooms, and hallways across the Irish midlands, His & Hers delightfully combines observation and charm to tell a 90-year-old love story through the voices of 70 women. This intimate gender and cultural snapshot explores a woman’s relationships with the men in her life—father, boyfriend, husband, son. Following sequentially from little girl to old woman, each character portrait is woven with the others into one perfectly crafted cinematic quilt.

In Undressing my Mother my mother demonstrates her unconditional love for my deceased father, a love that was personified by her positive attitude to her aging body. My father had made her feel good about herself, although society may have seen her as overweight or unappealing. The film is full of an honest spirit that I knew would be a hard act to follow. For my first feature I really wanted to find a story that would similarly resonate with audiences. A story that would hopefully have the charm and depth that I believed Undressing my Mother had. So I looked to my mother again for inspiration. Could I create a film using her life as a template? A life that was very ordinary but that created this extraordinary character. Could I create it using lots of characters of different ages, linking short vignettes together to thread a narrative of life together?

His & Hers is an enchanting and affectionate appreciation for woman in all her versatility. Awardwinning short film director Ken Wardrop (Undressing My Mother, The Herd) has applied his signature style, marking an accomplished feature debut. We are delighted to welcome Ken Wardrop to introduce the screening, followed by a Q&A.

When did you first start thinking about making a feature doc?

Another reason that compelled me to make this film was my own personal situation in life. I was a single man in my mid-thirties hitherto with no desire to settle-down. Yet I was beginning to find every day a little lonelier. Most of my close friends had got married and moved onto the next stage in their lives. I started to ask myself why I hadn’t found the need to share life’s journey with another human.

Back in 2008 I was lucky enough to attend the Irish Film Board’s Catalyst workshop for lowbudget filmmaking. This was perfect timing, as my

Subsequent to making the film and by complete chance (I think) I have discovered someone special. Life (like the movies) works in mysterious ways.

INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR KEN WARDROP

shorts2feature: all good children psychosis. Alicia never gave the complete script to David or Imogen. Instead, scenes were evoked and developed on-set, building relationships organically without the children having to concern themselves with the minutiae of dialogue. Due to the cosmopolitan nature of the film’s financing, Alicia’s team on the shoot took on an equally multinational character. She continues her relationship with English Director of Photography Nanu Segal – already a notable name for her work on Donkey Punch and The Children; and French editor Nicolas Chaudeurge – editor for Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, Red Road and Wasp, both of whom worked on Alicia’s short films. Not only the first feature for Alicia Duffy, All Good Children is a debut too for Caveman Films, the development and production entity set up by producer Jonathan Cavendish (Bridget Jones’s Diary; Elizabeth:The Golden Age; Croupier) and actor/director Andy Serkis (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll; The Lord of the Rings trilogy). Caveman has a varied slate of 15-20 projects in development, ranging from low-budget comedies and horrors to big-budget, star-driven vehicles.

ALL GOOD CHILDREN FRI 19 NOV 20.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS Dir: Alicia Duffy UK 2009 All Good Children tells the story of Dara, a young Irish boy who is moved to rural France with his brother Eoin after the death of their mother. There, the boys befriend a local English family and the vulnerable Dara falls under the spell of their young daughter Bella. But when she begins to pull away, Dara’s feelings for her start to get out of hand…

We are delighted to welcome Alicia Duffy to introduce the screening, followed by a Q&A.

ALICIA DUFFY – WRITER/DIRECTOR Alicia studied directing at the NFTS and directed two short films during her time there: Numb and Crow Stone, both of which have screened at numerous festivals internationally and picked up many prestigious awards. In 2002 she was selected to spend five months as one of six young, internationally acclaimed writer/directors to live and work at the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation Residence in Paris. Later that year, funded by a unique co-production scheme between the Film Council and the CNC, Alicia, the only writer-director selected, made the short film The Most Beautiful Man in the World.

All Good Children is the hotly anticipated debut feature by British writer/director Alicia Duffy, which had its world premiere at the Quinzaine de Realisateurs section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Her short films caught the attention of Jonathan Cavendish and when Sam Taylor’s The Republic of Trees was brought to his attention, the child’s-eye narrative and darkly magical tone marked it out as the ideal inspiration for Alicia’s first feature. Developed with assistance from Film Four and through the UK Film Council slate funding scheme, the script’s route towards production funding turned to Europe.

This film was BAFTA nominated, picked up many awards and was in the Official Selection at Cannes 2003 where it was hailed in the British and International press as “the stand-out: a delicate, dream-like wonder full of light and warmth…it packs a powerfully resonant charge and shows a filmmaking sensibility that’s unique” (The Telegraph). Amongst other projects, Alicia is currently writing the script Games for Winter with Company Pictures and the UK Film Council.

Alicia Duffy’s script is reliant on the child actors who drive the story – particularly the crucial lead role of Dara. Written as a 12 year old, the part required somebody not only with the maturity and talent to handle the extreme emotional swings of his character but also with the stamina to handle the pressures of filming as the lead actor. Alicia was delighted to find Jack Gleeson to take the role of Dara and Imogen Jones the role of Bella, who divides the brothers and incites Dara’s descent into 74

shorts2feature: can go through skin At the onset of summer Marieke seems to be returning to her former self. Her joint quest for justice with her fellow victims empowers her. She adds fresh energy to the renovation and becomes more aware of nature blooming around her. She even starts a relationship with John, gets pregnant and claims to look forward to having a baby. But without realising it, she loses control of her life. We are delighted to welcome Sound Designer/Composer Dan Geesin to introduce the screening, followed by a Q&A.

INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR ESTHER ROTS

KAN DOOR HUID HEEN (CAN GO THROUGH SKIN)

After three successful short films, Can Go Through Skin is your first feature film. Why this transition? Mart Dominicus was the Filmfonds artistic director, and he came up with the Ten to Watch project. Ten talented filmmakers received a budget for writing a film scenario. I was one of them. Before then, I had never seriously considered it. I even once said that I would never make a feature film. Perhaps it would have happened anyway, eventually, but the chance Mart offered me was the decisive push.

SAT 20 NOV 16.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 37 MINS Dir: Esther Rots Netherlands 2009 The life of Marieke is transformed by an act of violence. She decides to escape from her hometown and buys a remote and derelict cottage in the Zeeland countryside. By making a new start, she hopes to be able to shake off the violent experience, but the cold and loneliness only add to her feelings of fear and vengeance. With the arrival of summer and a new love, Marieke seems to be regaining strength. But slowly, she loses this grip on her life.

Can Go Through Skin is your first feature film scenario? No. At the time I had started working on the scenario for Now she yells, a film I will make after this one, together with my brother Hugo and Circe Films’ Stienette Bosklopper. Writing progress was slow, though. I wasn’t used to adhering to scenario rules and structure. I usually write more instinctively. For me, a scenario is no more than a guideline, an aid in filming. The reasons why I write something, I do not want to explain to myself. I’m afraid the magic will disappear if you already start analysing at this stage. It is perhaps similar to poetry. There are poems that are better read personally than having them read to you. This resulted in considerable tension in the writing process, a battle between what needs to be told and what I need to feel and experience in my script as a guide for filming. I wasn’t making any progress. To escape this, I started writing the Can Go Through Skin scenario. It just took off. I considered it a hobby. For my own enjoyment I allowed myself to do some writing for this, and then I made myself return to Now she yells. This turned out to be a very productive approach – for both scripts.

Marieke is a cheerful and carefree woman in her early thirties living the fast life in Amsterdam. Until her boyfriend suddenly leaves her. She wallows in her grief, rings up friends, and in a drunken daze acts as if everything is fine. Then, a pizza deliveryboy breaks into her house and assaults her. A friend comes to her aid, and they escape in a panic. In these new surroundings, she thinks she will be able to shake off her painful experiences. She embarks upon renovating her new house, hoping it will take her mind off things but she feels choked by the wideopen winter environment. She doesn’t feel safe in her new home, and regards the friendly and helpful villager John as an intruder. Then when the pizza delivery-boy’s verdict turns out to be very mild, she becomes frustrated and filled with vindictiveness. Through Internet chat rooms she meets fellow victims who, like her, are willing to take matters into their own hands. She rises above being the victim and in this process slowly learns to control her fears. 75

BAFTA PRESENTS A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH ANDY SERKIS FRI 19 NOV 19.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS £8/£6 conc

EnslavedTM; Odyssey to the West

One of the most versatile talents to grace our shores, Andy Serkis has been working in the film, television and theatre industries for over twenty years as an actor, film maker, director and pioneer of performance capture. Join us for a glimpse into his world of Hollywood blockbusters and magical alternative gaming worlds, where he will divulge the realities of his craft and reveal his view on what the future has in store. This is a mustattend event for actors and filmmakers alike. Probably most well known for his performance as Gollum in the acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy and as Kong in King Kong, Andy has become highly involved in developing the art and craft of performance in the digital realm. He is currently working alongside Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in a trilogy of films based on Hergé’s Tintin and has just completed filming on the prequel to Planet of the Apes - Rise of the Apes. Andy has acted in over 60 film and television productions, receiving awards and nominations as Einstein in Einstein and Eddington, and BAFTA nominations both for Longford and for his turn as the legendary British proto-punk Ian Dury in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. As a director, Andy has worked across all performance media. Last year he directed performance in Ninja Theory/Sony’s hit Playstation 3 BAFTA nominated Heavenly Sword, setting a new benchmark for emotionally engaging characters in videogames. He has just completed his second game project with Ninja Theory, the critically acclaimed Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. As a founder member of Caveman Films, Andy has several feature film projects in development and is planning to shoot his directorial debut The Giant. But perhaps even more exciting than this is his new project the Imaginarium - Europe’s first studio dedicated the art and craft of Performance Capture. Based in London and due to open in 2011, the Imaginarium aims to push the boundaries of digital characterisation in all areas of entertainment including film, video games, commercials, and live performing arts. The project will be commercial as well as educational, producing pieces for advertisers, for the interactive game market and for live events. Join us to hear about these exciting developments and more. This event forms part of BAFTA’s UK-wide learning and events programme, giving audiences across the UK access behind the screens of the film, TV and video games industries. For more information and to sign up to our e-bulletin, go to www.bafta.org www.cavemanfilms.co.uk www.theimaginariumstudio.com

SPECIAL EVENTS

'AS IF IT WERE THE LAST TIME' A SUBTLE MOB BY DUNCAN SPEAKMAN THU 18 NOV 18.00 SECRET LOCATION FREE Imagine walking through a film, but it’s happening on the streets around you. If you sign up to take part you’ll be invited to download an MP3 and turn up in a secret location at a specific time. When you put on the headphones you’ll find yourself immersed in the cinema of everyday life. Sometimes you’ll just be drifting and watching, but sometimes you’ll be following instructions on the soundtrack and creating the scenes yourself. There’s nothing illegal or embarrassing, sometimes you might be reenacting moments you’ve seen in films, sometimes you’ll just be playing yourself. This is no requiem; this is a celebratory slow dance, a chance to savour the world you live in, and to see it with fresh eyes.

VINTAGE MOBILE CINEMA FRI 19 Nov 10.00 – 17.00 SAT 20 Nov 10.00 – 17.00 OUTSIDE THE ARNOLFINI FREE The Vintage Mobile Cinema company brings a unique slice of cinema and automotive history to Encounters, combined together to give the audience an exciting film viewing experience unavailable anywhere else. This was one of seven units custom built for the British government in the late 1960's, used at the time to promote British industry. Sadly all other six have disappeared forever, leaving only one example of a quite stunning piece of British transport heritage. The 22 seat mobile cinema, will be screening a selection of archive films including the Time Travelers Guide to Bristol by ArthurCox. The bus will be parked outside the Arnolfini on both days.

FASHION POPCORN THU 18 NOV 16.00 – 17.30 PERVASIVE MEDIA STUDIO, LEADWORKS, BRISTOL Following Fashion Popcorn’s successful launch at London College of Fashion during Rushes Soho Shorts, they’re back. Working for a second time with Matter2Media’s Tim Kindberg, they’ve has cooked up a tasty interactive showcase. They have invited filmmakers, fashion aficionados and digital media practitioners to learn and debate the issues around fashion, film and digital media in the surrounds of the Pervasive Media Studio. Kicking off with a short fashion film showcase and demo of Tim’s krstl technology, they are aiming to foster a conversation about the creative potential of crosssector collaboration, and the use of technologies for expression and communication in fashion and film. Be there between 16.00 – 16.30 for the key presentation. Fashion Popcorn is produced by featherhouse; launched in association with Shooting People. www.fashionpopcorn.com

NARRATIVE THREAD DAILY WED 17 – SAT 20 NOV 12.30 – 14.00 WATERSHED WATERSIDE 3 1 HR 30 MINS These events are designed to give a sense of depth and space for debate within the film festival schedule. Following on from the Narrative/NonNarrative/AntiNarrative conferences of 2006 and 2008, they question the role of narrative in the new, cross-media landscape. Has interactivity really brought about the much-heralded ‘death of the author’? Has it changed our sense of narrative or our response to it? The variety of situations where we may now experience the moving image - from phone to cinema - has created opportunities to explore, and to experiment with ways of looking beneath surface appearance. Unlike the novel, where the interior world can be made apparent easily, the moving image must find different methods to go beyond that surface. Ways of representing memory and the symbolic, of mixing realism and fantasy, and using such elements as comedy and horror, may all be ways of creating more depth. The whole envelope of experience generated by interactivity and the potential for the consumer to be part of a virtual community creates a very different media context that is still being explored. The enrichment through context and sense of community may also be why audiences continue to be attracted to cinema despite escalating competition. If you are in industry or academia, media practitioner or consumer, take advantage of these opportunities to hear from people at the frontline of narrative exploration.

ANDREW DAVIES

BILL THOMPSON

WED 17 NOV

Andrew Davies has been writing for the screen since 1965. His TV originals include A Very Peculiar Practice, Getting Hurt, A Few Short Journeys of the Heart, Filipina Dreamgirls, The Chatterley Affair, and the sitcom Game On. He has adapted many novels and plays for TV including Middlemarch, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, House of Cards, Vanity Fair, Wives and Daughters, Othello, Dr Zhivago, Tipping The Velvet, Bleak House, A Room With A View, Fanny Hill, and Little Dorrit. South Riding filmed this summer, for BBC Spring 2011. He has won six BAFTA awards and two Emmys. He has big-screen credits for Circle of Friends, Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Tailor of Panama, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The Three Musketeers (in 3D) is in post-production. Presented by Bristol Media.

PROF PAUL WELLS

FRI 19 NOV

New media pioneer Bill Thompson has been working in, on and around the Internet since 1984 and currently spends his time thinking, writing and speaking about the digital world we are in the midst of building. During the 1990’s he was Internet Ambassador for PIPEX, the UK’s first commercial ISP where he developed websites for Comic Relief, the Edinburgh Fringe and Anne Campbell MP, before moving to Guardian Newspapers as head of new media. He established the paper’s first website in 1994 and was responsible for many online projects including Eurosoccer.com in 1996. He is currently working with the Archive Development group at the BBC on finding ways to make the BBC Archive more accessible. Bill writes a weekly column, the BillBoard, for BBC News online and a monthly column for Focus magazine. He also appears weekly on Digital Planet on the BBC World Service and on other BBC radio and television programmes from time to time. Presented with Bristol-BBC-Anchor Collaboration.

THU 18 NOV

DAN GEESIN

Professor Paul Wells gained his PhD at Reading University, simultaneously beginning an extensive career writing and directing for BBC radio and television, and in theatre. After working in schools and colleges he joined De Montfort University, and later Teesside University, focusing on research in animation. Numerous books later, he is now Director of the Animation Academy at Loughborough University, and an established figure in Animation Studies, touring worldwide conducting workshops and engaged in script development, based on his book Scriptwriting. He is also part of an initiative to create a British Animation Archive, and has recently made a documentary about TVC’s John Coates. Presented by University of the West of England.

SAT 20 NOV

Dan Geesin is a writer director, composer and sound designer. He studied art at the University of Nottingham and at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. Geesin makes films, visual art and performances, usually in combination with music. Filmography: Other Than You, The Scientist’s Day Off, Flood, Show Me The Way To Your Most Beautiful Place, Clods, De Wolverlei, A Short Film From Cannes, For Hildo Krop. Awards: Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht 2009, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010, Hull International Short Film Festival 2010, Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2010. He was sound designer for the award-winning feature film Can Go Through Skin (director: Esther Rots and screening this year at Encounters). He lives in Amsterdam where he is currently working on his new 15-minute film Elephant Feet.

Christina Plazas: Sara Alumbramiento Light Born: Dir. Eduarddo Shapero-Jackson (Spain 2007)

PANELS & MASTERCLASSES

STORY DESIGN IN THE SHORT FICTION FILM

KODAK CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS – CHRIS ROSS

THU 18 NOV 14.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS

THU 18 NOV 14.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS

The purpose of this talk is to propose a non-formulaic model that can be used as a set of guidelines during script development for short fiction films. Unlike sequential models, which focus on a series of steps a story is presumed to pass through as it unfolds, the present approach is based on the view that short film storytelling can best be described in terms of opposing properties that balance one another in a dynamic interplay. Seven forms of interplay or balance will be proposed, each illustrated by a short film which will be shown in its entirety.

Chris Ross began his career in the camera department in 2000 as a camera and lens maintenance technician for Panavision. Whilst undergoing this technical apprenticeship with the London-based rental house Chris photographed short films and music videos in his spare time. One job lead to another and, after a recommendation from producer Al Clark, Chris found himself in discussions with director Paul Andrew Williams. Their subsequent collaboration London to Brighton (2006) was Chris’ feature debut as Director of Photography. Following London to Brighton Chris was reunited with Paul Williams to photograph The Cottage, a comedy-horror starring Andy Serkis and Reece Sheersmith in 2007, and in the same year he joined forces with directors Jon Baird on Cass and James Watkins on Eden Lake. In 2008 Chris won the Best Cinematography Award at the Kodak Short Film Showcase for his photography on the film Soft - one of the many awards this film won at festivals around the world. Prior to working as a main unit DoP Chris also worked as a Visual Effects Unit DoP on Atonement (2006) and as a Camera Operator on Control (2006), as well as shooting additional photography on Better Things (2007) for director Duane Hopkins. His Commercial credits include Garnier, Barclaycard, The Sun, News of the World and Twix, and has worked on Music Videos for Franz Ferdinand, Badly Drawn Boy and Jack Savoretti. Short Film credits include Pas de Deux (2009), Spoiler (2008), Pidgeon (2007), Wish (2006), Soft (2006), My Everything (2005) and The Confidence Trick (2003). His upcoming productions include Malice in Wonderland for Future Films and Collision with director Marc Evans for ITV1.

The new Intellect journal, Short Film Studies, will also be launched on this occasion.

Richard Raskin Born in New York in 1941, Richard Raskin teaches screenwriting and video production at Aarhus University in Denmark, where for many years he was the editor of p.o.v. - A Danish Journal of Film Studies, and organized an annual international short film symposium. He is now the editor of Short Film Studies, a new peer-reviewed journal published by Intellect Books in the UK. He has served as jury president at international film festivals in France, Belgium, India, Holland and Denmark, and frequently lectures on storytelling in the short film at film schools and film festivals throughout Scandinavia and elsewhere. He has written a number of books, the most recent of which are A Child at Gunpoint: A Case Study in the Life of a Photo (2004), The Art of the Short Fiction Film: A Shot by Shot Study of Nine Modern Classics (2002) and Kortfilmen som fortælling (2001). His articles have appeared in such journals as Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Film History, Journal of Media Practice, Asian Cinema and The Canadian Journal of Film Studies.

LONDON FILM ACADEMY: NAVIGATING TRANSITION FROM SHORTS TO FEATURES

NFTS PRESENTS BRIDGES TO INDUSTRY MASTERCLASS FRI 19 NOV 11.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 2 HRS

THU 18 NOV 11.00 – 13.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 2 HRS

Nik Powell, Producer and Exec producer of more than 40 Feature Films and Director of NFTS, and Annabelle Pangbourn head of Editing, Composing and Sound Design at NFTS will outline how to navigate a career path in the film world and will address the routes for directors and writers. The following different pathways would be examined; from short film to more short films to features; from short film to micro budget film to full feature; from tv and theatre to feature; from short film to commercials to feature; from short film back to theatre to feature (Six Shooter); from short film to ....X!#*!?! Nik and Annabelle will demonstrate examples drawn from successful directors and writers such as Terence Davis, Stephen Frears, Ken Loach, Michael Haneke, Wong Kai Wai, Stephen Spielbergh, and more.

Moving from making short films to feature films presents many creative, personal and professional challenges. This session will discuss strategies to navigate the transition. Understanding timelines, additional voices in the process, contracts, managing expectations and finding the right partners will be among the topics covered. This session will be aimed at elevating participants to move to the next stage in their filmmaking careers.

Rebecca Knapp Producer

Rebecca is an award-winning producer who has worked in Film and Television for over ten years. She produced six short films, which won over 24 international awards and were nominated for three BAFTAs. She associate produced the BAFTA-nominated feature film Rollin’ with the Nines and produced Popcorn backed by Screen East and the UK Film Council. She was also Head of Production/Business Affairs for Bigger Pictures; and was a Producer and Head of Business Affairs for Framework Entertainment for several films which including International co-productions, including the action/adventure film Prisoners of the Sun (winner of Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival, and nominated for a BAFTA 2007) directed by the Oscarwinning Roger Christian. Her feature film project Bright Colours, Cold Sunshine, was one of only two British projects officially selected for Berlinale Co-Production Market. She was also accepted on the prestigious Inside Pictures course for Production Executives, run by Qwerty Films.

Nik Powell Director, NFTS

One of the UK’s leading film producers, Nik Powell embarked on an entrepreneurial career in the 1960s, when he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson. His long partnership with Stephen Woolley, with whom he founded Palace Pictures and Scala Productions, brought an unrivalled slate of award-winning features to the screen, including Neil Jordan’s Company of Wolves, Mona Lisa and The Crying Game. Nik’s films have garnered many awards and nominations, including an Oscar, several Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe. His more recent films include Little Voice, Calendar Girls and most recently Ladies in Lavender. Nik became Director of the NFTS in September 2003.

Annabelle Pangborn

Head of Editing, Sound and Music, NFTS Annabelle Pangborn has worked extensively as a composer, sound designer and supervising effects editor. She has created sound tracks for a wide range of films for cinema and television including animation, dance film, documentary and fiction. Her many collaborations include sound tracks for the award winning animator Simon Pummell (Secret Joy, Temptation of Sainthood), film maker and choreographer Alison Murray (Horse Play, Bloody Mess) and awardwinning director Beeban Kidron (Murder, Cinderella). Annabelle was awarded the Fuji Zonal Scholarship Award for her sound track for Ben Hopkins’s film, The Holy Time, and the Kodak Short Film Award for her short film, Stung.

Connor McCormack

FILMMAKER FOCUS WITH CONNOR MCCORMACK

3D BRISTOL FRI 19 NOV 14.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR

WED 17 NOV 14.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HR 30 MINS FREE FOR DELEGATES

Leading on from the Short & Sweet 3D session, Encounters brings you an insight into 2 very exciting areas for 3D which are also the key strengths of Bristol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; animation and natural history. In this session youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see the latest sequences from the world-famous BBC Natural History Unit, including footage from Africa and some amazing biological images, and meet the teams from both the BBC and Aardman Animations who are exploring the forefront of 3D technology, and the amazing experiences it can deliver.

Connor McCormack is an Irish filmmaker based in Bristol. Since he first picked up a Super-8 camera to make the rawdocu-drama Shoplifter in 1999 he has gone on to create a series of characterbased documentaries and fictions that deal with contemporary social and ethnographic themes including the BIFA nominated short doc Christmas with Dad. He is currently developing a feature film- Our Own Shadows under the iFeatures scheme and filming a long form documentary about a drop-in centre for the homeless in Bristol.

This event is presented with Bristol-BBC-Anchor Collaboration.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FORM THU 18 NOV 13.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HR 30 MINS Everyone has a life-story - a dramatic struggle against adversity, a challenging opportunity, a tragedy or a comedy. Truth is often stranger than fiction, and a well-told true story can really resonate with the audience. Documentaries are constantly changing in style and format, and though broadcasters may be limiting their commissions there are opportunities in theatric and online distribution, and with charities or corporates with a story to tell. Encounters will explore the power of the short-form documentary in all its guises. This event is presented with Bristol-BBC-Anchor Collaboration. 81

SPECIAL EVENTS

IFEATURES PANEL WED 17 NOV 16.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS

The Gift

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet three filmmakers behind the final three greenlit films from Bristol’s own iFeatures, South West Screen’s innovative digital feature scheme in discussion with Steve Jenkins, Head of Film for BBC Programme Acquisitions. iFeatures, delivered by South West Screen in partnership with BBC Films and Bristol City Council, is a micro-studio initiative for the development and production of high quality low-budget films. Headed up by BAFTA-winning producer Christopher Moll, the driving force behind Liverpool’s 2008 Digital Departures micro-budget scheme which produced Terence Davis’s Of Time and The City and Lindy Heymann’s Kicks, iFeatures launched in October 2009, attracting more than 550 applications from writer/director/producer teams across the UK.

CONTENTERTAINMENT FRI 19 NOV 10.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS Crowdsourcing - exploiting the masses or providing opportunities for untapped talent? The Internet is increasingly being used to publicise and manage creative crowdsourcing projects. With technological advances closing the gap between what’s possible for professional and amateur filmmakers, the recent crowdsourcing revolution has increasingly involved film. But, when companies and brands start to tap into the world of ideas offered by the global filmmaking community, who is truly reaping the benefits? Should filmmakers share their work for free if there’s money, prizes, recognition or kudos to be gained?

12 teams were selected for initial development by an experienced industry panel of producers, directors, distributors and acquisition executives including Julian Temple, Sarah Gavron and Rebecca O’Brien. Following an intensive period of script development, early casting and locations work, and distribution and marketing advice, these were narrowed down to six which moved into full development, with further support and training as well as mentoring from the likes of Simon Beaufoy, Jesse Armstrong, Justin Chadwick and Paul Andrew Williams. The final three films The Dark Half, Eight Minutes Idle and Flying Blind, will shoot in Bristol on budgets of £300,000 in late 2010 / early 2011, for theatrical release next year.

We've invited speakers from MOFILM to explain how their global community of filmmakers work with world-leading brands through upload competitions. Ridley Scott Associates will discuss their Philips' 'Tell it Your Way' film-making contest (pictured) and user-generated documentary Life in a Day. Meanwhile Anchovy Pictures will share the ways in which the audience is funding their films by, for example, buying 'Executive Producer' credits.

iFeatures taps into Bristol’s burgeoning cultural confidence in the wake of high profile offerings such as the acclaimed Encounters International Film Festival, the recent Banksy exhibition, as well as TV shows such as Being Human and Skins. It aims to encourage collaboration between local talent and the nation’s brightest filmmakers, as well as discovering the stories that capture the essence of the city of Bristol and its people.

So does crowd sourcing exploit film makers or uncover new talent? Come along to join the debate and crowd vote in person.

To find out more or get involved, visit www.ifeatures.co.uk 82

Wagah

MAKING FILMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Film equipments and film processing facilities are not available. Even when the shooting and processing of a film is done in other European countries. It should be noted that there is a shortage of qualified manpower in key areas. In fact, most filmmakers in developing countries in most cases are the producer, director, scriptwriter, distributor and exhibitor. It is impossible for one person to assume all these responsibilities successfully.

Film is a means of socialization, i.e. the process and experience that help the individual to become sensitive to the expectation of other members of the society, their values and culture. It is a means of information, education, cultural development, communication and comprehension. The cinema as a means of education could play a great role in the development of the nation. It could be used to contribute to a feeling of nationalism, as a voice of national planning, to help teach necessary skills, to extend the effective market, to help people look to the future and to prepare people to play their role as a nation among nations’ (Schramm 1964). The cinema can be used as a national stimulant, waiving many other tranquilizers.

But still with all these problems facing the film industry in developing countries, Nigeria for example has the world’s second-largest film industry, next only to India. Nollywood, as it is called, provides Africa, and beyond, with a steady stream of action flicks and love stories and was declared by UNESCO to be second only to Bollywood, based on the number of films produced. At least 900 films will be produced in Nigeria this year, twice as many as in Hollywood, German magazine Der Spiegel reported and also, South Africa has a vibrant, growing film industry that is increasingly competitive internationally. Local and foreign filmmakers are taking advantage of the country’s diverse, unique locations - as well as low production costs and favourable exchange rate, which make it up to 40% cheaper to make a movie here than in Europe or the US and up to 20% cheaper than in Australia. So, I believe that with a progressive support both from the nation and the government, we will see amazing changes on filmmaking in developing countries.

Filmmakers in developing countries are of course subjected to many measures in order to halt their work and to place obstacles in their path so as to prevent them from carrying out their mission. It’s very rare that we find National Film Schools in any developing countries and financial support is one of the major problems inhibiting the development of the art of film making too. Problems of inadequate infrastructural facilities, like power, transportation, telecommunication, etc. help to make the film business unfeasible.

Rahwa Kiros, Festival Director, Addis International Film Festival

Unearthing the Pen

WORLD FILMS PANEL

FRI 19 NOV 16.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS A panel discussion on the importance of film making in developing countries and what’s changing, presented in partnership with One World Media. Chaired by Director of One World Media Marion Bowman, the panellists include Rahwa Kiros, Festival Director, Addis International Film Festival; Saeed Taji Farouky, Director; Natasha Dack, Producer, Tigerlily Films. Don’t miss the World Films Programme on Fri 19 Nov 18.30 Watershed on page 52.

Marion Bowman

Natasha Dack

Marion was one of Channel 4’s first current affairs presenters at its launch in 1982 and then ran her own independent production company, Scarlet TV. In 1992 she joined ITV and set up Metroland, the first-time documentary directors’ scheme. She was then ITV’s Deputy Controller of Factual Programmes before moving to the BBC as Managing Editor in the Entertainment Department. She was Deputy Director of Programmes with the Independent Television Commission until the creation of Ofcom in 2004.

Natasha’s most recent documentary productions include After The Apocalypse (More 4 True Stories), Wham Bam Islam! (ITVS) and My Big Fat Bar Mitzvah (BBC Switch). Her previous documentary productions include the award winning films - Black Power Salute for BBC, 37 Uses For A Dead Sheep and Dolce Vita Africana for BBC/Arte and Goth Cruise for IFC. She also produced the feature film She, A Chinese (winner of the 2009 Locarno Golden Leopard) for Film4, the BAFTA and Royal Television Society award winning drama Pleasureland for Channel 4, the 13 part CBBC drama Patrick’s Planet and the films for artist Omer Fast’s latest work, Nostalgia.

One World Media

Saeed Taji Farouky Filmmaker

Director Saeed Taji Farouky is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer and writer. He is co-Founder and Director of the production company Tourist With A Typewriter. Farouky is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Tate Britain and was awarded a TED 2010 Fellowship for his creative approach to documentary filmmaking. His films take a deeply immersive approach and stress the transparency of the medium, often referencing the relationship between filmmaker and subject.

Producer, Tigerlily Films

Rahwa Kiros

Festival Director, Addis International Film Festival Addis International FF describes and presents various aspects of social reality through a combination of colours, music, movements and dialogues in film. Rahwa received an LLB from Haramaya University, and is currently on sabbatical touring the festival circuits in the UK until February 2011. Her principal interest in film is Human Rights Documentaries, with a focus on Women’s rights in particular.

Tiong Bahru

CIVIC LIFE

FRI 19 NOV 15.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 15 MINS Since July 2003 Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor have worked on a unique and richly cinematic series of films made in negotiation with local residents and community groups. Foregrounding the relationship these communities have to the environments in which they live and work, all the Civic Life films were filmed on 35mm cinemascope making extensive use of the long take. Civic Life screens at Encounters prior to a UK tour and features the UK Premiere of the latest film in the series, Tiong Bahru. Tiong Bahru was commissioned by the National Museum of Singapore and is part of a major community arts project from the British Council in Singapore. www.civiclife.sg All films are directed by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor. info@desperateoptimists.com

Daydream (Extract 1)

Town Hall (Extract)

Daydream (Extract 2)

Leisure Centre

UK 2006 2 mins 36 Secs Anxious about a missing school friend, a park warden tries to reassure a group of school children that there is nothing in the forest to be scared of. UK 2006 53 Secs A speed metal band perform live. Midway through the song the lead singer decides to halt everything and instead tell the audience that there's something on his mind.

Who Killed Brown Owl UK 2004 8 mins 37 Secs In Who Killed Brown Owl the perfect English arcadia gives way to varying kinds of misfortune, disruption and violence.

Moore Street

Ireland 2004 5 mins 42 Secs As a young African woman walks along a Dublin street at night she considers her changing sense of identity.

Twilight

UK 2005 4 mins 39 Secs Shot on a boat on the Tyne, Twilight is an intimate exploration of the ebb and flow of life. 85

UK 2005 4 mins In Town Hall the camera takes a restless, sweeping point of view on the issues that matter to the assembled local residents.

Ireland/UK 2005 16 mins 49 Secs Leisure Centre follows a young man who is struggling to come to terms with his new role as a father.

Joy

UK 2008 8 mins 46 Secs The police stage a reconstruction of the last known movements of a missing teenage girl named Joy.

Tiong Bahru

Singapore/UK 2010 19 mins 28 Secs Lyrical and musical in its style, Tiong Bahru is a thoughtful portrait of 3 very different people caught at a cross-road in their lives. UK Premiere

WORKSHOPS

THE MINI MASTERPIECES APPROACH

UNRAVEL – THE LONGEST HAND PAINTED FILM IN BRITAIN

THU 18 NOV 15.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 1 HR 30 MINS FREE

SAT 20 NOV PICTURE THIS WORKSHOP 12.00 – 16.30 SCREENING 17.00 FREE DROP IN

A look at the Mini Masterpieces way of making films.

All ages welcome (parental supervision for children).

Since 2003, Mini Masterpieces has produced over 20 short films at Encounters. Filming and editing as the festival unfolded, the films were Premiered within weeks of the first idea, within a day of shooting and within hours of editing. This intensive approach puts emphasis on story development and exhibition as the key to developing talent.

Be part of a unique project – one in a series of painting-on-film workshops taking place across the country. The aim is to amass an epic hand painted 16mm film the length of Britain and over sixteen hours long. Participants are invited to mark and paint the 16mm film. The process will be documented and accompanied by a film that records the places and people who take part.

Created by CTS for the BBC in 2003, the approach has since proved a powerful and popular vehicle for education, training and team building in education and business environments. In recent years MM has struck up partnerships with clients like Channel 4, Aardman, Barnardos, Boots and Bristol University.

Also on at Picture This: Ben Rivers, Slow Action. Shot on 16mm, this new work stems from an investigation into islands and an interest in Charles Darwin and island biogeography. It considers possible future Utopias evolving on islands. Ben Rivers exhibits internationally and among his awards are; Tiger Short Film Award, IFF Rotterdam 2008, Best Film, EXiS, Seoul 2008 and London Artist’s Film and Video Award.

In this session, MM creator and Calling The Shots director, Jeremy Routledge, will discuss the philosophy behind the fast film making approach with some of the filmmakers and commissioners involved over the last 5 years. Screenings will include The Forgotten Comic, Test, God and Dave and Christmas Merry.

Picture This develop artists' film and video through commissions and exhibitions. We also have a wide range of filming and projection equipment, as well as post production facilities available to hire at competitive rates for artists and film-makers.

Look out for the Mini Masterpieces crews throughout the week at the festival making two ‘live’ films, to be premiered at the Depict Showcase on Sat 20 Nov 14.30.

Paperboy

FILM NATION: SHORTS – AN INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING

ON THE LEVEL SAT 20 NOV 15.00 – 16.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 FREE

SUN 21 NOV 14.00 – 18.00 WATERSHED WATERSIDE 3 FOR AGES 19-25 FREE

First Light has been enabling young people throughout the UK to realise their potential via creative digital film and media projects since 2001. Join us at Encounters in conversation with BAFTA Award winner and Oscar® nominated sound specialist Robin O’Donoghue as we explore the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of sound on film.

Film Nation: Shorts is a competition that invites young people (aged 14-25) to make, and vote for, films celebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Run in partnership with Panasonic, Film Nation: Shorts will introduce young people to film-making, support them in developing their talent, and give everyone who enters a chance to have their work screened around the UK. Winning films will be screened in venues during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012.

Robin has been Head of Post Production Sound for the Pinewood Group and has managed the sound departments of both Pinewood and Shepperton Studios. His outstanding career has meant that he has been involved in all areas of sound production and worked with some of the industry’s best known directors. Robin has been involved in the soundtracks of over 190 films and his credits include Gandhi, A Bridge Too Far, Shakespeare in Love, Notting Hill, Henry V, Love Actually, Gosford Park, The Madness of King George, The Crying Game, Superman, Backbeat and Lipstick on your Collar.

Working with 104 Films and a special guest Director, learn the necessary skills & techniques to successfully direct actors on screen. This workshop is for first time filmmakers aged 19-25.

For those already working with young filmmakers, those potentially working with young filmmakers or for those who simply want to be inspired, come along and listen to the expert.

Teenage Rampage

fresh flix

FRESH FLIX 2010 - INSPIRING YOUNG CREATIVE TALENT

There’s also plenty to do for families and little ones – catch the FILMCLUB Children’s Animation Jury screening of wonderful animations then take part in a free puppet animation workshop where you'll get the chance to create magic with puppets at the Cinékids event. (Sat 27 Nov, 13.00)

WED 17 NOV – WED 1 DEC We’re inviting young film creatives and enthusiasts, musos and performers to get together, watch films, meet some very special industry guests and enjoy some live performances from some of the finest up-and-coming local talent. Fresh Flix, presented by Encounters International Film Festival and Watershed, is a fantastic programme of films, music, workshops and events for children and young people running from 1 Nov – 1 Dec in Bristol.

Fresh Flix culminates with the launch of Electric December on 1 Dec, Watershed’s original end of year online showcase of creative talent featuring a stunning selection of shorts from young filmmakers across Europe. Visit electricdecember.org every day from 1 Dec to unwrap a selection box of short films. Find the full programme of events at freshflix.org.uk

Fresh Flix launched on 1st November with a prefestival BAFTA/iFeatures preview of the hugely anticipated Monters and a Q&A with its director Gareth Edwards. Gareth discussed his debut feature and ran a masterclass for emerging talent explaining how he got his feature film off the ground and the challenges of creating believable aliens using off the shelf software.

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Whether you’re interested in animation (Tate Movie Project: Lights! Camera! Action, Sat 20 Nov, 13.00 & 15.30), sound (On The Level, Sat 20 Nov, 15.00), directing actors (Film Nation Shorts, Sun 21 Nov, 14.00) or the music industry and music videos (Teenage Rampage, Thurs 25 Nov, 16.15,) Fresh Flix has got it all covered.

In Partnership with: Arnolfini, BAFTA, BMF, Bristol CND, Calling The Shots, First Light, Knowle West Media Centre, Music South West, RELAYS, Sharp Shotz and Teenage Rampage.

UK FILM COUNCIL DIGITAL NATION WED 17 NOV 10.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 2 12.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 FREE FOR DELEGATES An example of films spread over two screenings from the last round of Digital Shorts.

The Hive

Small Talk

Albatross

Dir: Ed Lilly Vision+Media 2010 14 mins 58 secs

Dir: Matt Grinter South West Screen 2010 11 mins 14 secs

Dir: Kim Albright Film London 2010 12 mins 33 secs

To improve their lives once and for all, a desperate petty thief and his little brother embark on a dawn raid to steal a stack of beehives.

Eva, a seven year old mute girl, communicates via pre-recorded tapes played on a clunky tape deck which hangs round her neck on a rope. When her crippled fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physiotherapist, Maggie, is set to walk out of their lives forever, it comes down to Eva to get the floundering lovers past the small talk stage before it is too late.

A pianist haunted by memories of a troubled past, strives to find his way back to life through music.

Writ: Andy Walker Prod: Lauren Tomlinson Scheme: Digital Shorts 2010 Contact: Will Massa will@visionandmedia.co.uk

Prodr: Sam Alani, Salani Films Writ: Dom Rowe Contact: Sue Lion sue.lion@swscreen.co.uk

Prod: Trent Simpson Screenplay: Kim Albright, Claire Macdonald Contact: Josic Cadoret josic.cadoret@filmlondon.org.uk

Fawn Writ/Dir: Ron Wright Screen Yorkshire 2010 7 mins 18 secs A young murder victim, whose body has never been found, looks back on the last moments of his life, and wonders why his mother has never come to bring him home. Prod: Caleb Shaffer Scheme: Digital Shorts Contact: Tony Dixon tony@screenyorkshire.co.uk

Extraordinary Feats of the Seventh Period Dir: Will Bridges Screen South 2010 15 mins 7 secs Lance and Reuben are two 12-year-old outsiders in need of a friend. Over the course of a school cross-country race they come to the realisation that at the very least they have each otherâ&#x20AC;Ś Prod: Ian Prior Writ: Lee Thomas Scheme: Digital Short Contact: Clare Bradfield clare.bradfield@screensouth.org

The Rule of Thumb Writ/Dir: Gregor Johnstone DigiCult 2010 18 mins 30 secs Neil Barrow is in his early forties but still plays with his toys as if he is thirteen. Barrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempts to engage in the outside world and become a fully formed adult lead him to a disastrous day at the local school. Can Mummy save the day? Prod: Deva Smith Scheme: Scottish Digital Shorts Contact: Ciara Barry ciara@digicult.co.uk

NADGER

Happy Clapper

Writ/Dir: Catherine Linstrum Film Agency for Wales 2010 13 mins 46 secs

Writ/Dir: Tom Marshall Northern Film and Media 2010 23 mins 25 secs

Nadger is a magical realist story about a troubled and troublesome character set on a course of selfdestruction. Only divine intervention can save him from himself...

Wannabe gangster living alone in a caravan gets a visit from a born again Christian. But this is not a random visit, they have both been waiting for this moment to come. A cruel joke which backfires will lead to danger, violence, Christian rock music and their lives changing forever.

Prod: Gethin Scourfield, Levain Films Scheme: Digital Shorts Contact: Adam Partridge AdamPartridge@ filmagencywales.com

Prod: Steve Bowden & Maria Forsstrom Contact: Carole Machin carolem@northernmedia.org

Luvâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in the Black Country Dir: Matthew Carter Screen West Midlands 2010 14 mins 44 secs Luvâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in the Black Country is a short cinematic documentary that travels down the romantic Black Country canals speaking to five different people who pass along the way about the first time they fell in love. The film is a lyrical love letter to the Black Country, its people and their fading identity. Prod: Andrew Walker & Manjeet Gill Scheme: Digital Shorts Contact: Simon Flynn simon.flynn@screenwm.co.uk

MAGIC HOUR 2 SAT 20 NOV 12.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 15 MINS FREE FOR DELEGATES Magic Hour 2 is 104 films’ new portmanteau feature film made by writers and directors who have a disability. The five stories…

CATERPILLAR

THE BEATEN

THE WHITE WALL

Writ & Dir: John Maidens UK 2010 20 mins Tale of a day in the life of a deaf boy who goes out hunting and discovers much more about life than he ever expected.

Dir: Simon McKeown UK 2010 8 mins Searing drama about a disabled woman incarcerated by a brutal guard and her plan to escape one way or another. Upcoming disabled comedian Liz Carr stars in this film from award winning visual artist Simon Mckeown.

Writ & Dir: Sanchita Islam UK 2010 10 mins Award-winning Visual Artist Sanchita Islam turns to directing with this surreal animation about a girl searching for meaning from the mysterious white wall.

Prod: Michael Ford & Rachel Carter DOP: Mark Hammond Editors: Robert Edmonds & Bim Ajadi Music: Jeremy Harrison Art Director: Emma Minshull Cast: Mikey Riddington-Smith

THE VISIT

Sound: Nigel Crooks Prod: Paul A Darke, Frances Calvey Music: Opuzz Editor: Craig McMullen DOP: Chris Tritschler

FINDING A SKY

Dir: Matthew Cope UK 2010 10 mins Drama about a mysterious repairman and his assistant, who has down syndrome.

Dir: Ewan Marshall UK 2010 15 mins Drama starring John Alderton as a man with Alzheimer’s disease helping a woman who has recently become blind fit in at a stuffy retirement home.

Writ & Dir: Matthew Cope Prod: Joe Jabbar DOP: Simon Smith Editor: Paul Fogg Cast: Laurence Saunders, Jamie Higgins

Prod: Juliet Dowling Writer: Alex Bulmer DOP: Dan Stafford Clark Editor: Laurie McDowell Composer: Jonathan Crayford Cast: John Alderton, Jan Carey, Maggie Norris, Dylan Charles 92

Prod: Tim Everett Music: Newton Faulkner Animation Prods: Andy Frain, Touchwood Animation & Hossein Najafi, Didar Film

B3 MEDIA BLANK SLATE SHOWCASE 2010 SAT 20 NOV 14.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS FREE FOR DELEGATES

Blank Slate is a UK-wide digital short film scheme supporting the next generation of cutting-edge black, Asian and minority ethnic filmmaking talent, resulting in an exciting and eclectic range of work. It also acts as a springboard for some of the best talent to progress to features. Now in its seventh year, Blank Slate is part of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund Digital Shorts Scheme. Blank Slate is produced by B3 Media in partnership with the UK Film Council and Arts Council England Over the course of seven years, Blank Slate has produced forty two unforgettable short films; screened and presented at festivals across six continents; engaged with over two thousand filmmakers and inspired a whole new generation of digital artists. Blank Slate 2010 will be the last programme produced with the UK Film Council but the journey will continue.

SKATEBOARDS AND SPANDEX Dir: Mustapha Kseibati Pro: Michael Berliner UK 2010 13 mins 28 secs A bullied schoolboy teams up with two misfits to defeat the bully and win a girl’s heart. Napoleon Dynamite meets The Goonies, in an 80s-inspired kid’s comedy with a 21st century twist.

WINKING MAN ROCK Dir: Annetta Laufer Pro: Afia Nkrumah UK 2010 17 mins 3 secs When two urban teenagers are trapped in the wilds of the Peak District, they are forced to put aside their rivalry and discover their humanity in order to survive.

For all enquiries, contact B3 Media: shorts@b3media.net / 020 7274 2121

FREQUENCY

BURN MY BODY

IT’S COLD OUTSIDE

Dir: Gurchetan Singh Pro: Hank Starrs UK 2010 19 mins Alyssa is released from prison following her addiction to the audio analogue drug, Frequency. Struggling to assimilate back into the noisy, confusing world and reconnect emotionally with her seven-year old daughter Jamie, she finds herself inexorably drawn back to the twisted subculture that is the Frequency.

Dir: Fyzal Boulifa Pro: Gavin Humphries UK 2010 18 mins 53 secs Hana doesn’t want to wear her headscarf to the mall, but her family makes her. When her Father’s watchful gaze is momentarily broken, she removes it. Enjoying her new-found power, Hana goes on an adventure; but sooner or later, she will have to return home to face the consequences.

Dir: Piers Hill Pro: Blair Barnette UK 2010 18 mins 51 secs It’s Cold Outside follows the odyssey of a depressed first year university student who is searching for a less conventional, transcendental way of being.

QUEBEC’S DARK SIDE WED 17 NOV 14.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS Conspiracies, job losses, murders, suicides and possessed women... This is how some of Quebec’s best short films of the last years made an impression worldwide.

PATCHWORK

LE MODE DELIAN (THE DELIAN MODE)

Dir: Jean-Marc Roy & Philippe-David Gagné Québec 2009 11 mins 30 secs

Dir: Kara Blake Canada 2009 25 mins

Meeting with Guilde des Courtepointières du Saguenay (Saguenay Quilters Guild). Talk, talk, chat, chat. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Sewing, patching , mending, botching, darning, stitching. The Cadillac of textile arts: a patched up world or chosen patches?

The Delian Mode is an audio-visual exploration of the life and work of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire. A collage of sound and image created in the spirit of Derbyshire’s experimental processes, this film illuminates her unique soundscapes onscreen while paying tribute to a woman whose work has influenced electronic musicians for decades. Best Short Film, Hot Docs 2009

Documentary

DUST BOWL HA HA!

JOUR SANS JOIE (SAD DAY)

Dir: Sébastien Pilote Québec 2007 12 mins

Dir: Nicolas Roy Canada 2009 14 mins 14 secs

After 26 years of being Operator Number Three, a man struggles to adjust to life after redundancy. Over the course of a day we are drawn into his search for meaning as he adjusts to life on the other side of the factory floor.

François goes to his mother’s funeral with his wife Sophie. It’s a sad day. Drama

Drama

DANSE MACABRE

REVERENCE (SUBSERVIENCE)

Dir: Pedro Pires Québec 2008 7 mins 48 secs

Dir: Patrick Bouchard & Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve Québec 2007 8 mins 10 secs

For a certain time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, our corpse animates and stirs in an ultimate macabre ballet. Are the many spasms shaking our body merely erratic motions or do they echo the twists and turns of our past life? Grand Prix National – 14e Court Metrage Saguenay

The selfishness of the bourgeoisie and the dull passivity of its servants are the theme of this puppet animation presenting the tragicomedy of a society in its death throes, taking refuge in absurd behaviour. A film without words. Animation

Drama

48 HOURS AND NOT ONE SECOND TO WASTE During Regard sur le Court Metrage au Saguenay a small professional team of filmmakers created an improvised film in 48hours. Then, the director and team have to follow specific instructions concerning shooting locations, accessories, cinematographic style, characters’ features and cue lines proposed by the public on opening night. The result was presented on the Saturday night at the end of the Regard sur le court Metrage au Saguenay Festival program in front of a thrilled crowd.

JARDIN DEAD END Dir: Stéphane Lapointe Québec 2009 10 mins A ‘Don Juan’ meets an attractive young woman, surprisingly alone in a club. She admits having ‘a little problem’. Drama

BBC SHORTS 2010 THU 18 NOV 12.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS The latest batch of short films from the BBC includes works commissioned by the dedicated shorts website Film Network alongside some higher-profile productions from BBC Films. The selection includes both dramas and comedies, and will showcase a range of cinematic visual extravagance beyond what’s usually seen from BBC output. You can also expect to see host of household names such as Stephen Mangan, Julia Davis, Gina McKee and Jessica Hynes.

AN ACT OF LOVE

TURNING

Dir: Edward Dick UK 2010 15 mins Drew begrudgingly agrees to donate sperm to his wife’s broody sister, but gets a rude awakening when he realises they plan to use traditional insemination techniques.

Dir: Karni & Saul UK 2009 10 mins On his sixth birthday Robert receives three beautiful broken old birds in his mother’s sitting room. And so begins an afternoon of tea, cake and the tale of an emperor with no skin.

Prod: Annalise Davis Writer: Aschlin Ditta DOP: Suzie Lavelle Cast: Stephen Mangan and Gina McKee

Prod: Kat Armour-Brown and Alison Sterling

BAD NIGHT FOR THE BLUES

THE LOST EXPLORER

Dir: Chris Shepherd UK 2010 17 mins It’s the festive season and family duty bears down on Chris - it’s time for him to take Auntie Glad to a Christmas party at her local Conservative Club. In a sea of blue rinses and endless stand-up bingo, will anyone get a chance to party?

Dir: Tim Walker UK 2010 20 mins Evelyn discovers a lost African explorer at the bottom of her garden, keeping his existence a secret from her family. The directorial debut from acclaimed fashion photographer Tim Walker.

World Premiere

UK Premiere

Prod: Maria Manton Cast: Jean Boht, Kieran Lynn

Prod: Rory Aitkin and Ben Pugh Cast: Jessica Hynes, Julia Davis and Dexter Fletcher

KODAK WORLDWIDE FILMSCHOOL COMPETITION THU 18 NOV 16.00 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30MIN

UK NATIONAL WINNERS. Cinematography that best serves the story. The focus of the KODAK Film School Competition is on the film’s cinematography and the innovative use of available resources to create the images that complement the story. Cinematography students from 29 countries have entered their films across 4 regions, Asia/ Pacific, Latin America, US/Canada and Europe. All entries are shot using either S8mm, 16mm or 35mm Kodak Motion Picture Film. Here we show the UK National shortlist. The Regional finalists are judged by John Bailey ASC, with the winning filmmakers receiving a trip to Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the chance to show their film in the KODAK Short Film Showcase.

SOLSTICE

LIGHTHOUSE

Dir: David Stoddart UK 2010 23 mins 48 secs The lives of a young schoolgirl and a woman in rural Scotland become inextricably linked in events leading up to a fateful night on the summer solstice.

Dir: Anthony Chen UK 2010 23 mins A mother takes her three children on a road trip but finds that home cannot easily be left behind. DOP: Benoit Soler Prod: Polly Stokes

DOP: John Lee Prod: Justine Watson

INEPT

ETERNAL LIFE

THICKER THAN WATER

Dir: Ryan Vernava UK 2010 5 mins 47 secs Joe had a long since become architecture, in his long since exgirlfriend’s spare room. Dejected and alone, we spend a day in Joe’s dark routine of abuse and lethargy.

Dir: Damien Reeves UK 2010 13 mins A time travel experiment goes wrong and the team must figure out what went wrong.

Dir: Robert McKillop UK 2010 11 mins 23 secs In the early hours of the morning, Daniel, a desperate man, breaks into a grand but crumbling mansion. Before he can find what he’s looking for, someone catches him. Daniel is drawn back into the world of his past and the truth behind his visit is revealed.

DOP: Steve Marshall Prod: Will Brookes

DOP: Davey Gilder Writer: Dir: Richard Mander

DOP: Emma Dalesman Prod: Ali Rumani

OUTER SPACE WED 17 NOV 18.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS

Science Fiction is one of the rather neglected genres in German short films, but there are still a few treasures that can be discovered in this programme. The audience can expect encounters with terrestrial and extraterrestrial space travellers, dark and entertaining visions of the future, as well as rocks talking about the history of mankind. Do not miss the outstanding and award-winning masterpieces “Delivery” and “X” which are only two highlights included in the multifaceted selection presented by the German Short Film Association and German Films.

YURI LENNON’S LANDING ON ALPHA 46

INVASION OF THE PLANET EARTH

Dir: Anthony Vouardoux Germany 2010 14 mins 25 secs

Dir: Moritz Langer Germany 2005 10 mins 55 secs

After his landing on Jupiter moon Alpha46, the cosmonaut Yuri Lennon is confronted with an extraordinary paradoxon.

An alien Soldier descends from the skies to conquer Earth and lands on a huge forest clearing. Surrounded by all these trees, he confronts them with some of the meanest weaponry in the universe…with silly consequences.

Drama Writer: Anthony Vouardoux, Daniel Young DOP: Pascal Walder Cast: Marc Hosemann Contact: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg, Axel Behrens +49 (0)40 39106318 verleih@shortfilm.com

Drama DOP: Benedict Neuenfels Cast: Guntbert Warns Contact: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg, Axel Behrens +49 (0)40 39106318 verleih@shortfilm.com

JOURNEY INTO SHORT GERMAN SCIENCE FICTION

PLEASE SAY SOMETHING Dir: David O’Reilly Germany 2008 10 mins A troubled relationship between a cat and a mouse set in the distant future. Animation

HIGH MAINTENANCE Dir: Philip Van Germany 2006 9 mins 17 secs

Dir: Thilo Ewers Germany 2008 1 min

Jane is unhappy with her dull husband and monotonous marriage. Thankfully, in the near-future, unhappiness can be made a thing of the past with an ‘upgrade’ of your life. Drama

Music: Bram Meindersma Contact: David O’Reilly +49 (0)1577 3355276 mail@davidoreilly.com

THEY WILL COME TO TOWN

New York is silent. The cafés are all empty, no lights are burning. The city seems dead, as if it was just recently deserted. Then, shadows begin to fall over the streets and buildings. Animation

Writer: Simon Biggs DOP: Felix Novo de Oliveira Cast: Nicolette Krebitz, Wanja Mues Contact: Avanti Media +49 (0)30 2646134 avanti@avantimedia.com

Editor: Thilo Ewers, Sven Kulik Music: Cornelius Renz Contact: Filmakademie BadenWuerttemberg, Eva Steegmayer +49 (0)7141 969103 eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de

DELIVERY

ICH RETTE DAS MULTIVERSUM (I’LL SAVE THE MULTIVERSE)

Dir: Raphael Wahl Germany 2005 6 mins 30 secs

Dir: Till Nowak Germany 2005 9 mins

The film was inspired by Stanislav Lem’s short stories about the spaceman Ijon Tichy and tells a bizarre space adventure. An astronaut loses his uniqueness and has to stand up to several copies of himself.

An old man lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.

Dir: Ulf Groote Germany 2005 10 mins 55 secs Frank discovers a blueshift instead of a redshift in the spectrum of faraway galaxies: the universe collapses!

Animation

Drama

Music: Candela 2

Music: Andreas Hornschuh, Matthias Hornschuh

Contact: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg, Axel Behrens +49 (0)40 39106318 verleih@shortfilm.com

DOP: Florian Michaelsen Music: Peter Aufderhaar Cast: Andreas Vögler, Markus Graf, Liane Siems, Nikola Lenk

Animation

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Contact: Ulf Groote +49 (0)162 7272634 ulf@multiversum-film.de

VIDEO 3000

DAS RAD (ROCKS)

WATER ON MARS

Dir: Marc Schleiss, Jörg Edelmann, Simon Schleidt, Jochen Haussecker, Jörn Großhans Mus: Joh Weisgerber Germany 2006 5 mins

Dir: Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel, Heidi Wittlinger Germany 2001 9 mins

Dir: Horst Da Luz Germany 2005 10 mins 55 secs

Apparently, rocks are having conversations all around us, but they talk very, very slowly.

He is thrilled about his brand new ‘Video3000’ VCR. Unfortunately the stupid thing doesn’t work - or does it?

Animation

Music: Roland Hackl

Contact: Interfilm Berlin, Hannes Brühwiler +49 (0)30 25942904 hannes@interfilm.de

Billions of dollars were spent to find out if there ever was or even still is water on mars. Now two astronauts are on their way to the North Pole of the red planet to find it out. Animation

Contact: Filmakademie BadenWuerttemberg, Eva Steegmayer +49 (0)7141 969103 eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de

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Contact: Horst Da Luz +49 (0)661 2490421 horst@daluz.de

INNER SPACE THU 18 NOV 16.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 3 1 HR 30 MINS

SIEBEN RECHTE DES ZUSCHAUERS (SEVEN RIGHTS OF THE SPECTATOR) Dir: Marion Rasche, Peter Missbach GDR 1980 1 min This film presents seven different possibilities as to how a viewer can react to a film in the cinema. The creator of the film must endure all, but does not allow himself to be discouraged.

HERR DAFF WÜNSCHT SICH EIN AUTO (MISTER DAFF WANTS A CAR) Dir: Klaus Georgi GDR 1982 7 mins Seven Stories about Mister Daff, a loveable contemporary. We observe very strange goings-on at a sale of second-hand cars, and see how Mister Daff rises to the heights of a celebrated pop-star as a result. Animation

Contact: Progress FilmVerleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

Dir: Jürgen Steinheisser GDR 1976 9 mins 28 secs The Puhdys, the most famous beat band of the GDR, present four of their songs. In accordance with the songs, the band can be seen in different surroundings all across Berlin. Music video DOP: Jaroslav Gajda Music: Puhdys

Animation DOP: Helmut Krahnert Music: Manfred Pieper

DISCO-FILM 16 – PUHDYS

DOP: Brigitte Schönberner Music: Manfred Pieper Contact: Progress FilmVerleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

Contact: Progress FilmVerleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

Most films made in the GDR were produced by the state-run DEFA film studios and had to abide by certain rules in regard to form and content. Still, many directors managed to introduce a certain something into their films that did not entirely match the state doctrine or even worked underground. The films paint a diverse picture of the life in the GDR with the means of irony, humour, music, strange drawings or simply absurd accounts of seemingly normal situations. The compilation of the programme was made possible with the kind support of the Progress Film Distribution and the archive “ex.oriente.lux” Brotfabrik Berlin.

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SATIRICAL SELECTION FROM THE GDR FILM HERITAGE

EINE LIEBESGESCHICHTE – STACHELTIER (A LOVE STORY – STINGERS FROM EAST GERMANY) Dir: Richard Groschopp GDR 1953 6 mins 30 secs A writer tries to get a love story published. Two bureaucratic editors ask for more and more changes. But even his spiced-up version, with smoking chimneys and steel production, gets rejected. Drama Writer: Richard Groschopp, Günter Kunert DOP: Erwin Anders Cast: Herwart Grosse, Horst Schönemann, Rudolf Wessely

ENT- ODER WEDER (EITHER OR NEITHER)

DISCO-FILM 41 – PASSION

Dir: Bruno J. Böttge GDR 1965 3 mins

Dir: Christian Klemke GDR 1981 4 mins 5 secs

A man meets a yellow dog. They play with one another, and the man turns yellow. This doesn’t please a blue dog.

The Berlin-based band “Passion” plays and sings, telling tales about harvesting apples.

Animation

Music video

DOP: Bruno J. Böttge Music: Walter Göpfert

DOP: Harald Klix Music: Band “Passion”

Contact: Progress FilmVerleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

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NUR EIN VIERTELSTÜNDCHEN (ONLY A QUARTER OF AN HOUR)

DIE PANNE (THE BREAKDOWN) Dir: Klaus Georgi, Lutz Stützner GDR 1988 3 mins A man is waiting for someone to toe his automobile off of the highway. Many automobiles race by him, until finally, a driver with a small, rickety automobile takes pity on him. One end of a rope is tied on. The other end is hanging in a pot-hole – where a surprise lies hidden.

Dir: Heinz Müller GDR 1964 17 mins 11 secs Humorous statistic shows how much the GDR amounted to during the first 15 years. Drama DOP: Siegfried Kaletka, Wolfgang Randel Cast: Fred Artur Geppert Contact: Progress Film-Verleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

Animation

EINMART

DIE LÖSUNG (THE SOLUTION)

Dir: Lutz Dammbeck GDR 1980 15 mins In a hemisphere of brains and intestines, strange figures are vegetating. One of the mutants manages to fly and tries to escape this nightmare.

Dir: Sieglinde Hamacher GDR 1988 3 mins A flock of birds is sitting on a power line. On orders of the leader, all heads are turned to the same side – all, except one. The smallest bird at the end of the line has its own mind. The leader’s authority is at risk; he thinks of an uncommon solution.

DOP: Brigitte Schönberner Music: Manfred Mammitzsch Contact: Progress Film-Verleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

Animation

DOP: Hans Schöne Music: Thomas Hertel Contact: Progress Film-Verleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

DOP: Brigitte Schönberner Music: Manfred Mammitzsch Contact: Progress Film-Verleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

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ZEICHENFILM II – FRAGMENTE FRAGILE (ANIMATED CARTOON II – FRAGMENTE FRAGILE)

35 FOTOS – BILDER AUS EINEM FAMILIENALBUM (35 PHOTOS – PICTURES FROM A FAMILY ALBUM)

Dir: Andreas Dress GDR 1987 12 mins 30 secs Various body forms are represented and modified by repeatedly re-working and recombining various materials.

Dir: Helke Misselwitz GDR 1984/5 3 mins On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the founding of communist East Germany, the DEFA state production company produced a compilation with short films. This film shows the life of a female GDR citizen born in 1949, the year the republic was founded, with one picture for each year of her life.

Experimental Contact: Archive “ex.oriente.lux”, Claus Löser +49 (0)30 47370858 clausloeser@googlemail.com

Documentary Writer: Helke Misselwitz Music: Brigitte Unterdörfer Contact: Progress Film-Verleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

BUNGALOWS Dir: Klaus Georgi GDR 1976 7mins The inhabitants of a newly-built quarter move to the forest to built cottages to enjoy the weekend. All the green there is destroyed by construction sites, the tranquility is replaced by noise and hectic. But as the people leave, the urban quarter becomes a peaceful place for recreation. Animation Writer: Klaus Georgi Music: Addy Kurth Contact: Progress Film-Verleih, Miriam Mai +49 (0)30 24003202 m.mai@progress-film.de

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Time Traveller's Guide to Bristol

Courtesy of The Bill Douglas Centre

ENCOUNTERING THE ARCHIVE

PANEL

SCREENING

Film archives are an important and fascinating resource for filmmakers and researchers alike. But as soon as anyone encounters archive material, the floodgates open on a whole range of interesting ethical questions. Is there a right or wrong way to use archive film? Is it possible to betray an original meaning or purpose? Should archivists have any say in the re-use and recycling of work from their collections? This panel will bring together an archivist, a curator, a film historian and a filmmaker to wrestle with these – and many more – questions…

Three different projects, each using the treasures found in regional film archives, mould their own stories. From artists’ uses of archive to popular forms that unlock the potential of celluloid collections for communities, these works demonstrate the creative gains and losses of our digitised film archives. Together, they remind us of the huge range of responses that archive film provokes - in filmmakers, archivists and the public alike.

Phil Wickham

Dir: Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska UK 2006 31 mins Commissioned as part of the British Art Show Six, Screen Tests re-imagines material from archives in Manchester, Nottingham and Plymouth. Cummings and Lewandowska have collaborated regularly on various art projects, ranging from installations and performances to films and publications. Experimental

THU 18 NOV 17.00 WICKHAM THEATRE DRAMA DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL 1 HR 30 MINS

THU 18 NOV 19.00 WICKHAM THEATRE DRAMA DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL 1 HR 30 MINS

SCREEN TESTS

Phil is Curator at the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture (which specialises in film ‘ephemera’ rather than footage) and previously worked at the BFI television archives in London.

Prof. Sarah Street

Author of a number of cinema books, including British National Cinema, Sarah’s research ranges from set and costume design to colour in early British cinema. She also worked as an archivist in the Department of Western Manuscripts, the Bodleian Library, Oxford before coming to Bristol in 1993.

FALLS BURNS MALONE FIDDLES Dir: Duncan Campbell UK 2004 33 mins Using photographs sourced from a Belfast archive, Campbell’s film draws on the melancholy mysteries of a troubled social history. Irish-born Campbell is a versatile artist whose work in film veers between art and documentary, the factual and the abstract. Experimental

Bridget Crone

Artistic Director of Media Art Bath, Bridget has curated a number of freelance projects for museums and galleries in the UK and Australia, and lectures at the Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths.

Sarah Cox

TIME TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO BRISTOL (compilation)

Creative Director at Bristol-based production company World of ArthurCox, Sarah has many years’ experience in animation practice and education. More recently she led the Time Traveller’s Guide to Bristol project, which maps out Bristol’s recent history through the use of archive footage.

Dir: Sarah Cox UK 2010 30 mins Spanning the border between geography and history, Time Traveller’s Guide uses archive film to put Bristol’s cityscape into historical perspective. Animator and producer Sarah Cox collaborated with a number of colleagues and local institutions to help realise this ambitious project. Documentary

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SHORT & SWEET 3D

Short & Sweet 3D, The UK’s first 3D stereoscopic short film festival, is an exciting step forward celebrating independent, cutting-edge film making in the growing stereoscopic medium. Screening a wide variety of short film from around the globe, this experience is guaranteed to open your mind to a new world of film making possibilities. www.shortandsweet.tv For more information please contact Julia Stephenson: julia@shortandsweet.tv

THE VIEWER

Dir: Graham Reznick Graham Reznick is a Brooklyn based director, sound designer and maker of things. He recently directed the critically acclaimed feature film I Can See You and the stereoscopic 3D short film The Viewer.

MOVING STILL

Dir: Santiago Caicedo Santiago Caicedo is a director and visual artist living in Columbia. His work frequently treats the city as its own character. He specializes in moving image, VFX, stereoscopy and animation.

AUGMENTED CITY

Dir: Keiichi Matsuda London based, Keiichi Matsuda has a multi-disciplinary approach to his work, using a mixture of video, motion graphics, interaction design, and architecture to create vibrant ‘hyper-real’ environments where the distinctions between physical and virtual start to dissolve. 3D is the latest in a series of experimental techniques utilized by Keiichi to expand the territory of architectural film.

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THE FOUNDLING

Dir: Barney Cokeliss Barney Cokeliss is represented by Ridley Scott Associates in London, New York and LA and by United Agents for film and television. He has just completed his first stereoscopic short film, The Foundling which is set in the world of the circus in the 1930’s. He has two features in development: one original and one based on a cult short-story by the celebrated British author J.G. Ballard.

REMINISCENCE

Dir: Celine Tricart Recently graduated from the ENS Louis Lumière film school in Paris, Céline Tricart is an independent filmmaker who is particularly interested in storytelling for stereoscopic cinema. On the set, she is the one who coordinates the interaction between the two cameras and makes sure the 3D effect works. She has already directed several shorts, two of which were shot in 2k 3D, and received many awards around the world.

ANNIE GOES BOATING

Dir: Noel Paul Noël Paul’s short film may be the film that proves indie directors are dying to get their hands on the technology. Gone are the flaming projectiles and the prickly protrusions that are commonly found in big budget 3D films. Instead, Noël gives us a gorgeous look at a day in the park. Noel Paul is a filmmaker and art student best known for his work in the directing collective That Go. His thesis film, Annie Goes Boating is an homage to Jean Renoir’s Une Partie de Campagne and an experiment in using stereoscopic 3D in a narrative context.

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SLEIGH RIDE 4D

Dir: Ben Smith (Red Star 3D) Sleigh Ride 4D was written and directed by Ben Smith, creative director of Sheffield based Red Star 3D, producers of the award winning The Curse of Skull Rock. Creative Director of Red Star 3D since 2004 he currently oversees the animation studio’s 3D and “4D” film projects, developing films both for specific attractions and for licensing into venues worldwide.

DECONSTRUCT

Dir: Tina Braun Tina Braun was born in 1980 in Marburg, Germany. She studied media design in Munich where her main focus was combining film and animation. Tina has always been interested in perception and dimensions which led to her graduation film Deconstruct. Deconstruct was her first experience with Stereo 3D.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Dir: Martin Ruyant Martin Ruyant is an animation graduate of the Royal College of Art and before that, Supinfocom France. He is usually busy making CG animation for his own projects and music videos & visuals for people such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher’s brother Ceephax and French musician Sengle.

WANDERLUST- BJORK

Dir: Encyclopedia Pictura Encyclopedia Pictura comprises Isaiah Saxon, Sean Hellfritsch, and Daren Rabinovitch. They all grew up in Northern California, and met in San Francisco. They were one of the first to make a stereoscopic music video. The little wonder that you will see from them at Short & Sweet 3D was shot in 3D with a mix of live action, puppets, scale models, and computer generated animation.

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The British Council is proud to present a showcase of three award-winning international short films from Armenia, Bosnia and Israel that won prizes at this year’s Golden Apricot, Sarajevo and Haifa Film Festivals. The British Council promotes UK excellence in filmmaking around the world, but our brief is not limited to this - we also want to bring some of the best international talent to UK to present their work here, and give UK audiences a chance to sample some of the thematic, visual and technical diversity flourishing beyond these shores.

LERNAVAN Dir: Marat Sargsyan Armenia 2009 25 mins A man takes his son to visit his homeland. Together they start the journey between his past and future. Drama Prod: Jonas Spokas Writer: Marat Sargsyan, Lina Lužyte DOP: Vilius Maciulskis Sound: Vilius Tamosaitis; Com: Andranik Kechek; Cast: Vytautas Šapranauskas, Martynas Jasevičius, Ferdinandas Jakšys

ISHIHARA Dir: Yoav Brill Isreal 2010 6.04 mins A portrait of the color blind artist. Cast: Nir Goraly

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The UK Film Council Supporting filmmakers with a distinctive voice and cinematic flair 2010 Completion Fund short films:

Thomas (14 min) Writer/Director: Alex Winckler Producer: Olivier Kaempfer

Missing (5 min) Writer/Director/Producer: Luke Rodgers Writer/Producer: James Tyler Producer: Lisa Kenrick

Blind Date (11 min) Director/Producer: Joe Rosen Writer/Producer: Abigail Blackmore

3 Hours (14 min) Director: Regan Hall Writer: Sam Snape Producers: Regan Hall, Toby Stone, Issa Sawaqed

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Kosher (9 min) Director: Isabelle Stead Writer: Jennifer Norridge (from an idea by Isabelle Stead) Producers: Daniel Evans, Caroline Brun

The Terms (12 min) Writer/Director: Jason LaMotte Producer: Allon Wechsler Based on the story by Mike McCormack

Cowards & Monsters (16 min) Writer/Director: Tristan Goligher Producer: Gerardine Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Flynn

Native Son (19 min) (Criticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Week, Cannes 2010) Writer/Director: Scott Graham Producer: David Smith

The Loop (8 min) Writer/Director: Luc Rioche Producer: Alice Caronna

Chalk (approx. 18 min) Director: Martina Amati (BAFTA winner) Writers: Martina Amati Ilaria Bernardini Producer: Gavin Emerson Baby (25 min) Writer/Director: Dan Mulloy (BAFTA Winner, EIFF winner) Producer: Ohna Falby

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The Pizza Miracle (23 min) Writer/Director: Tony Grisoni (BAFTA winner) Producer: Mike Elliott

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ENCOUNTERS AT THE CUBE THU 18 – SAT 20 NOV The Cube Microplex Cinema is an independent volunteer co-operative. For the last 12 years The Cube has reinvented the notion of cinema as a shared social space and striven to provide a diverse program of alternative cinema in Bristol. The Cube at Encounters presents a specially selected program in the spirit of the festival showcasing cinema in its less conventional forms, providing an exciting and tempting selection of films and events to complement to the Encounters festival program. Tickets for these events can only be purchased from The Cube on the night of the event. There will be a walking tour available from the Watershed Foyer at 19.30 every evening to take you to The Cube. Cube Microplex, Dove Street South, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8JD +44 (0)117 9074190 www.cubecinema.com

CAPTAIN ZIP THU 18 NOV 20.00 CUBE CINEMA £5 Captain Zip filmed the punk street scene in London from 1978 to 1981, completing nine short films, most of them shot on a clockwork standard 8mm camera. These vibrant time capsules of one of the most colourful explosions of expression the streets of England have witnessed were largely edited in-camera and have become an important social history resource enabling an inspiring form of time travel to a less politically censored age. This will be a rare projection of all nine films in their original formats complete with swastikas, water pistol battle, police intervention, and original cement splices that could break at any time.

BEACONS, ICONS AND DYKONS PARTY CELEBRATION IN COLLABORATION WITH ENCOUNTERS SAT 20 NOV 20.00 CUBE CINEMA £5 entry, £4 concession for outrageous appropriate dress A homage to a larger than life Gay Icon, Dolly Parton with specially comissionsed performances inspired by Dolly’s life, her songs and films. Performances will be hosted by Bristol based perfomer Tom Marshman. Followed by film, shorts and late night Dolly DJs country style in the bar. Bring your gold cowboy boots.

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A SILOUETTE ANIMATION WORKSHOP AND THE FAIRY TALE FILMS SUN 21 NOV 14.00 – 17.00 £2 SUITABLE FOR ALL Haiti Kids Kino Project and Nanoplex present all ages silhouette animation workshop and Lotte Reiniger’s The Fairy Tale Films. Join HKKP and our team of Nanoplex animators at the Cube and learn how to create hand- cut silhouettes and animate them under the camera! The workshop will be followed by a selection of The Fairy Tale Films by animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger. With wonderful music tracks and charming narrations, these enchanting films will appeal to children and adults alike. For more about The Haiti Kids Kino project, visit our blog www. nanoplex.cubecinema.com/blog/

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ZIPANGU FEST FRI 18 NOV CUBE CINEMA Zipangu Fest presents a celebration of Japanese cinema over two events at the Cube Cinema on Friday. Zipangu Fest heralds the introduction of works, both new and old, previously unseen by a mainstream British film audience, showcasing the many identities of Japan as depicted by some of the country’s most exciting and revered talents. Introduced by Jasper Sharp of Zipangu Fest. zipangufest.com

MIDNIGHT MOVIE: JAPANESE PINKU DOUBLE BILL FRI 19 NOV 23.45 CUBE CINEMA £2 SEXY TIME TRIP NINJAS (1984) and GROPER TRAIN: SEARCH FOR THE BLACK PEARL (1984) Two deliriously tasteless comic romps from the Japanese pinku eiga softcore skin flicks genre directed by Yojiro Takita, winner of the 2008 Best Foreign Film Academy Award for the drama Departures.

MAN EATER MOUNTAIN - ERO GURO ANIME NIGHT FRI 19 NOV 20.00 CUBE CINEMA £5

The term ero guro nansensu (“erotic grotesque nonsense”), often abbreviated to ero guro, first came into use in the 1920s to refer to a strain of pulp literature typified by writers such as Edogawa Rampo (the phonetic approximation of the American gothic mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe), Yumeno Kyusaku, and others associated with the popular magazine Shin Seinen. As well as detective, horror and mystery fiction heavily influenced by Western traditions and focusing on deviant sexuality, the irrational and the bizarre, the term also encompassed true crime stories and popular pseudo-scientific texts of a sensationalistic nature. This shocking selection of nightmarish animations from underground filmmakers Hiroshi Harada and Naoyuki Niiya sit firmly within this hybridised East-West freakshow tradition, and promises a night you won’t soon forget!

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Dir: Naoyuki Niiya 1993 5 mins Death is the gateway to birth. The deceased crosses the line to join the kingdom of the dead. He sees there the dance of the sperm and the egg He is drawn towards the sky. This is the path to the afterlife.

Dir: Naoyuki Niiya 2008 28 mins Not an animation as such, but a rather unorthodox example of kami-shibai or paper theatre drama. Inspector Haido and his police entourage are led by a cruel serial killer, Tashiro, towards the remote mountaintop enshrouded by dark clouds where he is believed to have disposed of his victims. Here they come face to face with their darkest desires. We are pleased to welcome Takuro Kochi, the sound designer for Man-Eater Mountain to introduce the film.

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Dir: Hiroshi Harada 1985 27 mins Brow-beaten and ostracised at his elementary school for his prominent buck teeth, Deppa (literally meaning “protruding teeth”) finally unleashes his explosive rage against his tormentors in a violent visual and aural symphony of destruction that invokes images of the A-bomb and the student protests of the 1960s.

Dir: Hiroshi Harada 1992 52 mins When her father disappears after gambling away his family income, the young Midori becomes a flower girl, selling camellias (tsubaki) until one day, she is is kidnapped and sold to a travelling circus, forced to perform under the name Tsubaki Midori amongst an entourage of itinerant freaks. Hiroshi Harada’s violent and unsettling ero guro epic is legendary in underground animation circles, rarely screened yet impossible to forget for those who’ve seen it.

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INTRODUCTION

‘Without cruelty there is no festival...’ Nietzsche

The re-launch of Animated Encounters is a welcome move and brings back into focus a celebration and platform for anyone with an interest in animation.

The intentions of Animated Encounters are straightforward: to offer the public and animation practitioners an opportunity to see some of the best films currently in circulation and to provide a platform and environment to discuss and enjoy the art-form and to promote the business of animation production. Five years have passed since the last Animated Encounters and whilst many things have changed in relation to production technology and ways of reaching new audiences there remain some perennial issues facing the industry today. One of these is how best to get an animation project prepared for some of the key annual market events (such as ‘Cartoon’, MIFA at Annecy and MIPCOM). With the industry event ‘Preparing For Market’ (produced by the Children’s Media Conference) there will be some sage advice to help get projects on a successful path. There is an incredible wealth of animation talent on show at the hundreds of short film and animation festivals throughout the world and it has been a joy and privilege as Programme Manager to watch a large amount of it over the last few months. 134

I salute the filmmakers whose dedication, passion and commitment keeps them motivated to take on and finish demanding projects often with little or no financial reward. This year I have intentionally sought to keep the film programmes balanced with light and dark, funny and sad, and many shades in between. The process of selecting films always involves a combination of judgements and this year was particularly difficult due to the diversity and strength of talent and the sheer volume of high quality work. Bearing in mind the finite amount of time in the schedule, the final selections were made to reflect the range of styles, techniques and stories from the films submitted. I defy anyone not to find something in each of the programmes that makes a strong lasting impression for all the right or wrong reasons – the final subjective assessment is, of course, yours. To qualify the opening quote, I hope you will not find any of the films or events too punishing. Kieran Argo, Animation Programme Manager

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CAMILLA DEAKIN

RICHARD ROWE

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In 1994 Cathal established Brown Bag Films with fellow animation director Darragh O’Connell. As Chief Executive in Brown Bag Films, Cathal oversees the production and development of projects from their Dublin studio and their Los Angles office. Executive Producer credits include: Olivia series 1 &2, Wobblyland, I’m an Animal, Noddy in Toyland, and The Octonauts. Cathal was nominated for an Oscar in 2002 as a director of the short film Give UpYer Aul Sins and in 2010 Brown Bag Films were nominated for an Oscar again with their short film Granny O’Grimms Sleeping Beauty. In 2009 Cathal was nominated for the Ernst &Young Entrepreneur of the Year and in the same year was awarded European Producer of the year at the CARTOON Forum.

After starting her career as a journalist, Camilla moved into television production in 1992, producing and directing several arts programmes and documentary series for Channel 4. In 1999 Camilla joined Channel 4 as Editor for Arts and Animation, where she commissioned a wide variety of shorts, specials and series. Camilla left Channel 4 in 2002 to form Lupus Films with her friend and colleague Ruth Fielding. Through Lupus Films Camilla has produced both animation and live-action series for the BBC, Five, UKTV, Channel 4, ITV and Disney. She was responsible for launching Channel 4’s online site dedicated to short form animation, 4mations. tv, and the Channel’s animation commissioning scheme 4mations Digital Shorts. Lupus Films is currently in production with The Hive, a new animated pre-school series for ITV/CiTV and Disney.

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Richard Rowe joined Turner’s Cartoon Network UK programming team in 2002 after completing a two-year programme in Media Production at the University of Surrey and two years of Media and Information Studies at the University of Brighton. He was initially responsible for putting together the UK schedules for Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Toonami. In 2004 Rowe shifted into acquisitions and development, charged with assisting on co-productions and acquisition deals. Two years later, he was promoted to Acquisitions Executive and later Acquisitions Manager for EMEA, focusing on executing deals and commissioning local content. Now as Director of Acquisitions and Original Series, Rowe is the point-person for all content pitches within EMEA. During his time at Turner, he has been heavily involved in the launch of UK preschool channel Cartoonito, and he also spent time at the company’s Hong Kong HQ developing a deeper understanding of the Asian market.

ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS AWARDS ANIMATED GRAND PRIX The winner of the Grand Prix is the cream of this crop, the best that the animation world has to offer and certainly a name to look out for. Films in the International, British, South West and Emerging Talent programmes are eligible for the cash prize of £2,000. The winning film will also receive a digital print for distribution through the Digital Screen Network courtesy of our prize partner Arts Alliance. This award is selected by our Animation Jury.

BEST OF BRITISH AWARD The award is offered to the film judged to be the best in all areas of production, direction and story. Films in the Best of British and the South West Showcase programmes are eligible for the cash prize of £1000 supported by Cartoon Network. This award is selected by our Animation Jury.

BEST OF THE SOUTH WEST AWARD In the creative industries, as in all businesses, it’s the people who make the difference. In the South West the talent base has strength in depth as well as in numbers. The South West Jury Award recognises the maturity of the creative industries in the region and is an investment in talented individuals to ensure continued growth. The winner, selected by the Animation Jury, will receive a prize of £500 supported by South West Screen.

4MATIONS INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER IN ANIMATION AWARD This award recognises originality and technical achievement for an independent animated short film of less than 15 minutes and is judged by a distinguished panel of industry professionals. Films made as student projects or as personal projects outside established animation studios will be eligible. Individual films or films made by groups of up to 4 artists will be considered. Candidates will also be eligible if they have been working professionally for less than 5 years. This award is selected by our Animation Jury and the winner will receive a prize of £1,000, supported by Channel 4. 1 colour reversed

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FILMCLUB CHILDREN’S JURY ANIMATION AWARD Encounters have teamed up with FILMCLUB to give a huge hip hip hooray to an animated short of under 10 minutes that appeals to the mind of our voting audience – a collective jury of secondary school children (9-14 year olds). This award celebrates a one off animation (not an episode of a series for TV). The winner will receive £500 and the film will also be distributed to all schools taking part in the FILMCLUB initiative.

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ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS ONLINE AUDIENCE AWARD This year, sponsored by Pixillion Digital and powered by Babelgum, Encounters presents an online programme for our online community and those who are unable to attend the festival in person. The winner will be voted for by our online community and will receive £500. Sponsored by

CARTOON D’OR NOMINATION The European animation selected at Encounters (2009 productions only) will receive the British nomination for the prestigious Cartoon d’Or, presented annually by Cartoon, with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

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MOBILE Dir: Verena Fels Germany 2010 6 mins 24 secs At the edge of society, a cow tips the balance of destiny with quite some impact... Prod: Regina Welker & Franziska Specht Writer: Verena Fels DOP/ Editor: Verena Fels Animation: Wolfram Kampffmeyer, Johannes Schiehsl, Michael Schulz, Julia Ocker, Jan Lachauer, Niklolai Neumetzler, Bin Han TO, Jacob Frey, Jonas Jarvers, Conrad Tambour, Pia Auteried, Regina Welker, Thomas Grumt, Nikolaos Saradopoulos, Verena Fels Sound: Christian Heck Music:Stefan Hiss Cast: Nina Göldner, Falko Paeper, Jens Schmelzle Verena Fels: After graduating 2004 in audiovisual media at the University of Applied Science Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart. Verena began her studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in animation and filmmaking at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and digital Postproduction. The shortfilm Mobile is her graduation film. Contact: Verena Fels post@verenafels.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 7141969193 sigrid.gairing@filmakademie.de

TANKO BOLE CHHE (THE STITCHES SPEAK) Dir: Nina Sabnani India 2010 12 mins 4 secs The film traces multiple journeys made by the participants towards defining their identities and towards forming the Kala Raksha Trust and the School for Design. Prod: Judy Frater Writer: Nina Sabnani Editor: Bharati Bahrani, Nina Sabnani Animation: Sachin Datt, Juny K Wilfred, Ketki Saxena Sound: Bharati Bahrani, Amit Thakkar Music: Dhaivat Shukla, Amit Thakkar Distributor: Documentary Educational Resources Nina Sabnani: Nina Sabnani graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Vadodara and trained further at NID in Animation Film Design. She pursued her MA at the Newhouse School, Syracuse University, NY, USA, as a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship. She taught at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in the areas of Animation and Visual Communication until 2007. Shubh Vivah, uses the Madhubani style of painting to dwell on the anti-dowry issue. All About Nothing an early stop-motion film is a conjecture about the birth of zero in India. Mukand and Riaz is an animated documentary about partition using textiles, embroidery and appliqué. Contact: Judy Frater judy@kala-raksha.org Nina Sabnani +91 98193 75528 ninasabnani@iitb.ac.in

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BALANÇOS E MILKSHAKES (SWINGS AND MILKSHAKES) Dir: Erick Ricco & Fernando Mendes Brazil 2010 9 mins 55 secs A love experienced by two children is remembered by a narrator. World Premiere Prod: Fernanda Salgado Writer: Erick Ricco Editor: Erick Ricco and Fernando Mendes Animation: Alessandro Pessoa; Elisa Rodrigues; Emerson Duarte; Erick Ricco; Fernando Mendes; Gulliver Vianei; Haron Gomes; Hozienne Reis; João Andrade; Letícia Albuquerque Sound/ Music: eocopo Cast: Ana Clara Moreira; Paulo Kayser Maia and Bruno Miglioli Cunha Distributor: Apiário Erick Ricco & Fernando Mendes: Erick Ricco was born in 1985 on Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He dedicates himself to photography, video and cinema ever since 2005. Fernando Mendes was also born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he develops his works on the fields of audiovisual arts, animation and music. Works mainly as an independent director and editor, and is part of the duet of musical experimentation Contact: Fernanda Salgado +55 3133 249257 producao@balancosemilkshakes.com

LOVE & THEFT

BABIOLES

ITS ALL ABOUT GEORGE

Dir: Andreas Hykade Germany 2010 7 mins

Dir: Matray France 2010 4 mins 40 secs

Dir: Roy Lecane, Don Field Ireland 2010 4 mins

And I’m still carrying the gift you gave, It’s a part of me now...

Lost in a garbage dump and looking for some human attention, Little Rabbit tries to reach the city with his new mate Little Indian.

Meet George & Irene. George likes to think he can make a difference. Irene is just looking for the simple relaxed life

UK Premiere Prod: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Animation: Angela Steffen, Andreas Hykade Sound/ Music: Heiko Maile Distributor: Studio Film Bilder Andreas Hykade: Born in 1968 in Altoetting. From 1988-1990 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, followed by studies at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy from 1992-1995. Since 1992 he has been working as a freelance filmmaker and since 2000 as a professor of Animation at the School of Arts and Design Kassel. His films include: The King is Dead (1990), We Lived in Grass (1995), Ring of Fire (2000), Tom & the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam & Honey (series, since 2003), The Runt (2006), The Bunjes (2007), and Love & Theft (2010) among others.

UK Premiere

Animation, UK Premiere Prod: Nicolas Schmerkin Writer: Sébastien Ors, Mathieu Auvray DOP: Stephen Barcelo Editor: Mathieu Auvray Animation: Mathieu Auvray, Compositing: Sébastien Fauchère, Manuel Raïs Sound/Music: Eric Cervera Matray: Born in 1981, Matray has worked on many music videos and commercials as animation supervisor and director. Since 2004, he also directs short films. He is now developing a short series. Contact Distributor: Autour de Minuit +331 42 81 17 28 elsa@autourdeminuit.com

Contact: Simone Fischer +49 711 481027 studio@filmbilder.de

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Prod: Don Field & Roy Lecane Writer: Don Field & Roy Lecane Editor/ Animation: Roy Lecane Sound: Pasi Kettunen Cast: John o Donnell, Irene Morrissey. Roy Lecane & Don Field: Roy Lecane (b. 1967) and Don Field (b. 1972) made their film debut with Spacers (2005) a science fiction comedy. Their second production is the award winning It’s all about George a short Animation. Both are founders and co-owners of Lamorna Films Ltd, which was formed in 2007. Their current project Patients is in production and will be due for release in March 2011. Contact Distributor: Lamorna Films Ltd roy@lamornafilms.com

MADAGASCAR, CARNET DE VOYAGE (MADAGASCAR, A JOURNEY DIARY) Dir: Bastien Dubois France 2009 11 mins 30 secs Madagascar is a journey diary which redraws the trip of a European traveller confronted with Famadihana customs.

VARIÉTÉ (VARIETY) Dir: Roelof Van Den Bergh Netherlands 2009 4 mins 48 secs A juggler tries during his plate spinning act to keep the plates up in the air, but there are too many plates. UK Premiere

DER KLEINE UND DAS BIEST (THE LITTLE BOY AND THE BEAST) Dir: Johannes Weiland Germany 2009 7 mins When your mother has turned into a beast, a lot of things change. Animation

Prod: Chris Mouw Prod: Ron Dyens Writer: Bastien Dubois Editor: Boubkar Benzabat & Bastien Dubois Animation: Bastien Dubois

Contact: Chris Mouw distribution@illuster.nl +31 30 2400768

Bastien Dubois: In 2006, he graduated in infography direction at Supinfocom Valenciennes (France). After his school, he got experience in web site creations and video games animation. As a travel lover, he discovered Madagascar and decided to realize an animated journey diary on the island.

Writer: Marcus Sauermann Animation: Philip Rudolph, Johannes Schiehsl, Hugo Hernandez Rendering/Compositing: Bin-Han To Sound: Christian Heck Music: Andy Groll Cast: Ruben Schaller Johannes Weiland: Born 1977 in Freiburg/Germany, Johannes Weiland began his studies at Ludwigsburg´s Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1998, where he’s currently is teaching animation classes. Since his graduation 2003 he worked as Director/Animator at Studio Soi Ludwigsburg/ Germany and Studioaka, London. During the years he directed a number of award winning films.

Contact: Ron Dyens ron@sacrebleuprod.com Guilaine Bergeret colia.sacrebleu@gmail.com

Contact: Johannes Weiland +49 7141 9743670 contact@studiosoi.de

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THE LOST THING Dir: Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan (co-directors) Australia 2010 15 mins A boy finds a strange creature on a beach and decides to find a home for it. South West Premiere Prod: Sophie Byrne Writer: Shaun Tan Editor: Leo Baker Animation: Leo Baker Sound: John Kassab Music: Michael Yezerski Narrator: Tim Minchin Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing is the first film for both directors Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan. Andrew Ruhemann is the owner and executive producer of Passion Pictures, which he established in 1987 as a production company supplying animation and special effects. Shaun began drawing and painting images for science fiction and horror stories in smallpress magazines as a teenager, and has since become best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through surreal, dream-like imagery. Recently won Annecy Int. Animation Festival (France, June 2010): The Annecy Crystal (Best Short Film) Contact Distributor: Passion Pictures Austrailia +61405618008 sophie@passion-pictures.com.au

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RUNAWAY Dir: Madeleine Bélilisle Canada 2010 9 mins 11 secs Happy passengers are having a great time on a crowded train, oblivious to the unknown fate that awaits them around the bend. Prod: Madeleine Bélilisle Writer: Cordell Barker Animation: Cordell Barker Music: Benoit Charest Cast: Richard Condie, Leonard Waldner, Muriel Hogue Distributor: National Film Board of Canada Cordell Barker: Cordell Barker, who directed The Cat Came Back and Strange Invaders, is once again at his best with Runaway. Set to the music of Ben Charest (composer of The Triplets of Belleville), Runaway takes you on a journey that is both funny and disastrous. Contact: Johanne St-Arnauld, National Film Board of Canada festivals@nfb.ca +1-214-283-2703 international@nfb.ca

THE COW WHO WANTED TO BE A HAMBURGER Dir: Bill Plympton United States 2010 5 mins 50 secs A children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love. Bill Plympton: Mr. Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation and is the only person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he graduated from Portland State University in Graphic Design. Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In 1987 he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for a short film Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove another short film, won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or. Since 1991 he's made 9 feature films, 6 of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High and Idiots and Angels are all animated features. Contact: Sydney Neter +31 20 404 0707 info@sndfilms.com Plymptoons@aol.com

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SUHAKSIHUM (MATH TEST) Dir: Jung Yumi Republic of Korea 2010 1 min 40 secs Yujin is busy solving problems during a math test. Suddenly, a kid jumps out of her head, ruining her concentration. Animation, UK Premiere Prod: Kim Kihyun Editing: Jung Yumi & Kim Kihyun Sound: Song Youngho Distribution/Prod: Cinema Platform Jung Yumi: Born in Korea (1981), Studied Fine Arts at Kookmin University (2000-2004), Studied Animation Directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (2004-2006). Contact: Kim Kihyun +82 10 4672 0240 sensitivebear@gmail.com

PIXELS

LUCKY

Dir: Patrick Jean France 2010 2 mins 35 secs

Dir: Darcy Prendergast Australia 2009 3 mins 19 secs

New York invasion by 8-bits creatures!

Remnants remain, and reclaim the night.

Prod: Benjamin Darras Writer: Patrick Jean DOP: Matias Boucard Animation: Patrick Jean Sound: BenoĂŽt Cauet, Nicolas Vitte Music: Nicolas Vitte

Experimental, UK Premiere

Patrick Jean: A 2002 graduate of Supinfocom, Patrick Jean first made his debut at Buf company where he worked as a 2D and 3D graphic designer for advertising and feature films. Pixels, is inspired by video games he used to play in his childhood, and has been seen 1 million times in just 24 hours after its release, creating a huge buzz on the internet, and won several prizes in festivals worldwide. Major hollywood studios have shown great interest in adapting it as a feature film, including Sony pictures, Warner, and Dreamworks. Contact Distributor: Autour deÂ Minuit +331 42 81 17 28 amandine@autourdeminuit.com

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Darcy Prendergast: (b.1985) began his career on the living room walls. Keen to nurture his artistic talents, his parents kept the supplies steady. With a keen sense for the obsurd and a taste for the tactile, Darcy soon moved into Stop Motion Animation, where he still lives to this day... Contact: Darcy Prendergast +61 401 732 945 darcy.prendergast@gmail.com

BACKSTAGE

THE HYBRID UNION

Dir: Pierce Davison Australia 2010 3 mins 5 secs

Dir: Serguei Kouchnerov United States 2010 4 mins 30 secs

Cynthia attempts to audition a new play she has written, but when her teacher forces her read with Jeremy the performance doesnt go as planned.

Somewhere in the imaginary land of cyber desert, unaware of each others presence, two abstract characters, Plus and Minus, coexist.

European Premiere Prod: Jacob Fjord Writer: Pierce Davison DOP: Steve Cottingham Editor: Seymour Davison Animation: Pierce Davison Sound: Richard Mahony Music: Ash Gibson Greig Cast: David Smyth, Kylie Milne, Talei Howell-Price Pierce Davison: Began his film career studying Commerce, during which time he directed his first short animation UFO Inferno, using coat-hangers and magnets. He developed his skills with Nick Hilligoss and Adam Elliot and has made award winning shorts for SBSTV and Nickelodean including Medusa: First Date (2005), Professor Pebbles (2007) and Backstage (2009). Contact: Jacob Fjord jacob@papercutmedia.com +61 412662285

Prod: Serguei Kouchnerov Writer: Serguei Kouchnerov DOP: Serguei Kouchnerov Editor: Serguei Kouchnerov Animation: Serguei Kouchnerov: Sound: RD White, Christian Dwiggins Music: Joerg Huettner Distributor: Hybroll Animation Studios Serguei Kouchnerov: (b.1960) made his short film The Log (1988) debut with the Kievnauchfilm Studio, Ukraine. His current short film The Hybrid Union Involuntary Premiered and awarded in the ASIFA-East Animation Festival of 2010. He is founder and co-owner of Hybroll Animation. Previous films include 2000 Chicken Run (as a story artist), 2004 Shrek 2 and 2005-8 Madagascar & Madagascar 2 (as an animator) Contact: Serguei Kouchnerov serguei2000@gmail.com

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SOMETHING LEFT, SOMETHING TAKEN Dir: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter United States 2010 10 mins 15 secs It is a 10 minute animated dark comedy about a vacationing couples’ encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer. European Premiere Prod: Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata DOP: Max Porter Editor: Max Porter Animation: Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata Sound: Greg Sextro Music: Erin Kilkenny, Andrew Landry, Andy Kennedy, Peter Squires, Panic Bomber, Alex & Alison Cast: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata, Kyle McKeveny Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata: Known for their playful and humorous mixed-media animations, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata combine handcrafted art, photography and digital techniques. Since they began collaborating in 2007, Max and Ru have directed TV commercials, music videos, PSAs, and independent films. Contact: Tiny Inventions +1 718 614 4002 ru@tinyinventions.com

CIVILISATION

LEBENSADER

SCHLAF (SLEEP)

Dir: Claude Duty France 2010 4 mins 30 secs

Dir: Angela Steffen Germany 2009 6 mins

Dir: Claudius Gentinetta & Frank Braun Switzerland 2010 4 mins 7 secs

A little girl finds the whole world inside a leaf.

Sleep. Full breath ahead into the final sleep. A lullaby with closed eyes for a silent decline.

In a luxurious loft, african statuettes awake and mock the capitalist civilization as soon as their owner is away. UK Premiere Prod: Nicolas Schmerkin Writer: Claude Duty DOP: Simon Beaufils Editor: Fernando Granica, Claude Duty Animation: Sébastien Fauchère, Maxime Labate, Jack Delicken, Julien Seze Sound: Jean-François Viguié Music: Rob Hilliard and Carl Sigman, adaptation Henri Contet Cast: Jean-Philippe Barrau

Prod: Eva Steegmayer Writer: Angela Steffen DOP: Angela Steffen Editor: Dominique Geissler Animation: Angela Steffen Sound: Angela Steffen Music: Clangoin.com Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Contact: Angela Steffen angela.steffen@gmx.net

Claude Duty: Prolific filmmaker and well-known figure of the French short film world, Claude Duty has directed since 1974, at a steady rythm, more than 20 shorts, he lingers with delight in all the cinematographical genres, while he granted himself the freedom to never think his creative pathway as a career plan. In 2002, Claude Duty directs and gets a public success with his first feature film Filles perdues, cheveux gras followed shortly after by a second feature Bienvenue au Gîte (Bed and Breakfast). He is currently preparing a 3rd feature with Autour de Minuit.

UK Premiere Prod: Gentinettafilm Claudius Writer: Claudius Gentinetta DOP: Claudius Gentinetta Editor: Marcel Ramsay Animation: Claudius Gentinetta and Delia Hess Sound: Peter Bräker Music: “Blaskapelle der Krinoline; Edison Concert Band” Frank Braun: 1965 born in Winterthur, Switzerland, since 1990 living and working in Zurich as program director of the arthouse cinemas Riffraff Zurich and ‚Bourbaki, Lucerne. He started off Fantoche, the international animation film festival in Baden, Switzerland, was part of the festival management for many years and keeps up to be president of the festival committee. With Claudius Gentinetta he made two animated short films: The Cable Car and Sleep. Claudius Gentinetta: Born 42 years ago in Switzerland I dedicated most of my life producing animation films and weird comics. Art schools in Lucerne, Kassel and Liverpool tried to contribute their best for my education. 1995 the artest scholarship gave Claudius the chance to spend a year in Krakow, an experience with lasting impressions for his further work.

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DONKEY Dir: Barry O Donoghue Ireland 2009 5 mins 30 secs Donkey is tired of his minimum wage job at the beach. UK Premiere Prod: Barry O Donoghue Contact: Sadhbh Murphy +353 1 6797309 sadhbh@network-irl-tv

OS OLHOS DO FAROL (THE EYES OF THE LIGHTHOUSE) Dir: Pedro Serrazina Portugal 2010 15 mins In a rocky island exposed to the elements, a lighthouse keeper lives alone with his daughter. European Premiere Prod: Nuno Beato Writer: Pedro Serrazina DOP: Pedro Serrazina Editor: Pedro Serrazina, Cátia Salgueiro, Ralph Foster Animation: Carina Beringuilho, David Doutel, Rita Cruchinho, Pedro Brito Sound: Jeroen Nadorp Music: Harry Escott Distributor: AGENCIA Portuguese Short Film Agency Pedro Serrazina: (b.1968) Made his first short film debut with Estória do Gato e da Lua (Tale of the Cat and the Moon) that was Premiered in competition at Cannes’96 and received 15 international awards. For the past 4 years, he was the course leader of the Animation Arts BA course at UCA-Maidstone, where he directed AniMaidstone 2009. Pedro is also a visiting lecturer at the Universidade Católica, Porto. Contact: Portuguese Short Film Agency +351 252 646683 agencia@curtas.pt 145

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BOTTOM OF THE RIVER Dir: Alasdair Brotherston/ Jock Mooney UK 2009 3 mins 6 secs Singing rubbish bags lament their fate as dead cats drift by. South West Premier Prod: Richard Barnett Animation: Anna Benner, Timothy McCourt, Alasdair Brotherston, Andy Hague Sound: Aaron Lampert Music: tom fun orchestra Alasdair Brotherston & Jock Mooney: Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney met whilst studying at Edinburgh College of Art. Since their first collaboration on the multi award winning Throw Me to the Rats in 2008 they have gone on to work on a variety of critically acclaimed projects in both animation and live action. In 2009 they signed to London based animation studio Trunk. Contact: Richard Barnett richard@trunk.me.uk Layla Atkinson +44 (0)207 1936131 layla@trunk.me.uk

THE GRAND EASTER EGG HUNT Dir: Linda Mccarthy UK 2010 8 mins 20 secs It is Easter at Small Birds Singing and the Unbelievable family look forward to their traditional Grand Egg Hunt, guns at the ready! Prod: Linda Mccarthy Writer: Steven Appleby DOP: Linda McCarthy, Joe Dembinski Editor: Linda McCarthy Animation: Linda McCarthy, Jud Walton, Guy Levy Sound: Linda McCarthy, Paul Rogers Music: Verbal Vigilante Music Cast: Kerry Shale Distributor: Tiny Elephants Linda McCarthy: (b.1955) Founded the stop-motion animation company, Tiny Elephants Ltd, after graduating from Glyndwr University in 2007. Her graduation film Small Birds Singing, adapted from Steven Appleby’s cartoon series, was screened at festivals worldwide including Annecy 2008. Linda’s second film A Traditional Christmas at Small Birds Singing Premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2009. The Grand Easter Egg Hunt had its first screening at the Short Film Corner in Cannes in May 2010. Contact Distributor: Tiny Elephants +44 (0) 7702 040331 linda@tinyelephants.co.uk

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THURSDAY Dir: Matthias Hoegg UK 2010 7 mins 16 secs An everyday love story set in the not so distant future sees blackbirds battling with technology, automatic palm readers and power cuts. World Premiere Animation: Matthias Hoegg, Aaron Lampert Sound/ Music: Marian Mentrup Matthias Hoegg: Munich-born Matthias Hoegg graduated from the Illustration and Animation Course at Kingston University in 2006. He worked as a freelance animator, compositer and concept illustrator with Tokyoplastic, Tandem films and other London based studios before joining the Royal College of Art in 2008 to direct more of his own short animations. His first RCA film August was completed in June 2009 and has been screened at DOK Leipzig, Stuttgart Animation Festival (ITFS), Encounters Bristol, Anima Brussels, Anima Mundi Brazil and many other festivals around the world . He graduated in July 2010 with his film Thursday and recently joined Bafta winner Steve Smith’s new London-based Animation Studio Beakus as a director. Contact: Matthias Hoegg studio@beakus.com +44 (0) 779 29 71 796 Matthias_Hoegg@yahoo.com

BATTENBERG

A FAMILY PORTRAIT

DRY FISH

Dir: Stewart Comrie UK 2009 12 mins 19 secs

Dir: Joseph Pierce UK 2009 4 mins 44 secs

Dir: Andy Martin UK 2010 2 mins

Inside an abandoned house a strange dual universe awaits. A shadowy host sits ready to lure us inside itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooms of curiosity.

Suspicion bubbles to the surface during a tense family portrait.

South West Premiere

Animation

Prod: Anna Odell Assistant Art Director: Jenny Hood Editor: Rachel Tunnard

Prod: Mark Grimmer, Aneil Karia Writer: Joseph Pierce DOP: Liam Iandoli Editor: Robbie Morrisson Sound: Dominic Fitzgerald Music: Dominic Fitzgerald Cast: Robert Bathurst, Sarah McVicar, Jack Laskey, Danica Moore, Mitch Turner

Andy Martin: Originally from Sheffield, Andy moved down to London in 1998 to study Visual Communication Design at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. After graduation Andy started at Addiction where he was an integral part of the creative development of the graphics department. Strange Beast signed him as animation director in May 2008 and represents him in Europe and the US.

Stewart Comrie: Comrie is a Scottish-based, animator and director. Battenberg won the BAFTA new talent award for Best Animation and the Jim Poole award for Best Scottish Short Film in early 2010. Contact: Ciara Barry ciara@digicult.co.uk acodell@hotmail.com

Joseph Pierce: An award-winning animator/filmmaker with a background in film, theatre and experimental art. In March 2008, he graduated with an MA in Animation Direction from the National Film and Television School. His graduation film Stand Up has been screened at over 20 International film festivals. Contact: Mark Grimmer +44 (0) 7779 289 241 mark@fiftynineproductions.co.uk

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THE ASTRONOMERS SUN

THE TANNERY

SAVE OUR BACON

Dir: Jessica Cope, Simon Cartwright UK 2010 5 mins 50 secs

Dir: Iain Gardner UK 2010 5 mins 30 secs

Dir: Peter Baynton UK 2010 13 mins 32 secs

A recently deceased Fox has a life after death experience.

Dennis, a pig farmer, is in a fix. All his fortunes lie in one pig, and a dubious plan to cross it with a worm...

A young man visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his Father on a journey into the unknown. Prod: David Bunting, Peter Kershaw Writer: Simon Cartwright & Jessica Cope DOP: Jessica Cope Editor: Adam Kirk Animation: Jessica Cope, Steve Warne Sound: Dave Astron Music: Peter Wright Cast: David Bunting, James Caroll Simon Cartwright & Jessica Cope: Simon and Jessica graduated with a BA in animation from the Edinburgh College of Art in 2008. Simon’s graduation film, Splendid Isolation was an exploration of traditional hand drawn animation and simple story telling. Jess was awarded the Helen A. Rose Bequest Award for distinguished work by a final year student. Nominations for her graduation film, The Owl House include the 4 talent Awards 2008, Scottish BAFTA New Talent award 2008, RTS Awards and the McLaren Award.

Prod: Richard Scott Sound: John Cobban Music: Mick Cooke Prod: Axis Animation Iain Gardner: (b.1970) Got his first break in animation with Richard Williams Animation Studio in 1989. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he animated with studios such as tvc, Illuminated Pictures and Nexus Productions. He has also lectured at various Art Colleges, including Duncan of Jordanstone, Edinburgh, Emily Carr and most recently Sheridan School of Animation. Previous films include 1999 Akbar’s Cheetah, 2000 Canterbury Tales – The Journey Back (Squire’s Tale) and 2003 The Loch Ness Kelpie. Contact: Iain Gardner iain@iaingardner.co.uk +44 (0)141 572 2802 richard.scott@axisanimation.com

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Prod: Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini Cast: Warren Clarke, Simon Callow, Jim Johnson Animation: Jeroen Jaspaart, Chris Cray, Jon Clarke, Laura Nailor, Paul Nicholson Sound: Tim Barker Composer: Geoff Lawson Peter Baynton: Peter studied architecture at Cambridge University before taking up character animation at Central St Martin's in 2005. His first film, Over The Hill. won six awards including the McLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2007. He directs commercials for Tandem Films, the award winning animation studio in London. Contact: Tristan Goligher +44 (0) 7779 307 252 tg@thebureau.co.uk

WHEN A HEN EATS A BEE Dir: Tim Frost UK 2010 30 secs A very short film about when a hen eats a bee. Not necessarily scientifically correct. Tim Frost: Tim Frost makes charming (some say silly) little animated films and games when not working on other people’s stuff like Peppa Pig, TV commercials, and interactive projects. You can read about his amazing (some say silly) life at his blog. www.bullandgate.com Contact: Tim Frost +44 (0)1444 413 105 bullandgate@gmail.com

THE CARDBOARD HEAD

THE MOON BIRD

Dir: Pedro Lino & Luis Da Matta Almeida UK 2010 9 mins 13 secs

Dir: The Brothers McLeod UK 2010 14 mins 42 secs

Anthony had a terrible flaw: he only told the truth, the whole truth... World Premiere Prod: Luis da Matta Almeida / Richard Barnett Writer: Nélia Cruz Editor: João Champlon Animation: André Marques, Armando Coelho, Daniela Duarte, Jeroen Jaspaert, Marta Monteiro, Pedro Lino Sound: Paulo Curado Music: Paulo Curado Cast: Tomás Almeida Alfredo Brito, Dora Bernardo, Carlos Gomes, António Marques, João Reis, José Mendes Distributor: Zeppelin Filmes Luis Da Matta Almeida: Working in animation since 1987, he is producer and director of Zeppelin Filmes, membership of European Cartoon Board, Vice-President of APPA (Portuguese Animation Producers Association) and President of Casa da Animação. He produced, directed and distributed animated films and series, wich won 102 international awards including the Cartoon d’Or in 2000. Pedro Lino : Born in 1980, works on animation, illustration and graphic design. He has won, among others awards, the “Young Filmmaker Award”, at the Cinanima Festival 2004. Contact: Pedro Lino & Luis Da Matta Almeida pedrolino@gmail.com

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A dark fairytale about an orphan girl who must outwit a terrible sorceress with the help of a magical lunar bird. Prod: The Brothers McLeod Writer: The Brothers McLeod (Myles and Greg McLeod) Editor: Greg McLeod Animation: Hamish Baird, Tom Evans, Natalie Hinchley, Zoran Jankovic, Greg McLeod, Chris Randall, Nick Wade, Joe Wood Sound: Paul Johnston Music: Mark Dean and The Brothers McLeod Cast: Ophelia Colver, Rachel Ferjani Distributor: Screen WM The Brothers McLeod: (illustrator Greg and writer Myles) Inspired by other famous brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm to produce a fairy tale of their own. The Moon Bird is their latest short animation, following on from their BAFTA nominated short Codswallop. Contact: The Brothers McLeod +44 (0) 7775 805999 film@bromc.co.uk

SOUTH WEST SHOWCASE THU 18 NOV 18.30 ARNOLFINI SAT 20 NOV 14.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 18 MINS

GRIME CITY P.D.

INTO THE COSMOS

Dir: Sam Morrison UK 2010 11 mins 3 secs

Dir: Darren Robbie/Chopsy UK 2010 2 mins 42 secs

Grime City, Clementine County. A seemingly normal tale of consumer rejection (of a watermelon) explodes into a labyrinthian mystery of duplicity and greed.

Where do all the old vinyl records go? From out of attics, rubbish bins & stacked shelves, a ‘collector’ calls them to his warehouse.

Sam Morrison: Sam Morrison is the writer/director of several animated shorts and countless commercials. He is a regular writer for BAFTAwinning children’s series Peppa Pig and Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, a commercials director with Aardman Animations, and runs a production company (Evil Genius Ltd) from underneath a volcano in the heart of Bristol. Contact: Helen Brunsdon helenjbrunsdon@gmail.com Evil Genius Ltd sam@theevilgenius.co.uk

Dir: Ben Cady UK 2010 5 mins 17 secs A showdown between a determined goat and a short-tempered woman. World Premiere

World Premiere

World Premiere Prod: Helen Brunsdon Writer: Sam Morrison Animation: Ian Hickman, Sam Morrison, Benjamin Fletcher, Theo Jones, Felix Massie, Mandy Spies Sound: Jonny Crew Music: Brains and Hunch Cast: Toby Williams, Sarah Mennell, Peter Stern

THE GOAT and THE WELL

Prod: Kev Harwood DOP: Toby Howell Editor: Nikk Fielden Animation: Darren Robbie, Inez Woldman Music: Architeq Chopsy: Chopsy/Darren Robbie started work at Aardman Animations 14 years ago. He was a key animator on Chicken Run & has spent the last 8 years as a Director in the commercials department, making ads for a wide variety of companies. In the last couple of years he has turned freelance & set up ChopsyAnimation as a means to making more personal projects. Previous films include Ernest, Monkey Boy & Under The Sun. Contact: Darren Robbie/chopsy darren.robbie@ chopsyanimation.com

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Contact: Alex Gallop 02920 480453 marketing@ screenacademywales.org

GALLOP Dir: Dominique Bongers UK 2010 3 mins 6 secs Gallop is an animated film about the canter of the horse. It is an artistic reaction to the motion studies of the early 1900’s.

THE ART OF MAKING FRIENDS

THE WHELK CUSTARD SONG

Dir: Paul McNulty UK 2010 3 mins 54 secs

Dir: Nick Mackie UK 2010 1 min

In an isolated bicycle repair shop a lonely creature seeks comfort in an unusual pastime.

A short spoof commercial for ‘Whelk Custard’ - The wonderful fishy dessert. A mix of puppetry and animation set to music.

World Premiere Cast: Horses: Porrik, Figet, Archie, Dancer & Veulen van Erp. Dominique Bongers: Since 2004, Dominique Bongers worked on several little animations to explore the medium animation. During her internship by MotionWorks GmbH (Germany), she worked on the feature Kleiner Dodo and the short animation called Colorstories. In June 2008 Dominique debuted with Ami, a coffee on glass animation. And in 2010 Gallop, her animated film about the canter of a horse, went in Premiere.

Paul McNulty: (b.1987) Recently graduated with a degree in animation and is now working as a freelance animator. The Art of Making Friends is the first of his films to be screened at an international film festival. Contact: Alex Gallop marketing@screenacademywales.org

Contact: Dominique Bongers info@dominiquebongers.com + (0)7508 022058

World Premiere Prod: Katie Daniels DOP: Jeremy Hogg Editor: Nick Mackie Animation: Nick Mackie Music: Kaja May & Nick Mackie Distributor: Shufti Films Nick Mackie: Won The BBC Talent Animation Award in 2004, the same year that he set up Shufti Films. Nick has worked in the animation industry for over 15 years and previous films by him have been in competition at Annecy, Portland, Edinburgh, Encounters and other International film festivals. In 2005 Nick won a Royal Television Society award for his animation work for BBC3. Presently Nick is developing new character based publishing and broadcast projects. Contact: Nick Mackie 07889766077 nick@shufti.co.uk

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MOTHER OF MANY

FLY

DINNERSAURS

Dir: Emma Lazenby UK 2010 6 mins

Dir: Alan Short UK 2010 2 mins 44 secs

Dir: Joanna Hepworth UK 2009 2 mins 28 secs

The most dangerous journey needs a helping hand.

The eternal battle between man and fly is played out with ever more comedic results to the final pay off.

Blake and Claire meet for dinner, but things are never that simple.

Prod: Sally Arthur Editor: Mark Simon Hewis Animation: Felix Massie, Ginnie Robertson, Steve Whittle Sound: Barnaby Templer Music: David Schweitzer Distributor: Hilary Light, ArthurCox Ltd Emma Lazenby: After graduating in 98 - Emma moved up to the highlands to make beautiful Gaelic series on 35mm film, based on Scottish legends, living remotely in a hut in the Trossachs for over 3 years before moving to London. In London animating on adverts, promos and series before becoming a Designer for primary series Charlie and Lola. Emma moved to Bristol in 2007 to work for ArthurCox as animator, designer and director. Here she made her BAFTA winning short film Mother of Many, and recently finished a film about radiotherapy. Currently Emma is working for Aardman as Art Director on the Tate Movie Project. Contact: Emma Lazenby emmajlazenby@hotmail.com arthursallyboat@googlemail.com

Prod: Laura Pepper Writer: Alan Short Editor: Dan Williamson, Nikk Fielden Animation: Pascale Bories, Seamus Malone, John Ogden, Adam Cootes Sound: Will Norie Alan Short: Having studied traditional animation at West Surrey College of Art & Design, Alan joined Aardman in 2003 with 12 years animation experience as a Senior Animator and Director. He has both animated and directed on numerous high -profile advertising campaigns, and in January of 2007 was appointed Head of Aardman’s CG Department here in Bristol. Alan has been nominated for an International Emmy and has won three Royal Television Society Awards, as well as a BAFTA Craft Award for Animation and Art Direction. He is currently Supervising Animator on Aardman’s next CG Feature, Arthur Christmas. Contact: Aardman Animations Ltd +44 (0) 117 984 8919 anna.harding@aardman.com

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Joanna Hepworth: Studied Illustration and Animation at the University of The West of England in Bristol and since graduating in 2007 has worked as a freelance animator. Dinnersaurs is her first film since graduating. Contact: Joanna Hepworth joannahepworth@hotmail.co.uk +44 (0) 7812 891 167

BLIND DATE

LE TUFF TALK

Dir: Nigel Davies UK 2010 3 mins 35 secs

Dir: William Garratt UK 2009 2 mins 6 secs

Lucille, a lonely lighthouse-keeper, surfs the net for company. Oblivious to the potentail perils of internet dating, she prepares a romantic supper for two.

Two idiots, one long slanging match. In bad French.

Prod: Jason Bartholomew Writer: Nigel Davies Editor: Dan Williamson, Nikk Fielden Animation: Nigel Davies, Theresa Whatley, Eve Coy, Jo Hepworth Sound: Will Norie, Kim B. Christenson

William Garratt: A freelance animator and founder of Half Giraffe animation studio, working for clients including the BBC, Arte TV, Publicis and AOL. His short films have been shown at festivals around the world, and have won several awards.

Nigel Davies: Nigel worked as a 2D Key Animator with his own company for 10 years before coming to Aardman. During this time he was involved directing and animating mainly for the graphics departments of television companies such as BBC, HTV and Granada. He worked mainly on title sequences and animated sequences for programmes, which were in many different styles. He has been full time with Aardman since 1999.

Contact: William Garratt wol@halfgiraffe.com

Prod: Half Giraffe

Contact: Aardman Animations Ltd +44 (0) 117 984 8919 anna.harding@aardman.com

THE TRAGIC AND DISTURBING TALE OF LITTLE LUPIN Dir: Luci Gorell Barnes UK 2010 10 mins 20 secs The tale of a hairy girl who is unlike others and how life in the wild can take unexpected and sometimes rather unpleasant turns. World Premiere Music: Richard Hughes Cast: Narrated by Ali Hughes Luci Gorell Barnes: (b.1960) A visual artist who often finds ways of showing her work theatrically. She has shown at venues and galleries including MAC in Birmingham, Stockton Riverside International Festival and The National Theatre in London. Her work revolves around images of childhood, home and belonging, and she makes paintings and artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; books working with these ideas. Little Lupin also explores these themes and has been her first foray into the world of animation. ContactL: Luci Gorell Barnes LuciGB@talktalk.net +44 (0)117 9427580

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OFF TO THE PARK

TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Dir: Luke Doyle UK 2010 2 mins 32 secs

Dir: Ben Thomas, Leo Bridle UK 2010 3 mins 43 secs

A boy takes a long walk to the park

In a world made entirely out of paper, the drawings in a man’s sketchbook are brought to life by a train journey.

World Premiere

Luke Doyle: An animator, compositor born in Surrey. Luke works in a variety of digital mediums, ranging from 3D to 2D animation. Specialising in 2D After Effects he has strong emphasis on design. His latest work explores subjects of fate, a journey through life and death. Luke is currently working as a designer in London where he continues to develop his skills to communicate his ideas. Contact Distributor: Alex Gallop +44 (0) 2920 480453 marketing@screenacademywales.org

Prod: Ben Thomas DOP: Kelvin Clayton Editor: Florence Kennard and Raquel O’Couciero Animation: Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas Sound: Andrew South Music: Portico Quartet Cast: Napoleon Ryan, Marie Galvin Leo Bridle: Began making films aged 16. After a number of homemade animations using paper and found materials, in 2006 he was lucky enough to get a film on the front page of Youtube, which led to directing work on a French music video and for Cbeebies. He is currently based in London and working as a director at Beakus animation studio. Contact: Leo Bridle leo@leobridlefilms.co.uk The Arts University College Bournemouth +44 (0)1202 533 011 aterkelsen@aucb.ac.uk benthomaspd@hotmail.co. uk

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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Dir: Sophie Klevenow UK 2010 15 mins 5 secs Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the ss Great Britain’s homecoming, The Incredible Journey tells the story of the salvage operation to rescue Brunel’s famous ship. Prod: Gill Sandford, Dr Kate Rambridge Sound: Dominic Grant, Daniel P Cohen Script: Lesley Farrow Sound: Chris Gape, Andrew Whitehouse Music: Daniel P Cohen Animation: Jade Bessant, Beatrice Borghini, Sarah Cant, Rebecca Deakin, Chris Droom, Loh Eugene, Daisy Hynes, Jamie Iles, Robyn Liebschner, Sarah Little, Andreas Niklas, Jack Norris, Laura Ratta, Riccardo Riguzzi, Tanya Scott, Michael Shore, Oliver Sin, Scott Smith, Frances Southgate, Dane Winn, Darren Walker Contact: Sophie Klevenow sophie.klevenow@live.uwe.ac.uk University of the West of England +44 (0) 117 32 84816 Charlotte.Hopes@uwe.ac.uk

ANIMATION EMERGING TALENT 1 1 colour reversed with logotype

THUR 18 NOV 10.00 ARNOLFINI SUN 21 NOV 13.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HRS 30 MINS 1 colour with logotype

THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A LION

ADER PRÄZISE PETER (PRECISE PETER)

Dir: Alois Di Leo UK 2010 8 mins 40 secs

Dir: Martin Schmidt Germany 2010 5 mins 35 secs

Max is a seven-year-old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.

Precise Peter introduces his junior to the subtleties of the family ritual, a great dinner ceremony in the allotment garden. UK Premiere

UK Premiere Prod: Polly Stokes Writer: Jérémie Dubois Sound: Luis Fernández Garcia Music: Paul Pringle Animation: Alois Di Leo, Windy Van Druten Cast: Harry Boyd-Walker, Tristran Sturrock, Naomi Frederick Alois Di Leo: (1982, Perú) Born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, where he studied graphic design. After graduating, he co-founded the animation and hypermedia studio SINLOGO, which specialises in animated media, graphic and web design. In pursuit of narrative animation he moved to the UK to study at the National Film and Television School. The hand drawn animated short The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion (2010) is his graduation film.

Sound/ Music: Roman Beilharz Cast: Günther Staniewski Distributor: Martin Schmidt Martin Schmidt: (born 1983) Made his first animated short film Noise in 2005 at the University of Art Kassel. During his studies he also created Sucking Loop (2006), George grows (2007) and The creation trilogy (2008). In 2010 he graduated with Precise Peter. Contact: Martin Schmidt martin@herrschmidt.tv

FLUFFY MC CLOUD Dir: Conor Finnegan Ireland 2010 2 mins 55 secs A short film about man’s misunderstanding and mixed relationship with mother nature. UK Premiere Prod: IADT NFS Writer: Conor Finnegan DOP: Conor Finnegan Editor/ Animation: Conor Finnegan Sound: Eoghan Mc Donnell Music: Paul Hughs Cast: Conall Kelleher, Leigh Arthur, Laura Douglas, Anna Douglas, Conor Finnegan, Eoghan Mc Donnell Conor Finnegan: Graduate of the National Film School, Ireland. His short films have screened at international festivals world wide and have won numerous awards including Hottest Animation at Rio de Janeiro’s FIAE and second prize for Best New Director at the Galway Film Festival, Ireland for his short film Plastesex. He is currently working freelance as a director and is seeking representation in the UK and Europe. Contact: Conor Finnegan +353 8612 63709 funnegan@gmail.com

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POLISHED OFF

THE HENHOUSE

SCUNNER

Dir: Daniel Edgley UK 2010 3 mins 5 secs

Dir: Elena Pomares UK 2010 6 mins 34 secs

Dir Kayleigh Gibbons, Tom Gran, Paul Burke UK 2010 1 mins 32 secs

A hospital cleaner has dreams of being king of the dance floor but his disco moves means a patient has a brush with death...every morning!

A hungry fox finds shelter from the rain and the city at the Hen house cafe.

World Premiere Prod: Alec Smith Writer: Dan Edgley DOP: Dan Edgley, Alec Smith Editor: Dan Edgley Animation: Dan Edgley, Alec Smith Sound: Dan Edgley, Alec Smith & John Solly Music: John Solly Dan Edgley: Recent graduate Dan Edgley produced Polished Off with the help of three other students for his final project on an Animation course at Ravensbourne Design College. The film has won the ‘Rave best film’ award and has since been nominated for several other animation awards all over Europe!

A sound animation revolved around the description of the word Scunner.

South West Premiere World Premiere Writer: Elena Pomares Producer: Poss Kondeatis Editor: Duncan Bruce DOP: Phil JW Moreton Sound Designer: Duncan Price Composer: Paul Pringle Elena Pomares: Graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, where she specialized in drawing and painting. After five years of preparation she decided to take further her education in the field of animation. She then studied at NFTS and has directed and animated several films since. Contact: Festival Department at NFTS festivals@nfts.co.uk

Prod: Kayleigh Gibbons, Tom Gran, Paul Burke Animation: Kayleigh Gibbons & Tom Gran Editor: Kayleigh Gibbons Music: Paul Burke Tom Gran (b.1988) & Kayleigh Gibbons (b.1988): Both graduated from Bristol UWE in 2010 with a degree in Animation. This is their first short film to be entered into various film festivals. Scunner is the result of a collaboration between Tom, Kayleigh and composer Paul Burke, who is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Contact: Kayleigh Gibbons kayleigh.gibgib@googlemail.com

Contact: Michael Smith mike.smith@rave.ac.uk

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SPILT MILK

LOSERS: ‘FLUSH’

SPLAY

Dir: Natalie Young UK 2010 4 mins 30 secs

Dir: Tom Werber UK 2010 3 mins 40 secs

Dir: Philip Brooks UK 2010 3 mins 5 secs

Everyone needs to buy milk, even some you don’t expect. The story of a man, his shop and a very unusual customer.

A lovers’ tiff escalates and threatens to destroy Victorian London, until the couple find themselves dwarfed by two even bigger monsters.

In a world where conformity has always been accepted if you happen to stand out life can be become difficult! Viewed form the point of view of an outsider we discover how curiosity can break down cultural barriers.

World Premiere Music video Prod: Theo Russell Natalie Young: (born 1988) A California native, her graduation film Spilt Milk was made while attending London College of Communication in 2010. She enjoys walks on the beach and spending many hours of the day practicing her secret desire of becoming the first ever simultaneous ballet dancer/ pastry chef. Contact: Natalie Young natalie_rose_young@hotmail.com

Prod: Tom Werber Writer: Tom Werber Editor: Tom Werber Animation: Tom Werber, David Grey Music: Losers Cast: Vocals Riz MC and Envy MC Distributor: Distiller Records Tom Werber: (b.1979) Has worked as an editor before turning to directing. His first music video; Flush, for the band Losers, received over 50,000 hits in its first month on YouTube and has been shown at various festivals worldwide. He has since been working as a director on music videos and commercials. He is currently still freelance and independent. Contact: Tom Werber +44 (0) 208 533 6812 info@tomwerber.com Independent +44 (0) 208 968 8236 gideon@independent-music.co.uk

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UK Premiere DOP: Philip Brooks Animation: Philip Brooks and Alec Smith Sound: Dan Grigsby Music: Paul Avon Philip Brooks: Graduate from Ravensbourne College. It was his aim to create a story where he could experiment with animating characters interacting with one another, concentrating on expressing their personality through movements and acting. The focus was to create and develop an engaging story using design limitations to make him think critically and creatively about character performance. Contact: Michael Smith mike.smith@rave.ac.uk

DR KNOWGOOD: LION’S PRIDE

FARAT (THE LIGHTHOUSE)

Dir: Arnold Zwanenburg Netherlands 2010 3 mins 43 secs

Dir: Velislava Gospodinova Bulgaria 2009 4 mins 50 secs

A lion has lost his voice. Now even the birds seem to laugh at him. Perhaps a case for the monkey doctor?

Based on the poem The Lighthouse Keeper Loves Birds Too Much by Jacques Prevert, this is a film about love, suffering and death.

MOST (BRIDGE) Dir: Dina Velikovskaya Russian Federation 2010 7 mins 50 secs A boy’s parents have split up and live on different sides of a river. The boy has to cross the bridge on his own... European Premiere

European Premiere Editor/Animation: Arnold Zwanenburg Sound: Roland Gaedtgens Cast: Joost de Keijzer, Jeroen Manders Arnold Zwanenburg: (1972, The Netherlands) Started his career as interaction designer. In 2004 he fully committed himself to animation. His work mostly consisted of e-learning animation for governmental institutions. In 2008 he took part in a summer course in Bristol to specialise in stop motion. He travelled to Yogyakarta in 2009, to work with Indonesian set and prop makers on his own production. There he shot his first short clay animation for cinema Dr Knowgood: Lion’s Pride (2010).

Sound: Tsvetan Chobanoff Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff Velislava Gospodinova: Born in 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She studies Animation Directing at the New Bulgarian University. The Lighthouse is her debut bachelor graduation film. At present she continues her master degree at the same university. As of 2005 she works in the field of visual effects and 2D compositing; a freelance art director, designer and animator in some of the leading filmmaking, advertising and architectural companies in Sofia. 2010 she is selected to participate in the prestigious Berlinale Talent Campus. Contact: Velislava Gospodinova v_gospodinova@yahoo.com

Contact: Arnold Zwanenburg arnold@googoo.nl

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DOP: Alexander Vertyakov Animation: Dina Velikovskaya Sound: Timur Abrasuilov Music: Maria Gutnik Distributor: Dina Velikovskaya, Moscow Dina Velikovskaya: Dina Velikovskaya graduated from art school. She is currently a student of the Moscow Film Institute VGIK. Contact: Dina Velikovskaya divelik@list.ru

O DIVINO, DE REPENTE (DIVINO FREESTYLES) Dir: Fabio Yamaji Brazil 2009 6 mins 20 secs Ubiraci Crispim de Freitas, a real character aka Divino, sings ‘repente’ songs and tells us about his life, in this experimental fictional animated documentary. Documentary, UK Premiere Prod: Fábio Yamaji and Raquel Pastina DOP: Marcelo Trotta Animation: Fábio Yamaji, Fernando Miller, Marão and Pedro Iuá Sound: Jorge Rezende and Ana Luiza Pereira Music: André Abujamra Cast: Ubiraci Crispim de Freitas aka Divino Distributor: Skerzo Cinema

LUNCH

LUIS

Dir: Irina Golina Sagatelian Israel 2010 1 mins 19 secs

Dir: Niles Atallah Chile 2010 3 mins 50 secs

Vlad- 40 years old man, wants to eat his lunch in quiet but someone drops small cat near his door that disturbs Vlad’s idyll. World Premiere Sound: Alon KAplan Music: Boaz BAreket Cast: Menashe Morobuse

Fábio Yamaji: Born in San Paulo, Brazil, in 1974. Graduated graphic designer at Mackenzie University and studied animation at HGN Productions. He works as stop motion animator, filmmaker and editor, cofounder of the Brazillian Association of Animated Film (ABCA) and film critic at the website Cinequanon.art.br

Irina Golina-Sagatelian: Originally moved to Israel from Russia to study animation at the Academy of Art College. She has graduated with a diploma of Advanced Studies in Character Animation from AnimationMentor.com. The Short film Lunch is a graduation project. She has over 7 years of experience as an animator. Currently she is working as a freelance with the majority of animation studios in Israel and abroad. She has created, animated and set up Flash pipelines for the most robust and high quality 2D and 3D animation projects made in Israel .

Contact: Fabio Yamaji stopmotion@gmail.com

Contact: Irina Golina Sagatelian irinagolina@gmail.com

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Luis is waiting for Lucía in the forest. He appears and disappears in charcoal on the walls of a room. Prod: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Writer: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León DOP: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Editor: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Sound: Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León Cast: Paula Florencia Navarrete Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León: León works in the audiovisual sphere, especially animation in a variety of areas: video art works, short films and music videos. Cociña is a writer and visual artist, who makes large scale charcoal drawings. He also works as a videomaker and a stage designer. Atallah is a filmmaker and photographer. He has directed a feature film, documentaries, music videos and video installations. Contact: Niles Atallah 5623419344 niles@diluvio.cl Future Shorts

ABUELA GRILLO (GRANDMA GRASSHOPPER) Dir: Denis Chapon Denmark/Bolivia 2010 12 mins 42 secs When Abuela Grillo sings, rain falls. Because she has been mistreated by the farmers she decides to leave.

XING

FOLLOW THE LEGS

Dir: Michael Naphan Canada 2009 6 mins

Dir: Rafi Nizam UK 2009 1 mins 34 secs

Chris and Mike drive along a lonely stretch of Northern Ontario highway, where they are suddenly stopped and harassed by two socially inept moose.

Follow the Legs is designed, directed and animated by Rafi. The film explores the concept of collage in the medium of animation.

European Premiere

Experimental, UK Premiere

Contact: Ouat Media info@ouatmedia.com

Sound/ Music: osymyso Distributor: House of Chooch Ltd.

Animation, European Premiere Prod: Tim Leborgne

Rafi Nizam: (b.1980) An independent Animator, Director, Story Artist and Character Designer based in London, UK. His music videos for Osymyso’s Follow The Legs and Faulty Choirs - both designed, directed and animated by Rafi - won awards at British and International festivals in 2009. An alumnus of Animation Mentor, Rafi also develops programmes for Television and Web working directly with BBC, Sky and Sony Pictures UK as well as production companies in London.

Denis Chapon: (b.1983) Graduated from Emile Cohl illstration school in Lyon (fr) and from La Poudrière animation directors school in Valence (fr). He is now working on different projects : short films, TV series, VJ live visuals. All of them animation based, with more and more political content. The last short he directed Abuela Grillo has been selected in dozen of international Animation Festivals (from Hiroshima to Sao Paolo). Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 87554900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

Contact: Rafi Nizam rafianimates@googlemail.com

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ANIMATION EMERGING TALENT 2 1 colour reversed with logotype

FRI 19 NOV 17.00 ARNOLFINI SUN 21 NOV 17.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 23 MINS 1 colour with logotype

LOOM

FLAP FLAP

DODUDINDON

Dir: Ilija Brunck, Jan Bitzer, Csaba Letay Germany 2010 5 mins 20 secs

Dir: Tom Weber Germany 2009 1 mins 36 secs

Dir: Lucrèce Andreae, Julien Chheng, Tracy Nowocien, Rémy Schaepman France 2009 48 secs

The story of a moth being drowned in natures complex cycles. UK Premiere

Desert. Somewhere. Two Birds with digestive disorder are fooling around with an old sunbleached skull, but even a skull has its limits. UK Premiere

Dir: Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay Prod: Regina Welker Sound: Joel Corelitz / Waveplant Character Design: Felix Mertikat Animation: Jacob Frey, Leszek Plichta, Georg Schneider, Anja Wacker Polynoid: Design and storytelling collective Polynoid came together in 2007 while studying at Filmakademie Baden- Wurttemberg. Playing with extremes of tension and silence, Polynoid conduct their film work with a surprising virtuosity. As a trio, the collective’s first student project, 458nm, garnered international festival and awards attention including Special Jury Honors from Siggraph. Having hit the ground running, the enlarged Polynoid team have gone on to direct numerous further projects, including their most recent short, Loom.

Prod: Sinje Gbauer Animation: Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck Music: Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck Tom Weber: Born 1978 and grew up in Ludwigsburg. Studied at Communication Design, Merz Akademie, Stuttgart. Contact Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 (0) 7141 969 800 animationsinstitut@filmakademie.de

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In their golden cage, among the feathered guests, a little bird and a fat turkey launch into a breeding, twirling dance. Contact: Annabel Sebag +33 1427 70639 animation@premium-films.com

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER Dir: David Francois, Rony Hotin, Jérémie Moreau, Baptiste Rogron, Gaëlle Thierry, Maïlys Vallade France 2009 3 mins 15 secs A lighthouse keeper is suddenly aroused from his sleep by a strange bug-a truly unusual night will ensue. Contact: Annabel Sebag +33 1427 70639 animation@premium-films.com

JELLY SUNAY

THE GUEST

Dir: Ugo Bienvenu, Julien Daubas, Clément Desnos, Florian Parrot, Arthur Peltzer France 2009 1 mins 6 secs

Dir: Malmgren Henrik Denmark 2010 7 mins 14 secs

Gretchen removes a jelly from its pan in her bedroom while her parents picnic in the garden.

In a socially deprived society, Elsa the widow gets her lonely dinner brutally interrupted, and she makes a decision that changes more than her own life. UK Premiere

Contact: Annabel Sebag +33 1427 70639 animation@premium-films.com

Prod: Tim Leborgne Henrik Malmgren: (b.1974) Independent filmmaker thriving on creating tories and music. Largely a self financed free voice of expression, Henrik also hows curiousity to develop and challenge himself contributing on fellow award winning filmmakers’ projects. His film The Guest has gained international interest and Henrik continues to develop audio visual linear/interactive narratives. Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 tim@animwork.dk

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THE LUMBERJACK

LIBELLE (DRAGON FLY)

MERCURY BIRD

Dir: Laura Büchert Schjødt Denmark 2010 5 mins 3 secs

Dir: Tonio Freitag Germany 2009 1 min

Dir: Ina Findeisen Germany 2009 9 mins 20 secs

In the woods a lumberjack and his team work to the rhythm of their joyous working melody. However, this melody is soon to be disturbed.

Chasing after different buzzing sounds, a dragonfly realizes suddenly that sometimes size does matter.

But because of greed, lust and excess they destroy not only the bird and their home but also nearly themselves.

UK Premiere

Prod: Martin Bromber Sound: Felipe Sanchez Music: Johannes Helberger

Prod: Stina McNicholas Animation: Ina Findeisen, Maryna Shchipak, Viola Baier, Louis Tardivier, Wolfram Kampffmeyer Sound: Christian Heck Music: Frank Schreiber

European Premiere Laura Büchert Schjødt: Graduated from The Animation Workshop, DK, in January 2010. During the education she had her internship at Aardman, UK, where she worked with both model- and 2D animation. She has freelanced for Cartoon Saloon, Classic Media and as a teacher in basic animation at The Animation Workshop. Since 2005 she has also been teaching workshops in animation to children, both with The Animation House and The Centre for Education and Animation. Laura is currently freelancing with 2D animation, storyboard and illustration. She aims to develop her own story ideas, while keeping an open mind to media and techniques.

Tonio Freitag: Born in Berlin. In Dec. 2008 he received the Karl, Steinscript scolarship (VFX project LYS”). Contact Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 (0) 7141 969 800 animationsinstitut@filmakademie.de

Ina Findeisen: 1980 Born in Meissen/ Germany. 2003 Training qualification as digital media designer assistant in Dresden. 2004 – 2009 Study at the Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg in Ludwigsburg, field of study Animation. Contact Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 (0) 7141 969 800 animationsinstitut@filmakademie.de

Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

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LE RUBAN

SKATER

COYOTE AND THE STARS

Dir: Thomas Charra, Michaël Crouzat, Kherveen Dabylall, Denis Do, Gabriel Jolly-monge France 2009 3 mins 50 secs

Dir: Maryna Shchipak Germany 2009 1 mins 10 secs

Dir: Donald Holwill UK 2010 4 mins 54 seccs

Suddenly some colorful traces appear from the water ripples. This incidence brings him to the next movement and to the rhythmic dance.

A young coyote makes a significant mark on his surroundings... and on the night sky.

China, in the early sixties: an angry mob is persecuting a rich landowner.

World Premiere Contact: Annabel Sebag +33 1427 70639 animation@premium-films.com

UK Premiere Prod: Donald Holwill Prod: Alena Jelinek Animation: Maryna Shchipak Music: Marcel Sägesser Maryna Shchipak: Born in Ukraine 1983. In Switzerland she began her studies in fine art at the Bern university of the Arts. At the time she found herself in animation media and after graduation she enrolled at the Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg in 2006 to study animation. At the moment she is directing her own shorts and has 6 films already made. Contact Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 (0) 7141 969 800 animationsinstitut@filmakademie.de

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Contact: Donald Holwill d.holwill@eca.ac.uk

SAVAGE MOUNTAIN

INKA BOLA

PANDORE

Dir: Steve Warne UK 2010 3 mins

Dir: Mélody Cisinski, Jacques Jarczyk, Vincent Garcia, Floriane Marchix, Gwénolé Oul’chen, Patrick Pujalte France 2009 2 mins 40 secs

Dir: Marion Stinghe, Meryl Franck, Benoît Guillaumot, Nicolas Caffarel, Elen Le Tannou France 2009 2 mins 26 secs

Matters of life and death weigh heavily on two mountaineers World Premiere Prod: Donald Holwill Steve Warne: (b.1987) Stumbled into the animation world at the age of 15 when he was lucky enough to get a work placement at Aardman Animations. Whilst studying at Edinburgh College of Art, he co-directed a music video for Oxford band Jonquil, which picked up a BAFTA New Talent Award nomination in 2010 and he also played a key animation role in the Channnel 4 funded short The Astronomer's Sun. He recently worked as an animator for Breakthru films on the stop-motion half hour Project Chopin, and will be involved in the forthcoming stop-motion feature by director Tim Burton.'

An irresponsible guard in charge of an unruly Maya child prince has his hands full as he encounters an unexpected danger. Contact: Annabel Sebag +33 1427 70639 animation@premium-films.com

Contact: Steve Warne smwarne@hotmail.com

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On the heights of the mythic Mount Olympus, a young girl unleashes a dangerous monster from a mysterious box. Contact: Annabel Sebag +33 142770639 animation@premium-films.com

VEGETERRIBLE

OUT ON THE TILES

Dir: Henrik Sønniksen, Benjamin Nielsen Denmark 2010 2 mins 26 secs

Dir: Anna Pearson UK 2010 3 mins 11 secs A boozy broad finds it difficult having a sly fag. Toilet humour par excellence.

A ravenous rotten avocado crashes a swinging Mexican fiesta and starts devouring the guests... a film about the last tomato standing’s race for his life.

World Premiere

Benjamin Nielsen: Attended Bachelor course at The Animation Workshop 20062010. Now he's flying by the seat of his pants, trying to find his place in the industry. So far the adventures span from music video to interactive comic strips.

Anna Pearson: (b.1987) Fulfilled her love for miniatures and observational humour by studying animation at Edinburgh College of Art. Since graduating, her stop motion degree film Out on the Tiles has been short listed in a selection of festivals across the world. Currently freelancing, she has produced advertising work for Scottish television.

Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

Contact: Anna Pearson +44 (0) 7939 485 295 annaspearson@hotmail.com

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OUT OF A FOREST

Dir: Peter Greeves UK 2010 2 mins 46 secs

Dir: Moritz Mayerhofer Germany 2009 10 mins

Dir: Tobias Gundorff Boesen Denmark 2010 5 mins 55 secs

An ailing jockey reflects on his life and the woman he loves.

Many years Urs has had to look for his aging mother. He carries her up a mountain to find a better place.

World Premiere Prod: Donald Holwill Peter Greeves: Peter has created a short animated documentary based on the recollections of a retired jockey during a particular period in the man's life. The film demonstrates Peter's ability to combine traditional skills with digital technology, allowing him to bring together a diversity of visual and sound material to telling effect. His skill is in developing ideas visually, through his drawing, which is his primary strength. Peter is currently working on illustrations for a one off short for MTV Rocks flag ship music show Gonzo. Contact: Peter Greeves

mail@petergreeves.co.uk

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An experimental and poetic journey through places we all know, but have never been. UK Premiere

Prod: Stina McNicholas Animation: Moritz Mayerhofer, Jan Locher, Michael Lederhuber, Stefan Habel, Benjamin Swiczinsky, Hendrik Panz, Moritz Mayerhofer, Jonas Jarvers, Derek Roczen Sound: Michael J. Diehl Music: Peter Gromer Cast: Martin Weigel, Thomas Hinke, Ellen Schäuble, Wolfram Kampffmeyer Moritz Mayerhofer: Born in 1981. Studied Animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2003. He created a couple of award-winning shorts such as CAPs, the ChristmasHitler and The last tree. In 2005 Moritz was a Jury member of Zlín International Filmfestival (Czech Republic) and Roshd International Filmfestival (Iran), and was invited as a speaker at FMX 2006 and Computerspace Forum 2007. Contact Distributor: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 (0) 7141 969 800 animationsinstitut@filmakademie.de

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Tobias Gundorff Boesen: (b. 2985) Graduated in 2010 with a bachelor in Character Animation from The Animation Workshop in Denmark, with the award winning short Out Of A Forest. Lives and works in Copenhagen as a freelance director, animator and artists, working both commercially and on his own shortfilms. Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

DIE FLEDEROMA Dir: Stine SĂ¸rensen Denmark 2009 3 mins 40 secs An old woman wrecks her garden in her pursuit of a chipmunk. All to the music of Johann Straussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Die Fledermaus. UK Premiere Prod: Tim Leborgne Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 8755 4900 tim@animwork.dk

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VIRGILE

12 JAHRE (12 YEARS)

BREAKFAST

Dir: Flying V France 2009 2 mins

Dir: Simone Fischer Germany 2010 3 mins 29 secs

Dir: Kris Hofmann UK 2009 3 mins 20 secs

Virgile is a story about a young man who relies on a metamorphosing drink to fulfil his desires.

For twelve years she ignored sneers and mockery and stood up for her relationship. But that was probably a mistake.

Breakfast deals with the lost connection between the food we eat and the animals we love.

Prod: Matthieu Poirier Writer: Flying V Flame Artist: Micha Sher Animation: Flying V, Philippe Valette, Sébastien Eballard, Arnaud Joli, Benoit Galland, Nicolas Hu, Quentin Baillieux, Elliott Kajdan Sound: Martin Delay Music: Guillaume Poyet Distributor: WIZZ design Flying V: Gary Levesque and Clement Soulmagnon, aka Flying V, met in 2004 at Supinfocom Valenciennes. They decided to form a creative partnership to produce illustrations, toys art and to direct commercials. They are inspired by the subtlety and colours of traditional animation, cartoons and poster design. Previous films : Gary (2008) and Yankee Gal (2008)

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Prod: Kris Hofmann DOP: Mirko Beutler Editor: Kris Hofmann Sound/ Music: Tobias Eiving Cast: James Manning

Prod: Simone Fischer Writer: Daniel Nocke Animation: Martin Schmidt, Julian Vavrovsky, Emanuel Strixner Sound/ Music: Florian Käppler Distributor: Studio Film Bilder Daniel Nocke: Born 1968 in Hamburg. 1994-1999 he studied at the Filmakademy BadenWürttemberg. Daniel Nocke is living and working as script writer and animation director in Hamburg. Contact: Film Bilder +49 711 481027 studio@filmbilder.de

Contact: Alison Gallego +33 1 56 21 19 19 alison@wizz.fr

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Kris Hofmann: Kris finished her MA in Communication design at the Royal College of Art in 2009. Her graduation film Breakfast is her first Animation. Since then she received funding from the Austrian film-council to work on her animated short Screwed Up, which has been completed in October 2010. Contact: Kristina Hofmann +44 (0) 779 296 5520 kristinahofmann@gmail.com

DOMINGUEROS

HORSECAT

KNIT’N’PURL

Dir: Nuria Gonzalez Blanco UK 2010 4 mins 45 secs

Dir: Miki Cash, Nathan Ng UK 2010 1 min

Dir: Rhiannon Evans UK 2009 1 min 54 secs

A family prepares for a day out at the beach - Where’s the baby?

Anything a Cat can do a Horse can do badly. Especially HorseCat... he’s a Horse that thinks he’s a cat.

Knit’n’Purl are a tight knit duo who’s yarn will have you in stitches.

World Premiere Sound: Neil MacDougall Nuria Gonzalez Blanco: Born in Spain in October 1980. She had a happy childhood, watching animation everyday. Although she was always drawing and interested in art, it wasn’t until she moved to Scotland to improve her English when she decided to turn her hobby into her profession by studying Animation at Edinburgh College of Art. Domingueros is her graduation film and the result of her enthusiasm and passion for filmmaking and animation. Contact: Donald Holwill +44 (0)131 221 6138 d.holwill@eca.ac.uk

Prod: Vicky Brophy Animation: Joe Wood Sound/ Music: Beneath the Bed Cast: Nathan Ng Miki Cash & Nathan Ng: Miki Cash started out at Aardman Animations working on TV series, TV commercials, short films and a feature film. Miki cofounded WÖNKY in 2007 where he has directed work across multiple platforms for clients. Nathan Ng is an experienced composer of contemporary and orchestrated soundtracks for the moving image. His short film work has won awards at the Portobello Film Festival. Contact: WONKY Films +44 (0)117 9537740 vicky@wonkyfilms.com

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Prod: Vicky Brophy DOP: Andy MacCormack Animation: Rhiannon Evans Music: Gareth Bonello Rhiannon Evans: Studied at the University of Wales Newport and in 2009 made her graduate film Heartstrings. It has won 12 awards to date and was nominated for a British Animation Award 2010. After graduation Rhiannon worked with WONKY Films to develop the concept further and create Knit ‘n’ Purl. Contact: WONKY Films +44 (0)117 9537740 vicky@wonkyfilms.com

LOVE & THEFT Dir: Andreas Hykade Germany 2010 7 mins And I’m still carrying the gift you gave, It’s a part of me now... UK Premiere Prod: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Animation: Angela Steffen, Andreas Hykade Sound/ Music: Heiko Maile Andreas Hykade: Born in 1968 in Altoetting. From 1988-1990 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, followed by studies at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy from 1992-1995. Since 1992 he has been working as a freelance filmmaker and since 2000 as a professor of Animation at the School of Arts and Design Kassel. Contact: Studio Film Bilder +49 711 481 027 studio@filmbilder.de

SOMETHING LEFT, SOMETHING TAKEN Dir: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter United States 2010 10 mins 15 secs It is a 10 minute animated dark comedy about a vacationing couples’ encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer. European Premiere DOP/ Editor: Max Porter Sound: Greg Sextro Music: Erin Kilkenny, Andrew Landry, Andy Kennedy, Peter Squires, Panic Bomber, Alex & Alison Cast: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata, Kyle McKeveny Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata: Known for their playful and humorous mixed-media animations, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata combine handcrafted art, photography and digital techniques. Since they began collaborating in 2007, Max and Ru have directed TV commercials, music videos, PSAs, and independent films. Contact Distributor: Tiny Inventions +1 718 614 4002 ru@tinyinventions.com

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DRY FISH Dir: Andy Martin UK 2010 2 mins South West Premiere Andy Martin: Originally from Sheffield, Andy moved down to London in 1998 to study Visual Communication Design at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. After graduation Andy started at Addiction where he was an integral part of the creative development of the graphics department. Strange Beast signed him as animation director in May 2008 and represents him in Europe and the US. Contact: Yoli Clerke yoli@passion-pictures.com +44 (0)207 4620333 Andy Martin andy@andymartin.info

DINNERSAURS Dir: Joanna Hepworth UK 2009 2 mins 28 secs Blake and Claire meet for dinner, but things are never that simple Â Joanna Hepworth: Sudied Illustration and Animation at the University of The West of England in Bristol and since graduating in 2007 has worked as a freelance animator. Dinnersaurs is her first film since graduating. Contact: Joanna Hepworth joannahepworth@hotmail.co.uk +44 (0) 7812 891 167

THE WHELK CUSTARD SONG

THE GOAT and THE WELL

Dir: Nick Mackie UK 2010 1 min

Dir: Ben Cady UK 2010 5 mins 17 secs

A short spoof commercial for Whelk Custard - The wonderful fishy dessert. A mix of puppetry and animation set to music.

A showdown between a determined goat and a short-tempered woman.

World Premiere Prod: Katie Daniels DOP: Jeremy Hogg Editor: Nick Mackie Animation: Nick Mackie Music: Kaja May & Nick Mackie Nick Mackie: Nick Mackie won The BBC Talent Animation Award in 2004, the same year that he set up Shufti Films. Nick has worked in the animation industry for over 15 years and previous films by him have been in competition at Annecy, Portland, Edinburgh, Encounters and other International film festivals. In 2005 Nick won a Royal Television Society award for his animation work for BBC3. Presently Nick is developing new character based publishing and broadcast projects. Contact: Shufti Films +44 (0) 7889 766 077 nick@shufti.co.uk katiedaniels35@yahoo.co.uk

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World Premiere Contact: Alex Gallop +44 (0) 2920 480 453 marketing@ screenacademywales.org

THE ART OF MAKING FRIENDS Dir: Paul McNulty UK 2010 3 mins 54 secs In an isolated bicycle repair shop a lonely creature seeks comfort in an unusual pastime. World Premiere Paul McNulty: (b.1987) Recently graduated with a degree in animation and is now working as a freelance animator. The Art of Making Friends is the first of his films to be screened at an international film festival. Contact: Alex Gallop marketing@screenacademywales.org

LOSERS: ‘FLUSH’

OUT ON THE TILES

Dir: Tom Werber UK 2010 3 mins 40 secs

Dir: Anna Pearson UK 2010 3 mins 11 secs

A lovers’ tiff escalates and threatens to destroy Victorian London, until the couple find themselves dwarfed by two even bigger monsters.

A boozy broad finds it difficult having a sly fag. Toilet humour par excellence.

Music video Prod: Tom Werber Writer: Tom Werber Editor: Tom Werber Animation: Tom Werber, David Grey Music: Losers Cast: Vocals Riz MC and Envy MC Distributor: Distiller Records Tom Werber: (b.1979) Has worked as an editor before turning to directing. His first music video; Flush, for the band Losers, received over 50,000 hits in its first month on YouTube and has been shown at various festivals worldwide. He has since been working as a director on music videos and commercials. He is currently still freelance and independent. Contact: Tom Werber +44 (0) 208 533 6812 info@tomwerber.com Independent +44 (0) 208 968 8236 gideon@independent-music.co.uk

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World Premiere Anna Pearson: (b.1987) Fulfilled her love for miniatures and observational humour by studying animation at Edinburgh College of Art. Since graduating, her stop motion degree film Out on the Tiles has been short listed in a selection of festivals across the world. Currently freelancing, she has produced advertising work for Scottish television. Contact: Anna Pearson +44 (0) 7939 485 295 annaspearson@hotmail.com

BLIND DATE Dir: Nigel Davies UK 2010 3 mins 35 secs Lucille, a lonely lighthouse-keeper, surfs the net for company. Oblivious to the potentail perils of internet dating, she prepares a romantic supper for two. Prod: Jason Bartholomew Writer: Nigel Davies Editor: Dan Williamson, Nikk Fielden Animation: Nigel Davies, Theresa Whatley, Eve Coy, Jo Hepworth Sound: Will Norie, Kim B. Christenson Nigel Davies: Nigel worked as a 2D Key Animator with his own company for 10 years before coming to Aardman. During this time he was involved directing and animating mainly for the graphics departments of television companies such as BBC, HTV and Granada. He worked mainly on title sequences and animated sequences for programmes, which were in many different styles. He has been full time with Aardman since 1999. Contact: Aardman Animations Ltd +44 (0) 117 984 8919 anna.harding@aardman.com

Contact: Conor Finnegan +353 8612 63709 funnegan@gmail.com

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LUIS

Dir: Alan Short UK 2010 2 mins 44 secs

Dir: Niles Atallah Chile 2010 3 mins 50 secs

The eternal battle between man and fly is played out with ever more comedic results to the final pay off. Prod: Laura Pepper Writer: Alan Short Editor: Dan Williamson, Nikk Fielden Animation: Pascale Bories, Seamus Malone, John Ogden, Adam Cootes Sound: Will Norie Alan Short: Having studied traditional animation at West Surrey College of Art & Design, Alan joined Aardman in 2003 with 12 years animation experience as a Senior Animator and Director. He has both animated and directed on numerous high -profile advertising campaigns, and in January of 2007 was appointed Head of Aardman’s CG Department here in Bristol. Alan has been nominated for an International Emmy and has won three Royal Television Society Awards, as well as a BAFTA Craft Award for Animation and Art Direction. He is currently Supervising Animator on Aardman’s next CG Feature, Arthur Christmas. Contact: Aardman Animations Ltd +44 (0) 117 984 8919 anna.harding@aardman.com

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FLØJTELØS (WHISTLELESS) Dir: Siri Melchior Denmark 2009 5 mins In a colourful and vibrant town, all the people and animals can whistle with one exception, namely the small bird called Whistleless. Animation Prod: Marie Bro Writer/DOP: Siri Melchior Animation: Aaron Lampert, Siri Melchior, Christopher Wright, Rachinta Platts, Hyebin Lee Music: Tanera Dawkins Siri Melchior: Born 1971, Copenhagen. Graduate in animation from the Royal College of Art, London, 1999, in graphic design from Danmarks Designskole, 1995 and received her B.A. in Art History from Copenhagen University, 1991. Melchior is noted for her award winning animated films: The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside (2002) and Passport (1999), both were in the running for a Cartoon d’Or. Together with two colleagues from the Royal College, she created the animation company Trunk Studio, producing works for Channel 4, BBC Scotland, MTV, Domino Records and Virgin. Melchior’s short animation Whistleless is selected for Berlinale’s Generation.

SAVE OUR BACON

MOBILE

Dir: Peter Baynton UK 2010 13 mins 32 secs

Dir: Verena Fels Germany 2010 6 mins 24 secs

Dennis, a pig farmer, is in a fix. All his fortunes lie in one pig, and a dubious plan to cross it with a worm... Prod: Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini Cast: Warren Clarke, Simon Callow, Jim Johnson Animation: Jeroen Jaspaart, Chris Cray, Jon Clarke, Laura Nailor, Paul Nicholson Sound: Tim Barker Composer: Geoff Lawson Peter Baynton: Peter studied architecture at Cambridge University before taking up character animation at Central St Martin's in 2005. His first film, Over The Hill. won six awards including the McLaren Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2007. He directs commercials for Tandem Films, the award winning animation studio in London. Contact: Tristan Goligher +44 (0) 7779 307 252 tg@thebureau.co.uk

At the edge of society, a cow tips the balance of destiny with quite some impact... Prod: Regina Welker & Franziska Specht Writer: Verena Fels DOP/ Editor: Verena Fels Animation: Wolfram Kampffmeyer, Johannes Schiehsl, Michael Schulz, Julia Ocker, Jan Lachauer, Niklolai Neumetzler, Bin Han TO, Jacob Frey, Jonas Jarvers, Conrad Tambour, Pia Auteried, Regina Welker, Thomas Grumt, Nikolaos Saradopoulos, Verena Fels Sound: Christian Heck Music:Stefan Hiss Cast: Nina Göldner, Falko Paeper, Jens Schmelzle Verena Fels: After graduating 2004 in audiovisual media at the University of Applied Science Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart. Verena began her studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in animation and filmmaking at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and digital Postproduction. The shortfilm Mobile is her graduation film. Contact: Verena Fels post@verenafels.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg +49 7141969193 sigrid.gairing@filmakademie.de

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THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A LION Dir: Alois Di Leo UK 2010 8 mins 40 secs Max is a seven-year-old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever. UK Premiere Prod: Polly Stokes Writer: Jérémie Dubois Sound: Luis Fernández Garcia Music: Paul Pringle Animation: Alois Di Leo, Windy Van Druten Cast: Harry Boyd-Walker, Tristran Sturrock, Naomi Frederick

REULF

DR KNOWGOOD: LION’S PRIDE

Dir: Tout Court France 2009 4 mins 20 secs

Dir: Arnold Zwanenburg Netherlands 2010 3 mins 43 secs

In a black-and-white Paris, small creatures with brushes decide to repaint the city. UK Premiere

A lion has lost his voice. Now even the birds seem to laugh at him. Perhaps a case for the monkey doctor? European Premiere

DOP: Quentin Carnicelli, Charles Klipfel, Jean François Jego Editor: Quentin Carnicelli, Charles Klipfel, Jean François Jego Animation: Quentin Carnicelli, Charles Klipfel, Jean François Jego Sound/ Music: Robert Le Magnifique, Olivier Mellano Contact: Autour de Minuit +331 42 81 17 28 amandine@autourdeminuit.com

Alois Di Leo: (1982, Perú) Born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, where he studied graphic design. After graduating, he co-founded the animation and hypermedia studio SINLOGO, which specialises in animated media, graphic and web design. In pursuit of narrative animation he moved to the UK to study at the National Film and Television School. The hand drawn animated short The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Lion (2010) is his graduation film. Contact: Alois Di Leo aldileo@sinlogobr.com NFTS Festivals Department +44 (0) 1494 731452 festivals@nfts.co.uk 177

Sound/ Music: Roland Gaedtgens Cast: Joost de Keijzer, Jeroen Manders Distributor: Arnold Zwanenburg Arnold Zwanenburg: (1972, The Netherlands) started his career as interaction designer. In 2004 he fully committed himself to animation. His work mostly consisted of e-learning animation for governmental institutions. In 2008 he took part in a summer course in Bristol to specialise in stop motion. He travelled to Yogyakarta in 2009, to work with Indonesian set and prop makers on his own production. There he shot his first short clay animation for cinema Dr Knowgood: Lion’s Pride (2010).

ENVIRONMENT

LUCKY

Dir: Joel Simon UK 2010 5 mins

Dir: Darcy Prendergast Australia 2009 3 mins19 secs

This film puts the thoughts of children into a vibrant animated world. They give their views on everything from flying cars to lost penguins.

Remnants remain, and reclaim the night. Experimental, UK Premiere

Prod: Joel Simon DOP: Ed Suckling Editor: Ed Suckling & Nuno Costa Animation: Ed Suckling & Nuno Costa Sound/ Music: Garth McConaghie Distributor: Network Ireland Television Joel Simon: Joel Simon is originally from Belgium where he drew cartoons, and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liege. He later studied design in England, where he discovered the joys of claymation. This experience turned into a real passion for animation, as he spent his first two years in Belfast working relentlessly on Ciderpunks, a 10 minute mockumentary which won awards at animation festivals around the world. Following on from this success, he established Flickerpix Animation Studio and directed childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series Buska & Barney for UTV; the comedy series On The Air, title sequences and shorts like the Bombay-based Horn OK Please, which won 15 international awards to date, IFTA for Best Animation 2007). In 2008 he directed the 15 part BBC series Days Like This. In 2009 he conceived Wee Wise Words for BBC, and is currently working on a pilot episode for Sky1

Contact: Padraic Whyte padraic@flickerpix.com

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WHEN A HEN EATS A BEE Dir: Tim Frost UK 2010 30 secs A very short film about when a hen eats a bee. Not necessarily scientifically correct. Tim Frost: Tim Frost makes charming (some say silly) little animated films and games when not working on other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stuff like Peppa Pig, TV commercials, and interactive projects. You can read about his amazing (some say silly) life at his blog. www.bullandgate.com Contact: Tim Frost +44 (0)1444 413 105 bullandgate@gmail.com

ABUELA GRILLO (GRANDMA GRASSHOPPER) Dir: Denis Chapon Denmark/Bolivia 2010 12 mins 42 secs When Abuela Grillo sings, rain falls. Because she has been mistreated by the farmers she decides to leave. Animation, European Premiere Prod: Tim Leborgne Denis Chapon: (b.1983) Graduated from Emile Cohl illstration school in Lyon (fr) and from La Poudrière animation directors school in Valence (fr). He is now working on different projects : short films, TV series, VJ live visuals. All of them animation based, with more and more political content. The last short he directed Abuela Grillo has been selected in dozen of international Animation Festivals (from Hiroshima to Sao Paolo). Contact: The Animation Workshop +45 87554900 OWFestival@animwork.dk

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TIM MINCHIN’S DESERT ISLAND FLICKS

You describe yourself as a sceptic, please tell us what you’re sceptical about and why?

THU 18 NOV 20.30 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 30 MINS £8/6 SUITABLE FOR AGES 15 ABOVE

I’d be more inclined to call my self “rational” or just “normal”, but the sceptical world view is certainly one I relate to. I guess people like me are sceptical about ghosts and psychics and God and alternative medicine and dowsing and earthly visitations by UFOs and Yetis and miracles and stuff. We’re particularly worried about how people’s ill-conceived beliefs hurt others.

The ever-popular Desert Island Flicks session involving a celebrity guest’s selection of animation clips returns this year with the fabulous comedian, musician, actor and sceptic Tim Minchin. Tim will be joined on stage with DC Turner the director of their new animated film Storm that receives its Premiere screening during this event.

Is Storm your first foray into animation? It’s certainly the first time I’ve been involved in something on this scale as a writer. I do have a song about the Pope which Fraser Davidson (one of the animators on Storm) animated for me in 12 hours. It’s silly, but has been seen by half a million people so far! I also voiced an extraordinary short film called The Lost Thing, by the Australian writer and illustrator, Shaun Tan. Keep an eye out for it as it is extremely beautiful.

In between his busy preparation for his forthcoming UK tour we managed to pose a few questions to Tim in advance of the festival. Tell us more about Storm; how it came about and what got you started on the project? I wrote the piece for my last show, Ready For This? It’s a real rant, so I worried that people might not find it funny or entertaining. Happily, it’s become one of my better known bits of work, and when Tracy and Dan approached me and said they were keen to make an animated film out of it, I jumped at the chance. At the time, I didn’t quite realize how amazing Dan’s illustrating is, so it’s been hugely exciting to watch it come together.

(The Lost Thing is featured in the Animation International 1 programme.)

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WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY

the animation group during this amazing renaissance and later became studio chairman. Their film offers a fascinating and candid perspective of what happened in the creative ranks set against the dynamic tensions among the top leadership, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Roy Disney (the nephew of Walt).

WED 17 NOV 19.30 WATERSHED CINEMA 1 1 HR 30 MINS SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES UNDER PARENTAL GUIDANCE From 1984 to 1994, a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever. A documentary directed by Don Hahn, and produced by Peter Schneider and Don Hahn.

The process wasn’t always pretty. The filmmakers bring a refreshing candor in describing ego battles, cost overruns and failed experiments. During times of tension, the animators’ favourite form of release was to draw scathing caricatures of themselves and their bosses. Director Hahn puts several memorable ones on display and marshals a vast array of interviews, home movies, internal memos and unseen footage.

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. The conditions produced a series of box office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over.

Announcing the world Premiere of Waking Sleeping Beauty at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, the festival’s documentary programmer Thom Powers said, “Waking Sleeping Beauty celebrates the rich history of Disney animation and honours the many writers, artists and composers who created the Disney magic. The treatment is so thorough that it includes key figures who famously left Disney such as Don Bluth, John Lasseter and Tim Burton. At one time, children imagined that Walt Disney’s signature meant a film was the creation of one man. This is a more grown-up portrayal that reveals the collaborative, often contentious, experience in all its complexity.”

Maybe the public didn’t care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It’s the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits—The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and more—over a 10-year period. Director Don Hahn and producer Peter Schneider bring their insider knowledge to Waking Sleeping Beauty. Hahn was one of the Young Turks at Disney who produced some of its biggest sensations. Schneider led

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STOP FRAME IN 3D THU 18 NOV 14.00 ARNOLFINI 2 HRS

As the debate continues about whether 3D is here to stay or not there is no getting away from the fact that 3D animated feature films are leading the field with this technology. Most major feature films are now being produced in 3D and nearly all of the major cinema chains cater for 3D screenings. The advent of 3D television for the home is another indicator of how the technology is being marketed heavily by the producers and hardware manufacturers. When the strength and quality of a film’s narrative and production is combined with advancing 3D delivery systems then even the staunchest critics have been seen to succumb and admit to the increasing quality of the 3D cinematic experience. Supported by Stop-Motion Pro this 3D Stop-Motion Masterclass practically demonstrates some of the creative possibilities using the most intuitive and technologically advanced 3D gear currently available.

Frank Passingham

Tom Barnes

One of a few highly regarded cinematographers in the field of animated film who has the knowledge and experience of producing 3D stop-frame animated feature films. Frank worked as Director of Photography on Aardman’s Chicken Run, and on Coraline at Laika before returning to Aardman as Director of Photography on their current stop frame feature The Pirates!

Worked at Panavision, before joining Aardman to work on Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Wererabbit. He is now working on Aardman’s The Pirates! as Technical Director

In this session two of the industry’s leading experts in stop-frame animation production discuss and demonstrate the technologies and skills involved in the creation of blockbuster animated feature films.

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PREPARING FOR MARKET

FRI 19 NOV 14.30 ARNOLFINI 2 HRS Exploring best practice in creative development and business preparation for Annecy, Cartoon Forum and other markets, through three successful case-studies and expert advice from key commissioners and distributors. Everything you need to know to build a successful creative and business development process. This two-hour moderated session explores the staffing and structural issues for animation companies and the relationship with writers and other intellectual property (IP) holders. It will outline the legal, rights and cost implications, and examine best practice in capture and documentation. It will also include the implications of 360 commissioning during the development process. Producers, commissioners and distributors will provide various viewpoints on the challenges and opportunities of meeting and pitching at markets and festivals – with their tips for successful participation and relationship building. The session will focus on the Children’s animation market but be applicable to a wider context.

There will be a chance to hear three case studies of successful projects with contrasting but clear development stories to tell, followed by a panel of experts with their perspective of what gives them confidence and makes a project fly.

Hosted by:

Project presentations:

Head of CBBC Acquisitions and Drama Development

QPootle5 was well received at Cartoon Forum 2009 and the series has gone on to become fully financed (presented by Ben Butterworth) Roze and the Robots was first presented as a concept at Annecy 2009 and was then taken to Cartoon Movie 2010 where it had an amazing reception (presented by Nathan Erasmus) Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty was successfully presented at Cartoon Forum 2009 and the short film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 (presented by Cathal Gaffney)

Tony Collingwood

Writer/Director, Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment Expert panel:

Sarah Muller

Miles Bullough Head of Broadcast, Aardman Animations

Nathan Waddington

Director of International Sales and Co-productions, Planet Nemo

Richard Rowe

Director of Acquisitions & Original Series, Cartoon Network, CN Too, Boomerang, Cartoonito EMEA

This event is produced by The Children’s Media Conference, supported by UK Trade and Investment

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THE TATE MOVIE PROJECT

SAT 20 NOV ARNOLFINI DARK STUDIO SESSION 1: 13.00 - 15.00 SESSION 2: 15.30 - 17.30 FREE SUITABLE FOR AGES 5 – 13

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! The Tate Movie Project arrives at Arnolfini for a Special Weekend Animation Event aimed for 5 – 13yr olds. Come and join professional animators from Tate Movie and Aardman Animation, using the latest technology to create your own animation. Arnolfini is hosting animation workshops as part of Tate Movie Project National Roadshow. Participants will work with professional artists and film makers to experiment with a range of aspects of film making including animation, scripting, editing, hand-drawn characters, plot twists and sound effects. No previous experience necessary. To book places for you and a parent or carer please contact Arnolfini Box Office on +44 (0)117 9172300/01 or boxoffice@arnolfini.org.uk Small groups are welcome to book too providing they are accompanied by an adult group leader. 184

ANIMATION 4 LIFE SCHEDULE

FRI 19 NOV 9.00 – 17.30 AT-BRISTOL £45

9.00: Welcome Key note: David Sproxton, Director Aardman Animations Aardman are famous for Wallace and Gromit and other animation classics.

Animation 4 Life is a one day conference to promote the use of animation in the health and education industries. Speakers from around the world will share their knowledge and experience to enable more creative use of animation. The conference will create an environment where professionals using animation for socially beneficial uses can communicate with each other in a safe, secure way, and discuss common items of interest. Presentations from around the world on diverse topics include case studies from; community groups using animation; mental health and animation; enhancing school learning experiences with animation; animation being used with remote indigenous populations. Aimed at those working in health care and the arts, schools, community groups and animators looking to develop or enhance their practise. All attendees will receive a CPD Certificate of Attendance.

9.30 – 10.30: Hanne Pedersen, The Animation Workshop, Denmark The Animation Workshop is developing and refining their work with animation as a learning tool. They have produced teaching materials: Some for the Danish school system and in European projects: Teaching with Animation, and Animated Science. Hanna is now focusing on Animated Learning, using animation as a tool to develop language awareness and reading strategies. 10.30 – 11.00: Break 11.00 – 12.00pm: Steve Connolly, Addington High School, London Addington High School initiated and led an animation program in a low socio-economic area of London where they have produced a group animation project. 12.00 – 12.30: Introduction to At Bristol 12.30 – 13.30: Lunch and opportunity to visit to the Animate It! exhibition 13.30 – 14.30pm: Nicholas Kallincos, Australia Nicholas has focused on teaching animation to a diverse range of students. He has worked as an artist in residence at a number of schools and facilitated animation workshops with “at risk youth”, Indigenous groups and in the “disability arena”. 14.30 – 15.30: Break 15.30 – 16.30: Helen Mason, Director Animation Therapy Ltd, Devon Helen Mason is a HPC registered Consultant Occupational Therapist working in the South West area of England. Animation Therapy Ltd was formed in 2008 following a £100,000 grant award for innovation in mental health from the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts. The project called for a new approach to working across non-traditional boundaries bringing together the worlds of professional animation and therapy to pioneer new techniques and tools that have relevance in a range of professional therapies as well as implications for education and community work.

Animation 4 Life is presented by

Supported in-kind by

For more information visit www.animation4life.com or email info@animation4life.com

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CHANNEL 4 ANIMATED DIGITAL SHORTS 1 colour reversed

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FRI 19 NOV 12.00 ARNOLFINI FREE FOR DELEGATES

BATTENBERG

THE TANNERY

Dir: Stewart Comrie UK 2009 12 mins 19 secs

Dir: Iain Gardner UK 2010 5 mins 30 secs

Inside an abandoned house a strange dual universe awaits. A shadowy host sits ready to lure us inside itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooms of curiosity.

A recently deceased Fox has a life after death experience. Contact: Iain Gardner +44 (0) 141 572 2802 iain@iaingardner.co.uk richard.scott@axisanimation.com

Contact: Ciara Barry ciara@digicult.co.uk acodell@hotmail.com

SAVE OUR BACON

THE MOON BIRD

Dir: Peter Baynton UK 2010 13 mins 32 secs

Dir: The Brothers McLeod UK 2010 14 mins 42 secs

Dennis, a pig farmer, is in a fix. All his fortunes lie in one pig, and a dubious plan to cross it with a worm...

A dark fairytale about an orphan girl who must outwit a terrible sorceress with the help of a magical lunar bird.

Contact: Tristan Goligher +44 (0) 7779 307 252 tg@thebureau.co.uk

Contact: The Brothers McLeod +44 (0) 7775 805 999 film@bromc.co.uk film@bromc.co.uk

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Channel 4 is proud to present a diverse and original selection of new short films made by the country’s most talented animators. These films were produced in 2009 and 2010 through the Digital Shorts and 4mations Digital Shorts schemes. Funders include Channel 4, the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and Strategic Partners from around the UK.

MARVIN

BUTTER MOUTH

Dir: Mark Nute UK 2010 7 mins

Dir: Andrew Gibbs UK 2010 7 mins 36 secs

Marvin was born with a hole in his head, He wasn’t born stupid he wasn’t born dead...

A Daughter, CLARA, cares for invalid mother. However she holds a terrible secret. World Premiere

Prod: Tim Searle Cast: Steve Coogan

Contact: Andrew Gibbs +44 (0) 7535 663 265 andrewthegibbs@gmail.com

Contact: Mark Nute +44 (0) 7787 532 161 marknute@googlemail.com

LIFE DEATH AND SUFFER STORY

I WISH I WERE AN ELEPHANT

Dir: Anna Fitzsimons UK 2010 6 mins 15 secs

Dir: Karen Penman & Liam Brazier UK 2010 6 mins 53 secs

A mock-tragedy about love lost. Alone with her freshly broken heart, Verity’s moods swing from homicidal to pure anguish and back.

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are. We may with advantage forget what we know. World Premiere

World Premiere Contact: Karen Penman +44 (0) 7980 937 372 k@littlenobody.com www.littlenobody.com

Contact: Maeve Mc Adam +44 (0) 7764 962 900 maeve@redrayfilms.com

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Graffiti Evolution

CANIMATION

When it came to researching Canimation film clips and programmes were sourced from across Europe and the rest of the world and range from straightforward time-lapse recordings to more complex stop-frame animated pieces. Many people will be familiar with the large scale street work of 'Blu' (if they're not, they should certainly look him up) so it was intentionally decided to focus here on other perhaps less well-known contributions. One of the central features in the programme is the fascinating documentary Rack Gaki exploring some of the styles and artists found on the streets of Japan. What all the films have in common is testament to the diverse creativity of street artists the world over.

SAT 20 NOV 21.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 30 MINS The idea for an international film programme consisting of animated graffiti or street art arose from the global success over the last three decades of both animation and urban art in Bristol and the way the city’s cultural reputation has been shaped by these. Thanks to Banksy and Aardman the cultural landscape of Bristol has been changed forever and the global reputation as a creative city in contemporary art has been greatly enhanced. However, it would be unfair to heap all the credit onto these key players alone.

The programme would have been incomplete without a local contribution so the hunt was on for something special. What Banksy didn’t bargain for when recently stencilling the back wall of Aardman’s new building was the discrete cctv system they had installed allowing us for the first time to put a face to the name. All will be revealed in the programme…

Urban street art and animation as contemporary artforms are flowering in most cities around the world and it is the resonance of these cultural activities that help spur on our own local productions. The testament to Bristol’s unique position in street art needs little qualification. In the summer of 2009 Bristol Museum and Art Gallery hosted what turned out to be one of the most successful exhibitions in the world that year. In 12 weeks, over 300,000 visitors turned up to see the ‘Banksy V’s Bristol’ exhibition placing it in the top 30 global attractions. Bristol's success culminates not just in the Banksy phenomenon but in the contributions from the hundreds of other artists in the city who have been responsible for this rich and colourful urban scene.

Kieran Argo, Animation Programme Manager

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So why has Bristol in particular gained such a unique reputation in this visual art-form?

the cake; and its central character, a misunderstood, maverick graffiti writer from the Bronx who used the moniker Zoro, was a new kind of superhero for a new generation. Already cynical and tired of punk, graffiti writers were, for us, heroes of a brand new revolution with a funky soundtrack and with the coolest, most out-there fashion, since George Clinton landed in the Mothership ten years previously.

Felix ‘FLX’ Braun (author of Children Of The Can: 25 Years Of Bristol Graffiti, Tangent Books) explains the origins of Bristol’s street art scene: Three years ago I set out to document the history of the Bristol graffiti scene (largely for personal reasons) and have subsequently been asked, countless times “what is it that makes Bristol so special?” To which, I am afraid there is really no one simple answer. My usual response, however, is that I can tell you what makes (and made) it so special to me.

Before long Bristol’s own graffiti outlaws, the mysterious 3D and The Z-Boys were household names, with articles in Venue magazine and the local papers securing their infamy throughout the region. And we were hot on their heels. Then in 1985 the Arnolfini held the UK’s first group gallery show, with the likes of the aforementioned 3D and The Z-Boys painting directly onto the gallery walls alongside Pride from London’s Chrome Angelz crew and Bristol’s own Nick Walker, Tootz, Fade and Jaffa (RIP). The Arnolfini show was, for the rest of Bristol’s would-be graffiti writers, the touch paper; and by 1989 Bristol had what was described by the British Transport Police’s then newly-formed anti-graffiti unit, a “seriously graffiti problem”. Bristol was, in other words, by now notorious, and has continued to breed and attract hundreds of talented artists who choose the street as their canvas ever since. At least that’s how I remember it.

In 1983 when I was 15, a brand new, multicultural subculture called hip hop landed fully formed in the UK from New York. For my friends and I, this new phenomenon was exactly the kind of thing our hungry teenage hearts had been craving: it had dance, music, language, fashion and of course visual art in the form of graffiti. Within a matter of months multi-coloured wall art was appearing all over the city, and from downtown St. Paul’s to uptown Clifton, hip hop’s bold, iridescent statements such as ‘FRESH’ ‘TAKE THE TRAIN’ and ‘ZULU’ were catching the imagination of any teenager of an even vaguely artistic bent.

Felix ‘FLX’ Braun 2010

Charlie Ahearn’s seminal film Wild Style (which showed twice in the space of a year at the Arts Centre Cinema on King’s Square) was the icing on

Children of the Can is available from the Arnolfini bookshop

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777 Repaze 777

CANIMATION

SAT 20 NOV 21.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 20 MINS

777REPAZE777 Dir: Repaze 777 France 2010 4 mins 32 secs

UNTITLED

Broken Fingaz Israel 2009 1 mins 50 secs

GRAFFITI

Yoann Lemoine France 2010 1 mins 36 secs

TRAIN BOMBING

Dir: Bodie Jahn-Mulliner & Sylvester Rishøj Jensen Denmark 2009 4 mins 56 secs

GETTIN’ THERE

Dir: Tommy Anderson UK 2010 4 mins 28 secs

BLAZBLUE

Dir: Joe Ryan UK 2010 1 mins 19 secs

SPREADING

FLX & DCY: THE HOBBS SHOW Dir: Jon Davey UK 2010 1 mins 13 secs

Dir: Sowat & Kan ( Da Mental Vaporz Crew ) France 2009 4 mins 13 secs

THE SEVEN TREE

Dir: Tom Scott UK 2010 58 secs

RABBIT DECAY SEQUENCE

Dir: ROA mastered by Gonzo Belgium 2010 33 secs

RACKGAKI

Dir: Suridh Hassan UK 2006 28 mins 25 secs

ROCKET01

Dir: Rocket01 UK 2009 3 mins 6 secs

777SAÏRREPAZESPEKTR777 THE EVOLUTION OF GRAFFITI Dir: Repaze 777 France 2010 3 mins 56 secs

EXQUISITE CORPSE

Dir: David Quiroga 2009 1 mins 49 secs

TUMBLINGERSTRASSE Dir: Robin Sarkar Germany 2010 1 mins 58 secs 190

Dir: Repaze 777 France 2010 3 mins 16 secs

GRAFFITI REUS (LLAVOR1)

Dir: Pau Magrané/Cristian Trifon Domenech Maynou Spain 2007 58 secs

TRUE COLORS OLD TECHNIQUE NEW STYLE

Tomislav Topic Germany 2010 5 mins 10 secs

DON’T BANKSY ON IT Dir: Aardman UK 2010 30 secs

Miss Remarkable & Her Career

IRISH ANIMATION INDUSTRY

For over a decade, the Irish short film scheme Frameworks, funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board has been investing in new Irish animators and providing an opportunity to create a diverse range of short films with some extraordinary results. As part of the special focus on Irish animation, audiences at the Encounters International Film Festival will also have the opportunity to see a wide range of award winning Irish shorts in the Irish Beauty programme which have been produced over the last decade. Barley Films Agricultural Report has won numerous awards worldwide, and The Trembling Veil of Bones will showcase Matthew Talbot-Kelly’s new film, following on from his success with Blind Man’s Eye at the Venice Film Festival two years ago. The Animated Encounters programmer also selected Donkey directed by Louise Bagnell to screen as part of Official Competition in the festival. So there are many treats in store for you and you will certainly be hearing more about the Irish animation industry. All we can say is watch this space and enjoy the films!

2010 has been a great year for Irish animation. International recognition for the creative talents of the industry has been widespread with perhaps the most obvious industry plaudits being three Oscar nominations for Irish talent including a Best Animated Film nod for The Secret of Kells and a Best Short Film nomination for Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty. However, the good news didn’t stop there. Many of the new films included in the Irish animation focus have picked up a number of awards already. Miss Remarkable and her Career co-produced by the Irish company A Man & Ink won a major prize at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Festival and Old Fangs directed by Adrien Merigeau and produced by Cartoon Saloon was selected for the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Meanwhile, the animated feature film The Flight Before Christmas (AKA Niko and the Way to the Stars) produced by Magma Films went on to become a box office hit in cinemas across Europe. And Barley Films’ beautiful short The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky, along with the The Secret of Kells were nominated for the ASIFA – Hollywood Annie Awards, the animation industry’s Oscar equivalent. So Irish animators have certainly been leaving their mark on the international stage but this success is not something that has happened overnight. Over the past twenty years a wide range of Irish animation companies have emerged and the industry has transformed itself becoming an important contributor to the Irish creative economy.

Louise Ryan - Bord Scannán na hÉireann / Irish Film Board

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IRISH BEAUTY FRI 19 NOV 19.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 30 MINS

Pilgrim

Dir: Matthew Darragh Ireland 2006 3 min A stranger in an unknown land braves many dangers as he strives to fulfill his function. Prod: Gerard O’Rourke, Jason Tammemagi Prod Company: Monster Animation & Design Awards: Best Director, Kerry International Film Festival

Hasan Everywhere

Dir: Andrew Kavanagh Ireland 2009 7 min A writer and an artist, born a few years apart on the same crescent of land bordering the Mediterranean into two lives that were divided culturally, politically and ideologically find themselves forming a friendship and a shared love of homeland in faraway New York; a friendship that could not have been forged anywhere else. Prod: Ciara Gillan Production Company: Kavaleer Productions

Guns, Bees and Tadpoles

Dir: John McCloskey Ireland 2009 5 min Set in seventies Northern Ireland, a summer’s day takes a turn to the extraordinary for a normal family in not so normal times. Prod: Pearse Moore Production company: Raw Nerve Productions

The Rooster, The Crocodile And The Night Sky

Dir: Padraig Fagan Ireland 2008 6 mins 35 secs A tale of passion, loss, surreal comedy and explosive violence. Animated in a cut-out style combining cardboard, tinfoil, paint on glass and super 8 film creating a dreamy, hand-made aesthetic. Prod: Barry O’Donoghue Production Company: Barley Films 192

Old Fangs

Dir: Adrien Merigeau Ireland 2009 10 min A young wolf decides to confront his father. He had not seen him since he was a child. Prod: Ross Murray Production Company: Cartoon Saloon

The Trembling Veil of Bones

Dir: Matthew Talbot Ireland 2010 12 min The story of an anachronistic clockmaker Bones whose stagnant life is thrown into disarray when a centaur postman robot delivers a package from an unforgotten love of thirty years ago. Prod: Nicky Gogan, Martin Rose Production Company: Glimpse Digital

Trolley Boy

Dir: Teemu Auersalo Ireland 2009 3 mins 54 secs Trolley Boy tries to keep himself motivated in his isolated and unfulfilling job. Could there be more to his life than pushing shopping trolleys into stacks?

Nun’s Fight Club

Dir: Declan de Barra Ireland 2004 2 mins 5 secs Nuns have underground clubs too! Prod: Ross Murray Production Company: Cartoon Saloon

Prod: Nicky Gogan Production Company: Glimpse Digital

Agricultural Report Dir: Melina Padua Ireland 2004 3 mins A short comedy about the bliss of ignorance.

Prod: Barry O’Donoghue Production Company: Barley Films Awards: Audience Award at Le Festival de Trés Courts, France, and Sao Paulo in Brazil, Best Short Film at Taormina Film Fest in Italy

The Polish Language Dir: Alice Lyons Ireland 2009 5 mins A film-poem about the subversive power of Art and the renewal of Poetry in the whispery language of Polish. Its visual style is based on the underground publications in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s.

Prod: Steve Woods Production Company: Cel’Division Awards: Best Animation at Galway Film Fleadh

Miss Remarkable & Her Career

Dir: Joanna Rubin Dranger Ireland 2010 28 mins This darkly comedic animated story depicts Miss Remarkable as she struggles with her own demons, crushing parental expectations and rising above a career meltdown. Prod: Jeremy Purcell, Lisbet Gabrielsson, Vibeke Vogul Production Company: A Man & Ink Awards: Fipresci Award at Annecy International Film Festival, Short Film Award at Nordisk Panorama 193

Donkey

Dir: Louise Bagnall Ireland 2009 5 min 30 secs Donkey is sick of his minimum wage job at the beach. Prod: Niamh O’Donoghue Production Company: Barley Films Awards: Best Short Animation at Darklight Film Festival

IRISH ANIMATION FOCUS

BROWN BAG FILMS PROFILE

FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

SAT 20 NOV 16.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 30 MINS

SAT 20 NOV 10.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 20 MINS SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES UNDER PARENTAL GUIDANCE

Brown Bag Films is an award-winning animation studio, producing high quality computer animation for the international market. Brown Bag Films is located in the heart of Ireland’s capital city, Dublin. In 2002, their short film Give Up Yer Aul Sins was nominated for an Academy Award and this was repeated in 2010 when Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty was also Oscar nominated for Best Animated Short.

Animated adventure about a boy reindeer Niko who longs to learn to fly like his missing father, who was a member of Santa’s Flying Forces. After an attack on the reindeer herd by wolves, an event for which Niko takes the blame, he heads off guilty and alone on a journey to find his father and warn him of the evil Black Wolf’s plan to destroy the Flying Forces. Niko is joined on his heroic journey by his guardian and surrogate father Julius, a clumsy flying squirrel, and by a wild weasel girl called Wilma. But, in the end, Niko will be alone to face the father he has idolised and idealised for so long.

Brown Bag Films® have worked on a number of high profile international series with recent productions including Chorion’s Olivia for Nickelodeon US, Wobblyland for HIT Entertainment/ Nickelodeon UK, the animated teenage soap Crap Rap for Irish national broadcaster RTÉ and the remake of Enid Blyton’s Noddy in Toyland for Chorion/FIVE UK. Current productions include the 52 episode series The Octonauts for Chorion which will be broadcast on BBC in 2010. Brown Bag Films have a slate of original television and family feature properties in active development but are also engaged in international co-productions and service work.

Directors:Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen Producers:Hannu Tuomainen, Petteri Pasanen, Moe Honan, Irene Sparre 2008

For further information, please visit brownbagfilms.com

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CARTOON D'OR SAT 20 NOV 12.00 ARNOLFINI 1 HR 30 MINS

Promoting the talents of European animation. The Cartoon d’Or is the pan-European award for the best animated short film of the year. Granted by CARTOON - the European Association of Animation Film with the support of the MEDIA Programme, it rewards the best of the best since only prize-winning films from the major European festivals can compete. A jury of international experts selects five finalists and a winner and is annually awarded in September during the Cartoon Forum. The purpose of the Cartoon d’Or is to act as a pipeline between short film makers and the industry, and to help talented directors start a new project.

A FAMILY PORTRAIT

CROCODILE

Dir: Joseph Pierce UK 2009 4 mins 40 secs A family portrait goes horribly wrong as jealousy and suspicion bubble to the surface under the photographer’s relentless gaze. As the session reaches a disturbing conclusion, it’s clear that this truly will be a day to remember.

Dir: Kaspar Jancis Estonia 2009 17 mins A former opera star has to work as a crocodile in a styrofoam costume entertaining children in the playroom of a shopping centre. This kind of life seems joyless and even disgusting to the former leading tenor. Until one day, into his life enters a fateful woman and… a crocodile.

Contact: mark@59productions.co.uk www.59productions.co.uk

Contact: kalev@joonisfilm.ee 372 677 63 60 www.joonisfilm.ee

LOGORAMA

ANGRY MAN

Dir: H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy & Ludovic Houplain) France 2009 16 mins 5 secs Spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals rampaging through the city, and even more in “Logorama”!

Dir: Anita Killi Norway 2009 20 mins Angry Man is a film about secrets that shouldn’t be secret. When the mommy-fish dies, Boj has had enough, and gets power from his own fantasy to go further.

THE TALE OF LITTLE PUPPETBOY

www.cartoon-media.eu

Contact: info@autourdeminuit.com 33 1 42 81 17 28 33 1 42 81 17 29 www.autourdeminuit.com

Contact: post@trollfilm.no 47 61 24 04 00 www.trollfilm.no

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Dir: Johannes Nyholm Sweden 2008 18 mins 24 secs Puppetboy is sweating floods of clay, preparing for a lady’s visit. He gets even more nervous when she arrives. Contact: mail@johannesnyholm.se 46 70 812 62 84 www.johannesnyholm.se

INDEX 10 MIN......................................17, 31 12 JAHRE.....................................169 12 KETCHES ON THE IMPOSSINILITY OF BEING STILL..................................65 3 HOURS.........................................53 35 FOTOS – BILDER AUS EINEM FAMILIENALBUM [35 PHOTOS – PICTURES FROM A FAMILY ALBUM]........................................105 3D BRISTOL...................................81 48 HOURS AND NOT ONE SECOND TO WASTE.....................95 50/50...............................................58 777REPAZE777............................190 A FAMILY PORTRAIT..38, 147, 194 A SUBTLEMOB..............................77 ABUELA GRILLO [GRANDMA GRASSHOPPER]............54, 160, 179 AGRICULTURAL REPORT.........192 ALBATROSS..................................89 ALL FRIED UP...............................63 ALL GOOD CHILDREN.................74 ALMANA.......................................67 AN ACT OF LOVE.........................96 ANDREW DAVIES.........................78 ANGRY MAN...............................195 ANIMATION 4 LIFE....................185 ANIMATION JURY......................135 ANNABELLE PANGBORN...........80 ANNIE GOES BOATING . ..........107 AUGMENTED CITY....................107 AUSENTE [AWAY]........................50 AVACA...........................................50 B3 BLANK SLATE SHOWCASE 2010..........................93 BABA..............................................28 BABIOLES..............................57, 138 BACKSTAGE................................143 BAD NIGHT FOR THE BLUES..............................37, 96 BAFTA A BRIEF ENCOUNTER WITH ANDY SERKIS.....................76 BALANÇOS E MILKSHAKES [SWINGS AND MILKSHAKES].......................27, 137 BATTENBERG.....................147, 186 BBC SHORTS 2010.........................96 BEN GALE.....................................15 BERIK..............................................21 BEST MAN.....................................59 BETY'S............................................64 BIG MOUTH...................................45 BILL THOMPSON..........................78 BIRTHDAY.....................................37 BLAZBLUE...................................190 BLIND DATE..................45, 153, 174 BOTTOM OF THE RIVER............146 BOXER............................................59 BOY.................................................43 BREAKFAST.................................169 BRIDGET CRONE........................106 BROWN BAG FILMS PROFILE..........................193 BUNGALOWS..............................105 BURN MY BODY............................93 BUTTER MOUTH.........................186 CAMILLA DEAKIN......................135 CAN GO THROUGH SKIN............75

EMMA LAZENBY..........................15 ENCOUNTERING THE ARCHIVE.............................106 ENT- ODER WEDER [EITHER OR NEITHER]...............103 ENVIRONMENT....................41, 178

CANIMATION ............................188 CAROLYN HASSAN......................14 CARTOON D'OR..........................194 CATERPILLAR..............................92 CATHAL GAFFNEY....................135 CHANNEL 4 ANIMATED DIGITAL SHORTS.......................186 CHLOE AND ATTIE......................30 CHRIS COLLINS............................14 CHRIS ROSS...................................79 CHRISTINE BARDSLEY................15 CIVIC LIFE.....................................85 CIVILISATION.............................144 COLIVIA [THE CAGE]..................26 COLUMNIST..................................67 COMING HOME............................59 CONNECT......................................46 CONNOR MACCORMACK...........81 CONTENTERTAINMENT.............82 CONVICTION.................................46 COTTON STONES.........................64 COYOTE AND THE STARS........164 CROCODILE.................................194 CULEBRA.......................................51 DAN GEESIN.................................78 DANSE MACABRE........................95 DAS RAD [ROCKS]......................101 DAVID SPROXTON...............15, 185 DAYDREAM [EXTRACT 1]...........85 DAYDREAM [EXTRACT 2]...........85 DE ANDRE [THE OTHER ONES].....................23 DE RI DE HAI RI-YA.....................64 DECONSTRUCT...........................107 DELIVERY....................................100 DENTRO DEL BOSQUE [IN THE WOODS]..........................50 DER KLEINE UND DAS BIEST [THE LITTLE BOY AND THE BEAST].................55, 139 DER PRÄZISE PETER.................155 DERBY............................................24 DESIRE...........................................43 DIE FLEDEROMA........................168 DIE LÖSUNG [THE SOLUTION]........................104 DIE PANNE [THE BREAKDOWN]...................104 DINNERSAURS....................152, 172 DISCO-FILM 16 – PUHDYS.........102 DISCO-FILM 41 – PASSION ......103 DOCUMENTARY AWARD............17 DODUDINDON.............................161 DOMINGUEROS..........................170 DONKEY...............................145, 192 DON'T BANKSY ON IT................190 DR KNOWGOOD: LION'S PRIDE.......................158, 177 DRY FISH..............................147, 171 DUST BOWL HA HA!....................94 EDNAS TAG [EDNAS DAY]...17, 22 EINE LIEBESGESCHICHTE – STACHELTIER [A LOVE STORY – STINGERS FROM EAST GERMANY].......................103 EINMART.....................................104 EL TORO AZUL [THE BLUE BULL].........................67 ELLA...............................................27

ETERNAL LIFE..............................97 EXQUISITE CORPSE...................190 EXTRAORDINARY FEATS OF THE SEVENTH PERIOD.........90 FALLS BURNS MALONE FIDDLES.....................106 FARAT..........................................158 FASHION POPCORM....................77 FAWN.............................................90 FELIX BRAUN . ...........................189 FILM NATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING..............................87 FILMMAKER FOCUS....................81 FINDING A SKY.............................92 FLAG MOUNTAIN........................37 FLAP FLAP..................................161 FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS..193 FLØJTELØS [WHISTLELESS]....................20, 176 FLOWERS.......................................61 FLUFFY MC CLOUD.. 29, 155, 174, 179 FLX & DCY: THE HOBBS SHOW.....................190 FLY..................................49, 152, 175 FOLLOW THE LEGS...................160 FOOTBALL LEAGUE..................107 FORGIVING YOUR P.E. TEACHER...............................38 FRANK PASSINGHAM...............182 FREQUENCY ................................93 FRESH FLIX 2010- INSPIRING YOUNG CREATIVE TALENT.......88 FUNLAND................................17, 61 GALLOP.......................................151 GETTIN’ THERE..........................190 GLUKHOTA [DEAFNESS]............18 GOLD TOP.....................................34 GRACE...........................................41 GRAFFITI.....................................190 GRAFFITI REUS [LLAVOR1]......190 GRIME CITY P.D.........................150 GUNS, BEES AND TADPOLES...192 HALF TERM...................................39 HÄNDELSE VID BANK [INCIDENT BY A BANK]...............26 HANNE PEDERSEN....................185 HAPPY CLAPPER..........................91 HASAN EVERYWHERE..............192 HEAT..............................................42 HELEN MASON...........................185 HER SEAT IS VACANT.................20 HERR DAFF WÜNSCHT SICH EIN AUTO [MISTER DAFF WANTS A CAR]................102 HIGH MAINTENANCE.................99 HIS & HERS....................................73 HORSECAT..................................170 HOTEL 66.......................................34 I LOVE LUCI..................................36 I WISH I WERE AN ELEPHANT ..........................186 IAN GAILER..................................13

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ICH BIN'S. HELMUT [IT'S ME HELMUT]........................48 ICH RETTE DAS MULTIVERSUM [I’LL SAVE THE MULTIVERSE].....................100 I-DO-AIR.........................................55 IFEATURES PANEL......................82 INDIGO...........................................46 INEPT.............................................97 INKA BOLA..................................165 INNER SPACE.............................102 INTO THE COSMOS....................150 INVASION OF THE PLANET EARTH............................98 IRISH ANIMATION FOCUS........193 IRISH ANIMATION INDUSTRY . ..191 IRISH BEAUTY ...........................192 ISHIHARA....................................108 ITS ALL ABOUT GEORGE..........138 IT'S COLD OUTSIDE......................93 JARDIN DEAD END......................95 JELLY SUNDAY...........................162 JÓEL...............................................32 JOUR SANS JOIE [SAD DAY]......94 JOY.................................................85 KATHRIN ALBERS........................13 KEN WARDROP.............................13 KIERAN ARGO............................134 KNIT'N'PURL................................170 KODAK MASTERCLASS...............79 KODAK WORLDWIDE FILMSCHOOL COMPETITION ...97 LA CARTE [THE POSTCARD]......60 LE MODE DELIAN [THE DELIAN MODE]...................94 LE RUBAN....................................164 LE TUFF TALK............................153 LEBENDKONTROLLE [OUTSIDE]......................................33 LEBENSADER..............................144 LEISURE CENTRE.........................85 LENNY............................................60 LERNAVAN.................................108 LFA MASTERCLASS.....................80 LIBELLE.......................................163 LIFE DEATH AND SUFFER STORY...........................186 LIGHTHOUSE................................97 LIZZIE FRANCKE..........................72 LOGORAMA................................195 LOOM...........................................161 LOSERS: 'FLUSH'.................157, 173 LOUISE RYAN ............................191 LOVE & THEFT...................138, 171 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT................47 LUCKY............................25, 142, 178 LUCY..............................................63 LUIS................................49, 159, 175 LUMIKKO [LITTLE SNOW ANIMAL]......17, 31 LUNCH.........................................159 LUV'IN THE BLACK COUNTRY ... 91 MADAGASCAR, CARNET DE VOYAGE [MADAGASCAR A JOURNEY DIARY].............25, 139 MAGIC HOUR 2.............................92 MAID IN CHINA............................29 MAKING FILMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES..........83

MAM...............................................56 MARION BOWMAN .....................84 MARVIN.......................................186 MEHMANI ZIR AAB [BANQUET UNDER THE WATER]...................19 MEIN MALLORCA [MY MALLORCA]....................17, 31 MERCURY BIRD..........................163 MICHAEL DAVIES........................15 MICHAEL HEGNER....................193 MICKY BADER [BATHING MICKEY]...............17, 33 MILES BULLOUGH.....................183 MILLING MACHINE, SHEARING MACHINE, DRILL.........................69 MISS REMARKABLE & HER CAREER...........................192 MOBILE................................137, 176 MOORE STREET............................85 MOST............................................158 MOTHER OF MANY....................152 MOVING STILL...........................107 MY DAD THE COMMUNIST........35 NADGER........................................91 NARRATIVE THREAD .................78 NATASHA DACK..........................84 NATHAN WADDINGTON..........183 NATIVE SON.................................34 NECKLACE....................................70 NEWLYN HARBOUR...............17, 61 NFTS MASTERCLASS...................80 NICHOLAS KALLINCOS.............185 NICK BRADSHAW.........................14 NIK POWELL...........................15, 80 NOEL............................................167 NORIT KRUPI...............................141 NUN'S FIGHT CLUB....................192 NUR EIN VIERTELSTÜNDCHEN [ONLY A QUARTER OF AN HOUR]....................................104 O DIVINO, DE REPENTE......17, 159 OFF TO THE PARK......................154 OLD FANGS.................................192 ON THE LEVEL.............................87 ONE MAN'S WALK........................68 ONE NIGHT STAND......................65 OS OLHOS DO FAROL................145 OUT OF A FOREST.....................167 OUT ON THE TILES............166, 173 OUTER SPACE...............................98 PABLO............................................22 PAMETNICE [SMART GIRLS]...108 PANDORE....................................165 PANEL..........................................106 PAPER DAYDREAM......................44 PARADISE LATER..................17, 28 PARIS/SEXY...................................44 PARTYGIRL...................................43 PATCHWORK................................94 PETER SYMES...............................15 PHIL WICKHAM..........................106 PHOTOS OF GOD..........................40 PILGRIM.......................................192 PIXELS....................................55, 142 PLASTIC DREAMS........................68 PLEASE SAY SOMETHING..........99 POLISHED OFF............................156

TAKE COVER.................................45 TANKO BOLE CHHE...................137 TAP.................................................71 TATE MOVIE PROJECT.............184 TELE-VISION...............................166 THE ABYSS BOYS.........................19

POUDRE.........................................30 PREPARING FOR MARKET.......183 PROF PAUL WELLS......................78 PROF SARAH STREET................106 QUEBEC'S DARK SIDE..................94 RABBIT DECAY SEQUENCE.....190 RACKGAKI . ................................190 RAHWA KIROS..............................84 REBECCA KNAPP.........................80 REDEMPTION................................25 REMINISCENCE..........................107 RENEGADES.................................60 REULF..........................................177 REVERENCE [SUBSERVIENCE] ....95 RICHARD RASKIN.........................79 RICHARD ROWE.................135, 183 ROBUTANJE KORUZE [STEALING THE CORN]...............24 ROCKET01...................................190 ROSA..............................................19 RUNAWAY...................................141 SAEED TAJI FAROUKY . .............84 SARAH COX.................................106 SARAH MULLER.........................183 SAVAGE MOUNTAIN.................165 SAVE OUR BACON.....148, 176, 186 SCHLAF........................................144 SCREEN TESTS ..........................106 SCREENING . ..............................106 SCUNNER...............................71, 156 SHADOWS OF SILENCE..............32 SHORT & SWEET 3D...................107 SHORT DOCUMENTARY FORM....81 SHORTS2FEATURE PANEL.........72 SIEBEN RECHTE DES ZUSCHAUERS [SEVEN RIGHTS OF THE SPECTATOR]................102 SIEMIANY......................................18 SIS.....................................................4 SIYUR MUDRACH [GUIDED TOUR]............................28 SKATEBOARDS AND SPANDEX....93 SKATER........................................164 SLEIGH RIDE 4D.........................107 SLUT THE MUSICAL....................51 SMALL CHANGE..........................66 SMALL TALK.................................89 SOLSTICE.......................................97 SOMETHING LEFT, SOMETHING TAKEN..........143, 171 SON OF NONE...............................53 SOUL FLOWERS............................40 SOUTH EAST EUROPE...............108 SPIEL AUS GLAS [GAME OF GLASS].......................58 SPILT MILK..................................157 SPLAY...........................................157 SPREADING.................................190 STEVE AVERY.........................17, 41 STEVE CONNOLLY.....................185 STEVE HUMPHRIES.....................15 STOP FRAME IN 3D....................182 STORM.........................................180 STORY DESIGN IN THE SHORT FICTION FILM.................79 SUHAKSIHUM [MATH TEST]........................18, 142

THE ART OF MAKING FRIENDS..............151, 173 THE ASTRONOMERS SUN.........148 THE BEATEN.................................92 THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A LION................65, 155, 177 THE CARDBOARD HEAD...........149 THE COW WHO WANTED TO BE A HAMBURGER......141, 179 THE EVOLUTION OF GRAFFITI...............................190 THE FOUNDLING.......................107 THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VILLANY..................................68 THE GOAT THE THE WELL...........................150, 172 THE GRAND EASTER EGG HUNT...................................146 THE GUEST..................................162 THE HENHOUSE.........................156 THE HIVE.......................................89 THE HYBRID UNION...................143 THE IMMIGRANT.........................57 THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.....154 THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER......162 THE LOST EXPLORER..................96 THE LOST THING.................57, 140 THE LUMBERJACK.....................163 THE MINI MASTERPIECES APPROACH....................................86 THE MOON BIRD................149, 186 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD SHOPS ARE WHERE THE HEART IS.......70 THE ONGOING LIFE OF PETER PEEL: CAN, CAN, CAN'T.............69 THE POLISH LANGUAGE..........192 THE POOL......................................56 THE ROOSTER, THE CROCODILE AND THE NIGHT SKY . ..............192 THE RULE OF THUMB.................90 THE RUNNER..........................17, 53 THE SEVEN TREE.......................190 THE TALE OF LITTLE PUPPETBOY.................................195 THE TANNERY....................148, 186 THE TRAGIC AND DISTURBING TALE OF LITTLE LUPIN............153 THE TREMBLING VEIL OF BONES....................................192 THE TUNNEL.................................24 THE VIEWER...............................107 THE VISIT......................................92 THE WHELK CUSTARD SONG.................151, 172 THE WHITE WALL.......................92 THE WORM INSIDE................17, 39 THEY WILL COME TO TOWN.....99 THICKER THAN WATER..............97 THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND......48 THIS TIME OF YEAR..............44, 62 THURSDAY..................................146 TIANG NAA NOI KOI RAK [FOUR BOYS, WHITE WHISKEY AND GRILLED MOUSE]...............30

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TIEFENSUCHT [BELOW THE BLUE].....................26 TIM MINCHIN'S DESERT ISLAND FLICKS...........................180 TIME TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO BRISTOL....................106 TIONG BAHRU .............................85 TOM BARNES..............................182 TONY COLLINGWOOD..............183 TORTELLINI..................................69 TOWN HALL..................................85 TRAIN BOMBING........................190 TRAIN OF THOUGHT.................154 TROLLEY BOY.......................56, 192 TRUE COLORS - OLD TECHNIQUE NEW STYLE..........190 TULUM [PARTY]...........................21 TUMBLINGERSTRASSE.............190 TURNING.................................47, 96 TWILIGHT......................................85 TWO LADIES & A HILL..........35, 62 TWO MEN & A CAR PARK..........49 UITGELEEFD [LEAVE ON A HIGH]....................58 UK FILM COUNCIL DIGITAL NATION.........................89 UNEARTHING THE PEN........17, 52 UNRAVEL.......................................86 UNTITLED....................................190 URS...............................................167 VARIÉTÉ......................................139 VEGETERRIBLE..........................166 VERISET KÄDET [BLOODY HANDS].........................48 VIDEO 3000..................................101 VIIKKO ENNEN VAPPUA [OVER THE FENCE].....................20 VINTAGE MOBILE CINEMA.......77 VIRGILE.......................................169 VISITING HOURS..........................35 WAGAH...................................17, 52 WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY .....181 WANDERLUST- BJORK..............107 WATCHING...................................39 WATER ON MARS......................101 WHEN A HEN EATS A BEE.....38, 71, 149, 174, 178 WHEN HUMANS RULED THE EARTH......................63 WHITE TAPE...........................23, 52 WHO KILLED BROWN OWL........85 WINKING MAN ROCK..................93 WOLD FILMS PANEL...................84 WORKSHOPS.................................86 X....................................................100 XING.............................................160 YURI LENNON'S LANDING ON ALPHA 46.............98 ZABERITE SVOIKH MERTVETSOV [TAKE YOUR DEAD MEN]...........22 ZEICHENFILM II – FRAGMENTE FRAGILE [ANIMATED CARTOON II – FRAGMENTE FRAGILE]............105 ZENA U LJUBICASTOM [WOMAN IN PURPLE]..................32

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS STAFF

SPECIAL EVENT THANKS

Liz Harkman, Managing Director

Alex Cook, BAFTA Christine Bardsley, British Council Vicky Brophy, Contentertainment Helen Brunsdon, The Children’s Media Conference, Session Producer Greg Childs, The Children’s Media Conference, Editorial Director Kathy Loizou, The Children’s Media Conference, Director Linda Ross, The Children’s Media Conference, Production Manager Ian Gailer, Saguenay Short Film Festival, Canada Emma Gifford & Oliver Halls, Vintage Movie Cinema Bus Emma Scott, Irish Film Board Fran Keaveney, Irish Film Board Franziska Richter, AG Kurzfilm Jeremy Routledge & Steve Gear, Mini-Masterpieces Project Martin Scheuring & Iris Ordonez, German Film Clothilde Redfern, One World Media Helen Jack, Shooting People Moe Honan, Magma Films Maggie Gisel, Stone Circle Pictures April Mcilroy, Disney Fumi Kitahara, The PR Kitchen Peter De Seve, Director, Contributor to Animated Auction John Musker, Director, Contributor to Animated Auction Marv Newland, Director, Contributor to Animated Auction David Silverman, Director, Contributor to Animated Auction Juan Pablo Zaramella, Director, Contributor to Animated Auction Esther Mars, Bristol Film Office Hilary Light, ArthurCox Kaia Rose, ArthurCox

Rich Warren, Programme Coordinator Mireia O’Prey, Festival Coordinator Carmel Woodhouse, Programme Assistant (Intern) Vicky Hill, Volunteer & Fresh Flix Coordinator (Intern) Nicola Richardson, Delegate & Ticketing Coordinator (Intern) Nia Moore, Festival Assistant (Intern)

CONSULTANTS & FREELANCERS Mark Cosgrove, Creative Director – Brief Encounters Kieran Argo, Animation Programme Manager – Animated Encounters Maddy Probst, DepicT & Fresh Flix Coordinator Shereene Amer, Bookkeeper Dan Obi, Digital and Website Consultant

PRESS & PR Paul Drury & Camilla Jones, Ideas Generation

BOARD & ADVISORS David Sproxton, Chair (Aardman Animations) Paul Appleby (Vid Coms) Peter Carlton (Warp Films) Steven Coombe (Smith and Williamson) Claire Spencer Cook (onedotzero) Abigail Davies (UWE / Freelance Producer) Maggie Ellis (Film London) Eileen Elsey (Freelance Script Writer) Gina Fucci (Films @59) Sarah-Jane Meredith (South West Screen) James Mullighan (Shooting People) Simon Perry (Irish Film Board)

PATRONS Jake Eberts Terry Gilliam Jeremy Howe Terry Jones Andrew Kelly Nick Park Nic Powell Tony Robinson Damien O’Donnell

SUBMISSIONS VOLUNTEERS Max Clendaniel Matt Nesbeth Special thanks to all our Jurors, Speakers, Sponsors and Special Guests (details can be found in this catalogue). 198

And also to:

PRESELECTION TEAM

Caroline Norbury and all the staff at South West Screen Dick Penny and all the staff at Watershed Al Cameron and all the staff at Arnolfini Rachel Murray and Sue Cavell and all the staff at At-Bristol Phillipa Haynes, Jess Noakes, Ruth Essex and Hannah Current at Bristol City Council Sarah Acton, Kari Nygard and Paul Cooke at the Cube Cinema Jane Porter at Picture This

Vince Baidoo Dominique Bongers Janet Brandon Victoria Bromley Jonathan Bygraves Jahalni Clarence Jackie Cockle Katriel Costello Jack Crocker Justin Crouch Nigel Davies Dee Davison Naby Dialo Eileen Elsey Phoebe Fleming Juan Gabriel Joanne Garde-Hansen Laura George Rosie Gloyns Rachael Groom Liz Harkman Martin Hammond Paul Hassan Gwen Joy Izzy Kongsgaard Ben Lock Esther Mars Felix Massie Rob Mitchel Norris Myers Katheryn Needham Kari Nygard Shelley Page Candice Pepperal Mireia O’Prey Madeleine Probst Oli Purches Berenice Ray Jeremy Routledge Ruth Sidery Anthony Skates Michael Smith Romaine Smith David Sproxton Alison Sterling Victoria Tillotson Marina Traversi Balazs Varga Shanai Wellington Verity White Andrew Wilson Carmel Woodhouse Roseena Zakria

Design: Tony Stiles, Howard Swift & Rich Webster (Document.is) Website: Remco Merbis & Saul Martin (Pixillion.com) Trailer: Jane Davies, Paul Hill (A Productions) Music: Ian Nicholls (Kick)

Special Animated Thanks to: Canimation programme: Banksy Felix ‘FLX’ Braun Holly Cushing Jon Davey Marie-Fred Dupre Sally Larkin Peter Lord Lida Nassif Darren’Chopsy’Robbie Marie Rooney Darren Thomson Tom Thorne And thanks to all the filmmakers, animators and crews participating in this year’s festival.

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