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Awards and Judges This year we have eleven award categories, each juried by special guests.

Grand Jury Prize, sponsored by University of Salford Jury: Paul Abbott, British Scriptwriter and exposures festival Patron Danny Boyle, Director and Cornerhouse Patron Kim Longinotto, Documentary filmmaker Mackinnon and Saunders Animation Award Jury: Peter Saunders and Ian Mackinnon, Puppet-masters, Mackinnon and Saunders Animation.

David Blandy, Artist Best Live Action Award Jury: Yousaf Ali Khan, Director Andrew Kötting, Artist, Lecturer and Filmmaker Ric Michael, Independent Producer Best Documentary Award Jury: Asitha Amereskere, Director Rebecca Frankel, Editor, Fourdocs Paul Sapin, Producer and Director Best Artist’s Film Award Jury: Andrew Kötting, Artist, Lecturer and Filmmaker Ric Michael, Independent Producer Paul Sapin, Producer and Director BBC Best of the North West Award Jury: Helen Bullough, Executive Editor, BBC Entertainment, Manchester Kevin Bourke, Manchester Evening News Yousaf Ali Khan, Director Sumners Best Post Production Award Jury: Sumners Post-Production Management team Channel m Urban Life Award Jury: Charisse Holder, Channel m’s Head of Lifestyle and Entertainment and members of the Channel m and Urban Life teams.

PLUS Urbis Audience Award Programmers’ Choice Award Corona Extra Audience Award

Many people work together to make the festival a success, so many thanks for their contributions.

Many thanks especially: To our competition judges and special guests To Corona Extra, exposures’ main sponsor who have supported the festival for four years.

To our generous supporters, The University of Salford, Manchester City Council, BBC North, Mackinnon and Saunders, Electric Sheep, Channel m, Urban Life and Sumners.

Festival Creative Team: Rachel Hayward, Beth Hewitt, Sarah Perks Assistants: Lisa Burke, Felicity Drinkwater, Laura Moffitt, Rachael Salt, Branka VidovicButler, Magda Ockzkowska Press and Marketing: Rosie Farrell, Charlotte Pedley, Isabelle Croissant, Debrah Smith Sponsorship: Sarah Shelley, Jo Williams, Amy Owen Programme Selection Panelists: Rachel Hayward, Beth Hewitt, Sarah Perks, Branka Vidovic-Butler, Lisa Burke, Anna Searle, The LiveWire Management Team With much valued support from the teams at both Cornerhouse and Urbis, especially Ivan McDougall and Urbis Learning Team, Cornerhouse Box Office, Front of House, and the projection and technical staff.

Welcome

Welcome to exposures 2008, the UK’s largest festival of students’ moving image work – bringing you the very best in local, national and international filmmaking. The festival team has worked harder than ever this year to put together a very exciting programme of screenings that has nine different themes from classic films, alongside a host of practical workshops, special guests, Q&As and many opportunities to network with fellow filmmakers and professionals.

s patron Paul Abbott Welcome from exposure ing exposures in its I am really delighted to be join 15 years, exposures e 15th year as a patron. In thos lf as a top-flight itse blish esta to hard has worked time young rst fi and festival attracting students days and nights The UK. the ss acro from rs filmmake chaotic. tive, crea , etic fren , of exposures are fast be.

Just as a film festival should

on many levels – exposures connects with me scripts and produced ed elop dev ’s as someone who t 25 years now, I pas the for television and film over it is to get started. hard how just of t sigh haven’t lost a tricky place to be can ect The beginnings of a proj ly exciting. ous end trem time e sam the be, but at w your work off to an exposures is a place to sho ks – or doesn’t – wor it how see audience, and to ue. And its late uniq ty on the big screen. That’s pret it’s a place to ur; avo fl cial spe a it night parties give alliances and tive crea e strike up friendships, to forg s. idea to cook up new

of its kind in the UK, Unlike any other film festival ht into how the insig ue uniq a s exposures give year, there are This TV and film industry works. creative ideas to r you h pitc ed spe to s opportunitie , Channel 4, BBC from the heads of departments osures offers exp ia.

Med s Live Nine and m Channel s. nitie ortu industry networking opp r, exposures will And for the first time this yea ting two Manchester nec con city, the ss acro tch stre Cornerhouse and at gs enin scre lm venues – with fi is. exhibition screenings at Urb innovative festival for exposures is a vibrant and nt from across the tale ng you h fres students and d to be part of it. oure hon country. And I’m very See you there.

PAUL ABBOTT

Tickets

All tickets £3 fu ll / £2 concessio ns, unless otherwise stated .

Main Sponsor

All events indica ted by are ticketed and booking is highly advance recommended.

See back page for further details.

URBIS

★ Watch out for the stars which indicate which films have been nominated for awards

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Design by decafnomilk.com

Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd. Registered Charity No 514719 Registered Company No 1681278 England

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Thanks

Awards and Judges This year we have eleven award categories, each juried by special guests.

Grand Jury Prize, sponsored by University of Salford Jury: Paul Abbott, British Scriptwriter and exposures festival Patron Danny Boyle, Director and Cornerhouse Patron Kim Longinotto, Documentary filmmaker Mackinnon and Saunders Animation Award Jury: Peter Saunders and Ian Mackinnon, Puppet-masters, Mackinnon and Saunders Animation.

David Blandy, Artist Best Live Action Award Jury: Yousaf Ali Khan, Director Andrew Kötting, Artist, Lecturer and Filmmaker Ric Michael, Independent Producer Best Documentary Award Jury: Asitha Amereskere, Director Rebecca Frankel, Editor, Fourdocs Paul Sapin, Producer and Director Best Artist’s Film Award Jury: Andrew Kötting, Artist, Lecturer and Filmmaker Ric Michael, Independent Producer Paul Sapin, Producer and Director BBC Best of the North West Award Jury: Helen Bullough, Executive Editor, BBC Entertainment, Manchester Kevin Bourke, Manchester Evening News Yousaf Ali Khan, Director Sumners Best Post Production Award Jury: Sumners Post-Production Management team Channel m Urban Life Award Jury: Charisse Holder, Channel m’s Head of Lifestyle and Entertainment and members of the Channel m and Urban Life teams.

PLUS Urbis Audience Award Programmers’ Choice Award Corona Extra Audience Award

Many people work together to make the festival a success, so many thanks for their contributions.

Many thanks especially: To our competition judges and special guests To Corona Extra, exposures’ main sponsor who have supported the festival for four years.

To our generous supporters, The University of Salford, Manchester City Council, BBC North, Mackinnon and Saunders, Electric Sheep, Channel m, Urban Life and Sumners.

Festival Creative Team: Rachel Hayward, Beth Hewitt, Sarah Perks Assistants: Lisa Burke, Felicity Drinkwater, Laura Moffitt, Rachael Salt, Branka VidovicButler, Magda Ockzkowska Press and Marketing: Rosie Farrell, Charlotte Pedley, Isabelle Croissant, Debrah Smith Sponsorship: Sarah Shelley, Jo Williams, Amy Owen Programme Selection Panelists: Rachel Hayward, Beth Hewitt, Sarah Perks, Branka Vidovic-Butler, Lisa Burke, Anna Searle, The LiveWire Management Team With much valued support from the teams at both Cornerhouse and Urbis, especially Ivan McDougall and Urbis Learning Team, Cornerhouse Box Office, Front of House, and the projection and technical staff.

Welcome

Welcome to exposures 2008, the UK’s largest festival of students’ moving image work – bringing you the very best in local, national and international filmmaking. The festival team has worked harder than ever this year to put together a very exciting programme of screenings that has nine different themes from classic films, alongside a host of practical workshops, special guests, Q&As and many opportunities to network with fellow filmmakers and professionals.

s patron Paul Abbott Welcome from exposure ing exposures in its I am really delighted to be join 15 years, exposures e 15th year as a patron. In thos lf as a top-flight itse blish esta to hard has worked time young rst fi and festival attracting students days and nights The UK. the ss acro from rs filmmake chaotic. tive, crea , etic fren , of exposures are fast be.

Just as a film festival should

on many levels – exposures connects with me scripts and produced ed elop dev ’s as someone who t 25 years now, I pas the for television and film over it is to get started. hard how just of t sigh haven’t lost a tricky place to be can ect The beginnings of a proj ly exciting. ous end trem time e sam the be, but at w your work off to an exposures is a place to sho ks – or doesn’t – wor it how see audience, and to ue. And its late uniq ty on the big screen. That’s pret it’s a place to ur; avo fl cial spe a it night parties give alliances and tive crea e strike up friendships, to forg s. idea to cook up new

of its kind in the UK, Unlike any other film festival ht into how the insig ue uniq a s exposures give year, there are This TV and film industry works. creative ideas to r you h pitc ed spe to s opportunitie , Channel 4, BBC from the heads of departments osures offers exp ia.

Med s Live Nine and m Channel s. nitie ortu industry networking opp r, exposures will And for the first time this yea ting two Manchester nec con city, the ss acro tch stre Cornerhouse and at gs enin scre lm venues – with fi is. exhibition screenings at Urb innovative festival for exposures is a vibrant and nt from across the tale ng you h fres students and d to be part of it. oure hon country. And I’m very See you there.

PAUL ABBOTT

Tickets

All tickets £3 fu ll / £2 concessio ns, unless otherwise stated .

Main Sponsor

All events indica ted by are ticketed and booking is highly advance recommended.

See back page for further details.

URBIS

★ Watch out for the stars which indicate which films have been nominated for awards

2

Design by decafnomilk.com

Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd. Registered Charity No 514719 Registered Company No 1681278 England

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Sunday 23 November 10.00am – 4.00pm Launch of exposures 2008 Join us at URBIS for a day of interactive, film related workshops and events to celebrate the launch of exposures 2008. Learn about costume and poster design, practise film techniques and have an opportunity to view films from previous exposures festivals.

Free Drop-in URBIS

4.00pm SCREENING

Mother India PG

Create your own 60 Second Film.

Shoot, edit and screen your own film in a lunch-time! Join us for a hands-on introduction to the world of filmmaking. Beth Hewitt will guide you through how to create your own 60 second masterpiece, shot against the backdrop of Urbis.

Free Drop in URBIS

The first film programme of this year’s festival, named after the 1957 indian classic MOTHER INDIA, presents a visually rich selection of emotive shorts portraying different communities in contemporary India.

2.00pm

Running time: approx 64 mins

For 8 – 14 year olds

INDIAN BOYO

PUPPET

HERO ★

PUPPET

Dir Kirnay Bhatt University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

Dir Monisha Banerjee University of the West of England

Two brothers run away from their violent father to Mumbai where the elder struggles to protect his younger brother from the harsh realities of urban life.

INDIAN BOYO Dir Paul H Allen Skillset Screen Academy, Wales

In New Delhi, Gareth, a Welsh backpacker, is desperate to explore the exciting new world of India.

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12.00noon & 1.30pm

Puppet is a short film based on the subject of child labour.

RAVI GOES TO SCHOOL Dir Anupama Menon The London Film School

The idyllic world of 6 year old Ravi (the Watchman’s son) is transformed when Poja moves into the building with her husband Rohit.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

5.15pm Royal Television Society North West Student Awards 2008 The Royal Television Society present their North West Student Awards 2008, celebrating outstanding creativity from further education media courses throughout the North West. This year a panel of judges representing the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Independent Television, have shortlisted finalists. This event will showcase this year’s selection, presenting the coveted Royal Television Society trophy to the winning entries.

Sunday 23 PREVIEW

November

7.30pm

Electric Sheep present: FAR NORTH CTBA Dir Asif Kapadia GB 2008 85 mins Sean Bean, Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec

The winning films will also automatically be entered into the national RTS Student Television Awards to be held in London in 2009 where they will compete as official North West entries.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Animalz Workshop Ever imagined yourself as an animal, ever dreamt of flying like an eagle or shooting across the desert planes like a leopard?

This workshop will explore the postures, movements and calls of different animals. Awaken your senses and imagination with workshop leader Jessica Butler, learning different movements and playing voice games! Jessica Butler is a physical theatre director and performer, who loves to play, sing and create stories in any setting, from caves to shopping centres, and even corporate board rooms!

A similar workshop for adults will take place on 26 Nov at Cornerhouse (see p12)

URBIS

The University of Salford offers an exciting and innovative portfolio of Masters and Undergraduate Media programmes.

These include courses in: Television Documentary Production (MA/PgDip) Fiction Film Production (MA/PgDip) Wildlife Documentary Production (MA/PgDip) Television and Radio Scriptwriting (MA/PgDip) Media and Performance (BA Hons) Television and Radio (BA Hons) Journalism (MA/PgDip) and many more...

For a prospectus and further details, please email: course_enquiries@salford.ac.uk or call 0161-295 5000

FAR NORTH is the stunning new film from award-winning British director Asif Kapadia, adapted from a short story by Sara Maitland. A folk tale set in the Arctic Ocean, it stars Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) Sean Bean (LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) and Michelle Krusiec (SAVING FACE). FAR NORTH is a story of myth, love and revenge played out against an epic landscape.

Electric Sheep Magazine and exposures are pleased to welcome Asif Kapadia for a post-screening Q&A. www.electricsheepmagazine.com £6 full / £4.50 concs.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

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Sunday 23 November 10.00am – 4.00pm Launch of exposures 2008 Join us at URBIS for a day of interactive, film related workshops and events to celebrate the launch of exposures 2008. Learn about costume and poster design, practise film techniques and have an opportunity to view films from previous exposures festivals.

Free Drop-in URBIS

4.00pm SCREENING

Mother India PG

Create your own 60 Second Film.

Shoot, edit and screen your own film in a lunch-time! Join us for a hands-on introduction to the world of filmmaking. Beth Hewitt will guide you through how to create your own 60 second masterpiece, shot against the backdrop of Urbis.

Free Drop in URBIS

The first film programme of this year’s festival, named after the 1957 indian classic MOTHER INDIA, presents a visually rich selection of emotive shorts portraying different communities in contemporary India.

2.00pm

Running time: approx 64 mins

For 8 – 14 year olds

INDIAN BOYO

PUPPET

HERO ★

PUPPET

Dir Kirnay Bhatt University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

Dir Monisha Banerjee University of the West of England

Two brothers run away from their violent father to Mumbai where the elder struggles to protect his younger brother from the harsh realities of urban life.

INDIAN BOYO Dir Paul H Allen Skillset Screen Academy, Wales

In New Delhi, Gareth, a Welsh backpacker, is desperate to explore the exciting new world of India.

4

12.00noon & 1.30pm

Puppet is a short film based on the subject of child labour.

RAVI GOES TO SCHOOL Dir Anupama Menon The London Film School

The idyllic world of 6 year old Ravi (the Watchman’s son) is transformed when Poja moves into the building with her husband Rohit.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

5.15pm Royal Television Society North West Student Awards 2008 The Royal Television Society present their North West Student Awards 2008, celebrating outstanding creativity from further education media courses throughout the North West. This year a panel of judges representing the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Independent Television, have shortlisted finalists. This event will showcase this year’s selection, presenting the coveted Royal Television Society trophy to the winning entries.

Sunday 23 PREVIEW

November

7.30pm

Electric Sheep present: FAR NORTH CTBA Dir Asif Kapadia GB 2008 85 mins Sean Bean, Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec

The winning films will also automatically be entered into the national RTS Student Television Awards to be held in London in 2009 where they will compete as official North West entries.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Animalz Workshop Ever imagined yourself as an animal, ever dreamt of flying like an eagle or shooting across the desert planes like a leopard?

This workshop will explore the postures, movements and calls of different animals. Awaken your senses and imagination with workshop leader Jessica Butler, learning different movements and playing voice games! Jessica Butler is a physical theatre director and performer, who loves to play, sing and create stories in any setting, from caves to shopping centres, and even corporate board rooms!

A similar workshop for adults will take place on 26 Nov at Cornerhouse (see p12)

URBIS

The University of Salford offers an exciting and innovative portfolio of Masters and Undergraduate Media programmes.

These include courses in: Television Documentary Production (MA/PgDip) Fiction Film Production (MA/PgDip) Wildlife Documentary Production (MA/PgDip) Television and Radio Scriptwriting (MA/PgDip) Media and Performance (BA Hons) Television and Radio (BA Hons) Journalism (MA/PgDip) and many more...

For a prospectus and further details, please email: course_enquiries@salford.ac.uk or call 0161-295 5000

FAR NORTH is the stunning new film from award-winning British director Asif Kapadia, adapted from a short story by Sara Maitland. A folk tale set in the Arctic Ocean, it stars Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) Sean Bean (LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) and Michelle Krusiec (SAVING FACE). FAR NORTH is a story of myth, love and revenge played out against an epic landscape.

Electric Sheep Magazine and exposures are pleased to welcome Asif Kapadia for a post-screening Q&A. www.electricsheepmagazine.com £6 full / £4.50 concs.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

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erexposed

– und Monday 24 November 10.00am – 12.00noon Mass collaboration and Web 2.0

10.30am & 2.00pm SCREENING

Surreal Screen 15* This selection of films showcases young filmmakers’ creativity as they explore hidden worlds and flights of the imagination through animation, science fiction and macabre films.

Workshop participants, practitioners and presenters share their knowledge, ideas and skills to create a digital illustration for a viral mass branding / marketing campaign aimed at 14 – 19 year olds. We’ll bring the best practitioners in illustration, digital film editing and web 2.0 application; you bring your creative minds, knowledge of the market or any other related skills. There’s even a ‘FLIP Video’ up for grabs for the most productive outcome!

NOIR

URBIS

PROJECT 6228

2.00pm How to get training and apprenticeships at the BBC Discover BBC training opportunities, apprenticeships, work experience, BBC Blast and outreach projects. BBC recruitment will be talking about careers in media, and answer your questions on finding different pathways.

Free

icated to y

12.00noon & 3.30pm SCREENING

A Small Dose of Reality 12A* This remarkable collection of films provides a thoughtprovoking programme dealing with life-changing events.

Running time: approx 85 mins

Running time: approx 80 min

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

ONE WEEK LATER

A film noir love story.

W.I.L.D. Dir Terry Cheung FACT Film Commission

An action thriller race against a deadly virus.

Dir Gihn Harvey Newall Green High School

An inventor works on his latest project.

OPEN IT OR DON’T Dir Jack Parkinson Blackburn College Media Centre

A modern chiller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

KARL PILKINGTON

Dir Sam Locket South Cheshire College

School events seen through one boy’s perspective.

A troubled young man’s struggle through life.

Dir Labeeba Yasin and Arooa Yasin WFA Media and Culture Centre

REALITY KNOCKS

DESIRE

Dir Tash Clyde Pier Pressure

Group Project Rochdale Youth Service

A magical seaside adventure set in France.

Jamie has a secret, but will his girlfriend find out?

An observant journey of five refugees in England.

W.I.L.D.

THE MAGIC ROCK POOL

POTENTIAL GREATNESS

A film showing two different lives in different places.

ROUGH CUT

ST AMBROSE BLAZERS

Dir Rik Manning Trafford College

How stupid can one man be?

A modern twist on a classic tale.

INHUMANITY

REVENGE OF THE BOWSERS

A futuristic story of one girl’s abduction.

Dir William Barnes and Rachel Hardy

Animated story of the Gloucestershire floods.

LILY Dir June Gersten Roberts The Digital Horizons Project Team, Cumbria. Funded by Mediabox.

Nightmares lead a girl to explore a nearby prison ship.

LILY

Group Project St Ambrose Barlow High School

An action trailer.

Dir Jack Scarisbrick Runshaw College

*Contains strong language and violence.

le’s filmm

aking

6.00pm LiveWire Showcase and Awards Ceremony Bringing the underexposed day to a close, LiveWire present a special premiere of their film made on location during this year’s LiveWire Film Camp. Alongside this, expect a variety of live acts, special guests and awards.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Group Project Shorefields Technology College

A bored teenager escapes into his imagination.

THREE LITTLE PIGS

oung peop

JUST A DAY’S WORK

Dir Amy Clarke Roby Sixth Form College

Dir James Stewart Toxteth TV at Liverpool Community College

Dir Paige Copsey and Jeremy De Coursey Bridgewater College

DYSTHYMIA

Dir Fern Down Upper School and PVA Media Lab

Dir Coalan McAteer Christian Brothers Grammar School

CORNERHOUSE

6

A day ded

RIDE OF YOUR LIFE

ON HOLD Dir Matt Keatman South Cheshire College

A man refuses to accept the loss of a loved one.

WRECKED Dir Oscar Forshaw Swift Road Sixth Form Centre

One boy re-lives the events that resulted in his friend’s death.

PICK A POCKET Dir Rafique Ahmed and Theo Piper-Griffiths Xaverian College

An original grime video performed by MC Hypes.

A group of boys face the consequences of their actions.

RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Group Project Moorside High School

One boy’s desire to fit in puts a girl in danger.

LOST BROTHERS Group Project Harrop Fold School and Arts College

999 – not some children’s lucky number…

TOP DECK

8.30pm PREVIEW Better Things CTBA Dir Duane Hopkins GB 2008 90 mins Liam McLifatrick, Che Corr, Tara Ballard

A special preview of BETTER THINGS, the powerful feature debut from award-winning short film director Duane Hopkins (Field, Love Me or Leave Me Alone). Focussing on the margins of society, BETTER THINGS interweaves emotional everyday stories from an array of characters including a schoolgirl whose jealous ex still controls her life, an agoraphobic teen and an elderly couple struggling to come to terms with a past infidelity. £6 full / £4.50 concs.

Dir Stella Grundy Pendleton College

Insults are hurled on a bus. *Contains moderate violence and some strong language.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA 7

erexposed

– und Monday 24 November 10.00am – 12.00noon Mass collaboration and Web 2.0

10.30am & 2.00pm SCREENING

Surreal Screen 15* This selection of films showcases young filmmakers’ creativity as they explore hidden worlds and flights of the imagination through animation, science fiction and macabre films.

Workshop participants, practitioners and presenters share their knowledge, ideas and skills to create a digital illustration for a viral mass branding / marketing campaign aimed at 14 – 19 year olds. We’ll bring the best practitioners in illustration, digital film editing and web 2.0 application; you bring your creative minds, knowledge of the market or any other related skills. There’s even a ‘FLIP Video’ up for grabs for the most productive outcome!

NOIR

URBIS

PROJECT 6228

2.00pm How to get training and apprenticeships at the BBC Discover BBC training opportunities, apprenticeships, work experience, BBC Blast and outreach projects. BBC recruitment will be talking about careers in media, and answer your questions on finding different pathways.

Free

icated to y

12.00noon & 3.30pm SCREENING

A Small Dose of Reality 12A* This remarkable collection of films provides a thoughtprovoking programme dealing with life-changing events.

Running time: approx 85 mins

Running time: approx 80 min

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

ONE WEEK LATER

A film noir love story.

W.I.L.D. Dir Terry Cheung FACT Film Commission

An action thriller race against a deadly virus.

Dir Gihn Harvey Newall Green High School

An inventor works on his latest project.

OPEN IT OR DON’T Dir Jack Parkinson Blackburn College Media Centre

A modern chiller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

KARL PILKINGTON

Dir Sam Locket South Cheshire College

School events seen through one boy’s perspective.

A troubled young man’s struggle through life.

Dir Labeeba Yasin and Arooa Yasin WFA Media and Culture Centre

REALITY KNOCKS

DESIRE

Dir Tash Clyde Pier Pressure

Group Project Rochdale Youth Service

A magical seaside adventure set in France.

Jamie has a secret, but will his girlfriend find out?

An observant journey of five refugees in England.

W.I.L.D.

THE MAGIC ROCK POOL

POTENTIAL GREATNESS

A film showing two different lives in different places.

ROUGH CUT

ST AMBROSE BLAZERS

Dir Rik Manning Trafford College

How stupid can one man be?

A modern twist on a classic tale.

INHUMANITY

REVENGE OF THE BOWSERS

A futuristic story of one girl’s abduction.

Dir William Barnes and Rachel Hardy

Animated story of the Gloucestershire floods.

LILY Dir June Gersten Roberts The Digital Horizons Project Team, Cumbria. Funded by Mediabox.

Nightmares lead a girl to explore a nearby prison ship.

LILY

Group Project St Ambrose Barlow High School

An action trailer.

Dir Jack Scarisbrick Runshaw College

*Contains strong language and violence.

le’s filmm

aking

6.00pm LiveWire Showcase and Awards Ceremony Bringing the underexposed day to a close, LiveWire present a special premiere of their film made on location during this year’s LiveWire Film Camp. Alongside this, expect a variety of live acts, special guests and awards.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Group Project Shorefields Technology College

A bored teenager escapes into his imagination.

THREE LITTLE PIGS

oung peop

JUST A DAY’S WORK

Dir Amy Clarke Roby Sixth Form College

Dir James Stewart Toxteth TV at Liverpool Community College

Dir Paige Copsey and Jeremy De Coursey Bridgewater College

DYSTHYMIA

Dir Fern Down Upper School and PVA Media Lab

Dir Coalan McAteer Christian Brothers Grammar School

CORNERHOUSE

6

A day ded

RIDE OF YOUR LIFE

ON HOLD Dir Matt Keatman South Cheshire College

A man refuses to accept the loss of a loved one.

WRECKED Dir Oscar Forshaw Swift Road Sixth Form Centre

One boy re-lives the events that resulted in his friend’s death.

PICK A POCKET Dir Rafique Ahmed and Theo Piper-Griffiths Xaverian College

An original grime video performed by MC Hypes.

A group of boys face the consequences of their actions.

RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Group Project Moorside High School

One boy’s desire to fit in puts a girl in danger.

LOST BROTHERS Group Project Harrop Fold School and Arts College

999 – not some children’s lucky number…

TOP DECK

8.30pm PREVIEW Better Things CTBA Dir Duane Hopkins GB 2008 90 mins Liam McLifatrick, Che Corr, Tara Ballard

A special preview of BETTER THINGS, the powerful feature debut from award-winning short film director Duane Hopkins (Field, Love Me or Leave Me Alone). Focussing on the margins of society, BETTER THINGS interweaves emotional everyday stories from an array of characters including a schoolgirl whose jealous ex still controls her life, an agoraphobic teen and an elderly couple struggling to come to terms with a past infidelity. £6 full / £4.50 concs.

Dir Stella Grundy Pendleton College

Insults are hurled on a bus. *Contains moderate violence and some strong language.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA 7

Tuesday 25 November 10.00am – 4.00pm Writers’ Workshop with Tom Higgins, Sarah Hooper, and Jimmy Dowdal Join the writers from hit sitcom Shameless, for a chance to develop a drama in a day, gaining invaluable insight into the process of scriptwriting for television.

Twelve enthusiastic scriptwriters will have the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals for a day. A chance to receive advice from established writers in the industry and work as part of a writing team for the day.

10.30am, 11.00am, 11.30am & 12.30pm

10.30am

3.00pm

Sports Programming and the Media

Propeller TV

Channel m Workshops

Join Channel m’s Head of Sport, Andrew Dickman, for this talk on sports programming and the media. Based on over ten years’ experience spent working for various football clubs, MUTV and Channel m, Andrew will discuss how media and sport can work together, including the benefits of building up a valuable contacts list – Ronaldo’s mobile anyone?

Channel m is opening its doors and inviting you to find out about the workings of a television studio. It’s lights, camera, action as you get the opportunity to see a working studio environment and speak to the directors, presenters and camera operators, plus you can can even have a go at presenting to cameras.

Free

Free

URBIS

URBIS

2.00pm

Carole Dove, Managing Director of Propeller TV, Europe’s largest short film channel, discusses how they support fresh talent and enable new work to be screened. This event also includes a chance to see a selection of the short films screened on Propeller TV over the past twelve months.

Dir Stefan Georgiou National Film & Television School

Here’s to the kids that are different, the kids who are just out of step, the kids they all tease, who have cuts on their knees and whose sneakers are constantly wet.

CAMILLE E MARIUCCIA ★ Dir Samuele Romano The London Film School

CAREFREE ★ Dir Nigel Hoar University of Salford

FIGHT

RYAN

FIGHT

CITIZENSHIP

PLAYGROUND

Dir Lewis Metcalfe Manchester Metropolitan University

Dir Emilio Vidarte The Manchester College

Dir Naima Elmasri Staffordshire University

Atmospheric portrayal of a schoolyard fight told in a nonlinear style.

A student is kept behind after school. Everyday tensions turn into something more.

A documentary that focusses on the children from three different ethnic groups in Preševo, a city in Kosovo.

HIKIKOMORI

8

LEMONADE

Piero, an intrusive old man, knocks on his young neighbour’s door. A road trip follows.

Running time: (approx) 52 mins

A day in the life of a young man and his friends takes a shocking turn due to drugs.

Running time: approx 91mins

CAMILLE E MARIUCCIA

In this second themed programme, exposures gets rebellious with a series of hard-hitting short films depicting the ups and downs in young people’s lives.

Dir Elliot Seller Met Film School

Blood Kin 15 Our third screening programme reveals all aspects of family life from the intimate to the more sinister.

You can choose your friends, but can you choose your family?

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY URBIS

Rebel Without A Cause 15

LUCKY-DIP PICK N MIX

SCREENING

Free

SCREENING

LUCKY-DIP PICK N MIX

3.30pm

A story about three parents/ carers. The film shows their day-to-day struggle to maintain a happy, balanced lives for themselves and their disabled children.

LES MOUCHES

LES MOUCHES Dir Leon Yan The London Film School

Alex Queranne, a 28 year-old French expat living in East London, ran away from his family more than ten years ago. Now he starts a journey to reunite with his mother and brother but is it too late?

RYAN ★

Dir Jonathan Harris Kingston University

Dir Dave Schofield Manchester Metropolitan University

Yasuo Yamamoto suffers from ‘Hikikomori’. A social condition where young people shut themselves in their rooms for months or years on end.

A day in the life of a teenager as he reaches a pivotal moment in life.

HIKIKOMORI

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA CAREFREE

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA 9

Tuesday 25 November 10.00am – 4.00pm Writers’ Workshop with Tom Higgins, Sarah Hooper, and Jimmy Dowdal Join the writers from hit sitcom Shameless, for a chance to develop a drama in a day, gaining invaluable insight into the process of scriptwriting for television.

Twelve enthusiastic scriptwriters will have the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals for a day. A chance to receive advice from established writers in the industry and work as part of a writing team for the day.

10.30am, 11.00am, 11.30am & 12.30pm

10.30am

3.00pm

Sports Programming and the Media

Propeller TV

Channel m Workshops

Join Channel m’s Head of Sport, Andrew Dickman, for this talk on sports programming and the media. Based on over ten years’ experience spent working for various football clubs, MUTV and Channel m, Andrew will discuss how media and sport can work together, including the benefits of building up a valuable contacts list – Ronaldo’s mobile anyone?

Channel m is opening its doors and inviting you to find out about the workings of a television studio. It’s lights, camera, action as you get the opportunity to see a working studio environment and speak to the directors, presenters and camera operators, plus you can can even have a go at presenting to cameras.

Free

Free

URBIS

URBIS

2.00pm

Carole Dove, Managing Director of Propeller TV, Europe’s largest short film channel, discusses how they support fresh talent and enable new work to be screened. This event also includes a chance to see a selection of the short films screened on Propeller TV over the past twelve months.

Dir Stefan Georgiou National Film & Television School

Here’s to the kids that are different, the kids who are just out of step, the kids they all tease, who have cuts on their knees and whose sneakers are constantly wet.

CAMILLE E MARIUCCIA ★ Dir Samuele Romano The London Film School

CAREFREE ★ Dir Nigel Hoar University of Salford

FIGHT

RYAN

FIGHT

CITIZENSHIP

PLAYGROUND

Dir Lewis Metcalfe Manchester Metropolitan University

Dir Emilio Vidarte The Manchester College

Dir Naima Elmasri Staffordshire University

Atmospheric portrayal of a schoolyard fight told in a nonlinear style.

A student is kept behind after school. Everyday tensions turn into something more.

A documentary that focusses on the children from three different ethnic groups in Preševo, a city in Kosovo.

HIKIKOMORI

8

LEMONADE

Piero, an intrusive old man, knocks on his young neighbour’s door. A road trip follows.

Running time: (approx) 52 mins

A day in the life of a young man and his friends takes a shocking turn due to drugs.

Running time: approx 91mins

CAMILLE E MARIUCCIA

In this second themed programme, exposures gets rebellious with a series of hard-hitting short films depicting the ups and downs in young people’s lives.

Dir Elliot Seller Met Film School

Blood Kin 15 Our third screening programme reveals all aspects of family life from the intimate to the more sinister.

You can choose your friends, but can you choose your family?

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY URBIS

Rebel Without A Cause 15

LUCKY-DIP PICK N MIX

SCREENING

Free

SCREENING

LUCKY-DIP PICK N MIX

3.30pm

A story about three parents/ carers. The film shows their day-to-day struggle to maintain a happy, balanced lives for themselves and their disabled children.

LES MOUCHES

LES MOUCHES Dir Leon Yan The London Film School

Alex Queranne, a 28 year-old French expat living in East London, ran away from his family more than ten years ago. Now he starts a journey to reunite with his mother and brother but is it too late?

RYAN ★

Dir Jonathan Harris Kingston University

Dir Dave Schofield Manchester Metropolitan University

Yasuo Yamamoto suffers from ‘Hikikomori’. A social condition where young people shut themselves in their rooms for months or years on end.

A day in the life of a teenager as he reaches a pivotal moment in life.

HIKIKOMORI

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA CAREFREE

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA 9

Tuesday 25 November 5.00pm

6.30pm

8.30pm SCREENING

Step into the Dragons’ Den

University of Salford Showcase

Metamorphosis 15

Helen Bullough, Executive Editor of Entertainment at BBC Manchester, talks about the making of BBC 2’s popular show Dragons’ Den alongside clips from the show. Whether you’re familiar with the show or not, this is an ideal opportunity to get insider gossip and tips for careers in broadcasting, as well as ask all those questions about ‘the den’ that you’ve never been able to ask before.

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

Join us for this showcase of the best films produced at University of Salford, celebrating talent in the North West. Plus don’t miss the chance to network with fellow filmmakers.

We really want you to wonder what’s lurking on the other side with this collection of short films, which portray bold, dramatic and comic changes.

Running time: approx 56 mins

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Missed a screening or found a favourite film you want to see again?

Throughout exposures, Urbis will be screening a selection of the festival films in the Corridor Gallery. Visit the festival website for further details on films screening at Urbis.

www.exposuresfestival.co.uk

…IT HAPPENS

VENI VIDI VICI

Dir Oliver Archibald University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

KNOCK

Two versions of the same incident depict a man’s good and bad fortune.

VENI VIDI VICI SURVIVOR

Dir David Bryan and Will Burdett University of Hertfordshire

SURVIVOR

The story of a small Roman soldier in training, who does not have the muscles but has the brains to accomplish the challenges that lie ahead!

Dir Nicole Volavka The London Film School

What happens when a Rwandan genocide survivor meets a young man from Darfur?

ATTRACTION Dir Rachinta Platts Norwich University College of the Arts

Dir Natasha Kalyuzhnaya First Take

Lillie lives alone. Her house echoes with the sounds that silence brings.

A man returns home from work one stormy night. After falling asleep in his armchair he is awoken by a knocking at his door.

HAIRCUT ★ Dir Andrea Malaskova Kingston University

HAIRCUT is a short, hand-drawn animation about a curious little girl called Emily and a ‘really weird’ hairdresser, Harold.

WHAT LIES BEHIND SMILING EYES

ATTRACTION is a short yet heart warming story about a man and a very unusual lady.

LILLIE ★

Dir Richard Addlesee & David S. Noble University of Bolton

Dir Robert Brandon Bucks New University

HAIR

A short drama about a child pianist who is afraid to smile.

HAIR Dir Stewart Comrie Robert Gordon University – Gray’s School of Art

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Refuting our 21st Century obsession with cleanliness and disgust for products of the body, HAIR explores, in particular, human disgust at hair which is no longer of the body.

LILLIE

10

HAIRCUT

11

Tuesday 25 November 5.00pm

6.30pm

8.30pm SCREENING

Step into the Dragons’ Den

University of Salford Showcase

Metamorphosis 15

Helen Bullough, Executive Editor of Entertainment at BBC Manchester, talks about the making of BBC 2’s popular show Dragons’ Den alongside clips from the show. Whether you’re familiar with the show or not, this is an ideal opportunity to get insider gossip and tips for careers in broadcasting, as well as ask all those questions about ‘the den’ that you’ve never been able to ask before.

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

Join us for this showcase of the best films produced at University of Salford, celebrating talent in the North West. Plus don’t miss the chance to network with fellow filmmakers.

We really want you to wonder what’s lurking on the other side with this collection of short films, which portray bold, dramatic and comic changes.

Running time: approx 56 mins

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Missed a screening or found a favourite film you want to see again?

Throughout exposures, Urbis will be screening a selection of the festival films in the Corridor Gallery. Visit the festival website for further details on films screening at Urbis.

www.exposuresfestival.co.uk

…IT HAPPENS

VENI VIDI VICI

Dir Oliver Archibald University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

KNOCK

Two versions of the same incident depict a man’s good and bad fortune.

VENI VIDI VICI SURVIVOR

Dir David Bryan and Will Burdett University of Hertfordshire

SURVIVOR

The story of a small Roman soldier in training, who does not have the muscles but has the brains to accomplish the challenges that lie ahead!

Dir Nicole Volavka The London Film School

What happens when a Rwandan genocide survivor meets a young man from Darfur?

ATTRACTION Dir Rachinta Platts Norwich University College of the Arts

Dir Natasha Kalyuzhnaya First Take

Lillie lives alone. Her house echoes with the sounds that silence brings.

A man returns home from work one stormy night. After falling asleep in his armchair he is awoken by a knocking at his door.

HAIRCUT ★ Dir Andrea Malaskova Kingston University

HAIRCUT is a short, hand-drawn animation about a curious little girl called Emily and a ‘really weird’ hairdresser, Harold.

WHAT LIES BEHIND SMILING EYES

ATTRACTION is a short yet heart warming story about a man and a very unusual lady.

LILLIE ★

Dir Richard Addlesee & David S. Noble University of Bolton

Dir Robert Brandon Bucks New University

HAIR

A short drama about a child pianist who is afraid to smile.

HAIR Dir Stewart Comrie Robert Gordon University – Gray’s School of Art

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Refuting our 21st Century obsession with cleanliness and disgust for products of the body, HAIR explores, in particular, human disgust at hair which is no longer of the body.

LILLIE

10

HAIRCUT

11

er Wednesday 26 Novemb 3.00pm

10.30am Speed Pitching A unique chance to present your ideas to one of four successful TV executives. If you’ve got a great idea, sign-up for the session making your pitch no more than three minutes long. Choose to present it to either Helen Bullough, Charisse Holder, Sue Murphy, or Cat Lewis. This is your chance to get feedback from TV executives in an informal environment.

To enter, go to the speed pitching page on www.exposuresfestival.co.uk and download the entry form.

Will your idea stand up to the dragons?

Helen Bullough, Executive / Managing Editor of Entertainment Productions at BBC Manchester, currently oversees a creative team responsible for projects as varied as Question of Sport, Mastermind and Dragons’ Den. Helen’s programme specialism lies in factual entertainment shows.

Charisse Holder, Head of Lifestyle and Entertainment at Channel m, covers many genres from what’s on in Greater Manchester and celebrity chat, to the newest and hottest bands on the music scene.

Sue Murphy, Channel 4’s Head of Features, oversees the channel’s roster of popular and distinctive lifestyle shows including BAFTA award-winning Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and How To Look Good Naked with Gok Wan. Cat Lewis, Managing Director of Nine Lives – independent production company, has been an on-screen reporter and award-winning producer for the BBC and Granada and an Executive Producer for BBC, Channel 4, ITV1, Five, Living and Sky, making factual programmes. Recent commissions include a series of crime documentaries called Nightmare in Suburbia.

2.00pm SCREENING

For adults

Of Mice and Men 12A

Ever imagined yourself as an animal, ever dreamt of flying like an eagle or shooting across the desert planes like a leopard? This workshop will explore the postures, movements and voices of different animals, awakening the senses and imagination with different movements and voice games! Workshop leader, Jessica Butler is a physical theatre director and performer, who loves to play, sing and create stories in any setting, from caves to shopping centres, and even corporate board rooms!

See p.4 for the children’s workshop.

Free CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

4.00pm Richard Deverell in Conversation Presented by University of Salford in association with the Media Festival

Sue Murphy – Head of Features for Channel 4 (How to Look Good Naked and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares) will be discussing the commissioning process, and revealing what she believes can turn a simple programme idea into a successful series. Outlining her career in broadcasting, Sue Murphy will take questions from the audience about how to start working in the industry and successfully move on up!

Join Richard Deverell, as he discusses the future of BBC Children’s television.

Deverell, who is responsible for CBeebies and CBBC output, will be focussing on how the move to MediaCity will impact on the North West and the production of Children’s television, including how BBC Worldwide will distribute Children’s television for multi-platform. Plus don’t miss the chance to raise your own questions in our Q&A session.

URBIS

URBIS

Free URBIS

12.00noon

Sue Murphy in Conversation

12

Animalz Workshop

For the first time, furry creatures get a showcase of their own with this section of animal-themed entries.

ANIMALZ

Dir Ross Philips University of Sunderland

Through the lenses of his binoculars, a birdwatcher witnesses a bizarre series of events.

A short documentary following a lobster’s journey from the sea to the dinner plate.

HAROLD AND MARGARET ★ THE BIRDWATCHER

THE OLD MAN AND THE BEE Dir David H University of Sunderland

PANDA LOVE

With the local park as a battleground an old man enters into an all encompassing war against a tiny bee.

Dir Jane Ashby Norwich University College of the Arts

BUBBLES IS A STUPID NAME

A little, dark tragedy of one panda’s search for love.

Jemma Garrard University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

A little girl steals a kitten for company.

THE PREDATORY HABITS OF YETIS Dir Hannah Suppiah Norwich University College of the Arts PANDA LOVE

THE FARMHOUSE Dir Danny Lomax University of Salford

Bringer of thoughts, comforter, continually questioning.

Dir Lewis Monk and Daya Dodds University of Wales – Newport

Dir Sérgio Cruz Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

BIRDWATCHER

Dir Ben Thompson Manchester Metropolitan University

A TALE OF LOBSTER AND FRIENDS

Running time: approx 52 mins

Dance film based on animal movements featuring the urban B-Boy skills of Brighton and Hove’s B3 Boys.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT

A short animation providing a glimpse into a world of strange, fictional creatures in their natural environment.

Dir Lora Jensen Edinburgh College of Art

HAROLD & MARGARET is about the co-dependency of two parallel universes and perceptions of what freedom really is.

HAROLD AND MARGARET

XIAO XI Dir Steff Lee Norwich University College of the Arts

Based on ‘The Little Match Girl’ this film tells the story of Xiao Xi, a child beggar on the streets of China at Chinese New Year.

SLOW DANCE ★ Dir Polly Stevens WFA Media and Cultural Centre

A day in the life of an isolated 18th Century farm in the middle of the M62 on top of Rishworth Moor, that looks like it has been caught in a time-warp, despite being in the middle of one of the busiest motorways in Britain.

This film pays homage to the humble snail, whose beauty is often overlooked.

THE PREDATORY HABITS OF YETIS

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA 13

er Wednesday 26 Novemb 3.00pm

10.30am Speed Pitching A unique chance to present your ideas to one of four successful TV executives. If you’ve got a great idea, sign-up for the session making your pitch no more than three minutes long. Choose to present it to either Helen Bullough, Charisse Holder, Sue Murphy, or Cat Lewis. This is your chance to get feedback from TV executives in an informal environment.

To enter, go to the speed pitching page on www.exposuresfestival.co.uk and download the entry form.

Will your idea stand up to the dragons?

Helen Bullough, Executive / Managing Editor of Entertainment Productions at BBC Manchester, currently oversees a creative team responsible for projects as varied as Question of Sport, Mastermind and Dragons’ Den. Helen’s programme specialism lies in factual entertainment shows.

Charisse Holder, Head of Lifestyle and Entertainment at Channel m, covers many genres from what’s on in Greater Manchester and celebrity chat, to the newest and hottest bands on the music scene.

Sue Murphy, Channel 4’s Head of Features, oversees the channel’s roster of popular and distinctive lifestyle shows including BAFTA award-winning Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and How To Look Good Naked with Gok Wan. Cat Lewis, Managing Director of Nine Lives – independent production company, has been an on-screen reporter and award-winning producer for the BBC and Granada and an Executive Producer for BBC, Channel 4, ITV1, Five, Living and Sky, making factual programmes. Recent commissions include a series of crime documentaries called Nightmare in Suburbia.

2.00pm SCREENING

For adults

Of Mice and Men 12A

Ever imagined yourself as an animal, ever dreamt of flying like an eagle or shooting across the desert planes like a leopard? This workshop will explore the postures, movements and voices of different animals, awakening the senses and imagination with different movements and voice games! Workshop leader, Jessica Butler is a physical theatre director and performer, who loves to play, sing and create stories in any setting, from caves to shopping centres, and even corporate board rooms!

See p.4 for the children’s workshop.

Free CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

4.00pm Richard Deverell in Conversation Presented by University of Salford in association with the Media Festival

Sue Murphy – Head of Features for Channel 4 (How to Look Good Naked and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares) will be discussing the commissioning process, and revealing what she believes can turn a simple programme idea into a successful series. Outlining her career in broadcasting, Sue Murphy will take questions from the audience about how to start working in the industry and successfully move on up!

Join Richard Deverell, as he discusses the future of BBC Children’s television.

Deverell, who is responsible for CBeebies and CBBC output, will be focussing on how the move to MediaCity will impact on the North West and the production of Children’s television, including how BBC Worldwide will distribute Children’s television for multi-platform. Plus don’t miss the chance to raise your own questions in our Q&A session.

URBIS

URBIS

Free URBIS

12.00noon

Sue Murphy in Conversation

12

Animalz Workshop

For the first time, furry creatures get a showcase of their own with this section of animal-themed entries.

ANIMALZ

Dir Ross Philips University of Sunderland

Through the lenses of his binoculars, a birdwatcher witnesses a bizarre series of events.

A short documentary following a lobster’s journey from the sea to the dinner plate.

HAROLD AND MARGARET ★ THE BIRDWATCHER

THE OLD MAN AND THE BEE Dir David H University of Sunderland

PANDA LOVE

With the local park as a battleground an old man enters into an all encompassing war against a tiny bee.

Dir Jane Ashby Norwich University College of the Arts

BUBBLES IS A STUPID NAME

A little, dark tragedy of one panda’s search for love.

Jemma Garrard University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

A little girl steals a kitten for company.

THE PREDATORY HABITS OF YETIS Dir Hannah Suppiah Norwich University College of the Arts PANDA LOVE

THE FARMHOUSE Dir Danny Lomax University of Salford

Bringer of thoughts, comforter, continually questioning.

Dir Lewis Monk and Daya Dodds University of Wales – Newport

Dir Sérgio Cruz Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

BIRDWATCHER

Dir Ben Thompson Manchester Metropolitan University

A TALE OF LOBSTER AND FRIENDS

Running time: approx 52 mins

Dance film based on animal movements featuring the urban B-Boy skills of Brighton and Hove’s B3 Boys.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT

A short animation providing a glimpse into a world of strange, fictional creatures in their natural environment.

Dir Lora Jensen Edinburgh College of Art

HAROLD & MARGARET is about the co-dependency of two parallel universes and perceptions of what freedom really is.

HAROLD AND MARGARET

XIAO XI Dir Steff Lee Norwich University College of the Arts

Based on ‘The Little Match Girl’ this film tells the story of Xiao Xi, a child beggar on the streets of China at Chinese New Year.

SLOW DANCE ★ Dir Polly Stevens WFA Media and Cultural Centre

A day in the life of an isolated 18th Century farm in the middle of the M62 on top of Rishworth Moor, that looks like it has been caught in a time-warp, despite being in the middle of one of the busiest motorways in Britain.

This film pays homage to the humble snail, whose beauty is often overlooked.

THE PREDATORY HABITS OF YETIS

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA 13

er Wednesday 26 Novemb 5.15pm

8.00pm PREVIEW

Networking for Students

The Butterfly Tattoo CTBA

Join us in Cornerhouse Gallery, as we give you the opportunity to meet and chat to this year’s exposures festival team. Find out a bit more about the ideas behind this year’s programme strands; tell us what you’ve enjoyed most so far and let us know what you would like to see in exposures 2009.

Free CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

Chris and Jenny are teenage lovers from the gritty side of modern Oxford in this adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass). Chris is a naïve scholar and Jenny a free spirit fleeing a traumatised childhood.

They are caught in the crossfire as Carson, a gangster with a grudge comes looking for Chris’ boss.

Prepare to be taken on a journey of discovery in this programme, which takes its theme from Serge’s 1963 great adventure. Expect a selection of outstanding dramas and innovative animations that are great entertainment!

Running time: approx 55 mins

A lovesick cobbler attempts to get the attention of the girl of his dreams by performing a musical number.

A BLIND PERSPECTIVE Dir Matthew Marsh Kingston University

A film exploring the journey of a blind person through London.

14

Presented by University of Salford in association with The Media Festival

Dir Phil Hawkins GB 2008 100 mins Duncan Stuart, Jessica Blake, Aidan Magrath

The Great Escape 15

Dir Will Howden University of Gloucestershire

Peter Cowley in Converstation

Presented by University of Salford

6.00pm SCREENING

DANCING SHOES

10.30am

We are pleased to welcome Director Phil Hawkins and members of the cast and crew for a post-screening Q&A. www.tbtproject.com £6 full / £4.50 concs.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK Dir Daniel Boyle Kingston University

Dir Caroline Symmonds, Ian White and Nick Macmillan University of Hertfordshire

Annabelle is a tale of one girl’s adventure through her own imagination, meeting enchanted trees and unicorns along the way.

12.00noon Danny Cohen in Conversation Danny Cohen, controller of BBC Three, is responsible for commissioning all new programmes on the channel from comedy and drama to factual series such as Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts and The Beauty Season.

He will be talking about finding new talent, young people’s programming and BBC Three’s new look and multi-platform strategy. There will also be chance for you to ask Danny your questions.

Conversation chaired by Sarah Perks, Programme and Engagement Director at Cornerhouse

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Time TBC

FOUR KILOMETERS ★

In Session with Channel m

A story about Hulud, a 15 year old girl living in a Bedouin community in a desert-like village that cannot be found on the map of Israel.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

FINDING HOME AGAIN

Every week Channel m records an exclusive music session in front of a live audience in its studios at Urbis. During exposures 08, Channel m would like to specially invite you to take part and join the live studio audience in their recording studio to see the next big band live.

If you would like to be in the crowd, then register to take part by e-mailing music@channelm.co.uk putting ‘exposures 27 NOVEMBER 08’ in the subject line.

For further event details and times, please check www.exposuresfestival.co.uk

Dir Magdalena Oczkowska University of Salford

Penrhos, a small village in North Wales, is a home of 150 elderly Poles. Displaced from their homeland, they came to Great Britain during WW II and have remained here ever since.

November

A satirical take on the old English nursery rhyme of the same name, the film intends to highlight the futility of war.

Dir Miri Shapiro The London Film School

ANNABELLE ★

Join Peter Cowley, Managing Director of Endemol, the production company behind Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and 8 out of 10 Cats, as he discusses multi-platform programming.

Endemol is behind a growing portfolio of innovative multiplatform entertainment including Bebo’s groundbreaking online reality show, Gap Year and BBC online interactive drama Sign’s of Life. Peter will talk about his role in developing Endemol’s interactive and new media strategy in the UK, which is looking to develop into mobile, broadband and IPTV.

Thursday 27

Free URBIS

DANCING SHOES

15

er Wednesday 26 Novemb 5.15pm

8.00pm PREVIEW

Networking for Students

The Butterfly Tattoo CTBA

Join us in Cornerhouse Gallery, as we give you the opportunity to meet and chat to this year’s exposures festival team. Find out a bit more about the ideas behind this year’s programme strands; tell us what you’ve enjoyed most so far and let us know what you would like to see in exposures 2009.

Free CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

Chris and Jenny are teenage lovers from the gritty side of modern Oxford in this adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass). Chris is a naïve scholar and Jenny a free spirit fleeing a traumatised childhood.

They are caught in the crossfire as Carson, a gangster with a grudge comes looking for Chris’ boss.

Prepare to be taken on a journey of discovery in this programme, which takes its theme from Serge’s 1963 great adventure. Expect a selection of outstanding dramas and innovative animations that are great entertainment!

Running time: approx 55 mins

A lovesick cobbler attempts to get the attention of the girl of his dreams by performing a musical number.

A BLIND PERSPECTIVE Dir Matthew Marsh Kingston University

A film exploring the journey of a blind person through London.

14

Presented by University of Salford in association with The Media Festival

Dir Phil Hawkins GB 2008 100 mins Duncan Stuart, Jessica Blake, Aidan Magrath

The Great Escape 15

Dir Will Howden University of Gloucestershire

Peter Cowley in Converstation

Presented by University of Salford

6.00pm SCREENING

DANCING SHOES

10.30am

We are pleased to welcome Director Phil Hawkins and members of the cast and crew for a post-screening Q&A. www.tbtproject.com £6 full / £4.50 concs.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

THE GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK Dir Daniel Boyle Kingston University

Dir Caroline Symmonds, Ian White and Nick Macmillan University of Hertfordshire

Annabelle is a tale of one girl’s adventure through her own imagination, meeting enchanted trees and unicorns along the way.

12.00noon Danny Cohen in Conversation Danny Cohen, controller of BBC Three, is responsible for commissioning all new programmes on the channel from comedy and drama to factual series such as Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts and The Beauty Season.

He will be talking about finding new talent, young people’s programming and BBC Three’s new look and multi-platform strategy. There will also be chance for you to ask Danny your questions.

Conversation chaired by Sarah Perks, Programme and Engagement Director at Cornerhouse

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Time TBC

FOUR KILOMETERS ★

In Session with Channel m

A story about Hulud, a 15 year old girl living in a Bedouin community in a desert-like village that cannot be found on the map of Israel.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

FINDING HOME AGAIN

Every week Channel m records an exclusive music session in front of a live audience in its studios at Urbis. During exposures 08, Channel m would like to specially invite you to take part and join the live studio audience in their recording studio to see the next big band live.

If you would like to be in the crowd, then register to take part by e-mailing music@channelm.co.uk putting ‘exposures 27 NOVEMBER 08’ in the subject line.

For further event details and times, please check www.exposuresfestival.co.uk

Dir Magdalena Oczkowska University of Salford

Penrhos, a small village in North Wales, is a home of 150 elderly Poles. Displaced from their homeland, they came to Great Britain during WW II and have remained here ever since.

November

A satirical take on the old English nursery rhyme of the same name, the film intends to highlight the futility of war.

Dir Miri Shapiro The London Film School

ANNABELLE ★

Join Peter Cowley, Managing Director of Endemol, the production company behind Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and 8 out of 10 Cats, as he discusses multi-platform programming.

Endemol is behind a growing portfolio of innovative multiplatform entertainment including Bebo’s groundbreaking online reality show, Gap Year and BBC online interactive drama Sign’s of Life. Peter will talk about his role in developing Endemol’s interactive and new media strategy in the UK, which is looking to develop into mobile, broadband and IPTV.

Thursday 27

Free URBIS

DANCING SHOES

15

Thursday 27 November 4.00pm

2.00pm SCREENING

Paul Abbott and Phil Collinson in Conversation

The Asphalt Jungle 15 This eclectic collection of films will unravel like its programme theme THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, depicting different ways of adapting to the challenges of urban life.

Running time: approx 46 mins

COPING ★ Dir Austin Houldsworth Royal College of Arts

COPING gives a glimpse of a future where a lady improvises and deals with a mundane problem.

WORLD WAR CAPTURING SPACE

Dir. Vincent Chai University of Hertfordshire

FORGOTTEN IN COG CITY ★

In the year 2045 AD, 100 years after an atomic weapon was used, a new era of war has begun.

Dir Rohan Wadham Norwich University College of the Arts

This film is an engagement with the subject of city living and the forgotten individuals within our society.

CAPTURING SPACE ★ Dir Erik Bosted The London Film School

This documentary contemplates the character of Trellick Tower, a high-rise council building in West London.

WORLD WAR

SPECTACULAR VIEW ★

ILLUSION DWELLERS ★

Dir Mikey Please Wimbledon College of Art

A lone explorer stumbles across the last untouched pocket of wilderness.

exposures Reunion Ever wondered what opportunities lie ahead as a filmmaker? Join us in Cornerhouse gallery for the chance to meet previous winners and entrants to exposures. Filmmakers, including Janis Pugh (BLUE COLLARS AND BUTTERCUPS, exposures ’07) and Manchester-based Kate Jessop (WHEN THE TELESCOPE CAME), will be be available to answer all your questions on what to do next; discussing their own work and progression as filmmakers and their experiences in entering and being accepted to exposures and other festivals.

exposures festival patron and BAFTA award-winning television scriptwriter Paul Abbot continually champions fresh talent nationally, supporting and developing new writers’ creative skills and ambitions.

Phil Collinson is Head of Drama at BBC Manchester.

Former Doctor Who producer, he is heading up and committed to producing a strong hub in the North West for innovative and challenging drama.

Conversation chaired by Cornerhouse CEO Dave Moutrey.

Join us, as we announce the winner from the Shameless Composition Competition. We challenged you to channel your musical creativity, and compose an original piece of music to fit our 60 second clip of Manchester’s award winning drama. Five of the best pieces have been selected from all the entries and we’ll be screening them during this event, with one lucky winner awarded the competition prize.

The award will be presented by a special guest, after which there will be a chance to join Ric Michael, Independent Producer and Phil Hawkins, director of THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO for an informal networking session.

Free CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

8.00pm

Members of an often overlooked and frequently misunderstood community share their view of the world around them.

Corona Extra Best of the Fest 08 and Party

Everyone says it is the little things that matter; indeed they do and they all contribute towards a global issue.

Networking & Shameless Competition Winner Announcement

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Dir Robb Ellender Royal College of Art

Dir Craig Wilson University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

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3.00pm

Free

HUMAN NATURE

HUMAN NATURE

BLUE COLLARS AND BUTTERCUPS

Paul Abbott and Phil Collinson discuss what they believe will to be the future of writing and producing television drama, followed by a Q&A session.

5.00pm

CONCRETE DRIFT ★ Dir Jack Whiteley Manchester Metropolitan University

CONCRETE DRIFT follows the experiences of Fionn, a nine-yearold boy who drifts through his surroundings with no apparent purpose or meaning.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Don’t miss the festival grand finale, as we screen the best of this year’s festival. The winners will receive their awards and the best films will be screened at the final event of this year’s exposures.

Corona Extra beer will get the party started once the screenings have concluded. This event is extremely popular so we recommend that you book well in advance!

CORNERHOUSE

6.00pm

PREVIEW

KICKS CTBA Presented by The Media Festival Dir Lindy Heymann GB 2008 83 mins Kerrie Hayes, Nichola Burley, Jamie Doyle

A compelling tale about two teenage girls obsessed by celebrity and fame, featuring a fresh ensemble of new acting talent. Nicole & Jasmine are two teenagers who bond over a mutual obsession for Premiership footballer, Lee Cassidy. Fuelled by their fantasy of meeting him, they track him down and before they know it their dream has become a nightmare. Don’t miss this exclusive preview of KICKS, written by Leigh Campbell (Big Stella, Little Stella), directed by Lindy Heymann (Showboy) and produced by Andy Stebbing (BRICK LANE).

We are pleased to welcome members of the cast and crew for a post-screening Q&A £6 full / £4.50 concs

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA Event supported by Northwest Vision and Media, Digital Departures in association with the Liverpool Culture Company and BBC films.

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Thursday 27 November 4.00pm

2.00pm SCREENING

Paul Abbott and Phil Collinson in Conversation

The Asphalt Jungle 15 This eclectic collection of films will unravel like its programme theme THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, depicting different ways of adapting to the challenges of urban life.

Running time: approx 46 mins

COPING ★ Dir Austin Houldsworth Royal College of Arts

COPING gives a glimpse of a future where a lady improvises and deals with a mundane problem.

WORLD WAR CAPTURING SPACE

Dir. Vincent Chai University of Hertfordshire

FORGOTTEN IN COG CITY ★

In the year 2045 AD, 100 years after an atomic weapon was used, a new era of war has begun.

Dir Rohan Wadham Norwich University College of the Arts

This film is an engagement with the subject of city living and the forgotten individuals within our society.

CAPTURING SPACE ★ Dir Erik Bosted The London Film School

This documentary contemplates the character of Trellick Tower, a high-rise council building in West London.

WORLD WAR

SPECTACULAR VIEW ★

ILLUSION DWELLERS ★

Dir Mikey Please Wimbledon College of Art

A lone explorer stumbles across the last untouched pocket of wilderness.

exposures Reunion Ever wondered what opportunities lie ahead as a filmmaker? Join us in Cornerhouse gallery for the chance to meet previous winners and entrants to exposures. Filmmakers, including Janis Pugh (BLUE COLLARS AND BUTTERCUPS, exposures ’07) and Manchester-based Kate Jessop (WHEN THE TELESCOPE CAME), will be be available to answer all your questions on what to do next; discussing their own work and progression as filmmakers and their experiences in entering and being accepted to exposures and other festivals.

exposures festival patron and BAFTA award-winning television scriptwriter Paul Abbot continually champions fresh talent nationally, supporting and developing new writers’ creative skills and ambitions.

Phil Collinson is Head of Drama at BBC Manchester.

Former Doctor Who producer, he is heading up and committed to producing a strong hub in the North West for innovative and challenging drama.

Conversation chaired by Cornerhouse CEO Dave Moutrey.

Join us, as we announce the winner from the Shameless Composition Competition. We challenged you to channel your musical creativity, and compose an original piece of music to fit our 60 second clip of Manchester’s award winning drama. Five of the best pieces have been selected from all the entries and we’ll be screening them during this event, with one lucky winner awarded the competition prize.

The award will be presented by a special guest, after which there will be a chance to join Ric Michael, Independent Producer and Phil Hawkins, director of THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO for an informal networking session.

Free CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

8.00pm

Members of an often overlooked and frequently misunderstood community share their view of the world around them.

Corona Extra Best of the Fest 08 and Party

Everyone says it is the little things that matter; indeed they do and they all contribute towards a global issue.

Networking & Shameless Competition Winner Announcement

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Dir Robb Ellender Royal College of Art

Dir Craig Wilson University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham

16

3.00pm

Free

HUMAN NATURE

HUMAN NATURE

BLUE COLLARS AND BUTTERCUPS

Paul Abbott and Phil Collinson discuss what they believe will to be the future of writing and producing television drama, followed by a Q&A session.

5.00pm

CONCRETE DRIFT ★ Dir Jack Whiteley Manchester Metropolitan University

CONCRETE DRIFT follows the experiences of Fionn, a nine-yearold boy who drifts through his surroundings with no apparent purpose or meaning.

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA

Don’t miss the festival grand finale, as we screen the best of this year’s festival. The winners will receive their awards and the best films will be screened at the final event of this year’s exposures.

Corona Extra beer will get the party started once the screenings have concluded. This event is extremely popular so we recommend that you book well in advance!

CORNERHOUSE

6.00pm

PREVIEW

KICKS CTBA Presented by The Media Festival Dir Lindy Heymann GB 2008 83 mins Kerrie Hayes, Nichola Burley, Jamie Doyle

A compelling tale about two teenage girls obsessed by celebrity and fame, featuring a fresh ensemble of new acting talent. Nicole & Jasmine are two teenagers who bond over a mutual obsession for Premiership footballer, Lee Cassidy. Fuelled by their fantasy of meeting him, they track him down and before they know it their dream has become a nightmare. Don’t miss this exclusive preview of KICKS, written by Leigh Campbell (Big Stella, Little Stella), directed by Lindy Heymann (Showboy) and produced by Andy Stebbing (BRICK LANE).

We are pleased to welcome members of the cast and crew for a post-screening Q&A £6 full / £4.50 concs

CORNERHOUSE CINEMA Event supported by Northwest Vision and Media, Digital Departures in association with the Liverpool Culture Company and BBC films.

17

l

Throughout the festiva

Two specially selected programmes of work will be screened in Cornerhouse Gallery 3 throughout the festival

Distant Voices, Still Lives Stirring and evocative, these documentaries make demands on the viewer to challenge their perceptions of the world.

Animation A heady mix of CGI and animation that seek to render the harsh reality of synthetic times and a digital world in flux.

UNDINE

UNDINE

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

70 STILL FRAMES AND 5 MINUTES 50 SECONDS OF VIDEO ★

ANIMALZ

Dir Sam Holden London College of Communication

A dance film based on animal movements featuring the urban B-Boy skills of Brighton and Hove’s B3 Boys

The film highlights how much we simply don’t see when encountering someone’s photographic reproduction and underlines how problematic photography can be as a representative medium.

KHODA Dir Reza Dolatabadi University of Dundee – Duncan of Jordanstone College

A psychological thriller, a student project which was seen as ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible!

DREAM IN COLOUR Dir Lotte Sanderson Anglia Ruskin University

An animated evocation of a dream.

Dir Sérgio Cruz Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

ANIMALZ

DANCERS OF THE STOLEN HEART Miho Matsuda The University of the West of England

A story of two characters, a girl with a rotting organ and a man who falls in love with her special heart.

Dir Boldizsar Csernak University College for the Creative Arts – Maidstone

Inspired by Jean Cocteau`s “Orphee” (1950) this piece is an exploration of the interrelation between body, space and movements.

MACHINE

Dir Rachel Lattimore University of Brighton

An experimental animation, inspired by Jan Svankmajer, and an exploration of the concept of reality from an anti-realist perspective.

Dir Rabea Gorny University of Wales – Newport

HALB charts the history of a marriage break-down in a uniquely edited interview with both parties.

HAIRCUT ★ Dir Andrea Malaskova Kingston University

A short hand-drawn animation about a curious little girl called Emily and a ‘really weird’ hairdresser, Harold.

PARADIGM SHIFT Dir Gavin Sodo and Harry Shotton Manchester Metropolitan University

A whimsical view of the viral nature of ideas and beliefs and the way in which they affect our reality.

Music video about big Al’s Land Lubber.

LET’S TAKE A SHOWER ★ ILLUSION DWELLERS

ILLUSION DWELLERS ★ Dir Robb Ellender Royal College of Art

Members of an often overlooked and frequently misunderstood community share their view of the world around them.

Dir Chung Yee Yu Royal Holloway – University of London

A documentary about a leprosy village in China and the villagers’ struggle against social stigma and discrimination.

THE FORGOTTEN EXPERIMENT Dir Rachel Clachrie University of Stirling

A documentary about gypsy travelers in Pitlochry, Scotland

PLAYGROUND Dir Naima Elmasri Staffordshire University

LET’S TAKE A SHOWER

A documentary that focusses on the children from three different ethnical groups in Preševo, a city in Kosovo.

PENCIL TREE

PENCIL TREE Dir Niki Naroz Leeds Metropolitan University

An animation featuring a pencil tree.

MACHINE

PUPPET Monisha Banerjee University of the West of England

A short film based on the subject of child labour.

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HALB (HALF)

A visual and musical animation, which sensitively touches on the emotional aspects of a child’s trauma.

Dir Archie Leigh-Jones

The repetition and looping in Machine reflects on our mimetic nature – on the automation and multiplicity of our actions. It shows how a group dynamic can alter behavior.

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

Dir Anastacia Tohill Norwich University College of the Arts

LAND LUBBER

Nisha Duggal University College London – The Slade School of Fine Art

ATOMS AND EMPTY SPACE

DREAM IN COLOUR

A SINGLE GLASS OF WATER LIGHTS UP THE WHOLE WORLD

Running time: approx 64 mins

HALB

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l

Throughout the festiva

Two specially selected programmes of work will be screened in Cornerhouse Gallery 3 throughout the festival

Distant Voices, Still Lives Stirring and evocative, these documentaries make demands on the viewer to challenge their perceptions of the world.

Animation A heady mix of CGI and animation that seek to render the harsh reality of synthetic times and a digital world in flux.

UNDINE

UNDINE

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

70 STILL FRAMES AND 5 MINUTES 50 SECONDS OF VIDEO ★

ANIMALZ

Dir Sam Holden London College of Communication

A dance film based on animal movements featuring the urban B-Boy skills of Brighton and Hove’s B3 Boys

The film highlights how much we simply don’t see when encountering someone’s photographic reproduction and underlines how problematic photography can be as a representative medium.

KHODA Dir Reza Dolatabadi University of Dundee – Duncan of Jordanstone College

A psychological thriller, a student project which was seen as ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible!

DREAM IN COLOUR Dir Lotte Sanderson Anglia Ruskin University

An animated evocation of a dream.

Dir Sérgio Cruz Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

ANIMALZ

DANCERS OF THE STOLEN HEART Miho Matsuda The University of the West of England

A story of two characters, a girl with a rotting organ and a man who falls in love with her special heart.

Dir Boldizsar Csernak University College for the Creative Arts – Maidstone

Inspired by Jean Cocteau`s “Orphee” (1950) this piece is an exploration of the interrelation between body, space and movements.

MACHINE

Dir Rachel Lattimore University of Brighton

An experimental animation, inspired by Jan Svankmajer, and an exploration of the concept of reality from an anti-realist perspective.

Dir Rabea Gorny University of Wales – Newport

HALB charts the history of a marriage break-down in a uniquely edited interview with both parties.

HAIRCUT ★ Dir Andrea Malaskova Kingston University

A short hand-drawn animation about a curious little girl called Emily and a ‘really weird’ hairdresser, Harold.

PARADIGM SHIFT Dir Gavin Sodo and Harry Shotton Manchester Metropolitan University

A whimsical view of the viral nature of ideas and beliefs and the way in which they affect our reality.

Music video about big Al’s Land Lubber.

LET’S TAKE A SHOWER ★ ILLUSION DWELLERS

ILLUSION DWELLERS ★ Dir Robb Ellender Royal College of Art

Members of an often overlooked and frequently misunderstood community share their view of the world around them.

Dir Chung Yee Yu Royal Holloway – University of London

A documentary about a leprosy village in China and the villagers’ struggle against social stigma and discrimination.

THE FORGOTTEN EXPERIMENT Dir Rachel Clachrie University of Stirling

A documentary about gypsy travelers in Pitlochry, Scotland

PLAYGROUND Dir Naima Elmasri Staffordshire University

LET’S TAKE A SHOWER

A documentary that focusses on the children from three different ethnical groups in Preševo, a city in Kosovo.

PENCIL TREE

PENCIL TREE Dir Niki Naroz Leeds Metropolitan University

An animation featuring a pencil tree.

MACHINE

PUPPET Monisha Banerjee University of the West of England

A short film based on the subject of child labour.

18

HALB (HALF)

A visual and musical animation, which sensitively touches on the emotional aspects of a child’s trauma.

Dir Archie Leigh-Jones

The repetition and looping in Machine reflects on our mimetic nature – on the automation and multiplicity of our actions. It shows how a group dynamic can alter behavior.

CORNERHOUSE GALLERY

Dir Anastacia Tohill Norwich University College of the Arts

LAND LUBBER

Nisha Duggal University College London – The Slade School of Fine Art

ATOMS AND EMPTY SPACE

DREAM IN COLOUR

A SINGLE GLASS OF WATER LIGHTS UP THE WHOLE WORLD

Running time: approx 64 mins

HALB

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Best of the Fest DVDs Check out what previous years had to offer with exposures Best of the Fest DVD compilations. Available separ ately for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of the festival, or as a set of 3, each compilation features the winners and favourites from the festivals.

Best of the Fest DVDs are available through Cornerhouse Publications, to order phone 0161 200 1503 or email publications@ cornerhouse.org or from Cornerhouse Foyer Bookshop.

Buy online at: www.cornerhouse.org/books

ation Ticket and Box Office Inform . ise stated

All tickets £3 full / £2 concessions, unless otherw All events indicated by

are ticketed and advance booking is highly recommended.

Tickets can be booked via Cornerhouse Box Office Open for phone bookings 12.00noon – 8.00pm.

Locations

in person or by calling 0161 200 1500.

Cornerhouse 70 Oxford Street Manchester M1 5NH www.cornerhouse.org

Urbis Cathedral Gardens Manchester M4 3BG www.urbis.org.uk

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al.co.uk

www.exposuresfestiv

exposures

Best of the Fest DVDs Check out what previous years had to offer with exposures Best of the Fest DVD compilations. Available separ ately for the 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of the festival, or as a set of 3, each compilation features the winners and favourites from the festivals.

Best of the Fest DVDs are available through Cornerhouse Publications, to order phone 0161 200 1503 or email publications@ cornerhouse.org or from Cornerhouse Foyer Bookshop.

Buy online at: www.cornerhouse.org/books

ation Ticket and Box Office Inform . ise stated

All tickets £3 full / £2 concessions, unless otherw All events indicated by

are ticketed and advance booking is highly recommended.

Tickets can be booked via Cornerhouse Box Office Open for phone bookings 12.00noon – 8.00pm.

Locations

in person or by calling 0161 200 1500.

Cornerhouse 70 Oxford Street Manchester M1 5NH www.cornerhouse.org

Urbis Cathedral Gardens Manchester M4 3BG www.urbis.org.uk

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Calendar Tuesday 25 November (cont.)

Sunday 23 November Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3

Title

Location

Page

Time

Title

Location

3pm

Propeller TV

Cornerhouse

Talk/Screening

10am – 4.00pm

Launch day activities

Urbis

Wkshop

4

3.30pm

Blood Kin 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

12noon

Create your own 60 Second film

Urbis

Wkshop

4

5pm

Step Into the Dragons’ Den

Cornerhouse

Talk

1.30 pm

Create your own 60 Second film

Urbis

Wkshop

4

6.30pm

University of Salford Showcase

Cornerhouse

Screening

10

2 pm

Animalz Workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

4

8.30pm

Metamorphosis 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

11

4.00pm

Mother India PG

Cornerhouse

Screening

4

5.15pm

RTS North West Student Award 08

Cornerhouse

Screening/Event

5

Wednesday 26 November

7.30pm

Preview & Q&A: FAR NORTH CTBA

Cornerhouse

Screening/Guests

5

Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3

Page

Monday 24 November: underexposed

Time

Title

Location

Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery

10.30am

Speed Pitching

Urbis

Time

Title

10am

Mass Collaboration Web 2.0

Urbis

10:30am

Surreal Screen 15

Cornerhouse

12noon

A Small Dose of Reality 12A

Cornerhouse Cornerhouse

Event/Guest

9 9 10

Page 12

12noon

Sue Murphy In Conversation

Urbis

Talk/Guest

12

Page

2pm

Of Mice and Men 12A

Cornerhouse

Screening

13

Wkshop

6

3pm

Animalz Workshop

Cornerhouse

Wkshop

12

Screening

6

4pm

Richard Deverell in Conversation

Urbis

Talk/Guest

12

Screening

7

5.15pm

Networking for Students

Cornerhouse

Event

14

Screening

6

6pm

The Great Escape 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

14

8pm

Preview & Q&A: BUTTERFLY TATTOO CTBA Cornerhouse

Screening/Guests

14

Location

2pm

Surreal Screen 15

2pm

How to get training and apprenticeships at the BBC

Cornerhouse

Talk

6

3.30pm

A Small Dose of Reality 12A

Cornerhouse

Screening

7

6pm

LiveWire Showcase and Awards

Cornerhouse

Screening/Event

7

8.30pm

Preview: BETTER THINGS CTBA

Cornerhouse

Screening

7

Tuesday 25 November Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3

22

Time

Time

Title

Location

10am

Writers’ Workshop

Urbis

10.30am

Sports Programming and The Media

10.30am 11.00am 11.30am

Thursday 27 November Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3 Time

Title

Location

Time tbc

In Session with Channel m

Urbis

Event

Page 15

10.30am

Peter Cowley In Conversation

Cornerhouse

Talk/Guest

15

12noon

Danny Cohen In Conversation

Cornerhouse

Talk/Guest

15

Page

2pm

The Asphalt Jungle 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

16

Wkshop

8

3pm

exposures reunion

Cornerhouse

Event

16

Urbis

Talk

8

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

4pm

Paul Abbott and Phil Collinson In Conversation

Cornerhouse

Talk/Guest

17

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

5pm

Networking & Shameless winner announcement

Cornerhouse

Event/Guest

17

Preview & Q&A: KICKS CTBA

Cornerhouse

Screening/Guests

17

Corona Extra Best of the Fest Screening and Party

Cornerhouse

Screening/Event

17

12.30pm

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

6pm

2pm

Rebel Without a Cause 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

8

8 pm

23

Calendar Tuesday 25 November (cont.)

Sunday 23 November Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3

Title

Location

Page

Time

Title

Location

3pm

Propeller TV

Cornerhouse

Talk/Screening

10am – 4.00pm

Launch day activities

Urbis

Wkshop

4

3.30pm

Blood Kin 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

12noon

Create your own 60 Second film

Urbis

Wkshop

4

5pm

Step Into the Dragons’ Den

Cornerhouse

Talk

1.30 pm

Create your own 60 Second film

Urbis

Wkshop

4

6.30pm

University of Salford Showcase

Cornerhouse

Screening

10

2 pm

Animalz Workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

4

8.30pm

Metamorphosis 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

11

4.00pm

Mother India PG

Cornerhouse

Screening

4

5.15pm

RTS North West Student Award 08

Cornerhouse

Screening/Event

5

Wednesday 26 November

7.30pm

Preview & Q&A: FAR NORTH CTBA

Cornerhouse

Screening/Guests

5

Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3

Page

Monday 24 November: underexposed

Time

Title

Location

Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery

10.30am

Speed Pitching

Urbis

Time

Title

10am

Mass Collaboration Web 2.0

Urbis

10:30am

Surreal Screen 15

Cornerhouse

12noon

A Small Dose of Reality 12A

Cornerhouse Cornerhouse

Event/Guest

9 9 10

Page 12

12noon

Sue Murphy In Conversation

Urbis

Talk/Guest

12

Page

2pm

Of Mice and Men 12A

Cornerhouse

Screening

13

Wkshop

6

3pm

Animalz Workshop

Cornerhouse

Wkshop

12

Screening

6

4pm

Richard Deverell in Conversation

Urbis

Talk/Guest

12

Screening

7

5.15pm

Networking for Students

Cornerhouse

Event

14

Screening

6

6pm

The Great Escape 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

14

8pm

Preview & Q&A: BUTTERFLY TATTOO CTBA Cornerhouse

Screening/Guests

14

Location

2pm

Surreal Screen 15

2pm

How to get training and apprenticeships at the BBC

Cornerhouse

Talk

6

3.30pm

A Small Dose of Reality 12A

Cornerhouse

Screening

7

6pm

LiveWire Showcase and Awards

Cornerhouse

Screening/Event

7

8.30pm

Preview: BETTER THINGS CTBA

Cornerhouse

Screening

7

Tuesday 25 November Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3

22

Time

Time

Title

Location

10am

Writers’ Workshop

Urbis

10.30am

Sports Programming and The Media

10.30am 11.00am 11.30am

Thursday 27 November Selection of films screening all day in Urbis Corridor Gallery and Cornerhouse Gallery 3 Time

Title

Location

Time tbc

In Session with Channel m

Urbis

Event

Page 15

10.30am

Peter Cowley In Conversation

Cornerhouse

Talk/Guest

15

12noon

Danny Cohen In Conversation

Cornerhouse

Talk/Guest

15

Page

2pm

The Asphalt Jungle 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

16

Wkshop

8

3pm

exposures reunion

Cornerhouse

Event

16

Urbis

Talk

8

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

4pm

Paul Abbott and Phil Collinson In Conversation

Cornerhouse

Talk/Guest

17

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

5pm

Networking & Shameless winner announcement

Cornerhouse

Event/Guest

17

Preview & Q&A: KICKS CTBA

Cornerhouse

Screening/Guests

17

Corona Extra Best of the Fest Screening and Party

Cornerhouse

Screening/Event

17

12.30pm

Channel m workshop

Urbis

Wkshop

8

6pm

2pm

Rebel Without a Cause 15

Cornerhouse

Screening

8

8 pm

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