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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.
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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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
5
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
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
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. 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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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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