Working in association with the CCA, artist Sarah Tripp and MAP magazine The Magic Lantern present a cross-genre weekend packed full of inspiring films, events and workshops for all those passionate about short film.
All of the new work screened, with the exception of the MAP programme, will be available for viewing after the festival in a new videotheque designed by artist Robert Orchardson, screening alongside Sarah Tripp’s new film, Let Me Show You Some Things, both commissioned by the CCA as part of a six week exhibition of the same name.
Friday 15th February
From the Archives…
6-7.30pm & 8.30-10pm
1hr20m, 15
Coinciding with Sarah Tripp’s film Let Me Show You Some Things at the CCA, this programme explores Sarah’s influences and favourite directors. Featuring rarely seen early works by Chantal Akerman, Wim Wenders, Barbara Albert, Margaret Tait and Lindsay Anderson.
Saturday 16th February
Of Kith And Kin
2.30pm
1h50m, 15
An insight into the complex nature of our relationships with the people we don’t choose to love - our families. These films are by turn touching, humorous and sinister. Featuring The Oates Valour, nominated for the Golden Palme at the Cannes Film Festival 2007, and Simon Ellis’ powerful multi-award winning Soft.
The
Oates Valour, Director Tim Thaddeus Cahill, USA, 2007,
14m
Soft,
Director Simon Ellis, UK, 2007, 15m
Hinterland,
Director Geoffery Boulange, France, 2007, 28m
Bare,
Director Santana Issar, India, 2006, 11m
My Sister, Director Marco Van Geffen, Netherlands, 2006, 9m
The Tube with a Hat, Director Radu Jude, Romania, 2006, 23m
No Statues
4.30pm
1h22m, 15
Shorts that question the emotional and historical significance we attach to locations: from the story of Shell, a young girl trapped in a life by the side of the road, to the UK premiere of Alexandre J Phillipe’s The Spot, an experimental documentary that records the fascination placed on the mark on the Dallas road where JFK was shot.
Shell,
Director Scott Graham, UK, 2007, 20m
Benidorm,
Director Carolin Schmitz, Germany, 2006, 20m
Between
Two Deaths, Director Wago Kreider, USA, 2006, 7m
The Spot, Director Alexandre J Phillipe, USA, 2008, 20m
Shock Resistant, Director Olivier Hems, France, 2007, 15m
Night Terrors
6.30pm
1h7m, 18
This programme takes the viewer on disturbing and unsettling journeys into the subconscious. These films that will keep you awake at night. Featuring Don Hertzfeld’s award-winning animation Everything Will be OK. (Best Short Film, Sundance 2007).
She
Wanted to Be Burnt, Director Ruth Paxton, UK, 2007, 10m
Everything
Will Be Okay, Director Don Hertzfeld, 2007, USA, 17m
What
Do I Know About Love, Directors Sejla Kameric and Timus Makarevic, Bosnia,
2007, 15m
Die Kneipe, Directors Gabriel Gauchet and Andrej Krol, Germany, 2007, 10m
The Island, Director Matt Palmer, UK 2007, 15m
Zam Salim Retrospective
8pm
1h30m, 15
A
retrospective programme of the short films of acclaimed Scottish director Zam
Salim, followed by Q & A.
Sunday 17th February
Bonds of Belonging
2.30pm
1h14m, 15
Films that explore differing perceptions of identity and belonging. Including BIFA award winning ‘Dog Altogether’ and BAFTA Scotland winner ‘Losing Myself’.
The
Breadmakers, Director Yasmin Fedda, UK, 2007, 10m
The
Saddest Boy In The World, Director Jamie Travis, 2007, Canada, 13 m
Flung,
Director Fiona Walton, 2007, UK, 10m
Die
Gute Lage, Director Nancy Brandt, 2007, Germany, 13m
Dog
Altogether, Director Paddy Considine, 2007, UK, 16m
Losing
Myself, Director Alice Nelson, 2007, UK, 12m
How Do I Love You?
4.30pm
1h38m, 18
Unique and unconventional relationships revealed with humor and pathos. Featuring acclaimed director Daniel Mulloy's alarmingly candid Dad and Scottish BAFTA nominee Johnny Barrington's latest short, Terra Firma.
Tony
Zoreil, Director Valentin Potier, France, 2007, 20m
The
Ice Plant, Director Kate Burton, UK, 2007, 10m
Dragonflies,
Director Szymon Kluz, Poland, 2007, 15m
Terra
Firma, Director Jonny Barrington, UK, 2007, 26m
Dad, Director Daniel Mulloy, UK, 2007, 7m
Visible Cinema
MAP presents contemporary artists films
6.30pm
1h, 15
Breaking
down the elements of a film screening to test the limits of the traditional
cine-form, contemporary art quarterly Map
magazine presents a series of artists’ films.
Followed by drinks.
Panel Discussions
Why Make A Short?
Saturday 16th February
11.30am
2h
A round table discussion on the value of short films with practical advice on how to get your film funded.
Panel
members:
Kaleem
Aftab -The Independent journalist and
Producer
Robbie
Allen - Scottish Screen Development Executive
Karen
O’Hare - GMAC Short Film Executive
Moira
Jeffrey - Journalist, Curator and former Scottish Arts Council
Zam
Salim - Filmmaker
How To Make A Short
Sunday 17th February
11.30am
2h
A round table discussion on the process of short filmmaking: from the development of your initial idea to sourcing collaborators, the shoot and distribution.
Matt
Palmer- Filmmaker
Alice Nelson- Filmmaker
David
Smith- Producer, Brocken Spectre
Kate Taylor- Programmer, London Short Film Festival
Paul Welsh - Development Executive EM Media
Let Me Show You Some Things
Ebb and Flow: Ambient programme
A
diverse selection of experimental works screening in CCA 1.
seenoisehearlight,
Director Matt Hulse, UK, 2006, 30m
Celestial,
Director Esther Johnson, UK, 2007, 15m
Ich Bin Ich, Director Kathrin Resetarits, Germany, 2006, 28m
Videotheque
16th February- 29th March
All tickets £6/ £5 or Weekend Pass for £25 now available from the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900. Or in person at the CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. For online ticket sales please visit www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk
NB. All Shorts Weekend screenings will be held at the CCA.
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