Glasgow Short Film Festival 2015 Brochure

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GLASGOW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 11 – 15 March 2015


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`lkqbkqpIntroduction 3

Award Winners Screening 4

Scottish Competition 5

International Competition 6 - 7

Calendar 8 - 9

Vertical Cinema 10

Strange Electricity 10

Jennifer Reeder 10

Daniel Wolfe Music Video Masterclass 10

Focus on Ukraine 11

Let Glasgow Flourish 11

A Wall Is A Screen 11

Short Com with Greg Hemphill 11

Luminous Latitude: Artists’ Film Touring Programme 12

12th Player 12

Short Stuff 12

Family Shorts 12

The Art School & Big Screen present 00:01:00 13The Skinny Short Film Award 13

Filming The List 13

The Short Road to Features 13

Symposium: Short Film (and) Criticism 14

Anatomy of a Short Film Programme 14

Duane Hopkins In Conversation: Directing Actors 14

Kevin B Lee: Desktop Documentary Workshop 14

Ani Jam 15

UWS Symposium: Creativity and Form 15

Panel: What Next? 15

Meet the Filmmakers 15

qf`hbqpSTANDARD PRICE TICKETS

£6 (£5 concessions)

Some events are individually priced or free of charge– see listings for details.

CERTIFICATION

Films not certified by the BBFC are marked N/C and

accompanied by an age recommendation i.e. N/C 15 +(suitable for ages 15 and older, no-one under 15 willbe admitted).

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From Wednesday 28 January tickets can be purchased

from www.glasgowfilm.org/gsff. Tickets can be

purchased online until one hour before the screening.

IN ADVANCEFrom Wednesday 28 January you can purchase

tickets for most events from Glasgow Film Theatre

(12 Rose Street, G3 6RB). You can call Box Office on

0141 332 6535. Please note that there is a £1.50

transaction fee for telephone bookings.

You can collect advance tickets from Glasgow Film

Theatre up until 9pm the day before the performance.

Please note that advance purchases can only be made

online at www.glasgowfilm.org/gsff or at GFT.

DURING THE FESTIVAL

Between Wednesday 11 March and Sunday 15 March,

tickets for any GSFF event can be collected or

purchased at the screening venue.

Please see www.glasgowfilm.org for full terms and conditions.

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CCA (Festival Hub)350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JDwww.cca-glasgow.com, 0141 352 4900

Glasgow Film Theatre

12 Rose Street, G3 6RBwww.glasgowfilm.org, 0141 332 6535

The Art School: GSA Students’ Association20 Scott Street, G3 6PEwww.theartschool.co.uk, 0141 353 4530

citizenM60 Renfrew Street, G2 3BWwww.citizenm.com/societym, 0141 404 9489

The Briggait141 Bridgegate, G1 5HZ0141 553 5890

The Glue Factory (not shown on map)15 Burns Street, G4 9SE

www.thegluefactory.orgUWS Creative Media Academy (not shown on map)Film City, 401 Govan Road, G51 2QJwww.uws.ac.uk, 0141 445 7244

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Cover Image: Jane Carroll / Clyde Film / 1985

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fkqolar`qflkLast year was an extraordinary time in the People’s Republic of Glasgow, and in its aftermath 2015 can’t helpbut feel like a year of self-questioning and transition. GSFF is in transition too, as we wave a fond farewell toour mother festival and wander into the faintly warmer, longer days of mid-March.

So the theme of transition is woven throughout this year’s programme. Our opening event imagines a newdirection for cinema; specifically, 90˚ clockwise. Vertical Cinema breathes new life into 35mm film projectionand creates a monolith to rival Kubrick’s ape-botherer. Archive strand Let Glasgow Flourish revisits the highhopes and the low blows of regeneration in the city, considering communities in transition. Further afield,Ukraine is undergoing a particularly violent period of transition, and we welcome programmers from the LvivInternational Short Film Festival to present new work responding directly to current events in the country.

Daniel Wolfe, the man who painstakingly recreated an early 90s warehouse rave for Chase & Status’ Blind Faith, will present his music videos and talk about his transition to features. We’re delighted to welcomefrom Chicago the ‘King of the Video Essays’, Kevin B Lee, to introduce us to the emerging genre DesktopDocumentary. And our competition selection showcases the cutting edge of new filmmaking, devouringthe boundaries of filmmaking conventions.

Massive thanks as ever to funders Creative Scotland, to catalogue sponsor Glasgow Film Office, to programmesupporter Goethe-Institut Glasgow, and to indispensable venue partner CCA. We’re indebted to Film HubScotland and Bar 91 for supporting our monumental opening event, and we warmly thank Monir Mohammedof Mother India, for once again generously sponsoring the Scottish Short Film Award. This is the fourth year ofMother India’s support for emerging Scottish film talent, and we applaud Monir’s loyalty and commitment tothe Scottish film industry! Enjoy the Festival.

GSFF will publish a catalogue with full listings of all films, as well as exclusive articles and filmmaker interviews.

The catalogue will be available to buy for £2 at CCA and GFT during the festival. Full listings will also appear on

our website www.glasgowfilm.org/gsff

Glasgow Short Film Festival is an operating name of Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT). GFT is registered as a charity (No SC005932) with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

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First chance to catch the prize-winning films of Glasgow

Short Film Festival 2015. We will announce and screen the

recipients of the jury awards, as well as the films voted

the favourite of the audience in each competition. Also

screening will be the results of the 48 hour Ani Jam

animation challenge and the winning films in The Art School

and Big Screen’s one minute short competition. End the

festival on a cinematic high, in the presence of the winningfilmmakers and our other special guests.

p`lqqfpe peloq cfij ^tôaOnce again we showcase the most exciting new work emerging from across Scotland. Twenty-seven

films screen across four programmes of new Scottish work. The Scottish Short Film Award issponsored by Mother India, and honours inspiration and innovation in new Scottish cinema. It carries

a cash prize of £1,500. You will have the chance to vote for your favourite to win the Audience Award.

The winner of this year’s Scottish Audience Award will be invited to create the GSFF16 trailer.

_fii alrdi^p ^tôa clo fkqbok^qflkî peloq cfijGSFF stages its international competition in GFT’s state-of-the-art third screen, and we expect

many of the filmmakers to attend and take part in short Q&As after each screening. Forty-two films

have been selected from over 1,100 submissions to compete for the 2015 Bill Douglas Award for

International Short Film. Named in honour of Scotland’s greatest filmmaker, this prize will be awarded

to the film that best reflects the qualities found in the work of Bill Douglas: honesty, formal innovation

and the supremacy of image and sound in cinematic storytelling. The award carries a cash prize of

£1,200. You will have the chance to vote for your favourite to win the Audience Award.

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fk pqlovqbiifkd A shortlist of ten films drawn from the Scottish competition and from UK films within the

international competition will compete for the Award for Innovation in Storytelling, supported

by Channel 4’s Alpha Fund and worth £500.

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Sunday 15 March (20.30)

2h, N/C 15+

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Thursday 12 March (21.15)

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The weight of the older generation bears heavily on the protagonistsof the first selection. Whether present or long gone, mum and dad arealways with us, guiding us, getting in our way, giving us the guiltsbigtime. The programme includes two documentaries from ScottishDocumentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme, films by Glasgowfilmmakers Raisah Ahmed and Artur Zaremba, and the long-awaitedpremiere of David Lumsden’s CGI epic, Boat.

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Friday 13 March (19.30)

1h45m,N/C 15+

A shadowy journey through the enigmatic, seamy side of Scottish filmmaking,from vampires to animal experiments, exploitation and death. Isolationleads to increasingly paranoid competitiveness in Jeppe Rohde Nielsen’sGame, whilst a strange form of reunion takes place in Tim Courtney’sSunsets & Silhouettes. Also featuring a new work by artist Michelle Hannah,the BAFTA-nominated Monkey Love Experiments and a deathly ride on a

Vincent Black Lightning motorbike, courtesy of animator Cat Bruce.

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Saturday 14 March (19.15)

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In the third Scottish selection, characters stray from normality in waysboth small and large. Let it all hang out, sweep the old order away,resistance may be futile, but it’s beautiful. Ian Waugh’s As He Lay Fallingcomes home after an impressive international festival run, whilst RonaldForbes’ Only Make Believe and Scott Willis’ Pigeon are brand new. Alsofeaturing films by Peter Mackie Burns, Claire Lamond and the mysteriousKristof Babaski.

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For all our flaws and quirks, love blooms in the final Scottish programme.New connections are tentatively made whilst others are severed onceand for all. One couple enjoys a wee night in, and another goes outshooting. Kate Burton’s BB captures the awkwardness of first attractions;

Rory Stewart’s Wyld explores the pressing need for change. Alsofeaturing the new film by GSFF14 Scottish Short Film Award winnerEwan Stewart, What Happens After Six.


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In an irrational world, we need the support of others to give our livesshape and meaning. The attempt to impose order on chaos will neversucceed – we can either paper over the cracks or embrace the constant

change, reaching out and helping those around us. This programmefeatures the latest work by Caroline Sascha Cogez, the subject of our2013 retrospective, alongside acclaimed Hungarian animation Symphony No 42, and Swedish black comedy Lifestyle.

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A programme exploring the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining,depression and acceptance; not as five distinct experiences to be workedthrough in a tidy linear progression, but as competing, conflicting,reoccurring emotions. A haunting, emotive selection. The programmeincludes award-winning Argentinian animation Father , Polish/Armeniandocumentary-style drama Milky Brother and Missing by American-Ugandanactor/director/photographer Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine.

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A life-sized dolls house burns to the ground in the opening film of thisprogramme, and the films that follow variously celebrate and rejectconventions of young womanhood, innocence and sisterhood. Fromthe ethics of exploitation in the name of art, to misguided parentingand teenage solidarity, this is a sharp, self-reflexive and often hilariousselection of films. Featuring brand new works by Adrian Sitaru (GSFF11award winner) and Jennifer Reeder.

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Jobsworths, layabouts and dreamers – no one takes pride in their workanymore. A pedantic swimming pool attendant experiences the shift fromhell, whilst a wantonly cruel pet shop manager gets what’s coming tohim. Given a brand new planet to populate in Greek/Georgian film Kepler ,

humans prove just as vain and incompetent as they are on Earth, whilst inthe stunning Cuban drama Twilight a reluctant clown performing in thesticks awaits the promise of a better acting gig in the city.


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We live in a restless world. Those who strike out for a better life, orwho are chased from their homes, as often as not end their journey indisappointment, stasis or tragedy. For some, a short trip across town

is an epic voyage, whilst others think nothing of cross-border bargainhunting. This programme charts such journeys, from devastation off thecoast of Lampedusa, via limbo in Greece, to Nordic squabbles and anexhaustive super-cut of New York City on the move.

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Bad behaviour from kids is one thing, but the grownups should knowbetter. Some will never learn, others are trying to make amends, others stillare damned whatever they do. All fun and games, until it isn’t. FeaturingEarth Over Wind , the latest work from Glasgow’s own Joern Utkilen, thistime working in his native Norway, plus The Noise, a cutting edge Iranianstudy of paranoia, surveillance and judgemental neighbours and Parking,a masterful drama from Bulgaria.

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The past is not another country, we can never truly leave it behind. A programme of five films which bring repressed memories both personaland collective bubbling to the surface, even in the act of living fully in thepresent. Visualising historical forces in very different ways, the films takeus from Ramallah seen through the eyes of a gay Lebanese couple,to Taiwan under Dutch rule, the former East Germany, and finally to theheady spiritual fervour of a gospel church in Florida.

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The final international competition programme features five films in whichcharacters are presented as scientific case studies, observed in the field,thrust into a baffling new world with detached curiosity. Some remainblissfully unaware of their fate, others rebel against it, like the homeless

victims of the Fukushima disaster documented in Radioactive, who castoff typical Japanese stoicism to battle civic incompetence. Also featuringBAFTA-nominated Scottish animation Monkey Love Experiments and thelatest work from the brilliant Don Hertzfeldt, World of Tomorrow.


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Wednesday 11 March (Doors 20.30, event starts 21.00)

2h, N/C 15+

We open the festival in spectacular style with a monumental and mesmerisingaudio-visual experience: ten new works by internationally renowned experimental

filmmakers, projected vertically on 35 mm celluloid with a custom-built projectorin vertical cinemascope. A unique blend of abstract cinema, structural

experiments, found footage remixes, chemical film explorations and live laseraction, Vertical Cinema represents a provocation to expand the cinematic imageonto a new axis. Prepare to have your mind well and truly blown!

Tickets £8.

Please note that The Briggait is a covered outdoor space – dress warmly!

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Saturday 14 March (Doors for screening 20.00, starts 20.30.

Doors for party 21.30, first act starts 22.00)5h30, 18+

Shot in 16mm, Sähkö the Movie documents Finnish ultra-minimalist technolabel Sähkö Recordings in its mid-90s prime. It was directed by label chief JimiTenor, and features Tenor himself, Mika Vainio aka Ø, Pan(a)sonic, Hertsi, andeven Glasgow’s own Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch. Jimi and Twitch will presenta twentieth anniversary screening, followed by live sets by Jimi Tenor andGolden Teacher, and DJ sets by JD Twitch and Bake.

Screening and party £12 (very limited capacity). Party only £8.

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Sunday 15 March (18.00 – repeat screening)

1h30m,N/C 15+

Midwestern filmmaker and artist Jennifer Reeder’s most recent film A MillionMiles Away was the undisputed hit of the short film circuit in 2014. Reederchannels Miranda July and David Lynch in her bittersweet tale of an insecuresupply teacher and a choir of savvy schoolgirls. To accompany the first UKscreening of her new film Blood Below The Skin (International Competition 3),

GSFF presents A Million Miles Away and three previous works, theForevering Trilogy .

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1h30m

Genius is an overused word, but Daniel Wolfe’s videos for Chase & Status’Blind Faith, Paolo Nutini’s Iron Sky , The Shoes’ Time to Dance and Plan B’sThe Defamation of Strickland Banks come close. Each one a technically

brilliant piece of visual storytelling, they elevate the songs to new emotionallevels without overwhelming them. Don’t miss this chance to hear Danielshow and talk about his promo work, as well as his recent move into featuredirection with the critically acclaimed Catch Me Daddy (GFF2015).

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cl`rp lk rho^fkbPROGRAMME 1: BABYLON ‘13

CCA Cinema, Thursday 12 March (19.00)

PROGRAMME 2: CRY, BUT SHOOT!

CCA Cinema, Sunday 15March (15.30)

1h45m,N/C 15+

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art presents two specially curatedprogrammes of new work from Ukraine. The first programme showcases the

work of Babylon ’13, a collective making web-docs in response to currentevents, and founded on the idea that documentary can change people’s viewson the reality around them. The second programme takes its title from thewords of Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Ukraine’s most famous filmmaker, andshowcases a wide range of new fiction produced in the country.

ibq di^pdlt cilrofpePROGRAMME 1: BEST LAID SCHEMESCCA Cinema, Saturday 14 March (15.15)

PROGRAMME 2: THE GAME’S A BOGEY

GFT Cinema 2,Sunday15March (13.00)

1h45m / 2h, N/C15+

In 1985, a collective of young unemployed people living in Cranhill produced

Clyde Film, a poetic history of the people of Glasgow told only in music and

images, and set against scenes of failed regeneration. To mark the 30th

anniversary of this quietly raging masterpiece, GSFF has curated two programmes

exploring the city’s cycle of renewal. The first programme features archive

documentaries from the 1940s onwards, whilst the second programme shows

the varying responses of local communities to the changes thrust upon them.

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Saturday14 March (19.30)

1h30m,N/C 15+

Both guided city tour and short film night, Hamburg collective A Wall Is AScreen invites you to see Glasgow in a way you’ve never previouslyexperienced the city. This guerrilla mobile screening takes over neglectedspaces, familiar buildings and commercial facades for ten minutes of lovinglycurated short film before moving on to the next location – the ultimate pop-upcinema!

Free unticketed event: meet outside CCA Terrace Bar, Scott Street,prepared for March weather.

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Saturday14 March (21.15)

1h45m,N/C 15+

Short Com is delighted to make its return to Glasgow Short Film Festival for2015. Short Com is a regular showcase of the finest independent comicshorts around, by new comedic filmmaking talent, chosen from open

submissions. Showcasing the best films from its tour of 2014, this screeningwill be hosted by obscure Scots-Canadian performance artist GregorHemphill. Short Com supports the mental health charities CALM and SAMHand will be collecting voluntary donations after the screening.

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1h30m,N/C 15+

Twelve short films inviting broad questions around how a sense of place may act

as a grounding for our individual and collective creative identity. Highlighting the

rich diversity of contemporary Scottish experimental film practice, thesefilmmakers explore a range of landscapes, techniques, themes and attitudes; from

poetic lyricism, through representation and abstraction, to political appropriation.

Is there, perhaps, a distinctive diversity emerging from this very place?

Luminous Latitude is an Alchemy Film & Arts project and is supported by The Craignish Trust.

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1h30m,N/C 15+

Turning the camera away from the pitch, this specially curated programmecelebrates any football team’s greatest asset: the fans. Ranging from anima-tion to artists’ moving image, from documentary to fiction, films made aboutand by the most obsessive of devotees take us on a near transcendental

journey, from the border between Austria and Germany to Maradona’sinfamous goal against England in Mexico 1986. Expect laughs, chanting,the odd punch thrown and maybe a wee bit of fitba.

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1h15m,N/C 12+

The ever-popular Short Stuff returns for an hour and a bit of highlights fromacross the GSFF15 programme, specially chosen for parents and babies.The selection will remain a secret until the curtains open, but we guaranteeentertaining and thought-provoking drama, documentary and animation fromaround the world. No extreme content or sudden loud noises, and the lightswill remain on low to allow easy movement during the screening.

Babies must be 18 months or younger (and go free, obviously!)

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1h15m,N/C 5+

Forget TV cartoons. Once again our annual family programme brings you themost exciting new animation from around the world, up on the big screen.By turns daft, silly, sad, spooky and uplifting, this programme will showcase awide range of stunning animation techniques and take you on journeys younever thought possible. Feel free to turn up in your jammies, wrapped up in aduvet. Sunday mornings couldn’t be more cosy!

One ticket admits one adult and one child.


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1h30m,N/C 15+

There are movements over at The Art School... a great mass of students gathertogether to show off their one-minute transitions! The Art School and BigScreen, GSA's film society, invite you to step into the chrysalis of the AssemblyHall and journey with us through a non-stop barrage of student-madeultra-shorts. Help us choose the favourites to be shown at the GSFF15 AwardWinners screening on Sunday 15th of March. See you there caterpillars!

Free entry, no ticket required

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1h30m,N/C 15+

Last year, The Skinny launched a competition to find the best new micro-budget

short film made in Scotland. The winning entry was Rory Alexander Stewart’s

genre-hopping mockumentary Good Girl . We’re delighted to present the debut

screening of Misery Guts, the film Rory made with his prize money courtesy

of partners Innis & Gunn, alongside Good Girl, as well as some of the best

submissions we received, ranging from a meta sex comedy to a claustrophobic

sci-fi fantasy.

Free entry, tickets available on the day from CCA box office.

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2h, N/C 15+

In 2013, theatre company Stellar Quines commissioned BAFTA-winning filmdirector Morag McKinnon to work alongside stage director Muriel Romanesto produce a cinema version of their award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringeproduction The List . Their aim was to create a filmed experience that didn’tcompromise the live-ness and intimacy of the actor’s relationship with anaudience. This screening of the film will be followed by a discussion betweentheatre- and filmmakers about the opportunities for collaboration between

these two art forms.

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1h30m,N/C 15+

Short films are often an important stepping stone to feature filmmaking.The team behind Scottish Film Talent Network present some of their favourite‘career-making’ shorts, followed by a discussion on what made them standout. Supported by Creative Scotland and Creative Skillset, and in partnership

with the BFI Net.Work, SFTN was established to nurture new and emergingfilmmakers across Scotland. This new initiative aims to provide a ladder ofprogression from shorts to first feature. www.scottishfilmtalent.com

Free entry, tickets available on the day from CCA box office.


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7h30m

A series of discussions considering film criticism in the context of short film:critical writing on short film, short film curation as criticism, and short filmmakingas criticism. The symposium is presented by Glasgow Short Film Festival andUniversity of Glasgow School of Culture & Creative Arts, in association with

University of Edinburgh: MSc Film, Exhibition & Curation and Scottish Mediaand Communications Association.

Free entry. For information on speakers and to register a place, go to

www.glasgowfilm.org/gsff.

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1h45m,N/C 15+

How do short film programmes shape the films they contain? Kickstartingthe discussion on short film curation as criticism in Saturday’s symposium,students of Film, Exhibition and Curation at the University of Edinburghpresent a programme of short films alongside their analysis of every curatorialdecision, considering their reasons for both selection and rejection. Thisdissection of curatorial creative processes aims to lay bare implicationsof criticism, contextualization and taste-making in short film curation.

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2h

Having developed a distinctive voice in two multi-award winning shorts,Field (2001) and Love Me or Leave Me Alone (2003), Duane Hopkins wenton to make two equally uncompromising and acclaimed features, Better Things (2008) and Bypass (2014). He has coaxed extraordinarily honestperformances out of first time or untrained actors. Don’t miss this in-depthconversation in which Duane will discuss every aspect of directing actors andnon-actors, from casting and rehearsing to shooting and editing performance.

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1h45m

Kevin B Lee is a master of the online video essay, with over 200 works to hisname. Recently he and others at the School of the Art Institute of Chicagohave developed a form of filmmaking called Desktop Documentary, whichtreats the computer screen as both a camera lens and a canvas. Desktopdocumentary seeks to both depict and question the ways we explore theworld through the computer screen. Kevin will present his fresh approach tocapturing life’s reality in this vital workshop.


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Kick-off Friday 13 March (18.30)

Allweekend,N/C 15+

The Ani Jam is a 48-hour animation competition held over a whirlwind weekend

in which animators and creatives are invited to produce an animated film. The

concept is easy; teams between 2 and 10 people create an animated film between

30-90 seconds long, based around a particular theme. 48 hours to produce an

animation from start to finish? Seems ridiculous? Come join us and find out!

Entry for a team of up to 10 is £75. To register your team, go to

www.theanijam.com.

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1h30m

So you’ve made a short. Good work. Now what? There’s no clear path tosuccess (whether that’s untold riches, critical acclaim or just the chance tomake another one). This panel brings together several industry experts topresent the various opportunities for short filmmakers and help you decidewhat next step is best for you and your film: festival screenings, onlinedistribution, sales, broadcast and/or further commissions. A rare opportunityto corner the powerbrokers!

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2h

All Scottish and International competition screenings will include briefQ&As with the filmmakers attending. However, once all the competitionprogrammes have screened, but before the winners are announced, here’syour chance to participate in an informal discussion session with all theinternational filmmakers attending, led by festival director Matt Lloyd.

Free entry, no ticket required, and there may even be a free drink or two

on offer.

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FILM CITY

Thursday 12 March (09.30)7h30

The path from short to feature is a road most filmmakers eventually take.But how do you make the transition from capturing a short fragment of lifeto developing character and narrative over ninety minutes? In this one-daysymposium filmmakers Duane Hopkins and Shalimar Preuss, documentariansNick Higgins and Peter Snowdon, and producer Paul Welsh discuss theirexperience of working across shorts and features.

Free entry. For more information or to register please go towww.uws.ac.uk/schools/school-of-media-culture-and-society/conferences/


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