Hanging Plant (Rick Mowat) 7 minutes 15

A plant-waterer gets hung out to dry in an uncompromising position.

 

Pater Familas (Richard Gartner) 13 minutes 15      

A surreal psychological drama about the Oedipal world of father-son relationships, the baby becoming the man. The man reverting to childhood.

 

Mowing The Lawn    (Michael Bentham) 10 minutes U     

A 20th century pioneer faces taking the first steps into the complete unknown. Mowing The Lawn imagines how the transforming power of music can bridge doubts and dreams when history is being made.  

 

Film London Artist Moving Image Network 120 minutes of Film.

Film London Artists' Moving Image Network presents a screening of work by Al + Al. The artists will talk about their work and their unique and advanced use of blue screen technologies.

Hard Drive, AL + AL

Since graduating with first class honours from the famous Saint Martins School of Art in 2001 AL and AL have embarked on a journey into the mysterious heart of technology. Building a blue screen special effects studio in the east end of London, AL and AL have substituted reality with a computer simulation. From this blue void, AL and AL probe the infinite and investigate the political, psycho sexual and mystical consequences of this seduction. AL and AL have attracted an international audience through film festivals, site specific installations, gallery exhibitions and television broadcasts, they have received numerous awards for their work from the Arts Council of England, Channel 4 television, Film London, ACAVA, Acme and most recently receiving the CoA Arts Prize 2005 from the Centre of Attention Gallery.

 

–If Tarkovsky made pop promos, they'd feel like AL + AL's very accomplished

live-action sci-fi piece"

Time Out

 

"Looks and sounds glorious, with a cast including the Lamb of God and

Britney Spears"

The Guardian

 

"Ä a graphic vision of a future world of cybersex that is almost upon us?"

British Film Institute

 

Can't Go Back (Chris McAleese) 7 minutes 12A   

The end is where it all begins. A bizarre vision of a world where time is running backwards... or is it?  

 

One Day Before (Geoff Bussetil and Tom Harper) 15 minutes 15

Two old friends, while away their last day together on Hampstead Heath, before one leaves for a new life. But there's one last secret to be revealed. A film examining the nature of male friendship and the strains of growing old and growing apart.

 

Poulet ® Poulet (Damien Chemin) 10 minutes U    

Choosing from a menu can be harder than you think. A Chinese puzzle, French style.       

 

Mary's Face (Tristan Daws) 13 minutes U 

Mary paints faces that come alive in her mind. Against her wishes, they accompany her to an art school interview in London.

 

The Match (Leon Chambers) 15 minutes      15       

A taut, claustrophobic thriller set on the eve of England's crucial Euro 2000 football game against Germany in Belgium.

 

Bye Bye Miss Goodnight (Karan Kandhari) 90 minutes 15

 

Total Time=300 minutes