WED 10 SEPTEMBER Paradise Bar LONDON FILM MAKERS CONVENTION 6–11pm Sark - The Worlds Newest Democracy Hannah Bayman & Paul Kutasi 4mins U The tiny island of Sark in the English Channel, just became the world’s newest democracy. The island was the last remaining feudal system in the west. But under pressure from the UK., the island scrapped its old ways in favour of modern democracy. Documentary, London An Inventory Of Bec’s World Laura Elizabeth Fletcher 6mins U An experimental portrait of the artist Rebecca McGowan-Griffin. Bec’s world is full of fascination, organic forms living or dead, objects abandoned by man and reclaimed by nature. There is beauty to be found everywhere even in the smallest of places. Can you see? Art Documentaries, Britain Tania Can’t Sleep Marlon Rouse Tavares & Tania Pedre 2mins 12 Insomnia can be poetic. tania can’t sleep proves it. Lyrical, moving, multi-layered, this film tells us exactly what not being able to sleep is like. Extremely personal and heartrenderingly honest, as Tania talks about the agony she suffers at night. Documentary, London Lullaby (Vuggevise) Martin B. Gulnov 5mins U This video explores the give-and-take relationship between humans and their materialistic belongings. We need to remind our self not to lose contact with the things we own so we continue to appreciate them. This relationship is fragile and will eventually need to be restored if not treated right. Music Videos, Britain I’m A Busker Myrna Shoa & Antonios Barlos 4mins U H-One, West London singer songwriter and licensed busker on the underground brings love, through his heart music along the tunnels and corridors beneath the city. Filmed around famous West London landmarks, Trellick Tower, Meanwhile Gardens, The Westway and Westbourne Park Station. Music Videos, London The Scrupolous Torment Of The Polite Man Alberto Bona 4mins 12 A polite man ponders over the meaning of words ....and the meaning of life. Drama, London The Truant’s Tale Andy Kimpton-Nye 6mins 12 A young man looks back on the first time he played truant from school and the resulting loss of childhood innocence. A silent movie shot on super 8. Drama, London Tomboy David Whitehead 14mins 12A A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who does not fit in at art school. Drama, Britain The Slumber Party Shane Hall 8mins 12 For 10 years old Jasmine and her friends’ fear becomes their greatest fear, or does it? Drama, London Ghost Painting Michael O’ Connor 9mins 12 A woman moves into a flat and discovers a mysterious painting. As scenes from the painting come to life, she realises there’s no escape. Inspired by “The Hay `Wain” by Hieronymus Bosh. Horror, Germany The River On Randolph Street Zahik Rizvi 17mins 12A Jude and Rebecca’s weekend trip to Vegas leads down a dark road of desperation, where a chance encounter with a stranger leads to one last game.... A game where the stakes are eternal. Drama, USA Bergen-Mardel Plata Nadine Poulain 13mins U Loosely based on the story of U977, the German Submarine that refused to surrender at the end of the second world war and instead embarked on a three and half months journey to Argentina. Consisting solely of self-created footage and sound the film aims to capture the spirit of this somewhat mysterious story. Art, Germany Freshwater Nigel Taylor 15mins 12A It’s never easy coming home, but when you’ve got a past to confront it’s all the more challenging. Drama, London Mocking Bird Scott Eathorne 11mins 15 A woman grieving the loss of a loved one meets a teenage boy from the internet. Drama, Australia Night Gas Station (Nachttanke) Christian Schleisiek 7mins 15 “Night Gas Station (Nachttanke)” plays with time and brakes with conventional vision. Everything starts as it ends; but why did it start? Everything is as it seems to be, and yet different to how you think. One thing is for sure: the clock is ticking.... backwards. Drama, Germany Alicsa Wonderland Martin Gauvrean 20mins 15 The modern adventures of Alicsa in Poland.... Drama, Spain Men Of Courage Marco Williamson 8mins 12A Two young boys play at war. As pressure infiltrate the adult world, the boy’s fantasies of violence are set on a collision course with the inescapable realities of life. Told through both live action and animation, men of courage recreates the heady innocence of youth. Drama, Britain Survey No 257 Zeb Lamb 10mins 12A Two strangers find themselves locked in a windowless room at the request of an anonymous survey company. An unnerving coincidence leads them to believe they are in imminent danger. Drama, London Severed Ties Martin B. Gulnov 2mins 15 A father can not let go of his daughter after her sudden and untimely death. His reoccuring nightmare of “not being there” to save his daughter is prolonging her pain after death. Ties must be severed to end her pain. Drama, Britain Writers Block Martin B. Gulnov 1min 15 A writer has shut himself away in his caravan to finish his latest novel. What he cannot “shut away” is his writers block and the fact that his friends keep “interrupting” him. But are these two factors one and the same thing? Here is a glimpse into the writer’s world. Comedy, Britain Nobhead Dan Gibling 9mins 15 A short mock documentary about a Guy dealing with an unusual condition! Comedy. London Souvenir Deborah Tiso 11mins U Saskia Reeves & Scott Smith star in this homage to Jaques Tati’s Monsieur Juilot’s Holiday. Dance, London No Place Liz Helman 3mins U Urban dreamscape. Art, London I Know Kung Fu Matine Chabrier 5mins 12A “It’s the story about a little loss of innocence.You know those moments when you hear adult words for the first time as a kid and you feel sick, because you don’t really understand them but you understand their power.” - Ventriloquist. Art, London Feast Adel Kerply & Jihyun Ahn 3mins 12A Fat man eats up everything around him. When he finally stops; it’s too late. Animation, USA The Secret Wish Abner & Kamma Pastoll 4mins 12 Sexy music drama about a woman who gets a tattoo with her lover. On the way home to her husband after making love with someone else, Ceri’s guilt grows, literally... Drama, London Loyal Blood Christopher Cargill 18mins 15 Two brothers, separated by parental custody have their relationship put to the test when they are caught up in the conflict on rival estates they live on. Drama, London The Helsinki Affair Ian Hothersall 9mins 15 While trying to profit from a case of mistaken identity, a down-at-heel loser finds he is now obliged to carry out an assassination on behalf of the British secret Service. Comedy, London Art 4 Nothing Flavio Sciole 1min U Art is nothing. Art, Italy Finding Nuno Koel Purie 57mins 15 Finding Nuno is a documentary of the journey of 2 actresses, guided by minimal clues through hospitals and trance parties of Portugal, seeking a man name Nuno that one of the girls’ believes to be her soul mate, though they’ve spent but fractured moments together. Documentary, India back to schedule