Nine ultra-shorts from the region's brightest young film-makers
After the premiere screening of these films at
our last-night event in the 2005 Brighton
Festival, a jury of distinguished industry personalities
awarded the Best Film prize to AGE CONCERN. The film's director received £50 and dinner for two at Brighton's popular Blind Lemon Alley restaurant.
:: ENTRÉE
- Director Sue Whitting - 75 seconds ::
A man and a woman sit at separate tables in a
restaurant, watched closely by a disapproving
head waiter. Their eyes meet and their bodies
react - is this lust at first sight or is another
game being played?
:: AGE CONCERN - Director Rob Greens - 75 seconds ::
When frail and stubborn Ethel, meets
arthritic and bad tempered, Margaret on
a narrow pavement it's the start of this year's
Senior Citizen Stand-Off.
:: FLYING BY - Director Marie Dietlin - 75 seconds ::
Just an ordinary dream - and a race against time
in which two people repeat the same action
of running to catch (or miss?) their train.
:: EVERYTHING - Director Alex Wallace - 75 seconds ::
Filling in forms is an especially difficult task
for an elderly couple who have never
married and are put on the spot by a
hospital receptionist.
:: SURFACING - Director Polly Moore - 75 seconds ::
Mary's reached the end of the road; nowhere to
go, sitting in a car at the cliff edge. Does
she run or jump?
:: TOP DOG - Director Louis Tisne - 75 seconds :: This wry take on (almost) unrequited love confirms the view that a dog is still man's best friend. An uplifting story full of ups and downs.
:: PLATFORM NUMBER TWO - Ian Skelton - 75 seconds ::
Shouting into a mobile phone about the company's latest ad campaign,
a business man waits impatiently for his train, but a nearby Big
Issue seller seems determined to queer the pitch.
