MIXMASTERS - Directors Sam Bannister and Stuart Fortune - 10 mins

This music video is from Sam Bannister who made the infamous Drugpunk, shown at last month's Final Cut. Produced in the UK and Norway and originally made for ITV's Mixmasters series, it is based upon an extended Fila Brazilia mix. In addition to a great soundtrack, the film features Cowboys & Indians, cowboy builders & Indian restaurateurs, hip hop kids & assorted vegetables.

BORDER CROSSING - Director Mark Jay - 4 mins

Exclusive preview of Mark Jay’s new music video featuring West London Hip Hop outfit, Border Crossing, with guest artist JEHST on MC duties. Filmed in a West London boxing gym, Alias has a distinctly Raging Bull feel with its burlesque card-girls and gangsta contingents. It also features Chris Eubank’s twin brothers, Peter and Simon, as robot boxers in a Robot Wars-style game played by band members. The single was released on Sept 1st.

For more information about Mark's films, visit www.fullonfilmproductions.com

HAIRCUT HARDMAN - Director Graham Ball - 15 mins

A dark thriller from S-I-A Films, premiered at this year's Hollywood Underground Film Festival and given a second outing by Final Cut at its 2003 festival screenings. Haircut Hardman tells the story of Tony Baxter, head barman of a South London pub who is in the middle of a psychotic breakdown. Fuelled by the belief that he has a brain tumour, Tony shaves his head and wanders London's West End with murder in mind.

PLUS!

Four new films from film students studying in the South Coast area that were premiered at Brighton's Duke of York's cinema as part of a 2003 Brighton Fringe Festival event organised by the Ignition Network.

RODS AND MOCKERS (ANIMATION)
Director: Chris Daw - City College Brighton

URBAN EXPLORATION (DOCUMENTARY)
Directors: Leo Crowther, Edd Gammon, Maja Vucenovic - Varndean College

WALKIES (COMEDY)
Directors: Lizzie Lyons, Sarah Askaroff, Mike Read, Colette Bernhardt - City College Brighton

CAPTURED PHOTOS & MEMORY (EXPERIMENTAL)
Director: Cameron Charney - Northbrook College

120 HOURS - Director Giselle Leeb - 10 minutes

A young boy is sentenced to a hundred and twenty hours of community service and serves it by helping an old lady around the house. During this time an unusually strong friendship develops between them with (very) unexpected consequences.

DESPERATELY SEEKING DAVE - Director Maxine Badger - 14 mins

A quirky and genuinely funny film from Brighton film-maker, Maxine Badger, in which she recounts her doomed efforts to make a documentary about a local drag artiste, Dave Lynn. This is Nick Broomfield with a sense of humour - and lots of rain.

CUDDLE - Director Suzanne Almond - 10 mins

This fast-paced comedy tells the story of two wayward, but depressed women who are prescribed the new cheer-up pill 'Hugatron 2000' by their GP with disastrous results. An Ignition film from 2002, this is one for the Prosac generation.