:: 2005 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE SCREENINGS ::

:: MONDAY, MAY 9TH: THE PRESSURE POINT, 33 RICHMOND TERRACE, BRIGHTON ::

Final Cut kicked off its 2005 festival campaign with an exciting programme of thirteen new shorts, film-themed VJ sets and Trailer Trash teasers for new and almost-finished films.

The evening also featured the offical launch of FINAL CUT -TAKE ONE, a limited-edition DVD containing 16 of the best films we've screened during the past year. Click image for details.

:: SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR - Director Bryan Gartside - 18 mins ::
Filmed in Brighton, this comedy drama features a grudge, a gun and two homeless women who turn the tables on a corrupt businessman. The adventure starts during a stroll on Brighton beach by Dora Bryan, currently appearing in TV's Last of the Summer Wine, who meets a determined and equally homeless girl played by Maria Trevis. Before long, she finds herself drawn into the girl's plan to take revenge on TVs Brian Plumber, the rich entrepreneur who needs taking down peg.

'Someone In Particular' received its European premiere at Cannes later this month and Dora Bryan attended this screening.

:: MANIFESTO - Director Ben Rollason - 3 mins ::
A welcome antidote to the General Election from the director of High Tide ('Final Cut - Take One'), this is a fast-paced stomp through the streets of London with members of the band, Drinkme, playing assorted politicians. Shot 'guerilla-style', it is an energetic, clever and very funny music video that follows lead-singer, Ruth Owen, as she tours the city to deliver her Manifesto. Great song with superb editing and effects.

:: ETERNAL STRIFE - Director Andrew Love - 7 mins ::
Cleverly-scripted comedy telling the strory of Neil Taylor who has an appointment with Death. During the course of this meeting, he is told that because he's had such an unhappy and pointless existence, he qualifies for a premium 'after-life' package. Excited by this news, he eagerly signs his life away, but then Death discovers that due to a clerical error, he is unable to collect Neil's soul. Frustrated and disappointed, he takes matters into his own hands.

:: DIALOG - Director Steven Irwin - 6 mins ::
Poignant and very clever animation about a miniature, artificially-created town called Clusterville and the lives of two of its inhabitants. Unfortunately, the town's creator has grown concerned about the goings-on amongst the miniature humans and mechanical men, and decides to put an end to the experiment.

:: SWAT - Director Masato Riesser - 5 mins ::
Exciting and well-made thriller about drug-dealer, Carlos, in a crisis situation where he has to cope with his rebellious son, a persistent fly and a SWAT police team - all at the same time. His only weapon is a gun… and a fly swatter.

:: PULENG - Director Ali Taylor - 3 mins ::
A gentle animation telling the story of how Puleng struggles to take care of her ailing father as a long drought finally comes to an end. Broadcast on Channel Four in November 2004, and with many festival credits, the film cleverly combines photographic and mixed media techniques to evoke the rich texture of the African plains.

:: KALIPOLIS - Director Minas Papas - 16 mins ::
Superbly-made short from this talented young New York film-maker, recounting how a young woman arrives in New York City for the first time. In her new apartment she discovers an audio tape left behind by the previous tenant. She listens to the tape and is transported on a journey through the city, seeing it through the eyes of a poet preparing to leave forever.

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography - 2004 Dusty Film Festival

:: NIGHT FALLS - Director Paula Sheils - 2 mins ::
A tense and unsettling experimental piece that takes us on a visual/aural journey through a deserted, night-time deserted city with tragic consequences.

:: REMOTE - John Burns - 1 min ::
Lying on the bed in her sexiest underwear, her beautiful head on his lap, 'TV-girl' gazes into her lover's and wonders 'would we still be together if I couldn't get BBC2?

:: INDOOR FIREWORKS - Rudolph Buitendach - 12 mins ::
Bonfire night is approaching in this great comedy about Cockney low-lifes, Vince and Malfie, and their attempt to rob a fireworks factory. With the big night looming, they reckon the place must be stuffed full of money, but after breaking in the lads discover its been locked in a safe. They decide to steal the safe, but get stuck in a lift on the way out. Only one solution: blow yourself to freedom with fireworks!

UK premiere

:: DOUBLED UP - Director Samantha Moore - 6 mins ::
In possibly the world's first animated documentary, Samantha Moore reveals the chaos that a multiple pregnancy can bring. Using a variety of animation techniques, she wittily unravels her fractured experience to make sense of the pandemonium. The film is an opulent and multi-faceted digital reworking of home video, children's artwork and found objects.

'Visually arresting and beautifully effective' - Time Out

'A warm, impressionistic exploration of the artist's shock at finding she is pregnant with twins, to music by artist Adam Goddard' - The Observer

:: HEY, HEY, MARIA! - Director David Storr - 3 mins ::
Dominguez, the Latin sensation, is back with his latest single in this hilarious 'so-bad-its-good' spoof music video about his dream of seeing the girl he met on a beach in Mexico once again.

:: CLEANSE - Director Anton Short - 11 mins ::
A man with a hideous, incurable skin condition can only find relief in the warm water of his bath until one day he accidentally spills orange juice on himself. The citric acid burns away his sores and he thinks he's found a cure, but as time passes the condition returns, forcing him to use harsher and harsher acids in a desperate attempt to find the ultimate cure.