BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE 2008

LIGHTNING DOCS 24-HOUR CHALLENGE - Monday, May 11th @ City Gate Centre

Tonight's screening focused on our exciting 24-hour film competition as we premiered the films made by our 'Lightning Docs' teams. The results were screened tonight and our Judging Panel of industry professionals awarded prizes, except for the audience prize for 'Best Film' that was voted by the audience. In addition to the competition films, we screened this collection of UK and North American films.

THE TELEPHONE EULOGIES – Director Joe Hiscott - 16 mins
From Canada, a living experiment on film combining a children’s game of broken telephone’ with a self-penned eulogy and a trans-cultural cast of translators and performers speaking many different tongues.

This is how it works: A eulogy is written in English by Hiscott and given to a Portuguese translator and the translated version is performed for camera by a Portuguese-speaking actor. This version is then given to a French translator who prepares a version in his language that is performed by a French actor, and so on. The original piece eventually went through 21 translations/performances in 12 languages including Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Finnish, Tamil, German and Mohawk. The film concludes when the last version is translated back into English and performed for the camera - with predictably surprising results.

PACMOUSE – Director Leah Meyerhoff - 3 mins
From the USA, a male mouse is trapped in a cage with a six females in heat. Will he escape alive?

RECOLLECTION – Director Zoran Dragelj - 1 min
Canadian experimental ultra-short exploring the idea of memory flashbacks being a longing for something gone, something that hovers for a while then dissolves into ghostly blurs and soft colour fields. Deja vu, anyone?

FILTHY FOOD - Director T. Arthur Cottam - 5min
From the disgusting, award-winning American mind of TAC, we bring you Filthy Food. In the words of the master, "Eat it. Lick it. Suck it. Swallow it. Fxxx it. Relax, it's just food". Banned in Italy.


TIM DELUXE - Director Eran Creevy - 3 mins
Let The Beats Roll is a deceptively simple melody laced with fearsome dirty electro beats, old school whoops and the unmistakabe vocals of the Audio Bullies’ Simon Franks.

THE TOP BANANAS – Director Jumping Monkey – 20 mins (more if you want)
Great jump-up-and-down music from these festival favourites, playing jungle-themed stuff on spring-loaded stilts: jazz, funk, disco & Ska classics all get Top Bananas treatment. Get down! (or up).

www.thetopbananas.net

CITY OF VENGEANCE -  Henry Howe - 11 mins
Powerful mixed media anti-war animation from this talented Metropolitan Film School graduate.

Warning: contains graphic scenes of violence.

X-PRESS 2 - Director Kidda - 3 mins
Two music videos from from the band's brand-new album Makeshift Feelgood, both featuring Kurt Wagner (Lambchop) on vocals.

ALLOY MENTAL - Director Triggerset – 3 mins 
For their latest single, confusingly titled Alloy Mental, the band combine techno with alternative rock. A curling sneer of energetic mayhem.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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