:: PROGRAMME: Thursday, January 29th 2004 ::

BIG SISTER

This month, Final Cut combined forces with Candy Productions to present all six episodes of their Big Sister Bar Challenge which was filmed in Brighton and premiered at the 2003 Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

Big Sister is a lesbian version of TV's infamous Big Brother and in addition to being this being the first public screening since its premiere, it is the first time the film has been presented in its proper episodic TV version.

Tonight's DJ-VJ set featured the Candy Bar's own DJ Kate Wildblood and top Brighton VJ and Final Cut regular, Superfly Sister providing sound and visuals throughout the night. The duo allso performed a specially commissioned themed set during the interval, based around one of tonight's films, Story of a Star.

In between each episode of Big Sister we screened a selection of new short films and details of these are provided below.

:: THIS TIME NEXT YEAR - Director Lucy Bennett - 3 mins::
Talking head piece recently screened on C4 featuring an Iraqi refugee telling us how much he misses his homeland and his hopes of returning this year. Filmed on the Brighton seafront, the film subtly compares the recent destruction of his country with the rusting, doomed West Pier behind him.

:: GOOD DEFINITION - Director Anneliese Holles- 5 mins ::
Based upon the poetry of Naomi Foyle, who commissioned the film, Annelise Holles' new film illustrates a work focussing on the words cunt and cock . This is a challenging and visceral exploration of male and female sex/sexual experiences in all their poetic glory - and plenty of humour.