On this night, we premiered two films looking at very different aspects of the thriving Brighton music scene. After the screening, each act performed live.

The programme also included premieres of a new animated music video, a new Sci Fi short and a new drama.

FIVE premiere screenings on one night!!

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:: LAPTOP JAM
Director: Richard Harris - 25 mins ::
The Brighton-based Laptop Jams group have been described by Bizarre magazine, as 'an aural and visual barrage so innovative and downright weird that your brain could get bruised'. Having established a cult following in Brighton and the South East, they are now receiving national attention and perform monthly at London's ICA.

Laptop Jam captures the experience with a fast-paced blend of live footage, surreal-ish interviews and eerily distorted images. It also features a soundtrack of original funk, techno and ambient music created and performed by the jammers themselves.

:: COMPARED TO WHAT
Director: Richard Harris - 20 mins ::
A revealing documentary about Lawrence Jones, leader of The Brighton Jazz All-Stars and sought-after musician on the European circuit. Born in a Philadelphia ghetto, Jones is a multi-instrumentalist who studied music at Berklee College and has performed with the likes of Grover Washington and Chaka Khan.

Compared To What is an affectionate portrait of this dedicated and talented musician. It includes some remarkable archive material plus action-packed footage of his memorable 3rd Anniversary gig at Brighton's Lion & Lobster pub filmed in March 2003.

:: BREAKSPACE
Director: Andy Galletly - 4 mins ::
This is the first film from the psi-o collective which explores a fantasy world of corrupted codes and reciprocating audiovisual patterns. The breakSpace character embodies a server-based virus which, although having the primary function of corruption, can also be seen to aid in the progress of a system. Great soundtrack!

breakSpace = drum + bass + break-beat + the hardware and software used to create it.

:: BIG BUD
Director: Sam Bannister - 7 min ::
Experimental music video originally made to accompany a song by Big Bud. The music and visuals have a dreamy, repetitive quality which the director admits may occasionally result in the audience 'losing its concentration' at some point.

:: BIB COMES TO EARTH
Director: Ijlal Iz Olguner - 2 mins ::
New Sci Fi short about an alien who leaves his home planet in outer space to visit Earth. In the days after touching down in Brixton, he encounters love, acceptance, social isolation and hatred. This is a new take on the old story about being different and how society rejects individuals who don't fit in.

:: GOOD TIMES
Director: Ste Mcgregor - 4 mins ::
Sneak preview of this brand new music video from local music animator, Ste McGregor, to promote the latest single from Brighton band, The Lifters, due for release this summer on Skint Records.

:: THE GRATER GOOD Director: Kate Davis - 7 mins ::
Actress Kate Davis' first film as director/writer tells the story of Bernie who loves his job in a cheese grater factory. In fact, he more than loves it; he lives for it. Having learned the secrets of those powerful cheddar shredders, Bernie knows it is only a matter of time before the rest of the world will have to pay attention to his enthusiastic ramblings. But is an eye for detail fuelled by blinding optimism ever really enough to achieve the greater good?

:: NAILS
Director: Sigrun Lydsdottir - 5 mins ::
The inspiration for this piece emerged when the director stopped biting her my nails and realized she loved making sounds and noises with them. Could you play your fingernails like an instrument? she wondered. This film takes us on an audio visual journey where fingernails are responsible for all the noises ranging from tipping glass to water-pipes, scratching chalk board to guitar cases, from pots and pans to cardboard.

Nails has been screened at the Short Cuts, the Icelandic Film Festival (September 2002) and Jump Ship Rat, Liverpool, (May 200)