Friday 24th April 2020
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Tickets: £4 / £2 Concessions WEEKEND FESTIVAL PASS £25
FICTION FILMS
A selection of films submitted to this year’s festival.
THE BOTTOM TURN
[Indonesia]
Director Michael McDougall
Duration 23.00 minutes
A film from Indonesia. In rural Java, a 14 year old girl is beaten by her father for surfing. Her mother sends her to Bali where she spends 4 years training for a trial for a pro team place. Eva impresses the International manager of a major surf brand but then comes face to face with a greater personal tragedy.
POOCH SITTER a film that will give you PAWS [USA]
Director Monda Webb
Duration 15.00 minutes
Pooh Sitter is a short film about homelessness disguised as a film about pet sitters.
MENS SANA
[UK]
Director Ludovica Musumeci
Duration 14.30 minutes
Mens Sana is a sci-fi thriller set in the near future (2033).
The story it tells is a hyperbole of today’s modern society and phobias.
THE FUNERAL DANCER
[Germany]
Director Natalie MacMahon
Duration 09.00 minutes
From Germany, a film about Jazz, a dancer who earns megabucks as a funeral entertainer in a world where funerals are a status symbol. A film about our soulless smartphone culture, where everything is a social media event.
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