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April 18th, 19th
& 20th, 2008 at Cineworld Cinema, Wood Green, London N22 
Friday April 18th
Opening Night Launch Party
6:45pm - Local Film Selection - Invitation
Only
Friday April
18th
9:30pm - Drama Session One
A
Fitting Tribute
Director: Daniel Cormack
A naïve local news
reporter on a 'death-knock' gets more than he bargains for from grieving mother
of a young road traffic accident victim.
The
Calling
Director: Jason Edwards
Two men, two lives, one moment Missed
Director: Guy Ducker
Will is surprised when his colleague Emma passes the
café window - he'd been told that she'd died while on holiday. Anna
Director: Dan Thorens
Anna Hanson of Clairmont County has been missing for
8 days. Her mother overdosed on pain killers, unable to cope with the loss. Anna
is still alive but the detective in charge doesn't know the abductor is a member
of the police's IT department. The
Stranger
Director: Jamie Montgomery
Vincent KeKario is a former police
detective turned vigilante out to avenge the unsolved murder of his wife. Fuelled
by rage and revenge his motive he is out to clean up the streets :
- )
Director: James Appleton
A group of bored teenagers mimic tv shows by making
video clips with 3g phones. Loner Jake wants to be known and liked, but peer pressure
takes hold, reality blurs, and what started as innocent fun with new friends turns
to disaster.
Winner of the main Jury prize at the 2008 Wood Green International Short Film
Festival.
"A
huge thank you to Cineworld and everyone who made the award possible. In particular
I wish to thank Caz Kennedy for creating the festival and making it such a huge
success. I want to thank all the sponsors, especially The Mall. And I wish to
thank David Waterson for all his help and support through Haringey Film. A really
great cast and crew - and in particular I want to thank James Appleton for all
his hard work, talent and creativity in making this film. Thank you."
Peter Devonald
Something I'll Forget
Director: Balti & Havana
A woman struggles
to shake off the pressure of the day. She asks her partner to tell her something.
Something light. Something she will forget….
Two
Glasses
Director: Charles Michael Duke
A look at a modern day marriage
and the difficulties faced through infidelity. Danny
Boy
Director: Gemma Atkinson
A simple story of love & Hate, triggered
by a family pet. 
Saturday April 19th
11:00am Fast Forward Film Feast
Films By Teenagers
Of Haringey
Saturday
April 19th
1:30pm Music & Experimental Session
The
Stirring - So This Is How It Feels
Music video promo of the song 'so
this is how it feels' by Brighton based band 'the stirring' brown ink drawn 2d
and 3d animation of characters representing the emotion related to being in love
with partner, using bizarre and impossible situations. Independently created by
(the contradiction of) Stephen Smith
D9
Director
Set in the old Geelong Gaol, D9 is a mix of private dramas and deeper
secrets. Performed by theatre of speed. Welcome D9, where everything starts for
the first time. The
Devastated Fan
Director: Daniel Eastgate
Lead singer loses girlfriend
and wants her back. He plays at a gig and remembers the relationship they had.
Towards the end of the gig, his ex girlfriend comes into the club with friend.
Video is a subtle love story about the lead singer asking his ex girlfriend to
surrender to him. At
The Zoo - I Just Want To Dance
Director: Daniel Eastgate
Music video
documenting the song 'I Just Wana Dance' set in a newer ending toilet cubicle. Blue
Room Remix
Director: Joon Goh
A man lives the same routing over and
over. His only respite is the dancer who lives next door. A
Sip Of Bitter Sickness
Director: Ruben Latre
The separation of 2 lesbian
young girls by the hand of a post apocalyptic priest Tumbleweed
In London
Director: Ed Hartwell & Claire Blundell Jones
A young
woman escorts an American tumbleweed across London with a leaf blower Cats
Smack
Director: Joon Goh
In an abandoned church hall a woman dances
with the ghosts of her past loves. Event
Horizon
Director: Tim Mewton
Strange metal figures appear on the city
horizon. This short film offers a unique perspective on one of the largest ever
urban public art commissions. Three
Minutes - One Lifetime
Director: Balti and Havana
A poetic documentary
piece, revealing the innermost hopes, dreams, thoughts and desires of those who
have devoted their lives to the squared circle.
Saturday
April 19th
3:00pm - Meet The Professionals Workshop with Q & A
Hosted By: Charles Michael Duke
Guest TBC
Saturday April 19th
5:15pm Political Film Corner & Q & A with filmmakers
Zoe Neirizi & Zia Trench
The Corridor - 26 Min drama / documentary
followed by Q & A.
'The Corridor', is based on the experience of
Zoe Neirizi, a political activist in Iran in 1980s. Zoe opposed Ayatollah Khomeini's
regime and was made to pay a heavy price not only in terms of her immediate suffering
but she was tortured and imprisoned at the hands of the regime. She gave birth
in prison and the authorities took her daughter away to be raised by her husband's
family. She was then forced to leave Iran and come to Britain.
2nd Film
- titled 'Pen' which depicts the troubles some writers have in other counties
because of the words that they write. - This is a session not to be missed.
Saturday April 19th
7:30pm The Comedy Session
Bring
Me Joy
Director: Debbie Howard
Sophie White falls in love with a beautiful
white sofa. Will it bring her the joy she seeks ?
How
To Pick Up Girls
Director: Dan Gitsham
A dull man, a vibrant girl.
A lesson in how to pick up girls ! 'Not all men are pigs!' The
Mail Attacks
Directors: Thierry Bonnald
A town is invaded by letters. EXPRESSO
Director: Kevin Powis
One day, one table in a coffee shop, starring Sir Norman
Wisdow, Geoffrey Hughed, Don Warrington, Vincent Franklin, Guy Henry and Finty
Williams. A Hitch In
The Plan
Director: Paul Denny
A panis stricken woman is relentlessly
pursuded down a deserted city path late at night - but who is chasing her and
why? Only when she arrives home do we find out the terrible truth… Santa
Corp
Director: Gavin O'Grady
Two corporate executive pitch new ideas
for Christmas to Santa Claus. The
Helsinki Affair
Director: Ian Hothersall
Trying to profit from a case
of mistaken identity, George finds he unwittingly agreed to kill for the home
office. The Interview
Director: Andy keller
A quirky tale about a young man who, having applied
for a place to study at university, is subjected to an unconventional interview
by an eccentric professor. Best
Shot
Director: Andy Keller
1975 Soho, London. A dark comedy in which
a small documentary crew encounter the notoriously "difficult" veteran
film director Rex Clayton Discombobulation
Director: Daniel Johnson
After a bizarre incident at a birthday party, an
unexpected love triangle froms. Clean
Me
Director: Joe Hibbert
Mr Cool struggles to overcome his strange
obsessions. On the
Upside
Director: Peter Bunll
An elderly couples lives are turned upside
down when he gets stuck on the ceiling. Gravity may have given up on him but she
hasn't. Greek Meatballs
Director: Orthodoxox Theadoulos
A Greek cooking tutorial with a twist
Saturday April 19th
9:30pm Drama Session Two
Amelia
and Michael
Director: Daniel Cormack
A married couple appear to have
all the trappings of wealth, success and happiness, but both Amelia and Michael
have secrets they are concealing from each other.
The
Hand
Director: David Lilley & Stephen Gray
This horror short sees
a girl plagued by nightmares. She wakes hoping to find comfort from her boyfriend,
but a much worse fait awaits her. Anticlockwise
Director: Dimitiris Bavellas
A silent movie in a noisy environment. A straight
cut film. A man who struggles to find happiness just because he is afraid to risk. Great
& Small
Director: Alex Barrett
A man kneels down to pray and is
interrupted by a fly. He soon finds himself facing a challenge of the great and
small. To Gina
Director: Alison Goldsmith
Scott has met the girl of his dreams and finally
knows what it means to be in love (and nobody will stop him from declaring his
love for the most unsuitable of girlfriends).
Runaround
Director: Ian Mansfield
Car salesman Vic must sell a
test drive to Bianca or else. She wants a discount he wants a sale, so they make
a deal.
Going Down Hill
Director: Jacek Holdynski
Young man rides a bike up to the hill. He avoids
a car accident but he falls down. He looses his wheel. He sets off to find the
wheel. He meets smoking man in the park and a girl. He falls in love. The
Generals Wife
Director: Seyward Goodhand
This poetic monologue about
transformations of violence examines the labyrinthine ways in which it can seep
into even the most benign environment. 
Sunday April 20th
12:30pm
- Drama Session Three
Pudding
Bowl
Director: Vanessa Caswill
Stuck in 50's british suburbia, nine
year old Ivy Loses herself in glamorous images of Hollywood magazines. But when
her mother gives her a traumatic pudding bowl haircut, her imagination takes flight
as she refuses to be cut down by misfortune.
Sand
Bank
Director: Dan Thorens
A struggling writer and his ex lover are
stranded in a broken down car, in the middle of nowhere. Its cold and its dark.
She'd like to relive a past story but he wants to develop a new one, on paper,
desperately seeking ideas for a script. IntraVenus
Director: Max Blustin
A short film about the sudden intrusion of trauma into
everyday life Honour
Director: Shyla Lee
Mia secretly films herself for her boyfriend Rob. On discovering
Rob's photo, her family to try to protect their honour by forcing her to submit
to an extremely orthodox culture. Empire
of Modern Passivity
Director: Joaquim Barreto & Martin Blazey
A conflict of two fundamentalists in a landscape with a surrealistic overtone
and where a sense of mythic or epic narrative is alluded to.". Beyond
Director: Gavin Boyter
Craig and Julie had one perfect date. Except she died
at the end of it. Now Craig is romancing Julies ghost. Side
Effect
Director: Mark Forune
Tony Mason is a pawn in a mug's game.
Side effect shows how greed and addiction drag this unscrupulous character closer
to his eventual demise.
Sunday April 20th
2:15pm - Animation Session
La
Petite Planete Rose
Director: Mathieu Epiney
On a very small pink
planet lost in a funny universe, a small alien and his flying saucer go through
a series of funny adventures.
Pistol
To Me
Director: Ruth & Roger Whiter
Stop motion version of the
song by Tracy and the Hindenberg ground crew. It was only his proof of insurance,
but it looked like a… Moustachios
Director: George Flannery
Two Victorian gentleman engage in a surreal duel
- using their oversized moustaches as weapons ! They fight atop a colossal mountain
to decided the ultimate 'Moustachio'
Small Bird Singing
Director:
Linda McCarthy
Tiny Elephants, arguing apples and a body in the hedge…
Just ordinary day at small birds singing. Toothpaste
Director: Clare Creswell
A comedy about living together which wins - Love
and compatability or row about toothpaste. Sun
in the Night Time
Director: Anne Wilkins
A mother mourns her lost
son, oblivious to her lonely daughter, who seeks comfort in an imaginary friend.
However, it is the imaginary friend who reunites the family, and brings a hope
in the darkness. Favalados
Director: Laurent Rossi & Tori Davis
Set in the favelas of Rio De Janeiro,
Emmanuel the orphaned shoe shine boy, carries the burden of looking after his
asking sister Ria. Ilford
Director: Sadia Ur-Rehman & Shazia Ur-Rehman
A stylised animated documentary
visually depicting and mapping journeys, exploring notions of belonging and home.
@Ilford@ narrates the tale of a number of its residents. The
Girls who would be God
Director: Suzie Hanna and Tom Sommons
Fantasy
collage animation commissioned for Sylvia Plaith's 75th Anniversary based on her
drawings, paintings and a journal written when she was seventeen.
Sunday April 20th
3:30pm - Documentary Session
A
Different World
Director Anne O'Connell
Colin Cook is unsual. A black
senior clerk in London's Inns of Court. He talks about prejudice, alienation and
making it to the top. For
Your Tomorrow
Director: Kyoko Miyake
When the soldiers meet their
former enemies for reconciliation many years after the war ended, they begin to
see the world differently. In
the Bench
Director: Carla Vestroni
In Devon Annn celebrates the memory
of her mother Joan making a cake for the ceremony of the enbenchment of her ashes
at Plaidy a village on the coast of Cornwall. Dis-Integration
Director: Peter Lowe
Renee a british born afro Caribbean speaks about why
he does not feel the UK is his home. A
Different Mind
Director: Farren Perkins
A documentary about the ways
depression has affected my dad. It is an actuality footage documentary with reconstructions
with a personal account of his life.
6:15 Drinks Reception & Awards Ceremony
(Invitation only)
Wood Green Cineworld
The
Mall Shopping City
Wood Green High Road
London N22 
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