Isle Of Lox “THE FRUITS ELECRIC” WILL BE SHOWN AT the berwick films & media arts festival 2011
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2011
The 7th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is set to return, celebrating the art of film over one action-packed weekend, Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th September.
Using Berwick-upon-Tweed as the perfect setting, and The Maltings Theatre & Cinema as a hub, the Festival invites you to join the adventure in various locations across the town, with new venues including Café Curio, a bistro-cum-antique sellers, and the recently restored Dewar’s Lane Granary.
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival 2011
The 7th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is set to return, celebrating the art of film over one action-packed weekend, Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th September.
Using Berwick-upon-Tweed as the perfect setting, and The Maltings Theatre & Cinema as a hub, the Festival invites you to join the adventure in various locations across the town, with new venues including Café Curio, a bistro-cum-antique sellers, and the recently restored Dewar’s Lane Granary.
Entitled Once Upon a Time, the programme explores the enchantment of fairy tales on film, from one of the very first examples of the genre, Alice in Wonderland (1903) through to the modern day, through its opening film, the World Premiere of I Am Nasrine (2011).
The programme ventures into fantasy worlds with the likes of The Blue Bird (1918), which closes the Festival as part of a live event. Meanwhile Mastering Bambi (2010), which screens as an installation, represents a darker re-mastering of an original Disney tale.
The event also features work inspired by local folklore through the Festival’s specially commissioned 3D animated projection, Penumbra (2011) by County Durham-based Gareth Hudson & Jack Burton, and through Mare (2011), the World Premiere of a short performance film by Faroese artists, Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir, commissioned by Northumberland County Council and filmed on the nearby coastline.
Another Festival commission supported by Arts Council England, entitled Maria by Berlin-based artist Darren Johnston, sees a hologram projection in Bankhill Ice House depicting a flamenco dancer as she slowly emerges from the darkness to reveal an unexpected other world.
The event invites you to watch the magic unfold through a series of feature film screenings, short film programmes, artists’ video installations, live events and specially commissioned pieces. It also encourage you to take part – to meet the storytellers and tell your own stories – with something for everyone, from the very young to the young at heart.
The full programme can be found here, and tickets are on sale both on the website and from The Maltings Theatre & Cinema Box Office, on 01289 330999.
Tall Tales & Short Stories
Various
Location: The Maltings Theatre & Cinema
International / 2011 / 75 min / Cert. Suggested 15
http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/41/42/tall-tales-and-short-stories#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick_Film_and_Media_Arts_Festival
An exciting range of short fiction, animation, and experimental film from all over the world, presenting a mix of recent award winners and festival favourites, as well as the World Premiere of Mare, commissioned by Northumberland County Council, created by Faroese artists Rammatik – Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir, and shot here on the Berwick coastline, featuring members of the Maltings’ Youth Drama and Dance company.
The selection, in running order:
The Lost Town of Switez
Kamil Polak I Poland/France/Denmark/Canada/Switzerland I 2010 I 20 min
An epic and apocalyptic tale, importing oil painting into digital 3D animation.
Courage
Pilar Mata Dupont I Australia I UK Premiere I 2010 I 4 min
A boy confronts his fear in the form of the girl-wolf in this simple, rural fable.
The Hartlepool Monkey
Tom Marshall I UK I 2010 I 9 min
The North East legend of a Napoleonic ship, re-told by Streetwise Opera.
The Hunter and the Swan Discuss their Meeting
Emily Carmichael I USA I UK Premiere I 2010 I 8 min
A funny and fantastical account of dating in modern day Brooklyn, New York.
Boy Brides & Bachelors
Melissa Potter I USA I European Premiere I 2010 I 4 min
A part-animated documentation of a Surovari ritual in South East Serbia.
Winter Poem
Rok Predin I UK I Regional Premiere I 2011 I 7 min
An animated lyrical tale of a soldier lost in a forest, and a mischievous deity.
Isle of Lox: The Fruits Electric
Cristian Straub & Leyla Rodriguez I Germany I 2010 I 4 min
An audiovisual feast, inspired by the birth of Aphrodite and the fall of Eve.
Little Miss Eyeflap (Skylappjenta)
Iram Haq I Norway I UK Premiere I 2009 I 9 min
A contemporary, Norwegian-Pakistani take on ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’
Mare
Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir I UK I World Premiere I 2011 I 6 min
An exploration of the erosion of the Northumberland coastline and of the folkloric meaning of the spirit in nightmares.