New Shorts #18: SHORT LONGES
12:00 Sat 12 Jan 2013
A chance to spend a relaxed afternoon with a series of longer form drama shorts. The mid-length film can be difficult to place, but join us in the Hackney Picturehouse Attic for a full session of varied cinematic treats, from a brothel in mid 20th century London to the suburbs of post-Troubles Belfast.
In association with Let’s Keep It Short.
Where possible, each film will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, hosted by Tom Geoffrey from Let’s Keep It Short
Total: 194 mins
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ADVANCE TO CONTACT
Scott Ryan Vickers 33 mins (UK, 2012)
A true story of a soldiers battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. -
DEVIL'S DOSH, THE
Zach Guerra 28 mins (UK, 2012)
From the ruins of 1949 East London rises Marcus, an unassuming young man working as a custodian in a notorious brothel. Gertie, Marcus' pregnant mother and the brothel's ruthless madam, regularly beats Marcus to 'make a man' out of him. Gertie gives birth to Marcus' half-sister, tasking Marcus with disposing of the baby. Marcus is forced to decide - ultimately fleeing with the baby to a Catholic mission where he finds an equally corrupt foe in Father Seevick, who shakes Marcus down for brothel money. Realizing they're all alone, Marcus returns to the brothel to put his life and soul on the line, setting into motion a bloody confrontation that leads to his becoming criminal royalty. -
FAISAL GOES WEST
Bentley Brown 32 mins (UK, 2012)
When he makes a mistake that sends his family into a financial crunch, Faisal abandons his dreams of American university to work on a chicken farm. Only through humility and hardship can he learn the tough lessons necessary to gain ground in his new home. -
OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Poppie Skold 25 mins (UK, 2012)
Our Life Together is a beautiful and haunting excavation of one day in the life of a young couple living in London. Nothing seems to happen, and then everything does. This is a film constructed out of kindness: it's a bit sad, a bit funny, a bit surprising - much like life itself. Jamie Griffiths-Jones, Janet Henfrey and Emma Pallant star in this debut narrative film from director Poppie Sköld and writer Ben Webb. -
S.N.A.F.U.
Julian Caldow 26 mins (UK, 2012)
This film taps in on the visual and narrative expectations of the modern genre audience with influences including Sergio Leone and John Carpenter. A Twilight Zone episode somewhere between The Sixth Sense and Momento. -
SATURDAY
Mike Forshaw 13 mins (UK, 2016)
15th April 1989: One game of football is about to affect Liam and the city of Liverpool forever… A fictional account of how the Hillsborough stadium disaster – which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters – unfolded for one family back home in Merseyside. -
SPOOF OR DIE
Prasanna Puwanarajah 25 mins (UK, 2012)
“No one cares cos you’re not killing each other anymore.” Contemporary Northern Ireland. Two teenagers get a hard time at a bus stop and decide to bunk off school. They decide to take revenge on their bully, but as the ghosts of conflict emerge, their youthful anarchy leads them towards a darker, older world, and from that towards an unexpected closeness.