NEW SHORTS: London Lives
18:45 Wed 15 Jan 2020
Fiction bleeds into biography as we find ourselves behind the closed doors of London’s cultural melting pot.
Steering us from North to South, these films chart the precarious adventure of making it in our fair capital. Below the river masculinity is tested by a simple smile, whilst faith and family harmonize in an African East End community struck by grief. In Chinatown we find masseuses with secrets, whilst elsewhere hook-ups thrive into romance in the face of HIV stigma.
With turns from Ben Aldridge (Our Girl) and Karla Crome (Misfits). Programmed by Philip Ilson. 92’
Curzon Soho
W1D 5DY
Access
Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.
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NOBODY'S DARLING
Sophia Carr-Gomm 15 mins (UK, 2019)
It’s the turn of the New Year and a young woman fumbles her way through an unknown future in a love letter to London. -
TALK TO LEON
Murat Gökmen 14 mins (UK, 2019)
Out after midnight for the first time, four twelve-year-olds travel across London with nothing but the voice of Leon to guide them. -
APPRECIATION
Tomisin Adepeju 15 mins (UK, 2018)
An African Pentecostal Pastor questions everything she believes in after a life-changing event. -
THE MOLE
Yiling Ding 3 mins (UK, 2018)
A young Chinese massagist lives in London. Day after day, he brings relief to strangers, but he can't get away from his own secret. -
MAHON CHORIZO AVOCADO
Edward Smyth 7 mins (UK, 2019)
This is a film about: custom-made sandwiches; 2nd-rate selfie memes; deformed pigeon feet; temperatures; the best cookies in London; bamboo mustard; Équipage and Cece. -
SERIOUS TINGZ
Abdou Cisse 3 mins (UK, 2019)
A 3-minute think-piece aiming to dispel the "screwface" look’s reputation as a form of intimidation, and instead to help shed light on its purpose as a form of self-defence. Based on real life experiences, this is an insight into what it’s like growing up in a place where a young man’s masculinity is challenged and defended by a mere expression -
THRIVE
Jamie Di Spirito 17 mins (UK, 2019)
A hook-up between two young men - they make a connection, but it quickly becomes apparent they're looking for different things. -
3 SLEEPS
Christopher Holt 18 mins (UK, 2019)
Based on a true story, 9-Year-old Casey lives on a tough London estate with her mum and two young sisters. When mum leaves the girls home alone for the weekend, Casey is sworn to secrecy, but navigating an adult world isn’t easy.