THE BRIGHTON FILM FESTIVAL
17 NOVEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2005
SHORTS
FINAL CUT: DIGITAL SHORTS & ONE MINUTE WONDERS
WEDS 23 NOV FROM 8PM HANBURY ARMS BALLROOM £4
The monthly Final Cut short film screenings are the largest on the South Coast and for this year’s CINECITY, they present a selection of new work from the UK Film Council’s ‘Digital Shorts’ scheme. The programme features twelve shorts from the latest intake, along with nine ultra-shorts from their own lottery-funded ‘One Minute Wonder’ initiative. The event also includes a new selection of ‘Trailer Trash’ teasers for recent and soon-to-be-released shorts plus innovative film-based VJ sets from top local performers. www.finalcut.gb.com
36 HOUR FILM RUSH (adv 18)
SUN 27 NOV 8PM GARDNER ARTS CENTRE
Screening of films by University of Sussex students who have taken up the challenge to make a film in 36 hrs. Details: contact the box office.
OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL
MON 28 NOV 10.30AM - 3.10PM THE OLD MARKET, HOVE, £3,
free entry for carers
The first film festival anywhere in the world run by, and for, people with a learning disability. Admission is free but tickets must be booked in advance. For more information and ticket booking call Carousel on 01273 234734 or enquiries@carousel.org.uk From 7pm, Blue Camel Club, a nightclub run by people with learning disabilities. 8pm awards ceremony for winning film-makers.
FLAT ACCESS, DISABLED TOILETS, SUBTITLED FILMS, SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, AUDIO DESCRIPTION.
FRI 2 DEC 8PM PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50/ £3 CONCESSIONS
PLAY SAFE! – AN EVENING OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FILMS
A screening celebrating the serious, amusing and often downright dangerous world of the PIF and Industrial Training Video. From the pitfalls of rugs placed on polished floors to hapless JCB operators causing mayhem on construction sites, these films inform, educate and quite often spell out the unbelievably obvious. From familiar 1970s television PIFs starring Alvin Stardust and Kevin Keegan to 16mm industrial training films that owe more to Hammer Horror than Health and Safety this screening will shed light on a forgotten dramatic genre. This screening is not suitable for children.
JEFF KEEN: ARTWAR THE FULL IMPACT
SAT 3 DEC 2.30PM
PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50 / £3 CONCESSIONS
A rare expanded cinema performance from the legendary Brighton based experimental film-maker. Now into his 80’s Jeff is as prolific as ever with a major New York retrospective early next year and the release of his work on DVD through the British Film Institute. His films exhaustively combine animation, live action and collage, plundering from Hollywood, comic strips and pre-war pulps. The aim is the very essence of cinematic spectacle - lavishly recreated and endlessly destroyed on Brighton’s municipal dumps and rented rooms. This event includes the first ever triple screen performance of early ARTWAR 8mm shorts.
JUNK TV
SAT 3 DEC 8PM
PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50/£3 CONCESSIONS
Now in its 9th year, Junk TV presents a flowing mix of new short comedies, dramas, music promos, mini-documentaries, animations and video absurdities, covering topics as diverse as suicidal dogs, horse women, worldwide festivals, melon headbutting and the history of murder in Brighton. The audience will be asked to provide a musical score for a new film, and play large screen 1980s video games. A selection of new films under 2 minutes in length will preview next year’s Quick Flicks 2006 festival. For more details see www.junk-tv.com
COSMIC SCIENCE
SUN 4 DEC 8PM
PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50 / £3 CONCESSIONS
Ian Helliwell`s horizon-expanding series of programmes (first screened at Cinematheque), dedicated to far-out science, industrial and space films, returns with a new selection of shorts from past, present and future. Incorporating slides and new electronic music, the line up features a psychedelic animated version of Fantastic Planet, NASA 8mm space documentaries, strange sci-fi glamour, Canadian film board animation created by observing Martians, British soldiers on LSD and a collaboration between Walerian Borowczyk and Chris Marker.
WEDS 23 NOV FROM 8PM HANBURY ARMS BALLROOM £4
The monthly Final Cut short film screenings are the largest on the South Coast and for this year’s CINECITY, they present a selection of new work from the UK Film Council’s ‘Digital Shorts’ scheme. The programme features twelve shorts from the latest intake, along with nine ultra-shorts from their own lottery-funded ‘One Minute Wonder’ initiative. The event also includes a new selection of ‘Trailer Trash’ teasers for recent and soon-to-be-released shorts plus innovative film-based VJ sets from top local performers. www.finalcut.gb.com
36 HOUR FILM RUSH (adv 18)
SUN 27 NOV 8PM GARDNER ARTS CENTRE
Screening of films by University of Sussex students who have taken up the challenge to make a film in 36 hrs. Details: contact the box office.
OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL
MON 28 NOV 10.30AM - 3.10PM THE OLD MARKET, HOVE, £3,
free entry for carers
The first film festival anywhere in the world run by, and for, people with a learning disability. Admission is free but tickets must be booked in advance. For more information and ticket booking call Carousel on 01273 234734 or enquiries@carousel.org.uk From 7pm, Blue Camel Club, a nightclub run by people with learning disabilities. 8pm awards ceremony for winning film-makers.
FLAT ACCESS, DISABLED TOILETS, SUBTITLED FILMS, SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, AUDIO DESCRIPTION.
FRI 2 DEC 8PM PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50/ £3 CONCESSIONS
PLAY SAFE! – AN EVENING OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FILMS
A screening celebrating the serious, amusing and often downright dangerous world of the PIF and Industrial Training Video. From the pitfalls of rugs placed on polished floors to hapless JCB operators causing mayhem on construction sites, these films inform, educate and quite often spell out the unbelievably obvious. From familiar 1970s television PIFs starring Alvin Stardust and Kevin Keegan to 16mm industrial training films that owe more to Hammer Horror than Health and Safety this screening will shed light on a forgotten dramatic genre. This screening is not suitable for children.
JEFF KEEN: ARTWAR THE FULL IMPACT
SAT 3 DEC 2.30PM
PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50 / £3 CONCESSIONS
A rare expanded cinema performance from the legendary Brighton based experimental film-maker. Now into his 80’s Jeff is as prolific as ever with a major New York retrospective early next year and the release of his work on DVD through the British Film Institute. His films exhaustively combine animation, live action and collage, plundering from Hollywood, comic strips and pre-war pulps. The aim is the very essence of cinematic spectacle - lavishly recreated and endlessly destroyed on Brighton’s municipal dumps and rented rooms. This event includes the first ever triple screen performance of early ARTWAR 8mm shorts.
JUNK TV
SAT 3 DEC 8PM
PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50/£3 CONCESSIONS
Now in its 9th year, Junk TV presents a flowing mix of new short comedies, dramas, music promos, mini-documentaries, animations and video absurdities, covering topics as diverse as suicidal dogs, horse women, worldwide festivals, melon headbutting and the history of murder in Brighton. The audience will be asked to provide a musical score for a new film, and play large screen 1980s video games. A selection of new films under 2 minutes in length will preview next year’s Quick Flicks 2006 festival. For more details see www.junk-tv.com
COSMIC SCIENCE
SUN 4 DEC 8PM
PHOENIX ARTS ASSOCIATION £3.50 / £3 CONCESSIONS
Ian Helliwell`s horizon-expanding series of programmes (first screened at Cinematheque), dedicated to far-out science, industrial and space films, returns with a new selection of shorts from past, present and future. Incorporating slides and new electronic music, the line up features a psychedelic animated version of Fantastic Planet, NASA 8mm space documentaries, strange sci-fi glamour, Canadian film board animation created by observing Martians, British soldiers on LSD and a collaboration between Walerian Borowczyk and Chris Marker.