Shorts

10 YEARS OF JUNK TV

Saturday 24 November
Sallis Benney Theatre 9:00PM

Junk TV began life as a monthly screening night for no-budget video in Nottingham in 1997. Held in cafes, clubs, and cinemas with regular audience involvement, the emphasis of the events was on ideas and ingenuity rather than formulaic stories and technical slickness, inclusiveness rather than elitism.

Following relocation to Amsterdam and Brighton in 1998, Junk TV’s regular film nights of absurd comedy and outlandish drama mirrored the development of low cost digital video technology. Screenings went from blurry analogue video formats such as VHS and Hi8 through to the crisp lines of Digital Video, from cut and paste machine editing to films built upon multi-layered audio and visual effects.

In this evening’s event, Junk TV select their favourite moments from the previous decade’s 75 screenings of quick flicks, animations, video activism, music promos, pranks and anti-adverts submitted by film-makers from around the world. With Junk TV’s own productions largely shot in and around the streets of Brighton, this screening also charts the changes in the city as well as the advances in video technology. Part documentary, part ‘Greatest Hits’, the screening ends with new digital work, previews of upcoming High Definition productions and free DVDs.

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