The 2009 Cine-City Audience Award goes to Ponyo, which had a staggeringly high 4.5 average star rating. Ponyo will go on general release in February 2010. Joint second audience favourites were The Road and The Last Station. We would like to thank everyone who came to see the  films and voted in our audience award.

Director Duncan Ward is coming to introduce the screening of Boogie Woogie tomorrow night at 6.30 at The Duke of Yorks. The film is a satirical look at the 90s art scene with a starry cast including Gillian Anderson, Heather Graham, Joanna Lumley, Christopher Lee, Alan Cumming, and Jaime Winstone.

Riki Tiks, Bond Street
Friday 4 December, 7pm

Cine-City is very pleased to have a surprise screening in the second week of the festival. As part of an animation and performance package we’re screening ’The Cat Piano’. Inspired by Beat poet Jack Kerouac and narrated by Nick Cave. Nick himself announced to the Brighton Cine-City audience at The Road screening last night that the atmospheric short is award nominated, it has just won ‘Best Animation’ at Inside Film (IF) festival.

The Impossibility Of Being An Apple (6.45)

A film not-just-to-be-watched, a live game between screen and audience where performers become viewers, viewers performers and nobody becomes an apple.

Clara Garcia Fraile is a performance and visual artist. Her work uses film, choreography and text to suggest imaginary and often bizarre situations in which you are invited to participate and play: play a role, play along, play an old forgotten song, play a game, ‘play’.

The Praying Machine (5.44)

The Praying Machine is the second official film by acclaimed directors Sam Lanyon and Andrew Cope. For the past decade Cope and Jones have been producing work under the banner of tokyoplastic. They have established Luk / Yom exclusively to produce their films.

Cat Piano (8.00)

In a city of singing cats, a lonely beat poet falls for a beautiful siren. When a mysterious dark figure emerges, kidnapping the town’s singers for his twisted musical plans, the poet must save his muse and put an end to the nefarious tune that threatens to destroy the city. Awarded Best Animation at the awards ceremony held in Luna Park Cat Piano directed by Australian Director Eddie White and Ari Gibson, features the voice of iconic Australian and Brighton based artist Nick Cave. http://catpianofilm.com

We also hope to have the newest version of local film artist and performer Victoria Melody’s ‘Pigeon Fancier’.

Victoria Melody’s live art and video work attempts to destabilize the familiar. In her work, she constantly challenges one’s customary ways of seeing. Her work attempts to undermine one’s habitual ideas and routines by rattling one’s train of thoughts.What appears to be suburban or domestic can turn into something political or steeped in ritual.

In advance of Sunday 29th November’s Mixtapes 2009 programme at Sallis Benney Theatre, Junk TV present a programme of mixtapes: themed film remixes from 2006–2008 by Ben Rivers, Amoeba, Tim Saul & Buck in Fudgy.

Also, a programme of new shorts, found footage cut ups and oddities. Including:  ’Seeking Connection – Future newscast transmissions through a wormhole in time’ as premiered during White Night 2009.

‘Dowtown Heptasm pt 1′ – the first of a seven part reconstruction of the legendary 1950s/60s Jazz beat film reels. ‘Sparkle 1 & 2′ – Mathew Hellett’s award winning Straight 8 and Super 16mm versions of his drag queen alter-ego, Miss Sparkle. We will also be raiding some of the more dusty archival corners of the last 10 years of Junk TV screenings, with accompanying music from film soundtracks, old and new.

Get yourself there

Go to talk,  debate as well as watch extra screenings. Animation, dance for camera, mix tapes and take part in film quizzes.
Catch the films that nearly slipped through the programming net for free!

Every ticket you buy for a film entitles you to a discounted drink at three bars, Shakespeare’s Head, Xuma and RIki Tiks. For more information visit drink-in-brighton.co.uk to find more offers and discounts and many other places to eat and drink.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-best-films-never-made-1821716.html

Duke of Yorks Picturehouse 9.00am

The COSMAT conference 2009 features the distinctive debut feature film by South Coast director Matthew Thompson DUMMY.

Danny escapes his day to day existence with his sick mother by immersing himself in recreational drugs, girls and music. But things change when his mother dies from a possible overdose and he finds himself looking after his younger more introverted brother, Jack. Strong on atmosphere, DUMMY is a psychological drama, with a keen sense of visual style. Thompson,with producer Paula Barnes and actor Thomas Grant , will introduce his work and answer questions from the audiences of Film and Media A-Level students from Sussex schools and colleges. msr@varndean.ac.uk

Lighthouse

Cost £30 (includes VAT, lunch and complimentary tickets to Mark Lewis private view and ‘in conversation’ event)

To book download a course registration form and return it by Fri 13 Nov to the Independent Cinema Office.

www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/training-2009-artistsmovingimage-brighton

The course is for programming, marketing and education staff of cinemas, film festivals and film societies who want to start or develop a programme of artists’ film; cross arts venues and organisations who want to integrate their cinema and gallery more comprehensively; Galleries and museums interested in forging links with cinemas; independent curators working with film and video. The course will be led by George Clark, curator, writer and artist, with guest speakers Mike Sperlinger, Assistant Director of LUX, Jamie Wyld, Acting Chief Executive of  Lighthouse and co-director and founder of videoclub, and speakers from CINECITY.