Westbourne Studios
242 Acklam Road
London W10
9-22 August
Entry FREE

(6 - 11pm)

9^th - Hardcore Featuring Reflections (Ivan Kavanagh), and Chasing Jordan (Arn-Hendrik Blomquist) an evening of films in the worst possible taste.

10^th - Visions of Africa Featuring The Great Dance (James Hersov), supported by Survival International, about the Bushmen of the Kalahari, and Bang Bang In Da Manor (Sean Mendez), documentary about violence in the inner city.

11^th - Night of Drama World Premier of Number One Longing, Number Two Regret (Neil Wassell) with Jenny Agutter, psychological corporate crime thriller, and Between Four Walls (Mikkel Urup), unexpected revenge drama.

12^th - Night of Shorts I Includes selection of comedy shorts from  Punch Drunk, and Victim (Corrie Jones) about a woman who’s kidnapped.    
     

16^th - Night of Shorts II Featuring new shorts from the Film Councils Short Circuit project with introduction, and The End (Joss Lewis Motesinos).

17^th - Children of Abraham Films from Israel and Arab countries including Barbeque People (David Ofek & Joseph Modmony) about Iraqi immigrants in Israel at the time of the first Intifada, and The Little Country With A Sandal (Giora Karib) about an Israeli family in Eritrea.

18^th - Food of Love An evening of Music films, videos and documentaries including work from Ninja Tunes, Mute, Jetstar, Rough Trade, and Wall of Sound world premiere of Two Cultures Clash (Rick Elgood) filmed in Jamaica, with talk from the Director, and The Barracudas Surfers Are Back (Geoff Mann & John Wheeler) 25^th Anniversary reunion show.

19^th - In The Hood Street life films from urban filmmakers facing multicultural issues including crack, teenage pregnancy and crime, including Staircases (Larbi Oumghar), Choices (Wilf Macdonald) and The Plague (Greg Hall).

20^th - Is it Art ?  Includes a selection from BowieArt ­ David Bowie’s online gallery of new digital artists, work from Stuart Pound and Derek Jarman (Andu Kimpton-Nye) an affectionate biography of the late great maverick filmmaker.

21st - An Evening With Metrodome Includes films and talk from Metrodome distributors of Donnie Darko and Monster plus Harvey Krumpet Adam Ellot, winner of Animation Oscar 2004 and preview of The Corporation (Mark Achbar, Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbat) with Michael Moore and Naomi Klein.

22^nd - Grand Closing Party A feast of the best of all the films that make Portobello Film Festival unique including world premiere of  Northern Soul (Shane Meadows), Cuba Libre (Juan Gerard) featuring Harvey Keital and Gael Garcia Bernal about the revolution in Cuba 1958, a selection of short films from this year’s Glastonbury Festival, Sixth Sense The Musical by The PinkyPoos Experience, and a wonderful version Dziga Vertov’s seminal Man With A Movie Camera with a new soundtrack by The Cinematic Orchestra.








Meanwhile Gardens
Elkstone Road
London W10
Cinema Circus Tent
Entry free

(2pm - 11pm)

13^th - Cinema Circus Tent all day. 8pm Matrix Revolutions (Warchowki Brothers): The Final Part Of The Matrix Saga.

14^th - Cinema Circus Tent all day. 4pm The Return Of The King (Peter Jackson): The Final Part Of The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, and 8.30pm An Evening With Mike Figgis, the great director talks and does Q&As and screens his rare documentaries Vivienne Westwood, Flamenco Women and Frankfurt Ballet.

15^th - Meanwhile Gardens Skatebowl; skatejam organised by Third Planet 12-6.30pm. Cinema Circus Tent: Extreme Sports Movies all day. 6.30pm Stoked. 8.00pm Troy (Wolfgang Peterson) Sword and sandal epic set in the dawn of time featuring Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana.

Paradise
19 Kilburn Lane
London W10
Entry FREE

(7pm - 11pm)

6th - Opening Party Festival Preview, open to all. A random selection of favourite films from Portobello Film Festival 2004 including Alien Invasion (Hank Pearlman & Hung Ryman) from Greenpeace and On The Buses (Zoe Young).

10^th - An evening of films on life in the 21^st Century featuring Premiere of feature film 3 Days (A. Hill & R. Auston-Lynn) about search for identity and a magic photograph.

11^th - An evening of art films and animation and the locally shot feature film Lava    

17^th - Drama night including the feature film No Names (Mikkel Urup), melodrama about the struggle in everyday life.

18^th - Having A Laugh: A night of comedy films including feature premiere The Rehearsal (James Tapp) about Brummies in London.

The Elgin
96 Ladbroke Grove
London W11
Entry FREE

(6pm - 11pm)

9^th - Evening of alternative life films Can You Keep It Up With This That And The Other For A Week (Jan Manthey) a homage to Carry On Window Cleaner and Absolutely Alive-Rocket Child (Hulya Geezer) documentary about North London Punk band.

12^th - Mixed bag of drama, documentaries, music videos featuring Mr Right  (Sharon Woodward) light hearted comedy about finding the rightpartner and Beautiful People (Tobias Tobbell) about male sex fantasies.

16^th - Documentary and drama evening including Seven Days (Steven Thompson)- a woman who’s been mugged seeks revenge and Small Creatures (Denise Devoy) ­lonely girl retreats to insect city.

19^th - An evening of mixed shorts featuring Rough, Cut and Ready Dubbed by  Hassan Shah and Dom Shaw with Sham 69, Stifff Little Fingers and The Selecta and punks from the late 70’s hanging around Rough Trade record shop.

Westway Sports Bar
Crowthorne Road
London W10
16-20 August
Non Stop Video Cafe
Entry FREE

(7pm - 11pm)

A selection of the maddest, baddest short films, music videos, Britshort highlights every night plus Bring Your Own Films for late entries and deadline dodgers every night.
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