FRI 10 Sept WESTBOURNE STUDIOS LONDON FILM-MAKERS CONVENTION 6–11pm Stick With Me Bernard Kordieh 30 minutes 15 When Leon has a premonition of his death, he knows that the choices he makes in the next 24 hours will determine whether he lives to see another day. Drama London, England The Rat Lucinda Cary 10 minutes 12A Joe grabs breakfast and runs, late for work, on the way out though he discovers a rat in the wheely bin, he tells his pregnant wife Anna that she must kill it before he gets home. Drama London, England Reflected Stuart Perkins 8 minutes U Amy is forced to confront the spirit of her dead brother by her worried friends. Horror London, England Bad Luck Rock Stuart Perkins 6 minutes 12 Two friends who believe they have been cursed by a volcanic rock start to question if the rock really is bad luck. Comedy . London, England The Box Stuart Perkins 7 minutes U Two men find a box in the middle of the road. When they look inside they see a world where their desires become reality. Drama London, England Delog Lucinda Cary 16 minutes U The Maddock children are used to coping when their mother behaves strangely but this time she has left the land of the living altogether, for now anyway. Drama London, England A Lesson In Life Fabian Baschieri 8 minutes 15 Two men arrive at a desolate quarry with a job to do. One tests the waters of his new career and the patience of the other. demeanours are set on edge as they leadup to the harsh reality of the job at hand. Drama London, England Where’s Mary T. Hickson 6 minutes 12A Based on the Mary Bell murders of the 1960s. Drama London, England Girl Drinks Darkness Tony Hickson 6 minutes 15 A film about suicide. Art London, England Nasty Splurty Brains Tony Hickson 3 minutes 15 A psycho escapes death ensues. Horror London, England Insomnia Ed Edwards 5 minutes U A newcomer to the city sits sleepless in her flat at night. She imagines that if she could run through the friendless streets she might banish her feeling of alienation... Drama London, England Martin Chris Wilson 15 minutes 18 A former male prostitute reflects on sex, addiction and the meaning of life. Documentary London, England Trish & Tara Trevor Jones Two young women from different social backgrounds find similarities in their apparent differences to form an uncommon emotional bond. 10 minutes 18 Drama London, England Still Life Charlotte Wolf 11 minutes U A lonely living statue is angry when two rivals move onto her pitch. But as the newcomers start dueling for her affection, life becomes far more colourful and complicated. Drama London, England Dear Friend Don Brosnan 6 minutes 12 Based on the Greiving Process, a man writes a letter to his recently deceased friend. Tapping into the foreign and feminine aspects of his emotional life seeking resolution.(In Russian with English subtitles.) Art London, England Cut film Love In London Mazin Mahdi-Sherabayani 15 minutes U On a lonely night, Nicole recalls three very different romantic events that changed her life and perception about love and herself. A mixture of flashbacks and memory story telling film. Drama London, England Exhale Remi Weekes 13 minutes 12A Joel, at 17, has been diagnosed as HIV positive. He decides, very prematurely, that he’d rather face this ‘embarrassing’ disease alone than with anyone else... to unexpected consequences. Drama London, England Choose Life Aneta Kaplanova Popart House 2 minutes 12A Anti knife crime advertisement. Drama London, England Shafted Ros Gihan Williams 18 minutes 15 About two friends whose relationship and lifestyle of partying is suddenly shattered by a life threatening illness - Even hedonists can’t escape their own body clocks. Based on real events. Drama London, England Shut Your Eyes Nikolai Galen 93 minutes 18 The Story: A naked couple spinning their ritualized vocal and physical dialogue in a room reserved for their rituals; about the fantasies they make real or reality they make fantasy; about the games which they play or which play them; a black comedy made from the animal poetry of seduction and sexuality; about the erotic blur of pleasure and pain; about their bitter laughter and desperate crying at the chaos and debris of their love-lives; about real life and acted life; about acting real and really acting; about the jagged borderlines between film, both fiction and documentary, theatre, dance and poetry. back to overview