Wed 07 Sept POP UP CINEMA 3 ACKLAM ROAD, W10 5TY LONDON FILM FEAST 2 London Film Makers Convention. 6:30–10:30pm 6:30pm But It's Not a Casting Agency Dir. Laura Grillo. 15 cert. A woman goes on a surreal journey only to discover that she does not exist… 12 min. www.grilbyproductions.tumblr.com I luv Matt Johnson Dir. Jon Garbett. 12 cert. 17 year old Zoe succeeds in juggling her supermarket job and commitments to her friends - until her boyfriend and best mate betrays her. Drama. 14 min. www.savethedogproductions.com Ultimate Survivor Dir. Phillip Hind. 12 cert. The remarkable story of Oxford's first purpose built cinema from 1911-2011. Featuring Ian Hislop, Mark Thompson, Brian Aldiss and Bill Heine. Documentary. 59 min. www.picturepalace.org.uk 8pm Refrigeration Dir. Matthew Waruszynski. PG cert. An old woman goes to extreme lengths to keep hold of everything in her house, especially her fridge. Animation. 3 min. www.mattwaruszynski.blogspot.com The Kiss Dir. Ben Hyland. PG cert. The answer phone message is clear. She is leaving him. The man races out of his flat. He sprints out suddenly cramps up. Romance. 3 min. www.beat24.co.uk Bittersweet Dir. Maria Ann Hylton. 15 cert. A man is desperately knocking on the front door calling out the name "Niall!". Through a series of flashbacks the story unfolds: we enter the mind of a disturbed soul. Drama. 16 min. www.morton-films-and-media.com Drift Dir. Ben Caird. 15 cert. John returns to the London neighbourhood of his youth in order to find a reattachment to his childhood. He meets Aya and her son James, equally lost, seemingly a hundred sprits. Drama. 20 min. Hitler + Henry VIII Dir. Jane Gull. 15 cert. A teacher, unable to cope with the daily war of apathy + aggression, uses extreme measures to restore order in the classroom. Youth drama. 6 min. www.janegull.com 9pm The Kids and the Bike Dir. Mazin Mahdi – Sherabayni. 12 cert. In a remote village in Kurdistan, a group of kids become obsessed about the Postman's bicycle and they attempt to steal it. Finally, one day the struggle turns to a friendship. Drama. 17 min. The Katriana Dir. Jonathan Wolff. 12 cert. whilst travelling through space an cadet forces Benjamin and Kat to make tough decisions. Sci-fi. 9 min. Getting ready Dir. Ben Barton. 15 cert. A faded actress prepares for the greatest performance of her life -- a star-studded suicide. In her final dream, she returns to the stage, but are the standing ovations real? Experimental. 5 min. www.benbarton.co.uk Casualties of Life Dir. Stephan George. 12 cert. Mark is an irresistible womanizer, yet he has chronic feelings of emptiness that he cant explain. An intense drama about love and self-awareness, shot in stylish black and white. Drama. 10 min. www.stephangeorge.com Half Lives The Art of Bernard Canavan Dir. Anna Bowman. 12 cert. Irish Artist Bernard Canavan's paintings celebrate the heroic work of the Irish Navvies. They often lived 'Lives" away from their families. Bernards came to England aged 16 with his father to look for work. Documentary. 17 min. www.cotleighstudios.co.uk Leufu Dir. Maya Bazzini. 12 cert. In the Cordillera De Los Andes, Admist a chain of volcanic peaks, Mapuche communities are standing up to defend their river from yet another crime against nature. Documentary. 24 min. www.nativespiritfoundation.org back to overview