FRI 30 AUG
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




USA / UK / Ireland


6 - 10.30 pm

Coalesce: A City Composed
Joshua Provost 1h 10m U
A visual artist and a musician search for beauty
and inspiration in the alleyways, intersections,
power lines, and utility poles of a sprawling
desert city. Art, USA

The Magic Hatchet
JF Whitney 4m 12
A poetic and musical reflection on the contagion
of aggression. Music Video, London

Waiting For Fukushima
Alana Hutton-Shaw 13m 12A
Seven years on, we return to Fukushima to
push past the headlines and tell the untold story
of the forgotten victims of the disaster.
Documentary, London

The Plunge
Simon Ryninks 10m 15
After a night of passion Emily tells Jay that
she’d like to use a strap-on on him. After trying
hard to get out of it, Jay succumbs, but things
go wrong. Comedy, London

Starboy
Joelle Bentolila 18m 12A
When a young Hasidic man studies the
Kabbalah and Quantum mechanics, his pious
young wife doesn’t understand why there are
so many unorthodox books in the flat. He
increasingly doubts his own identity. Drama,
London

Red dress. No straps.
Maryam Mohajer 9m 12A
1985. Tehran. Iran-Iraq war. For ‘Marmar’ it is
another ordinary afternoon at the grandparents’.
The echo of ‘Death to America’ chants from
the morning school assembly mixes with ‘The
voice of America’; grandad’s favourite radio
program. Marmar is waiting for granny to make
her a dress exactly the same as the glamorous
American Popstar; Bright red. No straps.
Animation, London

Lobsters
Matt Huntley 4m 15
Mark, a lonely man in a caravan park has found
his soulmate, his neighbour Tanya. He drifts
off into a fantasy about their future together.
Everything would be perfect...if it wasn’t for
Dave. Comedy, London

Ashmina
Dekel Berenson 16m 12A
In an impoverished country, rife with
contradiction, a young girl is torn by her
obligation to her family and the influence of
foreign visitors. Britain

Salam
Claire Fowler 14m 12
A female Lyft driver navigates the night shift in
New York City while waiting to hear life-or-death
news from her family in Syria. USA

Panomundo Part 1: The
Evolution of the Steelpan
Keith Musaman Morton 42m U
A look at the history of the Steelpan (steel
drum) from its inception in Trinidad and Tobago
until gaining international recognition at the
Festival of Britain in 1951. Music Doc. USA

Camberwell Beauty
Chris Ward 58m 15
A post punk satire. A singer undergoes plastic
surgery after an accident and is horrified after
seeing she is now ‘beautiful’, resulting in
contempt from her fans.



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