Film Library 2012 Screening films from over 20 countries, genres included documentary, music video, artists’ film, comedy, animation and experimental, holding a mirror to society through the multi-disciplinary and ever expanding nature of short film.
Animation
Dir. Michelle Arbon Above as Below follows a young soldier during his first experience of war.
Dir. Adam Wells Brave New Old is about a man who tries to make something honest.
Dir. Nils Knoblich A prisoner receives the message that his old father needs help with ploughing the field.
Dir. Linda McCarthy Hinterland is a very short stop-motion animated film with a big environmental message about recycling.
Dir. Henrik Malmgren After having her lonely dinner brutally interrupted, Elsa realises that “Paradise is lost without others.”.
Dir. Seamus Spilsbury Thora rests on a vast mountain top. Her only protection is a lonely beast, Solomon.
Artists’ Film
Dir. Frances Odim-Loughlin A narrative is pieced together from fragments of one man’s life, set against streets in rural Ireland.
Dir. Joanna Tam The video examines foreign accent perception in relation to social identity and cultural standardisation.
Comedy
Dir. Matthew Jenkin Sometimes it’s best to let sleeping birds lie….
Dir. Richard Higson It’s Christmas Day for David. For everyone else, it’s 18 August.
Dir. Richard Kaponas A painfully self-aware man attempts to connect with his co-workers in an endless white void.
Dir. Lucy Ray Black comedy about three boys from Bradford who go camping in pursuit of a girl.
Dir. Venetia Taylor When you’re young and in love the future seems bright… but then what?
Dir. Daniel Onyia The impatient Tobi takes matters into his own hands after waiting for his favourite drink.
Documentary
Dir. Kevin Andrews A blind Greek busker has some inspiring views on the world.
Dir. Mike Bernard An artist nearly drowns and is saved by two eagles.
Dir. Thomas Gleeson What is it that makes a house a home?
Dir. Alex J. Wright Sid Burnard welcomes us into his weird and wonderful world of beachcombing.
Dir. Tom Burke Pat climbs the hill of Bull na Mór to honour his father’s memory and to contemplate a life spent at sea.
Dir. Shasha Nakhai / Richard Williamson The rise and fall of a Philippine island’s sugarcane industry.
Drama
Dir. Nicholas Paton A supernatural mystery emerges from the images snapped by a photographer in this hypnotic film.
Dir. Stephen Hanks A father takes his daughter to the beach, perhaps for the last time.
Dir. Georgia Oakley Two young strangers find solace in the silence of each other’s company.
Dir. Liteo Deliro Mohammed’s struggle to decide between what his mind and his heart tell him.
Dir. Shimmy Marcus Despite a language barrier, a couple learn more about each other than they thought possible..
Experimental
Dir. Christopher Hollaran Animation and film warp the paradigms of visual communication in cinema.
Dir. Disa Krosness Knead is derived from intuition with a wish to convey bodily experience.
Dir. Amélie Raoul A man discovers how related outer and inner travels are.
Music Video
Dir. Jos Meijers It will not mean the same to everyone, but it will mean something…
Dir. Christopher Hollaran Contemporary Bonnie & Clyde. Suitcase with dollars. Destination unknown. Love breaking down the borders.
Dir. Daniel Wirtberg Tormented by nightmares of walking scarecrows, a girl finds herself all alone in the world, with no one to help her.
Thriller
Dir. Jonathon Crewe A bullied teenage loner is pushed over the edge with devastating consequences.
Dir. Sam Wilkins Two feuding men hold out after a crime. One dies. Then the real fight begins.
Dir. Matthew Nesbeth Tom wants to disappear. He’ll run away to a city where nobody can find him.
Dir. Adam Brown A young man has a surreal experience during a mundane job interview.
Dir. Martin Åhlin A caretaker cares for an old, abandoned school and during a routine check he realises something isn’t right.
Dir. Daniel Marini The Dark Night is a journey to the dark side of the Möbius strip.