Wolfson Hall, Churchill
College
9pm, Monday 5th March 2001
This year 10
Shorts make it to the big screen and compete for
the silver cigar for most original movie
and
the gold cigar for best overall movie.
The Gospel
According to St Matthew
Perchance to Dream
Initial
Directed
and edited: Lara Delage-Toriel
Length:
7 minutes
This
movie was done using University, Red TV and Arts Picture House equipment.
Anything special about it? It was shot on a Valentine's Sunday morning, without
any previous organisation. Story is minimal, much of it improvised, with no dialogues.
It
is, grosso modo, a miniature moetaphor on the theme of ‘coupledom’, voiced not
through words but through dance. Argentine tango is an intense, intimate,
difficult improvisational dance which conveys to pwerful effect the emotional
and phychological configurations inherent in a relation between man and woman.
Thyrsis and Dorinda
produced,
directed by Joe Hammond
Length: 5 minutes
The Gospel According to St
Matthew
produced,
directed by Joe Hammond
Length:
15 minutes
Both films were made during the last academic year.
These are the director’s first films and reflect a style and technical
knowledge which was developed in progress. 'The Gospel According to St Matthew'
is a relocation of the original story to the Pembrokeshire coast in winter. The
heavily abridged narrative of the Pembrokeshire Gospel probably requires a
level of familiarity with the original story for full comprehensibility. None
of the cast have previous acting experience except, that is, from an abridged
production of 'Macbeth' performed two summers ago on a rocky precipice, overlooking
the Norwegian Fjords, once used by a Viking king as a giant lectern.
Thyrsis and Dorinda is a screen presentation of the
seventeenth century poet, Andrew Marvell's, 'A Dialogue Between Thyrsis and
Dorinda' - an experiment in trying to visually express Marvellian style and
themes.
The director spent last summer working as a production hand on various
Hollywood commercials and short films, the first of which was a Barbie
commercial. 'From Bible to Barbie' would therefore be an accurate description of
his film experience to date.
Memory Café
Producer:
Victoria Saxton (Jesus)
Director
and Script writer: Atta Chui (Churchill)
Length:
23 minutes
Starring:
Angela Peachey (New Hall), Rachel Sternberg (Queen’s), Tim Morrison (St.
John’s), Christopher Maxwell (St. John’s)
More
on the website :
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/aykc1/cmw
The concept of this film was created after a visit to Café
Rouge on Bridge Street, Cambridge.
Synopsis:
Love
at first site is an imaginary tale; memory manipulation is the ironic truth.
For those people trapped in the power play between love, technology and fate,
knowing the truth is even more painful than living in the dark.
“Do
you believe in love at first site ?” “It is all about fate, isn’t it ?” Karen
and Lawrence pass each other outside the café almost every morning. They seem
to like each other, yet nothing is happening. One day, Karen meets two
researchers who claim to know the secret of memory implant. "To make
Lawrence fall in love with you, all we need to do is to put memories of you
into Lawrence's mind. He will notice you in the crowd immediately. He will
think you are the special one he has been waiting for all his life." The
experiment is a huge success. A month later, Karen and Lawrence are living
together. But Karen is deeply depressed. Her self-consciousness tells her what
they did were wrong. They have a plan: they decided to run another
experiment...
Rosa
producer:
Steven Thorn
director:
Olivia Glienke
starring:
Tabitha May Kelly
length:
about 7 minutes
The Polos of Death
Co-directed and co-produced by Jonathan
Heras and Ivan Vallejo.
The film is an entertaining, short
stop-motion animation, a "miniature action blockbuster".
A trailer is up at
http://www.thepolosofdeath.com .
Perchance to
Dream
a
film by: Paul Lister and James Sanderson
A
young arrogant psychology student treats his hard working girlfriend like dirt.
She works shifts and has to try to sleep while he parties with his friends
downstairs. But when he finally comes to bed she decides to turn the tables on
him…
more
on www.perchanceproductions.co.uk
produced
and directed: Pietro Cicuta and João Lopes Dias
starring:
Belvin Gong, David Ballantyne and Peter Bermel
filmed:
João Lopes Dias
edited:
Peter Bermel, João Lopes Dias and
Pietro Cicuta,
length:
10 minutes
A
short tale of friendship unfolds in the time it takes for the moon to
rise. Based on a script by Sherry
Kramer and extended by João Lopes Dias. An entirely Churchill College film.
Second Chance
Written,
directed, edited: Jeff Foster
length:
6 minutes
black
and white, silent (with music), shot on 16mm
produced by the AAG
length:
12 minutes
shot
in France and Germany
This Event
was organised by the
Churchill College MCR Film
Society
For information on screenings and activities go to:
http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/filmclub/
or contact
Pietro Cicuta:
pc245@cam.ac.uk