FUTURE SHORTS
Actors Special
7pm
Tickets £5
Future Shorts returns this May with yet another rich and eclectic selection of shorts to inspire and entertain. Highlights this month include the BAFTA winning JO JO IN THE STARS by the super-talented Marc Craste, a mesmerising animated portrait of a memory in ROCK BOTTOM RISER by Smog, a quirky dance comedy in Justin McArdle’s FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION and much, much more. See and feel different cinema. Short Film is where it’s at!
Future Shorts and Stella Artois are joining forces for FUTURE CINEMA, a cinematic festival fusing the very best in eclectic short film and music video, with installations, re-scored classic films and the very best in burlesque cabaret. Tickets are on sale now for the first event 1st June 06 at SE1 Club London. For more info and to book tickets visit Futurecinema.co.uk
FILMS
WINDOW LICKER / APHEX TWIN
Dir: Chris Cunningham
UK 1999
Disturbing special effects in this grotesque and compelling, cult music video.
FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION
Dir: Justin McArdle
UK 2002
1970’s Northern Soul in this quirky dance spoof where a hedonistic kid is determined to display his dancing skills though the odds are against him.
HEAVY METAL DRUMMER
Dir: Toby Macdonald
UK 2005
Bafta nominated this year. A young Arab teenager reconciles his love of heavy metal rock music.
RIGHT PLACE
Dir: Kosai Sekine
Japan 2004
Comedic story of an eccentric Tokyo convenience store worker whose obsession for neatness leads to a sudden change.
ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN TOKYO
Dir: Jan Verbeek
Germany 2004
People getting in a train to the edge of the reason.
SALARYMAN
Dir: Jake Knight
UK 2002
A Salaryman loses his memory and pieces his life together using a pocket camera.
LOW MORALE
Dir: Laith Bahrani
UK 2005
One man's struggle to cope with soul sapping, morale crushing experiences at work.
LEAP OF FAITH
Dir: Steve Smith
UK 2005
Lets lose our heads
SMOG ‘Rock Bottom Riser’
Dir: Brendan Cook / Paul McNeil
UK 1994
Hundreds of ink paintings merge and mesmerise as we travel deep into a distant memory.
THE HEART OF THE WORLD
Dir: Guy Maddin
Canada 2000
Fascinating, poetic and extremely intense.
THIS COULD BE BEAUTIFUL (IT IS)
Dir: Carolina Melis
UK 2004
Beautiful and uplifting animation about nature, zebras and giraffes.
JO JO IN THE STARS
Dir: Marc Craste
UK 2003
Heart-wrenching tale of two unlikely lovers: Jo Jo, a silver-plated trapeze artist and the nameless hero who worships her.