EMERGING FILMMAKER FORUM
10:30 AM
Venue: Town House Courtyard - Kingston University
This was a huge success last year and provided the audience with plenty of useful information and ideas. Which is why we are programming it again this year.
Trying to find your way into the Film Industry is a daunting task. Our panel have done just that! They will be sharing their journeys and how they went about getting started in their careers. They will be happy to answer any questions from the audience.
Picture from Emerging Filmmaker Forum 2023
VIDEO ESSAYS : AN AID TO FILMMAKING - WORKSHOP
12:30 PM
Venue: Kingston University Town
Presented by Will Webb
Video Essayist and Filmmaker
If you don't have the money or equipment to make your first film, video essays are an excellent way of honing your filmmaking instincts. Explore everything from shot choice and editing to specific camera moves or performances while learning about film's rich and varied history.
Will Webb
Absolute Beginners (Out of Competition)
14:30 PM
Venue: Rose Main Auditorium
Directed by Julien Temple
Colin, a 19-year-old photographer, falls hopelessly in love with a model during the late 1950s and gets in touch with a pop promoter with the hopes of making it big in the music music industry.
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Starring David Bowie
SIMPLE ANIMATION FOR CHILDREN
14:30 PM
Venue: Town House Courtyard - Kingston University
Rotoscope Animation for children ages 8 - 11 in collaboration with Ciné Schools.
Follow in the footsteps of the Godfather of Film, Eadweard Muybridge, and build your very own story in a zoetrope! The animation team at Ciné Schools will be in town to walk through the earliest format of the 'moving' image, the zoetrope. Adults can have a go as well because frankly, it's a lot of fun.
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Eadweard Muybridge's famous Horses
SELECTION OF STUDENT FILMS
16:30 PM
Venue: Rose Studio
MidPoint - Short Comedy, Directed by Flynn Matthews
Mother - Short Drama, Directed by Mariia Felenko
Antisocial - Short Drama, Directed by Ori Chaya Klier
Zugzwang - Short Horror, Directed by Chris Rej
Hummus - Short Drama, Directed by Jad Ahmad
5 / 3 / 0 - Short Drama, Directed by Danilo Stanimirović
The Day Escaped the Fishbowl - Short Drama, Directed by Shihe Miao
Misdirection - Short Drama, Directed by Kurt Sear
Dad’s Diner - Short Drama, Directed by Julian Joyce
Frequency - Short Thriller, Directed by Zsófia Bujáki
Still from 'Mother'
The Portrait (Feature Thriller) & SHORT FILMS
20:00 PM
Venue: Rose Main Auditorium
Over the Edge - Short Thriller, Directed by Jenna Harder
The Oracle - Short Sci-Fi, Directed by Anna Boronea & Stefano Moscone
Shut - Short Horror, Directed by Niels Bourgonje
The Portrait - First Feature Thriller, Directed by Simon Ross
Still from 'The Oracle'
FESTIVAL STRATEGY FROM THE FESTIVAL DOCTOR -WORKSHOP
14:30 PM
Venue: Rose Studio
Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith, The Film Festival Doctor
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Live from America - Online and Live-streaming
Rebekah is an Award-Winning Film Festival Strategist & Founder of The Film Festival Doctor. She can create a film festival strategy for you, so you can get your film seen by audiences around the world. So far, Rebekah and her team have helped their clients win over 2,250 awards including an Oscar nomination.
The Session Man (Feature Documentary)
16:45 PM
Venue: Rose Main Theatre
The Session Man, Feature Documentary, Directed by Mike Treen.
With special musical guests.
THE SESSION MAN tells the story of Nicky Hopkins, the prolific virtuoso session pianist whose legendary riffs and musical motifs featured on over 250 albums that include some of the most iconic tracks ever recorded.
Still from 'The Session Man'
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE SCREENING
19:30 PM
Venue: Rose Studio
The Storyteller - Short Drama, Directed by Joe Crabtree
Made for Duty Overseas - Short Thriller, Directed by Katie King
Mr Copycat - Short Animation, Kieran Firth-Bernard
Here’s Your Host - Short Drama, Directed by Daniel Williams
Cine-Addis - Short Documentary, Directed by Michael William Thomas
Still from 'Cine-Addis'