Spent today pulling together the programme for the second of Cornerhouse’s new bimonthly experimental screenings, which will be a selection of short films and artists’ film and video. I have bizarrely named it after a Razorlight song that I don’t like, but mainly because the themes I’m working on; geo-politics, dislocation, landscape and urbanism, seemed to suggest it.
While the screening is not taking place until March, today was brochure copy deadline for the Cornerhouse’s listings print. So a couple of paragraphs were duly despatched, summing up the themes and nature of the programme. Next I will need to confirm remaining films and provide Manchester City Council with preview DVD or VHS copies so they can confirm the certification of the programme.
So far I have confirmation on COLLISION by Max Hattler, which won the Lux Award at this year’s Halloween Fest, HOLOCAUST TOURIST by Jes Benstock and PLEASURES OF WAR by Ruth Lingford. I’m waiting for responses for at least 8 more films, but everyone is at Clermont Ferrand or Rotterdam at the moment, so responses are delayed.
While I am of course very pleased about Collision and Holocaust Tourist which are both from last year I am super-excited to show Pleasures of War which is from 1997 as I haven’t seen it in years. It is an animation masterpiece, a visceral and graphic meditation on sex and conflict and was one of the first shorts I saw (at 17!) that blew my mind. Lingford is a lecturer at the Royal College of Art and is thanked on about every cool student animation’s credits (and co-animated Shynola’s awesome ‘Eye for an Eye’ video for U.N.C.L.E.), so I gather must be an inspirational tutor, although I hear she is living in Boston for a year so unfortunately won’t make it to the screening.
Monday, January 30, 2006
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Hello again! Clare here (from the blogmeet). I didn't know you were involved in the short film thingy. A friend of mine (from Sheffield) got nominated for a Bafta for her short film about knitting last year; it was all terribly exciting. There was a showing of her thing during a short film festy in Manc last year - would that have been the same event, or are there several? I guess there are.
Anyway. This is me, waving.
*waves*
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