Angel Film Festival Announces Short Films Lineup
The Angel Film Festival has announced its shortlist for its upcoming four Sundays of showings. Fifty short films have been selected from 600 submissions, to be shown in three pubs across Islington. The final 50 comprise an eclectic mix of genres and methods, ranging from up-and-coming film-makers, making their film festival debuts to veterans of the short film scene.
All showings will be informal and free to enter, in order to give time to the pleasurable pursuit of watching films. Many of the film-makers will be present and happy to take questions from the public.
The Festival is supported by the
local community,
with three well-known Islington pubs hosting each event.
The venues and dates are:
July 30th: The Garden
2-5pm, 179 Upper Street
August 6th: Clockwork
2-5pm, 96 Pentonville Road
August 13th: The King's Head
2-5pm, 115 Upper Street
The Final Awards Ceremony will
take place on August 20th at Vue cinemas N1.
The films to be shown on this Sunday will be
decided by public vote throughout the prior few
weeks of the Festival.
PROGRAMME
Sunday 30th July
The Angel Film Festival is showing some of the shortlisted entries in "The Garden" on Upper Street in Islington.
The Garden
179 Upper Street,
Islington
Viewing: 2.00-5.00pm
Smile
Angered by the drug dealers plying their trade outside his flat, Dave starts his own surveillance operation.
Carlo Ortu, (11'01")
Tonight
Amish is celebrating his 18th birthday with his family, but it's not just balloons and cards that he wants.
Mehul Desai, (02'40")
Dandelions
A teenage runaway wants to get off the streets and go home, but finds things are not so simple.
yariv Ozdoba, (21'07")
Audition
Tuscar nervously performs his gruesome three-act audition before a somewhat unusual audience.
Megan Ehrhart, (07'08")
Used
A soleful drama of abandonment and loss, laced with comedy.
Mehul Desai, (03'30")
3pm - 3:45pm
The Whistler
A tiny kitten is lured to it's tragic death by an evil bird.
Steve Smith, (01'45")
The Acid Game
As children, Arthur and Craig spent long summers playing the Acid Game. Twenty years later, and the game has evolved.
Nathan Turner, (15'10")
A picture can say a thousand words
A short demonstration that a picture really can say a thousand words.
Tom Mansfield, (01'37")
To the sea again
Annie's test results show she won't live much longer, but will her son and grandson stop arguing long enough to hear how she wants to spend her time?
Mark Jordon, (18'37")
(I know) It Wont Last
short music video, with an original song by Lady Caroline.
Lady Caroline Mary Roach, (02'56")
A Film About Us
Is there any room for individuality in a world of identikit office blocks and battery farmed workers?
Pedro Lino, (05'27")
4pm - 4:45pm
20/20
Two Japanese tourists get split up during a trip to London, and get a unique sight-seeing tour of the capital.
Sasha Yevtushenko, (10'03")
The boy with no name
A lonely boy embarks on a fantastical journey to discover his purpose, his place and his destiny.
adam smith, (05'26")
Love Letters
A dark exploration of how some romantic men express their inner feelings.
Matt Bloom, (02'29")
The Flavour
A documentary following one man's battle with addiction, exploring his early life, his drinking life and life now.
Matthew Robinson, (17'22")
Ray
A lonely kid stranded in a remote town he hates is drawn to a guy the rest of the town dismiss as a loser, Ray.
Jannine Barnes, (09'20")
Programme: Sunday 6th August
Venue: Clockwork
96 Pentonville Road,
Islington
Viewing: 2-5pm
2pm - 2:45pm
Tunnel Vision
Driving to a country wedding, a bickering middle-class couple miss the bigger picture.
Ben Craig, (02'30")
Tess: A Tale of Love and Darkness
Tess and Sam are lovers in a dark and mysterious city, beset by evil forces.
Joachim De Smedt, (13'49")
Stealth Lunch
An army of foxes go high-tech in order to stalk their lunch across country.
Steve Smith, (01'00")
Faultline
Waiting at the hospital while his girlfriend fights for her life, Richard wonders whether he'll lose his mind or his girlfriend.
Melody Walker, (04'15")
The Drop
Mr Sturge plans to get the girl, get the cash - and get away with his life.
Jannine Barnes, (06'36")
Out of Office
Man was born free but is everywhere in ring-binders.
Sasha Yevtushenko, (05'37")
Little Birdie
Abstract animation of lines and shapes, evolving into a figure in flight.
Ozan Adam, (01'00")
Lifeless
As Omar enacts a brutal escape from prison, he is forced to face up to the barbarity of his crimes.
Alan O' Callaghan, (07'40")
3pm - 3:45pm
Bus Kong
The last of the London Routemaster buses fights a feral bendy bus, and faces persecution from a yet more sinister foe.
Edward Hartwell, (02'25")
Faith in Chaos
A boy leaves his dissertation until the night before it's due. Tired and uninspired, he turns to chemicals for assistance.
James Hutchings, (22'23")
The Year Of Memories
A man sits in a concrete room, recording his memories of the year. Why are these events etched onto his mind?
louis price, (09'40")
Second Class Male
Locked out of his flat, a man calls upon a suspicious neighbour, a dodgy locksmith and the police to get back in.
Eddie Green, (06'42")
Before Midnight
Receiving an anonymous death threat, a girl distrusts her friends and retreats to her locked bedroom.
Max Blustin, (07'20")
4pm - 4:45pm
The End of the Ice Age
A quiet, moonlit land of ice is threatened by a strange new presence.
Sarah Wickens, (05'49")
Endgame
A kindly Belfast school teacher is caught in a paramilitary gun battle.
Sarah Aynesworth, (17'47")
Marker
A documentary maker reveals her path to a mysterious urban artist, who does not wish to be seen in her film.
Karina Griffith, (07'35")
take your shoes off
A man who is unsure of his life is reminded that everything is to live for.
Thomas Williams, (04'57")
The Letter
A Canadian nurse seeks to wreak a terrible revenge upon a young German soldier in her care.
Joseph Antaki, (07'30")
Sunday Morning
Two ramblers meet in the Manchester hills, but is there enough room for them to share?
Stefan Georgiou, (02'02")
Programme: Sunday 13th August
The Angel Film Festival is a free festival in central London. On the 13th of August we will be showing some of the shortlisted entries in "The King's Head" on Upper Street in Islington.
The King's Head
115 Upper Street,
Islington
Viewing: 2-5pm
2pm - 2:45pm
Life is an illusion
A man seeks the secrets of bladder control from a mysterious and wise oracle.
Massimo Amici, (13'15")
Quarantine
Two young men document the last days of a city decimated by an unseen force.
Richard Willett, (10'00")
On the Sixth
A monotonous routine and obsessive time keeping cause tensions between a young couple.
Jason Vivekananthan, (09'03")
Stung
An ageing beekeeper recounts her deepening relationship with the hive at the bottom of her garden.
Carol Clewlow, (10'50")
Merda!
A misadventure of a man in a toilet.
Werther Germondari, (01'57")
3pm - 3:45pm
Leap of Faith
Boys go deathbridge bungee jumping in a dark and foggy metropolis, using their necks as safety cords.
Steve Smith, (01'00")
We Three
A six-year old writes an increasingly bizarre fairytale under her father's erratic guidance.
Matt Bloom, (08'01")
Wired
The urban commute and the imagination collide in this film about repetition.
Rob Timmer, (21'55")
noir d'encre (darkness)
A man discovers his coal mining father may not have died in the Bois du Cazier disaster as he had always believed (French with English subtitles).
olivier van malderghem, (13'03")
4pm - 4:45pm
A Love Model
A dreamy teenager becomes devoted to a mature and enigmatic artist.
Eduardo Perez Vidal, (14'40")
Thoughts Of A Falling Glass Man
A giant mechanical robot lives peacefully in a meadow, populating the landscape with his clockwork creatures.
Adam Aiken, (03'17")
The 7th
A teenage boy suffers oppressive surveillance from a shadowy man standing across the street.
Jaspal Kandola, (18'50")
something borrowed
As a young bride speculates on the married life ahead of her, the fate of the happy couple and their guests are revealed.
laurie hagen, (03'58")
Please Release Me
A mobile phone logo struggles within the limitations of its world.
Leo Earle, (01'14")
Italia 2006
The loss of a pair of shoes marks the beginning of an awful day for one paranoid man.
Daniele Carrer, (02'54")
VUE AWARDS
On August 20th, a final awards ceremony will take place at Vue cinemas N1. The films to be shown on this Sunday will be decided by public vote throughout the prior few weeks of the Festival.
More details of Vue N1 can be found at:
http://www.myvue.com
Bookings: 08712 240 240
Vue Cinema
36 Parkfield Street
London
N1 0PS
This is the Angel Film Festival's first year and support from the local community and the film-making world has been phenomenal. The Festival will be an important step in bringing together film-makers with their audience