2019 SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Sunday 24 March | Town Hall | doors 5.00pm; session 5.30pm

WE ARE ALL MIGRANTS

Some say carnival isn't political, but for one troupe, it's a call to action. Join the parade. Hear the message.

WORLD PREMIERE
​Directed by Rowenna Baldwin | 2018 | UK| 20 mins | U

SHERBERT ROZENCRANTZ, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

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Milly's world revolves around her pet guinea pig. When her mother attempts to engineer for her a 'real' friend, it results in ridicule and forces Milly to question her sense of self.

​Directed by Natalie van den Dungen | Australia | English | 10:10 minutes | U

LILI
Lili is 24 years old and about to move out. Not very unusual, but for Lili this is both a scary and exciting adventure.
Directed by Zoë van Alphen & Annefleur van Wanroij | 2018 | Netherlands | 19 mins |U

LADIES DAY
Amma is enjoying a fun day of gossip, laughter and spray in her local Afro-Caribbean hair salonwhen she has to make a decision how to react to casual homophobia.
Directed by Abena Taylor-Smith | 2018 | UK| 9 mins | PG

BORN A REBEL
“Between you and I, I think I must have been born a rebel!”
​Elizabeth Dean, a proud suffragette at 100 years old.
​Yorkshire Film Archive | 2018| UK| 15 mins

WHAT HAPPENED TO EVIE?

​A young woman deals with her fractured memories of a sexual attack.
Directed by Kate Cheeseman | 2018 | UK| 10 mins | 12a

WHERE LANDS MEET

An artistic documentary examining the effects of plastic integrating with nature.
Directed by Sam Gladstone South | 2019 | UK| 3.5 mins  | U

POINT OF DEPARTURE: A LAMENT

​Lifting the veil on the Otherworld to honour the ancestors and spirit of place in West Cork, Ireland. A Lament for The Great Hunger.
​Directed by Alison Glennie | 2017 | UK| 4 mins  | U

BIRDWATCHING

​Two birdwatchers have the power to transform into birds. When one woman is called away, the other must learn to take off on her own.
Directed by Holly Summerson | 2018 | UK| 4 mins |U