SHORTS PROGRAMME 10

[URBAN TALES] SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER AT 4:30PM UGC SHAFTESBURY SCREEN 2

VICTORIA STATION UK HD 15 mins Director Douglas Hodge Producer Robin Fox Screenplay Harold Pinter Print Source Swanny Productions Email films@swannyproductions.com

A controller in a London cab office is looking for a driver to pick a man up from Victoria Station. The driver who answers his call has never heard of Victoria Station. In fact he already has a 'POB', but what has happened to his passenger?

93 'TILL INFINITY UK Super16 20 mins Director/Screenplay Daniel Watson Producer Dan Henshaw DoP Nick Tebbet Print Source Daniel Watson Email daniel@93productions.co.uk

Set in the suburbs of Manchester in the early 1990s, this charts the coming of age of fifteen year old Joel Wilson as he struggles to cope with a dysfunctional home life and peer pressure from his wayward friends.

THE APPRENTICE UK Digibeta 10 mins Director Illy Producers Fiona Maher, Illy Screenplay Fiona Maher DoP Robbie Wright Print Source Fiona Maher Email Fiona@globular.com

A bullied young apprentice, sent on an impossible errand, finds help from an unexpected source.

MIDNIGHT FEAST UK DV 7 mins Dir Kristine Landon-Smith S'play Sudha Bhuchar, S Khan DoP G Clarke P/S info@tamasha.org.uk

Balti kitchen workers feast on leftovers and talk about life.

THE UMBRELLA MAN UK 35mm 5 mins Dir/S'play Andrew Wilkinson Prod Arabella Girt, Andrew Wilkinson DoP Steph Hardt Print Source Peanut Productions Email amw999@yahoo.com

A partially-sighted, lame girl struggles to find a path through a lonely road. Threatened by the elements and thuggish passersby, she encounters a tall, dark stranger.

10 AGAIN UK DV 10 mins Dir/S'play/DoP Simon Ellis Prod Jane Hooks P/S Bub E simonellis@bubtowers.com

Three pre-pubescent tales about unrequited love, unattainable cool, and unremarkable bras.

BOOGALOO UK 35mm 10 mins Dir/S'play Marianne Jenkins Prod Samantha Thomas, Tasmin Powers DoP Simon Hume P/S Marianne Jenkins E marianne.jenkins@virgin.net

A woman in a disco fever bathroom tells her story of love.

CANDY BAR KID UK 35mm 4 mins Director/Screenplay Shan Khan Producer Benjamin Johns DoP Paul Gavin Print Source Eye-Cue Films Email ben@eye-cuefilms.com

I can't share this moment with anyone, when I want my treat, I go to my special place, where no one can see. Where no one can touch me, it's just me and my candy. Sweet.

PERFECT UK 35mm 13 mins Director Rankin DoP Julian Court Producer Laura Hastings-Smith Screenplay Simon Ashdown Print Source Dazed Film and TV Email laura@confused.co.uk

A thriller/love story set in a perfect world: the film opens up a brief window into the relationship between two lovers. Tension builds and their dark secret is exposed but, however twisted or shocking, Perfect uncovers the very human drama of what it is to be in love and to love.

DAD'S DEAD UK 35mm 7 mins Director/Screenplay Chris Shepherd Prod Maria Manton DoP Peter Ellmore Print Source Slinky Pictures Ltd Email info@slinkypics.com

Through a series of ghostly reminiscences, a young man tries to piece together fragmented moments of his past. Animation.