SHORTS PROGRAMME 12

[JOURNEYS EAST] SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER AT 10AM UGC HAYMARKET SCREEN 3

SUMMERTIME UK Digital 6 mins Director/Producer/DoP Nico Clark Print Source Ocean Visual Email nicoclark@oceanvisual.com

Based on Gershwin's lullaby, Summertime is visual interpretation of music - a journey through an isolated coral island, in the form of a ballet danced by the elements of nature itself.

MURMURING SOUND OF RUNNING WATER Iran 35mm 18 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Kouroush Taheri DoP Mohammad Ahmadi Print Source Karoush Taheri Email kouroushtaheri@37.com

A day in the life of a custodian in a holy shrine. He performs a funeral ceremony in the morning and a wedding ceremony in the afternoon. The narrative is almost entirely visual. A meditative portrayal of traditional rural life in Iran.

APSARA USA Super16 26 mins Director/Screenplay Colin McGreal Producer Colin McGreal, Robin Esterhammer DoP Afshin Shahidi P/S Papa in the Sun Email colin@charlex.com

In the Cambodian countryside, a convicted murderer escapes from prison to track down his daughter who thinks he is long dead. He befriends an American artist and offers to take him on his journey back to the airport. Together they find his daughter.

ROAD TO LADAKH UK 35mm 50 mins Director/Screenplay/Producer Ashvin Kumar DoP Markus Heursch Print Source Ashvin Kumar Email ashvin@roadtoladakh.com

A woman pauses on her journey at a remote mountain pass and finds herself being followed by a mysterious man in a jeep. They talk, share dinner and travel together the following day. As they make their way and talk, they discover that their destinies are intertwined.

SHORTS PROGRAMME 14

[DRAMA SELECTION] SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER AT MIDDAY UGC HAYMARKET SCREEN 3

ON THE OUT UK Super16/DV 24 mins Director Matt Bloom Prod Rebecca Hodgson S'play Andrew Sherlock DoP Gordon MacGregor Print Source gary.connelly@granadamedia.com

Macca was 16 when he killed his three-year-old neighbour while delivering a stolen car. Years later he comes out of prison. Will he do the right thing?

THE REGULAR GUY Canada 35mm 10 mins Director/Screenplay Fulvio Cecere Producer Frank Ferrucci DoP Pieter Stathis, John Banowich Print Source Happy Fish Productions Email fcecere@aol.com

One man's rigid lifestyle starts to unravel when his routine is changed.

INERTIA UK DV 17 mins Director Anna Campion Producer Big Sister Films Screenplay Anna Campion, Nick Patrick, Michael Eales DoP Sebastian Sharples Print Source Big Sister Films Email ac.xx@btopenworld.com

Two people in a room. An actor performs as Tim, who has agreed to perform as an exaggerated aspect of himself (he focuses on his anxiety about not getting the parts he wants). The other man is Jonathan, acted by a real life psychologist.

COJONES USA 35mm 21 mins Director Ted Mendenhall Producer Virginia Stock Screenplay Virginia Stock, Chip Johannessen DoP Chris Conway Print Source 801 Inc E vkss@aol.com

Worlds collide. The last little old white lady in East LA ends up with the body a gang is trying to revenge.

EQUATION USA 35mm 16 mins Director/Screenplay Anuj Majumdar Producer Anuj Majumdar, Lauren Hollingsworth, Yaniv Waisman DoP Paul Mayne P/S Anuj Majumdar Email anujm@attbi.com

Pinaki had solved many mysteries of the universe. But could he tackle the one outside his window?

MY YACHT UK/France HD 12 mins Director Huck Melnick, Jeremy Herman Producer Tom Wontner Screenplay Jeremy Herman DoP Tim Wooster Print Source myyachtltd@aol.com

A young man at the Cannes Film Festival pretends to be a yachtowning billionaire producer to impress the girl of his dreams.

KAIROS USA Super16 17 mins Director/Producer/Screenplay Shanti Thakur DoP Thom Ostrowoski Print Source Lucida Films Email lucidafilms@earthlink.net

In one moment, a woman must choose between two contradictory lovers, two kinds of happiness.