KINOFILM Festival Presents BRITISH NEW WAVE 1 PROGRAMME
Sat 17th May 2.00pm at Mini Cini, Ducie Street Warehouse
British New Wave 1 celebrates the bold, offbeat, and emotionally charged storytelling emerging from the UK’s next generation of filmmakers. This eclectic programme kicks off our British Shorts strand with tales of hospital chaos, cursed objects, cryptic texts, and yes—even chickens.
BITTER WEEDS
Dir/Wri: Reuben Hamlyn, Prod: Mary Cathrine Harvey, United Kingdom, 2024, 12:34 min
A mischievous teenager is sent to look after his dementia-suffering grandmother who unravels as she mistakes him for her cheating late husband.
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- Bitter Weeds
I WONDER WHAT’S KEEPING MY TRUE LOVE TONIGHT
Dir/Wri: Harry Baker, Prod: Fuoco Balduzzi, Devorah Corona, United Kingdom, 2023, 15:00 min
In the aftermath of a messy breakup, jobbing singer Hester takes an unconventional route to closure…
NOWHERE BUT HERE
Dir/Wri/Prod: Özgür Uyanık, United Kingdom, 2024, 5:30 min
A man revisits home movies from childhood and finds himself trapped in the past…
THE CLOSEST POINT
Dir/Wri: Dilesh Korya, Prod: Ajay Parekh, United Kingdom, 2024, 15:35 min
A young couple are at a crossroads when they have to make the most difficult decision any parent could make about their premature born baby. With their endurance and relationship tested, they reunite to rekindle once more the bond they all have.
ESMERALDA
Dir: Vipin Venugopal, Wri/Prod: Mari Lawton, United Kingdom, 2024, 13:50 min
A lonely widower substitutes love for control when he becomes obsessed with an unusual pet.
VEXTING
Dir/Wri/Prod: Jim Page, Prod: Peter Tainty, United Kingdom, 2023, 2:45 min
At a family dinner, a Mother’s frustrations boil over when it becomes clear that her family simply can’t communicate without texting”
THE FARM
Dir/Wri: Leo Villares, Wri: Shir Ariya, Prod: Victor Nauwynck, Nathan M. Legger, Tie Villares, Felipe Duarte, United Kingdom, 2024, 19:04 min
Calvin and Hanna are an English couple who come to the Farm expecting rest and relaxation, in the hopes that this will get them through a rocky patch in their relationship. When they meet Bernardo, the eccentric guru of the Farm, they learn that the ‘resort’ is actually an experimental psychotherapy centre. To protect his girlfriend and his sanity from the meddling guru, Calvin will have to dive head-first into the hippy free-for-all.
Total Runtime: 01:24:18
Next Showings
BRITISH NEW WAVE 2 Programme at 4pm.
AWARDS CEREMONY at 6:30pm
AWARD WINNERS at 8pm.
LGBTQ SHORTS Programme at 10:20pm.
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