Made Up North, Sat 27th Feb

Sat 27th Feb, Royal Northern College of Music   8.30pm        Tickets now available here.

MADE UP NORTH (15)

Slavery, bullying, parental betrayal, gangsters, con artists and dead pets. But it’s not all grim up north. There’s time for a little romance, too…

Michael

Dir / Prod / Wri: Jonathan Kemp, Prod: Jon Stonehouse, Phil Chambers

UK (2014), 10 min 5 sec, Cert 15

A young homeless man is promised a better life, working for a private contractor. He finds himself trapped on a farm working in horrible conditions and unable to leave.

The Switch

Dir/Writ: Olly Philpott-Smith, Prod: Lauren Brown

UK (2015), 8 min 28 sec Cert 15

A retail-working, wannabe chef, family man struggles to fight the urges he faces of murdering his family.

Throw Me To The Dogs

Dir / Wri: Aaron Dunleavy, Joseph Ollman, Prod: Helena Lageder

UK (2015), 12 min 15 sec, Cert 15

A troubled teenage boy, growing up in a dreamless wilderness and isolated from those around him, is stripped of his dignity as his father abandons him for the outside world which he is trying to retreat from.

I want for Nothing                        WORLD Premiere

Dir / Prod / Wri: Kier Black

UK (2016) 9 mins, Cert 12

What do you want?: we all long for something, but wanting it and having it are two very different things…

Every Day Is Like Sundae                         WORLD Premiere

Dir / Prod / Wri: Tom Diffenthal, Wri: Kriss Foster, Mary Sharples

UK (2015), 10 min 31 sec, Cert 12

A small run-down seaside town. Polly works in the ice cream van, where, some days, Daniel is the only customer…

Get In                         WORLD Premiere

Dir / Prod / Wri: Ross Birks, Prod / Wri: Guy Walker

UK (2015), 8 min 11 sec, Cert 15

Ed Button’s night takes a strange turn when he is picked up by two gangsters.

Stereotype

Dir: Jordan McGibney, Prod / Wri: Luke McGibney

UK (2015), 10 min 9 sec 15

A bullied teenage boy journeys into the night wanting to avenge his brother’s death, only to find himself locked in a moral dilemma that will change his life forever.

Jester

Dir / Wri: Conor Woodman, Prod: Louise Sutton

UK (2015), 5 min 30 sec, Cert 15

A Manchester scally is out on a date with a student from the local University. When the conversation turns to the illegal raves he organises, things turn sour. To save the date, he has to think fast.

MENAGE                        WORLD Premiere                       

Dir / Prod / Wri: Leon Lopez

UK (2015), 6 min 30 sec, Cert 15

A Neo noir inspired short film exploring a dark ‘household’ layered with lies and deceit.

Twine   http://skiddle.com/e/12661939

Dir / Wri Richard Heap, Prod: Richard Heap, Mario Roberto

UK (2015), 20 mins, Cert 15

Twine follows the unravelling of a surreal and twisted father/son relationship creating a hostile serrated blade of a movie.

The Devil’s in the Detail

Dir: Tomasz Aleksander, Prod: Emily Axon, Wri: Jasmine Ballard

UK (2014), 10 min 40 sec, Cert 15

Two hapless burglars make a series of rookie mistakes, and find themselves in a race against time to destroy any forensic evidence they might have left on the scene…

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