KINOFILM Presents SALFORD & MANCHESTER – FRI 10TH MAY 2024, 6.30pm
KINOFILM 19th edition presents our opening event of Manchester and Salford shorts on Friday
10th May at the DPL at Salford University, Media City at 7pm (reception at 6pm).
Our three films selected from Manchester submissions:
I MADE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Dir / Pro / Wri: Luke Walters, Co-Wri: Jaime Carroll, UK, 2023, 15 mins
A failed podcaster tries to recreate the 1930s War of the Worlds radio cast to kick start his grand
come back.
THE TRIO
Dir/Wri: Amelia Lloyd, Wri/Prod: Molly Crighton, UK, 2024, 5 min
The Trio’s carol rehearsal takes an absurd turn as the friends struggle to process their grief at the loss
of their fourth member. Could an ancient book hold the answer, or is the local Christmas lights switch
on doomed?
Midnight Whispers
Dir/Wri/Pro: Baldwin Li, Co-Wri: Linxi Doël, UK, 2023, 10 mins
In a world where poetry is an illegal substance, a dealer roams around an estate receiving cash in
exchange for whispering lines of illicit verse into her customers' ears. But when she runs out of
material, she must find some fresh lines for her favourite customer before they meet again at midnight
– or risk losing him forever.
Salford Student Shorts 2024 (selected by Jeremiah Quinn, Media lecturer at Salford) including:
MARLA
Dir/Wri: Eleanor O’Donoghue, Pro: Jessica Ainsworth, UK, 2024, 8:45 min
Marla is lost and so desperately seeks absolution for her wrongdoings. When a series of disruptive
actions lead her to a potential solution, she must muster the strength to reflect and face herself. Will
Marla find the resolution that she seeks?
THE DANGEROUS BUSINESS OF CHEESE TOASTIES
Dir/Wri: Fin Heff, Pro: Lucas Teal, UK, 2024, 7:20 min
Jon a broke university student starts a cheese toastie business to impress his girlfriend, but as the business grows, so does his ego. Rival food vendors, threatened by his success, work to shut down his business. In the end, Jon learns that what he needed was with him all along, as he shares a simple cheese toastie with his girlfriend.
COEDEN MEINIR (A Welsh language film based on the tale of Rhys a Meinir).
Dir: Josie Harris, Wri: Kayleigh Gardikioti-Griva, Pro: Holly Bellack, UK, 2024, 8:59 min
As per tradition, the young bride Meinir hides on her wedding morning, and her groom, Rhys, runs to find her. Concealed behind their favourite tree, Meinir waits for her lover to find her so they may be married at last. But nightfall is drawing near, and her forest is intent on keeping her…
RUKHSANA
Dir: Nadim Khawaja Wri: Diana Mihailescu, Pro: Jeannette McNichol, UK, 2024
Rukhsana, passionate about painting has a dream to pursue her passion by studying at a prestigious college in London. But her mother wants her to get married to Khalil and settle down. Will Rukhsana choose to follow her heart’s desire or will submit to familial expectations? Or is there a third choice for her?
TRAPPED!
Dir/Wri: Glodi Kuba-Kuba, Pro: Conor Gallagher, UK, 2024, 17 mins
In the underbelly of society, deep in the hidden crevices of a working-class neighbourhood. We meet 5 characters trapped by their circumstances yet trying to escape. 2 drug addicts, 2 teenage workers and 1 boss, caught in the rat race all scheme against one another to get ahead.
DON’T FORGET OUR NEXT EVENT IS EMERGING TALENT at 7.30PM ON MON 13TH MAY, MINI CINI