KINOFILM Festival Presents STUDENT SHORTS 2 PROGRAMME
WED 14th May 8.15pm at Mini Cini, Ducie Street Warehouse
A brilliant programme of issues including missing children in South America, identity and visual impairment in the USA, and religious life in Northern England. From Italian cinema obsessions and ancient architecture to Scandinavian witch hunts and choirs, these documentaries reveal truth in all its striking forms.
THE ONLY PODCAST YOU WILL EVER NEED
Dir/Wri/Prod: Edlin Jap, Germany, 2025, 15:13 min
Obsessed with a podcast, Putri lets it dictate her life.
UMAMI
Dir/Wri/Prod:Aida Bahrami, Wri: René Burleigh, France, 2025, 12:10 min
Visiting Paris with her indifferent husband, Charlotte encounters an escort who opens her eyes to the world of sex for hire.
THURSDAY / DONNERSTAG
Dir/Wri: Maja Bresink, Prod: Helena Zeppenfeldt, Luisa Kauer, Gerd Scherrmann, Germany, 2024, 15:55 min
A film about the mutual missing between father and daughter and the speechlessness in which they are trapped.
OPERATION SUNSET
Dir/Wri: Frankie McCarthy, Prod: Haydn Taylor, United Kingdom, 2025, 8:48 min
Separatist soldier Bree must face chief interrogator Dr Cutler in order to turn the tide of an intergalactic war.
A LIFE, AMISS
Dir/Wri: J.J. Vaughan, Prod: Aatif Ati Zafar, United Kingdom, 2024, 14:47 min
During a series of psychotic episodes, Austin Tucker makes a dark revelation about his seemingly perfect home life.
LOSING TOUCH
Dir/Prod: Charlie Black, United Kingdom/Germany, 2024, 10:00 min
Yearning for intimacy with nature, the body and mind wander the streets of Berlin to discover its dirty, omnipresent force.
OVER AND OUT
Dir: Joshua Clough, Wri: Heidi Thompson, Prod: William Porter, United Kingdom, 2025, 6:18 min
Lazy housemate Sam finds himself fighting to keep his sanity after coming into possession of a haunted walkie talkie. As the powerful relic begins to torment his life, he must find a way to destroy it and save himself.
SOMNIUM
Dir/Wri: George McKay, Prod: Charles Hawken, United Kingdom, 2025, 6:14 min
After waking from a coma caused by a car accident, Sam is haunted by vivid memories of a girl he has never met. Drawn to a cosy cafe he finds Florence, the woman from his memories, working behind the counter. Confused but determined, Sam tries to rekindle a love he believes they once shared, only to leave Florence unsettled by his strange familiarity. Yet, curiosity replaces doubt as they talk, and a quiet connection forms. By the end of their conversation, a spark ignites between them. As Sam leaves, Florence rushes after him, offering hope for something new.
Total Runtime: 01:29:25
Next Showing MADE UP NORTH Programme Thurs 15th 6:15pm.
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