We’ve erotic anticipation and the tawdry reality, romantic imagination and a sour reawakening, village gossip and a teenage rebellion, a birthday message and a night at the movies. All this, plus a house to get lost in, in our second female-centred programme of international shorts.
Advisory Cert 15
Friday 30th November 8.30pm
NIAMOS sc.1 (Nia Cultural Centre), Chichester Road, Warwick St, Manchester M15 5EU
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A TICKET TO THE CINEMA
UK Premiere
Dir / Wri: Agnieszka Wanicka
Poland, 2018, 8 min 14 sec
Tomek is a film buff who works as a cinema usher. One day, while he is seating people for an evening screening, he notices a mysterious girl.
LOSING IT
Dir / Prod / Wri: Nikki Richardson.
Australia, 2017, 7 min
Hanging out after school one day, a teenage girl decides to let her best friend in on a secret.
SKIN
UK Premiere
Dir / Wri: Inaam Attar, Prod: Dany Jabbour
Lebanon, 2017, 16 min 51 sec, Cert 15
Aline, a 17 year old girl rebels against her mother who is also her teacher at school.
MAI
Dir / Prod / Wri: Marta González
Spain, 2017, 7 min 17 sec
Carmeta, Mari and Pilar are three old ladies who spend every afternoon sitting on a bench, next to the main street of their village. The arrival of a mysterious pair of girls turns into the main topic of discussion among the women.
NAKO
European Premiere
Dir / Wri: Nyima Cartier, Prod: Eduardo Sosa Sosa Soria
France, 2016, 17 min 56 sec
When a young couple goes to the countryside for the weekend, nothing goes as planned. The house becomes increasingly labyrinthine and they get lost. Unable to find each other, they find the only way to communicate through the air vents of the house.
MATROSCHKA
Dir / Prod / Wri: Jana Filzhuth, Prod: Mariella Frey.
Germany, 2018, 7 min 44 sec
Hannah is spending her birthday recording video messages for her ex-boyfriend. She finally wants to tell him all the things she never said.
GROS CHAGRIN
UK Premiere
Dir / Wri: Céline Devaux, Prod: Sacrebleu Productions, Ron Dyens
France, 2018, 15 min, Cert 15
Jean celebrates his birthday by getting drunk and recalling the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.
CHOC ICE
Dir / Wri: Sadrak Zmork, Prod: Diamantina Films & Miramar Media Entertainment
Spain, 2018, 9 min, Cert 15
A woman has erotic fantasies while preparing frozen food and setting a table for two.
TRT: 88 min