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