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- Get ready for a 'short' marathon
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- Surf to HACKNEY FILM FESTIVAL
- See you at Rio Cinema
The first festival to tap into the Hackney's creative hot bed of filmmaking talent.
The first annual Hackney Film Festival will take place the weekend of 18th-19th September. The festival will highlight the vast amount of London’s filmmakers who live or work in the Hackney area by presenting a programme exclusively consisting of work by Hackney-based directors.
Saturday 18th September,
will see the festival open with ‘Kingsland’, the BAFTA-nominated short film from award-winning screenwriter and director - and long-time Hackney resident - Tony Grisoni, as part of an eclectic screening of short narrative, documentary and animated films at the Rio Cinema on Kingsland Rd at 3.45pm.
The first annual Hackney Film Festival opens with an eclectic mix of narrative film, animation and documentary. The programme consists exclusively of films born from the creative talents of Hackney-based film makers. Tickets £5. Buy here or on the door.
KINGSLAND
dir. Tony Grisoni 21m
BAFTA-nominated short film from award-winning screenwriter and director Tony Grisoni. Set in East London's Dalston, the film is a lyrical portrait of Huso, a Kurdish immigrant who has recently moved to the UK.
SCHLIMAZELTOV!
dir. Christopher Thomas Allen 11m
Documentary short exploring the concept of luck or "mazel" through London's Jewish Community.
KANANANA
dir. Cassiano Prado 4m
Music video come science fiction short in which a machine built to travel beyond the depths of space and time finds a primitive dimension and a planet whose inhabitants seem to have been expecting it...
THE LOST COIN
dirs. Daniel Britt and Joseph Pelling 4m
Fantastical animated parable.
SUBURBAN MADNESS
dir. Philipp Figueroa 15m
Documentary filmed during Rio carnival, observing the interaction between the patients of one of Brazil's most innovative psychiatric institutions and the local community.
BY HOOK
dir. Laura Evers Johns 5m
Hackney nominee for this year's Best of Boroughs Film Awards, this magical surrealist story is set at the very edge of the Ocean, where a lonely fishmonger learns that he must take the bait to be with the one he loves.
WORMS
dir. by Alex Dobbin 1m
An animation short of a creepy disposition, set to music by the The Pogues.
FLAK
dir. Finn McGough 18m
Inspired by 'A start in life' by Alan Stillitoe, 'Flak' is about adolescence , burgeoning romance and betrayal, A short film about the tests friendships must overcome to endure.
THE EAGLEMAN STAG
dir. Michael Please 9m
Darkly comedic stop motion animation about a mans obsession with his quickening perception of time and the extreme lengths he goes to in order to counter the effect.
What to expect from the rest of the fest?
An equally diverse screening will show the following day, Sunday 19th September at 3pm at The Drop@Three Crowns on Stoke Newington High Street.
As well as the two screening events, there will also be an evening of live audio-visual performances on the Saturday starting at 7pm at The Others.
The evening will include the acclaimed 80 minutes ‘True Fictions’ live cinema performance by The Light Surgeons, and live spectacles by Hackney-based visual artists Quayola and Tom White.
TIMETABLE:
Event 1: SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER - RIO CINEMA - 3:45PM
Event 2: SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER - THE OTHERS - 7PM
Event 3: SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER - THE DROP - 2PM
For a full programme listing go here: www.hackneyfilmfestival.com
Ticket link (just for the Rio)
