Spring and Port Wine
To anyone who knows it only from their own performance in the schoolroom, Bill Naughton’s SPRING AND PORT WINE sticks in the memory as a ”Peter and Jane” introduction to social deprivation and teen pregnancy.
Taste the Waste
Every year, households, retailers and food services waste enough food to satisfy the hunger of the world’s malnourished at least twice over. Valentin Thurn’s documentary asks why civilised societies throw away so much food, and how we can stop, or at least offset, the effects of our shameful waste.
Interview with Lab Ky Mo
Rosy Hunt interviews young director Lab Ky Mo about the jewel in his portfolio to date: the Jarmusch-esque 3 MILE RADIUS, starring the excellent Ozzie Yue.
BIFF2012: Irma Vep
“Grace has come and gone. Who saw it and who didn’t?” Rosy Hunt reviews IRMA VEP, which screens at this year’s Bradford Film Festival. It will be introduced in person by director Olivier Assayas, who describes the film as”a comedy about brilliance”.
British Silent Film Festival 2012
The British Silent Film Festival will be celebrating its 15th Anniversary in Cambridge at the Arts Picturehouse with a four-day programme starting on April 19th. Look out for special print copies of TAKE ONE at the Picturehouse and around Cambridge and read full coverage here at takeonecff.com
BIFF2012: Bobby Yeah
BOBBY YEAH, Robert Morgan’s heart-stopping stopmotion masterpiece, screens at Bradford Film Festival alongside JUAN OF THE DEAD on Friday 20th and Sunday 22nd April.
NFF2012: BAFTA shorts
Seven shorts tied up this year’s film festival in Norwich, from BAFTA winner A MORNING STROLL to a graduation film from the University of Wales. Rosy Hunt reviews.
NFF2012: Interview with Hadi Ghandour
It’s plain to see just from the trailer that this isn’t your typical, brainless romcom – from the idiosyncratic characterisation to the humour and honesty of the script, LOVE AFTER SUNRISE shows true potential for a thinking man’s look at love.
NFF2012: Interview with Sue Elliott
Fun and fanciful, but never flippant, REMEMBERING FORMBY is an animated short commemorating the life and work of the fictional Formby Patterson-Wright, an anthropomorphic personification of a generic male safety sign character, reminiscent of TVGoHome’s Ted Bellingham.
Candy Crime at Norwich Film Festival
CANDY CRIME, a sweet microcinematic treat, is the winner of the Norwich Film Festival 2012 One Minute Movie competition and will be the first film screened at the festival. Rosy Hunt spoke to director Ben Jacobson.
