Sunday 22 November, 5:30pm. Running time 85 minutes, followed by a filmmaker Q&A
Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, London, E8 1HE
Tickets: £7.50 / £5 concessions, All Day Ticket: £30 / £20 concessions, Weekend Pass: £45 / £35 concessions

 

INDIVIDUAL TICKET WEEKEND PASS

 

RING MASTERS: Best Producer Award sponsored by Women in Film & TV (UK)

Breath-taking ambition and scope, delivered to an exceptional standard, these works demonstrate every reason to feel that the future of UK filmmaking is in safe hands. The proof of collaborative brilliance shines throughout each, reflecting assured producing skill across this extraordinary programme.

Award sponsored by Women in Film & TV (UK). The winner will receive a mentoring lunch with a top industry producer, plus a year’s membership.

OFF THE GRID

Sandwip is a Bangladeshi island which has no grid electricity in homes. Men routinely leave their families in search of jobs where industrial electricity exists. In the last ten years, solar energy has brought a tiny spark of light and connection to their wives and children facing the isolation of life here. Guided by a young and ambitious solar engineer, we enter the homes of a mother of two and a young girl about to finish school. Off the Grid explores what the experience of a life without electricity means both emotionally and materially, as we go from light to dark over the course of a day.

Director of Photography: Susanne Salavati
Editor: Prano Bailey Bond
Composer: Eleni Hassabis
Sound Design: James Hynes
Colourist: Jateen Patel
Online Editor: Ben Salavati
Producer: Raihana Ferdous
Director/Producer: Meghna Gupta

A L’OMBRA DE LA MUNTANYA (IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN)

The villagers of a tiny place in the Catalonian Pyrenees will do everything in their power to preserve their identity in history.

Writer/Director: Neith Sentis
Producer: Laura Torenbeek
Cinematographer: Juan Sebastian Diaz S.
Editor: Benjamin David Sayers
Actors: Elise Solano, Montse Ribadellas, Damià Plensa, Enric Cervera Ral

STRINGS

Following the death of his wife, Dean leaves the Army to care for his son Luke. Convinced his dad is a spy, Luke embarks on a journey that leads him to discover the awkward truth. A boys own tale of secrets, subterfuge and fallen heroes set against a backdrop of 1970s Britain.

Writer/Director: Richard Turley
Producer: Ruth Wright
Director of Photography: Eben Bolter
Editor: Jim Page
Original soundtrack: Darren Francis
Luke: Badger Skelton
Dean: Frankie Fitzgerald

TOUCH LIFE

Agata is a modern, blind woman. Her boyfriend Matt wants to introduce Agata to his family, 3,000 miles away. In the days leading up to the trip, Agata ponders what it means to be in a relationship. How can you be sure of your loved one when you’ve never even seen him?

Director: Leo Burges, Marcin Knyziak
Producer: Anne Milne
Director of Photography: Leo Bruges
Editor: Lorna Simpson
Music: Andrew Baker
Post-Production Sound Design: Marcin Knyziak
Cast: Agata Dzieciolowska, Matthew Norton

BELLEVILLE

Surreal stories unfold from dawn to dusk in an introverted tale of suburban living.

Producer: Julia Rockwell
Director: Fanny Hoetzeneder
Director of Photography: Joseph Guy
Production Design: Laura Little
Editor: André Fonseca
1st Assistant Director: Ailsa Tapping

NASTY

Short fantasy-horror set in 1982. Twelve year old Doug is drawn into the lurid world of VHS horror as he explores the mysterious disappearance of his Dad. Shot on 16mm and S8mm film.

Producers: Meghna Gupta, Helen Mullane
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond
Writer: Anthony Fletcher
Director of Photography: Annika Summerson
Production Designer: Damien Creagh
Sound Designer: Tim Harrison
Composer: Seven Locks Studio
Editor: Flaura Atkinson