Alternative Film Nights ~  April 2007

20 April 2007, Betws y Coed Memorial Hall, doors 7pm

Kairo  Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 110 mins, 2001 

Often referred to as one of the scariest films ever made, Kairo (also distributed under the title Pulse) tells the story of a group of young friends rocked by the sudden suicide of one of their own, and his subsequent, ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and video images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister afoot?
Eschewing gore and easy shocks for a harrowing tone unique to his cinema, writer and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has made a dense and complex film whose metaphysical and psychological resonance will last long after the chills have subsided.

PLUS short films including:

The Moment Before  Alvaro Zendejas, 2004, Mexico,  2.33mins UK Premiere
Two and half minutes of jaw dropping cinema.

Monster  Jennifer Kent,  2002, Australia, 10.17mins
A young mother struggles with her son’s imagination. Creepy and visually stunning black and white short.

Deadley Tantrum Mike Mort,  2006, Wales, 5 mins 
A Meet Geoffrey - he's angry, he's stupid, he's got a power saw!

Please note that Kairo is a powerful and unsettling film and carries a 15 certificate. Of the short films neither ‘Deadly Tantrum’ or ‘The Moment Before’ have been classified but both are quite graphic and definately not suitable for younger viewers.

PLUS compere Gwdihŵ the Ghost

PLUS DJ A10 BadaBoom

Alternative Film Nights ~ great movies, short films, compere, DJ and cakes!