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Alternative Film Nights ~ November 2007

16 November 2007, Betws y coed, doors 7pm 

Epic Shorts - extravaganza of Short Films, Live Music and Duelling DJs

With shorts either epic in style or content - many award winning.

PLUS Degawdawns

Live music from Degawdawns performing an epic set and launching their album 'Eilir Pierce 1996 – 2006 Degawdawns', a compilation of sorts of collaborations and solo works spanning over a decade. Probably the longest running CD ever to be officially released running at just over six hours.

PLUS Resident DJs, Brian Nylon and DJ A10 battle for supremacy in an Epic Stand Off.

short films including:

Homers Odyssey
The Brothers McLeod, 2005, 0'30"

Homer's trials and tribulations over ten years condensed into ten seconds. Selected as a finalist for the Nokia Shorts 2005 competition.

Collision
Max Hattler, UK, 2005, 2'30"

Islamic patterns and American quilts and the colours and geometry of flags as an abstract field of reflection.

Tomas Schats - Mini Minimalist Animated Observations
Four micro animations by Tomas Schats. Including:
Boom
Tomas Schats, Netherlands, 2005

Nothing is what it seems. Take a good look next time you see a bird flying to a tree. Perhaps you won't see any tree at all.

PLUS Lantaarnpaal , Scoosteenhuisje & Rijwind

Arrive
Ed Holdsworth, 2003, 3'25"

Rising star, Holdsworth's exquisite, abstracted japanese odyssey commissioned by onedotzero.

We Choose Time: Quarterfold
Xmas, South Africa, 2003, 1'55"

An understated yet elegant graphic homage to spring.

Parasite
Unit9, UK, 2003, 4'

In-house project from unit9 showing off director ben hibon's sharp and distinctive style delivers a soft tale with a dark underbelly.

Tyger
Guilherme Marcondes, Brazil, 2006, 4'33"

Amazing short movie based on poem 'The Tyger' by William Blake that uses a mix of puppetry and animation.

Everything Turns
Max Hattler, UK, 2004, 1'15"

Life makes your head spin, and before you know it, it’s over. A very short film about time, life and death.

Je t'aime John Wayne
Toby McDonald, UK, 2000, 10'

A young man who lives out his dream of being French cinema icon Jean Paul Belmondo. He's got the sharp suit and a pack of Luckies, but will he find the perfect girl to complete the picture?

Le Batteur du Boléro
Patrice Leconte, France, 1992, 8'

The ordeal of an orchestra drummer on having to play Maurice Ravel's Bolero again.

Copy Shop
Virgil Wildrich, Austria, 2001, 12'

An ingenious, visually stunning experimental film about a man who works in a copy shop and copies himself until he fills the whole world.

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