- UK Film Council Digital Shorts
- Film Screening
- Saturday 25 March 2006
4pm | 50 mins
A selection of digitally originated short films by innovative UK film making talent.
Cotopaxi
Directed and Written by Zach Copping
Producer - Amber Parsons
A tragicomic tale about Alistair, who after years of avoiding the past, finds his sister living in a hippy commune in the Highlands. Arriving at the commune, camera crew in tow, he decides to get her out despite the fact that she seems quite happy with her chosen way of life.
Teenage Hero
Directed and Written by Dee Allen
Produced by Troy Titus Adams and Chris Rayner
Production Company - Heavy Soul Limited
A teenager is the subject of a newspaper feature article. When a young journalist is given the assignment he is unaware of the plan the enigmatic youngster has hatched for herself.
Zoltan the Great
Directed and Written by Robert Samuels
Producer - Thomas Benski
production Company - Pulse Films
We join the human cannonball Zoltan the Great on his last day at a Victorian Circus and freak show. No longer the athlete and showman he once was, Zoltan has been forced out due to dwindling audiences. He decides that he will make his final performance a memorable one and instead of firing himself out of the cannon into the catch net. He fires himself into space.
Quicken
Directed and Written by Victoria Beattie
Producer - Ditte Solgaard
production Company - Engine Cottage Films
'Filters and lines. Salty mouths. A family ion the edge of the sea.'
Quicken is about inheritance and the intricacies of family relationships. There is a loss and there is a cruelty, but also, the unequivocal grasping connections of love. Quicken is the story about silent isolation and how this is passed from parent to child. Quicken is a circle, where the brutal and the glorious hold it all together.
Dupe
Directed and Written by Chris Waitt
producer - Henry Trotter
Adam buys a cloning machine on eBay, then clones himself. He hopes his clones will tidy his place up but they turn out to be just as lazy-arsed as he is.The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund has partnered with organisations in each region and nation of the UK to enable filmmakers to make innovative shorts using digital technology, for further details on how to apply to make a Digital Short in your area follow this link:
www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Films produced as part of the Digital Shorts programme must adhere to the following criteria:
. Budget - No more than £10,000
. Duration - No more than 10 minutes (including credits)
. Format - All films must be shot using digital technology
