Cambridge Cinema Shorts @ The Big Weekend 2016
Friday 8th July – Sunday 10th July

Cambridge Cinema Shorts has been invited by The Cambridge Film Trust, to screen two free short film programmes as part of The Big Weekend 2016. The Big Weekend is an annual free festival held in the heart of Cambridge, which runs from Friday the 8th till Sunday the 10th of July.

Each programme is under an hour long and packed with awesome award winning short films. The running order is given below.

The screenings will take place in the Picturehouse Cinemobile, a beautiful mobile 100 seat cinema.

Running Order

15 certificate

Program 1: Saturday 9th July 2016: Screening 7pm

Two Birds One Pint

Director: O’Shea and O’Gaukroger,

Some act coy, some act aloof. These two act like spring has sprung.

(2:07, Comedy, UK, 2013)

Voodoo Moustache

Director: Louis Paxton,

Obsession with moustaches, bizarre ritual and a voodoo priestess. Its not looking good.

(6:00, Comedy, UK, 2013)

Pretty Things

Director: Carlo Ortu,

A lonely man goes to extreme lengths to get a hug from his grand-daughter.

(6:42, Comedy, UK, 2012)

I’ll Be Here All Night

Director: Andrew Parkhill,

Singer-songwriter Dave and a rowdy pub. His moody songs of love and loss aren’t going down well… except with Roy.

(8:42, Comedy, UK, 2013)

Thrown

Director: Ryd Cook,

A family bereavement leads to a favorite chair being assigned to the scrap heap until a discovery leads to a change of heart.

(13:25, Drama, UK, 2011)

Stop The Dog

Director: Alec Birkbeck,

Every dog has his day…

(2:19, Comedy, UK, 2013)

12A certificate

Program 2: Sunday 10th July 2016: Screening 5pm

Guide To Safe Dining

Director: Molly Brown,

Shot on an iphone 4. A public information film?

(2:36, Comedy, UK, 2011)

Lily And The Revolution

Director: Rania Iraki,

An idyllic English village and 11 year old Lily decides to start a Marxist revolution.

(12:22, Comedy, UK, 2014)

Aviatrix

Director: Ryd Cook,

Stuck in the daily grind, office worker Amy Johnson finds inspiration in her high-flying, historical namesake to break free.

(13:31, Drama, UK, 2015)

Born To Be Mild

Director: Andrew Oxley,

The Dull Men’s Club. A group quite content with not setting the world on fire.

(15:00, Documentary, UK, 2014)

Chicks On The Highway

Director: Helen Unt,

Girls, a car, a frog, a broken fingernail and a hero required.

(4:55, Animation, Estonia , 2012)