Best Local Filmmakers Competition:
Friday 5th June 2009:
Screening 19:00
The jury for the Best Local Film Competition 2009 were:
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Nigel Cutting: Head of Arts & Entertainment for Cambridge City Council at the time of the 2009 film festival
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Clare Leczycki: Cinema Programmer Cambridge Arts Picturehouse at the time of the 2009 film festival.
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Thierry Bonnaud: one of the founders of The Cambridge Super 8 International Film Festival
And the winners of the 2009 Strawberry Shorts Best Local Filmmaker were:
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The unanimous winner of the Jury Award was Helen Johnson and Tom McPhee for Factotum.
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The winner of the Audience Award was Simon Panrucker for Silence.
Internal Affairs
Filmmaker: Project Trident
George is a reliable but unpopular accountant whose dull life is changed forever when he makes an unwise meal-time decision.
(9:25, Horror, UK, 2009)
Arabian Nights
Filmmaker: Stuart Taylor
An atmospheric ‘collage’ of the Arabian Night events that ran in 2003 in Clowns Cafe, King Street, Cambridge.
(4:27, Documentary, UK, 2009)
Letters to No One
Filmmaker: Alex Turner, Anthony Smith, Mingu Kang
We follow a girl who writes anonymous letters to place in public areas, and the man who confronts her.
(6:09, Drama, UK, 2009)
Sawston Silent Movie
Filmmaker: Hedley Griffin
A silent movie with musical accompaniment made with artwork supplied by young children at the Bellbird Primary School in Sawston and other members of the local community.
(2:30, Animation, UK, 2007)
Telling Time
Filmmaker: Anne Misselbrook
A depressed girl attempts to befriend and help a tramp.
(14:13, Drama, UK, 2009)
Fa$t Food World
Filmmaker: Vladimir Paranin
A visual essay critical of fast food and the multinational corporations that make it.
(2:07, Animation, UK 2009)
Saz Jaz and Holly
Filmmaker: Trisha McCrae
An exploration of the part of our lives that is performative.
(5:27, Experimental, UK, 2008)
Milkmaid(Kid Harpoon)
A milkmaid dreams of her future as a star.
Made as part of Long Road Media course work.
(2:44, Music Video, UK, 2008 ‐ 2009)
So Is This It, Then?
Filmmaker: Tinch Minter
How a student recovered and made a life after a stroke.
(8:11, Docudrama, UK, 2008)
Parking Space
Filmmaker: Patrick Widdess
A women’s car sits parked in quiet side street during her hectic afternoon in town. Narrated by Robert‐Louis Abrahamson.
(2:57, Drama, UK, 2008)
Factotum
Filmmaker: Helen Johnson, Tom McPhee
A factory production line produces a monster which goes on a hideous rampage.
(4:43, Stop-Motion Animation, UK, 2008)
Do No Wrong(Thirteen Senses)
A girl waits and ponders while the night time traffic speeds.
Made as part of Long Road Media course work.
(3:35, Music Video, UK, 2008 ‐ 2009)
Tashtastic
Filmmaker: Tessa Morgan
Both competitors and fans of facial hair flocked from all over the globe to take part in the prestigious World Beard and Moustache Championships 2007, held in Brighton, UK.
We follow Keith from Seattle as he sizes up his competition in the freestyle moustache category.
(4:04, Documentary, UK, 2008)
Away
Filmmaker: Ryd Cook
A boy runs away and spends the night in a decrepit barn. It is only when he is crudely awoken that we learn about the difficulties at home.
(5:58, Drama, UK, 2008)
Living the Dream
Filmmaker: Alex Turner, Anthony Smith, Mingu Kang
The camera follows a production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ directed Richard A. McNally, which premiered at the Mumford Theatre in Cambridge on March 25th 2009.
(7:01, Documentary, UK, 2009)
Rock Boys(The Grates)
As the sun sets, the band plays . . . plays with ribbon streamers as they run to the horizon, freedom and joy.
Made as part of Long Road Media course work.
(2:37, Music Video, UK, 2008 ‐ 2009)
Love Handles
Filmmaker: Jonathan Howard
A modern “tragedy” about 17-year-old, bog standard student; Jason Hawkins, who somehow ends up dating his dream girl; Rachel Scot. How will he cope?
Made as part Hills Road Media coursework.
(6:42, Drama, UK, 2009)
101 Pianos(Lewis Parker)
MC gas mask in the house!.
Made as part of Long Road Media course work.
(2:37, Music Video, UK, 2008 ‐ 2009)
Dan 02/11/08
Filmmaker: Antony Kwok, Nikkie Walsh
Rachael is a young deaf girl living a lonely and isolated life, no one will sympathise with her. Whilst playing in the park she finds a strange box in the tunnel, she takes it home and opens it up.
(7:52, Alternative, UK, 2008)
M
Filmmaker: Ksenija Kotova, Valadimir Paranin
A tragedy of minute yet grand proportions plays itself out in a fridge.
(1:34, Drama, UK, 2007)
Alegory of the State
Filmmaker: Joe Johnson
This machine kill fascists’ was written on Woody Guthrie’s guitar. But what is written on the three boxes in the dark room?
Made as part of Long Road Media course work.
(4:34, Experimental, UK, 2008 ‐ 2009)
KuPlunk
Filmmaker: Andrzej Sosnowski, Thom Dobbin
Frankie Foreigner is having a splendid time at home enjoying his favourite Jason Statham film and some nice beef. Just like a real man would do . . . But what if the beef is extremely off and the toilet is out of order? A desperate run for life begins and anyone who gets in the way, gets it.
(8:20, Action/Comedy/Parody, UK, 2009)
Perpetual Motion
Filmmaker: Marc Abraham
A motion picture about never ending motion.
(1:11, Experimental, UK, 2007)
The Turning
Filmmaker: Richard Willett, Matt Goward
Luke begins to feel a strange change within and when he turns to his best friend for help he then learns the horrifying truth to THE TURNING
(5:53, Horror/Thriller, UK, 2008)
Silence
Filmmaker: Simon Panrucker
A fun silent film in which the audience performs actions depicted on screen in a karaoke style to create the soundtrack.
(11:04, Fun/Participatory, UK, 2007)
Ode to a Dirty Smoker
Filmmaker: James Hoedemaker
The affects of smoking changes the views and perspective of a man. A heartfelt essay on smoking.
(1:58, Avent Garde, UK, 2009)
Best Served Cold
Filmmaker: Antti Poussa
A man goes on holiday leaving his cat in a pet hotel. When he returns from his holiday, he discovers that his cat has accidentally been put into a cryogenic freeze. Shocked by this, the man seeks ice cold revenge.
(8:20, Black Comedy, UK, 2007)
Salad
Filmmaker: Artion Barkun
Salad is prepared with special added ingredient.
(2:11, Experimental, UK, 2009)
Strawberry Fair – At The End Of The Last Millenium
Filmmaker: Gayle Harney
A brief flashback of the fair as it was towards the end of the last Millenium, featuring various scenes from the dance stage and three interviews with committee members.
(7:43, Documentary, UK, 1999)