Jan08
Sun, 13:00
Hackney Picturehouse
“Sweet” and “twee” are what we think when we see blossoming romance and young lovers, and this selection will bring a warmth to your heart on a cold winter’s afternoon. Includes Judi Dench as a ‘silver surfer’ playing the on-line dating game in Friend Request Pending, as well as Tom Hiddleston, and the new short by London-based Argentinian feature director Alexis Dos Santos (Unmade Beds). Tickets for this screening are available on the Hackney Picturehouse website. Films listed below are in alphabetical order: Young love to warm your heart.
New Shorts #7 A Winter’s Matinee of Romantic Films
- 59 Dir. Alastair Binnie-Lubbock 5 mins
- A poetry-music-maths-romcom about how difficult it is to find 'the one' when you're a prime number.
- COUNT TO 5 Dir. Stanislava Buevich 2 mins
- A 12 year old Stephen is trying to make a move on Hannah, a girl he desperately fancies. But will he be able to get up the courage?
- DISCO Dir. Luke Snellin 15 mins
- July. 1997. Oasis reach number one with ‘D’you Know What I Mean’. Tony Blair has moved his stuff in to downing street. Meanwhile Danny Graham is trying to tell a girl named Pippa that he likes her.
- FRIEND REQUEST PENDING Dir. Chris Foggin 12 mins
- Mary and Linda spend an afternoon discussing the pitfalls, pleasures and problems with using social networking to try and woo the local choirmaster Trevor.
- GHOST IN THE MACHINE Dir. Oliver Krimpas 18 mins
- A downtrodden farm girl turns the tables on her abusive father with the help of her only friend – a rusting, 60 year-old tractor.
- KISS CHASE CATCH MATCH Dir. Oliver Smith 2 mins
- The cosmic power of words brings two people together in seconds; it's boy meets girl, on a bus!
- MAN & SEAGULL Dir. Amy Dennard 4 mins
- A lonely kite flyer has a chance encounter with a wildlife photographer on the Sussex Downs. Through miscommunication and sneezing aplenty, two disparate souls come together in a gentle tale in which the remote and the intimate meet.
- MECONIUM Dir. Rosanne Flynn 5 mins
- Owain's girlfriend Lorna has gone into labour unexpectedly. The baby is stuck in its sac and Owain's the only one who can do anything about it. Has he got what it takes when life gets messy?
- RANDOM STRANGERS Dir. Alexis Dos Santos 25 mins
- Rocky and Lulu live in opposite sides of the planet: they bump into each other in ChatRoulette and decide to stay in touch. Using video diaries, secret confessions, fictional representations of facts of their lives made with toys, dance performances and songs, they create a place where they can truly be themselves. But how real is their world?
- THE HONEYMOON SUITE Dir. Sam Leifer 12 mins
- A bride and groom enter a hotel room. They have just got married. They are also complete strangers. A short comedy about the clumsy first steps of an arranged marriage.
- THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS Dir. Sarah Beeby 6 mins
- Hiding in this desert there are strange and dangerous animals. And Philip must take the opportunity when it comes.