Shorts: For Kids (CTBA)
Sun 5 Oct 1100 - 1245hrs Watershed Cinema 2
This event is free - please pick up a ticket from Box Office.

"VisionSign" associate David Ellington will introduce this collection of films for kids - some made by them, some for them - some subtitled, some signed - all sure to capture their imaginations.

Programme

Short Animations (UK 3mins)
Deaf kids from 2 London Schools make clay animations (no dialogue)

Hamster (Jon Seal 2001 UK 10mins)
Made with pupils from the West of England School for deaf children,
"Hamster" follows the adventures of a very special classroom. (signed and subtitled)

La Clef des Etoiles (The Key to the Stars) (Pierre-Louis Levacher 1999 France 22mins)
A young girl gets into troubled waters when she makes a new imaginary friend
(French sign and voice with English subtitles)

Swallowing (Sofya Gollan 1995 Australia 4mins)
It might take more than a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down. (subtitled)

Chlorine Dreams (Sofya Gollan 1997 Australia 10mins)
A young girl gets into troubled waters when she makes a new imaginary friend. (subtitled)

Mangetout (Ian Cottage 1996 UK 9mins)
When a young Deaf boy meets his hearing uncle he is intrigued by his magical ways and curious eating habits. (subtitled)

Escape (Steven Benedict 2000 Ireland 27mins)
Teenage angst leads a young deaf girl to make plans to runaway from home - on rollerblades (no dialogue)

Revenge (Elmfield School for the Deaf Bristol 2001 UK 4mins)
A spooky story following a Deaf school boyÕs unhappy return to the class to face a teacher. (signed)

Freedom of Hands (Deaf Youth Members of the Bristol Deaf Club 2003 UK 2mins)
A short made for the festival by Deaf Youth Members of Deaf Club as a result of Educational Workshops
organised as part The Centre for Deaf People-Bristol / Avon Deaf Children's Society (ADCS) Summer scheme
(supported by the Miss Millie Award, ViSign associate, David Ellington and Watershed). (signed)

"Shorts: For Kids" is sponsored by the British Deaf Association - from London Deaf Film Festival 2003.
Thanks to all the filmmakers. There will be a 15min interval.

Shorts: Best of British (club)
Sun 5 Oct 1300 - 1400hrs Watershed Cinema 1
Fee: £4.00 full / £2.50 concessions

A diverse collection of classic and recent short films by both Deaf and hearing filmmakers that explores Deaf culture in many forms from fantasy to music.

Programme

Hear No Evil (Amanda Mundin 2002 UK 10mins)
A quirky comedy about a bumbling electrician who is guided through the trials and tribulations of a Deaf / hearing relationship when he meets a seemingly suicidal Deaf woman.
(signed & subtitled)

Something Stupid (Ramon Woolfe & Producer Andrew Stibbs 2003 UK 4mins)
A slick & sexy BSL version of the Frank & Nancy Sinatra timeless song, guaranteed to bring the hopeless romantic out in you. (signed & subtitled)

Welcome to Paradise (Bim Ajadi 2003 UK 7mins)
Does a perfect world exist? Find out in this beautifully-shot, visually arresting fantasy which deals with a jogger having the strangest day of his life.
(signed & subtitled)

Queen's New English (Bim Ajadi 2002 UK 3mins)
A remake of the ground-breaking original deaf pop video injected with UK garage.
The song expresses the Deaf communityÕs pride in sign language and their independence.
(signed & subtitled)

Tricks (Samuel Dore 2003 UK 10mins)
An arrogant film producer meets a call girl with a difference. (signed & subtitled)

Dis?able (Louis Neethling 2001 UK 10mins)
If you were given the chance to hear again, would you?
During a party, a Deaf person is given the chance to experience the harrowing reality of a world full of sounds.
(signed & subtitled)

Othello (David Ellington 2003 UK 8mins VS1 Production)
A BSL version of Shakespeare's classic tale shot on location in Bristol, receiving its premiere.
(signed & subtitled)

Shorts: Extreme (club)
Sun 5 Oct 1430 - 1530hrs Watershed Cinema 1
Fee: £4.00 full / £2.50 concessions

A series of innovative, exciting and visceral short films challenging the rules of cinema and profiling the many potentials within Deaf culture on film

Programme

Reservoir Wolves (Ramon Woolfe 2001 10mins)
A blood-soaked BSL interpretation of Quentin TarantinoÕs classic Reservoir Dogs set before and after a bungled jewellery heist,
with guns, cool black suits and shades, intense dialogue, high-octane action & colourful names.
(signed & subtitled)

More Than Meets the Eye (Andrew Hearn 2002 UK 11mins)
A spooky short that soon becomes a fractured jigsaw puzzle with time-jumps and plot twists.
(silent)

Snowball (Samuel Dore 2003 UK 3mins)
Inspired by the Dogme'95 manifesto, this comedy exposes the downfall of the male sexual instinct as a man confesses through a series of disjointed flashbacks a crime he has committed.
(subtitled)

Betrayed (William Mager 2002 UK 16mins)
A criminal & his long suffering girlfriend come to blows in this character-driven short dealing with sex, trust, commitment & love with fateful consequences.
(signed & subtitled)

DEF (Ian Clark 2002 UK 13mins)
An international award winning debut that combines hip-hop, disillusioned teen life and discrimination as a council estate deaf boy dreams of being a rapper. (signed & subtitled)

Promoting BSL on the Internet
Sun 5 Oct 1500 - 1600hrs Waterside 1 Presentation by VisionSign associate Mac Dunlop followed by a discussion. www.signhear.net

Bristol Silents presents: Together (club)
Sun 5 Oct 1600 - 1730hrs Watershed Cinema 1
Fee: £4.00 full / £2.50 concessions

Dir: Lorenza Mazzetti UK 1958 52mins
Cast: Michael Andrews (VI), Eduardo Paolozzi

Against the background of the bombsites, warehouses and street markets of the late 1950s East End, "Together" offers a compelling exploration of the isolated lives of two Deaf men.
Despite its emotive fictional structure, the film is not a typically romantic view of East End working-class life, but instead offers a complex, open-ended presentation that refuses to judge.
The film is also extraordinary for its casting, with great performances from local people and the curious, but very successful, choices of the artist Michael Andrews and the internationally known sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi for the lead roles.
Shown in the 1956 Free Cinema screening at the NFT, the filmÕs depiction of an undiscovered Britain matched the personal dedication and experimentation of other films in the Free Cinema programme.
The screening will be introduced by Terry Riley, Series Editor for BBC2's "See Hear" programme.

Feature Film: Margarette's Feast (club)
Sun 5 Oct 1800 - 1930hrs Watershed Cinema 1
Fee: £4.00 full / £2.50 concessions

Dir: Renato Falc‹o Brazil 2002 1hr 30mins
Cast: Hique Gomez, Carmen Silva, Jefferson Silveira

"MargaretteÕs Feast" is a vivid and sometimes darkly surreal portrait of life on the fringes of Brazilian society.
Pedro lives with his wife Margarette, children, a grandmother and countless other relatives in a remote house in the south of Brazil.
He dreams of giving a large birthday party for Margarette, but can only just make ends meet.
When Pedro is sacked, his dream falls apart. But his redundancy payment comprises a suitcase and a bag of money...
Please note: "Margarette's Feast" contains no dialogue and has a specially composed score of Brazilian music.