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FT/V128
SHORT MOVIES SELECTION : IAC 1994
This video was compiled especially for the UNICA Festival of 19-28 August,
1994, held in Hradec Kralove. These short films and videos were all made
by British movie-makers and entered in the 1994 IAC International Film and
Video Competition and first presented at the Movie 94 Festival in April,
1994, at Keele University, Staffordshire.
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ROONEY THE RHINO
Alan Cleave, FACI (London)
Introducing Rooney, the all-singing, all-dancing rhinoceros, with his most
extraordinary music-hall act. Music written and sung by the producer, accompanied
at the piano by his son, Martin.
Transfer from Standard 8 film.
See also lib. nos: FT/V 122 item 1 and FT/V 151 item 4.
Guernsey Lily, Best Animation Award 1995; IAC Gold Seal, Best Animation Award
1994 |
Animation
4.mins |
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| 2. |
SECOND FIDDLE
Rochdale Movie Makers
When a man (Geoff Alexander) brings home a video camera, his wife (Val Fielding)
finds that she is no longer the centre of his attentions, so she starts a
video diary to try to explain how she feels. Story and music: Geoff Alexander;
producer: Jonathan Wilde.
See also lib. nos: FT/V 123 item 2 and FT/V 133 item 6.
IAC Gold Seal, Best Humour Award 1994 |
Humour
Story
11.mins |
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| 3. |
CHILD'S PLAY
Darren Lalonde (Cambridge)
Three friends, Mark (Andrew Proudfoot), Jason (Christopher Hacking) and Simon
(James Evans) take a walk home through the woods after football practice.
By chance, Simon finds a gun hidden beneath a log. . .
See also lib. no: V 127 item 3.
IAC Gold Seal (Youth) 1994 |
Children
Story
7.mins |
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| 4. |
SUBURBAN LINE
Circle Eight Film Group (Surrey)
It seems like just an ordinary train journey until a man (Geoff Rayner) and
a woman (Jenny Crease) start a rather public argument. A well-observed piece
of story-telling by director Carol Day, with an excellent sound-track.
See also lib. nos: FT/V 125 item 3 and FT/V 133 item 4.
IAC Gold Seal 1994 |
Story
11.mins |
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| 5. |
THE SANDCASTLE
Stephen Symes (Lincoln)
Based on a true story about a young boy, David (Kirk Owen), who, spurned
by his bickering parents (James and Sarah Daly), discovers, on a deserted,
windswept beach, an old poster for the previous season's sandcastle competition.
Music by Martin Fottles.
See also lib. no: FT/V 125 item 7.
IAC Gold Seal (Open) 1994 |
Story
b&w
7.mins |
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| 6. |
K
Cambridge University Film-Makers (Cambs.)
An experimental film in which the arrival of a mirror causes things to disappear.
See also lib. no: V 127 item 1.
IAC Silver Seal (Youth) 1994 |
Visual
4.mins |
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| 7. |
HAVEN
Phil Davies (Holyhead)
Set a few years in the future, a woman on the run (Bev Davies) is saved by
a strange man (Phil Davies) who is the guardian of a remote run-down defence
complex. She finds herself agreeing to take part in a strange experiment
... Music by Ian Ward.
See also lib. no: FT/V 125 item 2.
UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
IAC Gold Seal 1994 |
Story
12.mins |
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| 8. |
ANGRY MAX
Keith Wright (Sheffield)
A delightful, but brief, action spoof in the style of the Mad Max films,
starring Rob Richardson (who also wrote and per-formed the music), Gordon
Simpson and Mark Womble. Widescreen format.
See also lib. no: FT/V 123 item 4.
IAC Silver Seal (Open), Best One-Minute entry 1994 |
Story
1.min |
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| 9. |
TEMPTRESS
Class Films Amateur Cine Club (Surrey)
A superb piece of work by a large number of animators, under the direction
of Derek Bottle, which shows how even the smartest of animals can be 'taken
for a ride'.
Transfer from super 8 film.
See also lib. no: FT/V 125 item 1.
IAC Gold Seal 1994 |
Animation
3.mins |
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Price: £2.50 Total running time VHS 60 mins.
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