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FT/V175
ESTONIA 1997
The UK was invited to participate in the 1997 Open Festival of Baltic
Filmamateurs in Tallinn, Estonia. This is the 28th year of this Baltic contest
and other programmes were entered by Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland,
Norway and, of course, Estonia. This is a compilation of the British movies
screened.
| 1. |
MOTHER EARTH
Michael Goodden (Dorset)
A beautiful and thought-provoking documentary about what Man is doing to
our planet.
See also lib. nos: V 141 item 2, FT/V 151 item 2 and V 152/153 item 2. |
Documentary
Message
10.mins |
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| 2. |
ONE MORE SHOT
Seven Teign Movie Makers (Devon)
This Russian roulette 'duel' between two men is brilliantly lit, shot and
edited to build up to an extremely tense climax - to which is added a lovely
'sting in the tail'! Written and directed by Ken Baylis.
See also lib. nos: V 158 item 6, FT/V 162/163 item 1 and V 173 item 2.
BAVA Trophy 1996; IAC Gold Seal 1996 |
Story
6.mins |
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| 3. |
MASQUE
Terry Mendoza (Essex)
Regardless of the weather, each year in the two weeks before Lent, Venice
celebrates its scandalous 18th-Century debauchery with Carnivale! A slick
music footage montage of fascinating faces, filmed in 1991.
See also lib. nos: FT/V 112 item 3, FT/V 164 item 5 and FT/V 187 item 8.
IAC Silver Seal 1993 |
Visual
3.mins |
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| 4. |
THE THING FROM BENEATH THE BED!!
Chris Jones (Lancs) Around midnight, the mysterious thing that lurks beneath
the bed jumps out and goes darting round the house in a state of high excitement.
We see everything from the creature's viewpoint, hearing it but never seeing
it. (It's the director's own voice supplying the gurgles, by the way.) This
made history as the first-ever video to win the top amateur prize in the
IAC's annual International Competition.
Also available on video as lib. nos: FT/V 51 item 11, 7003 item 1 and on
16mm as a
Transfer to film (lib. no: 1352).
IAC Daily Mail Trophy, Best Video Award, Best Editing Award, Best Sound Award
1989 |
Humour
4.mins |
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| 5. |
OLYMPIA
Triad Films (Kent)
Good period reconstruction and skilful lighting grace this stylish tale of
how Edward Manet came to paint the picture of the title in Paris in 1863.
Producer: Jan Schoonen; camera/lighting: Reg Lancaster; director: Vladimir
Murtin.
Transfer from 16mm film.
See also lib. no: FT 138.
CONTAINS FULL FRONTAL NUDITY
Ten Best Oscar 1994; IAC Gold Seal 1994 |
Story
12.mins |
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| 6. |
THE SHOOT
Terry Mendoza (Essex)
A glorious 'send-up' of the silent movies era, well shot, lit and edited,
with effective performances and really special 'film' effects created with
video techniques. There are even a few echoes of the classic 1941 professional
madcap comedy Hellzapoppin' ...
See also lib. nos: V 150, V 152/153 item 9, V 173 item 5 and FT/V 187 item
12.
BAVA Trophy, Best Comedy 1995; IAC Gold Seal 1995
(Making of article on IAC website -
click here.) |
Humour
10.mins |
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Price: £2.00 Total running time S-VHS 45 mins.
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