Title: TUFF 4 - Jan 14 th -The Lemon Tree-Aberdeen
WELCOME TO TUFF 4 --- Tuesday 14th January 2003 - 7.30 pm
The Lemon Tree - 5 West North Street, Aberdeen.
This months offering - DIGICULT shorts - Presented by writer and producer Paul Welsh and coordinator of DigiCult .
Commissioned by the Film Council and GMAC (Glasgow Media Access Centre) DigiCult represents some of the most intriguing and experimental digitally produced moving image projects of 2002. Still not officially released and some still in progress.
Approx. 1 hour screening and discussion
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DigiCult � New productions 2002
In classic low-budget fashion, with an average budget of �3500, these films defy the limited resources of the Film Council's nationwide talent-spotting scheme.
�HorrorEsque Retro Battle Fest�
Sarah Tripp's retitled �HorrorEsque Retro BattleFest: The Pitch lives-up to it�s name with a piece of polished, inventive mixed-media storytelling from the director of Testatika.
Combining live action with 3D animation, graphics and some quality sound design from Savalas, the 150 second film maps out an aspiring film-maker's fantasy career from the depths of a hot bath. Fast, intriguing and visually stunning.
�PAW�
Currently in post and moving towards fine cut, Duncan Nichol and Chris Bowman's PAW provides a dark, comic glimpse into a fetishistic relationship. After finding the severed paw of a bear in the grounds of a country house, a couple are drawn further onto the darkside as they explore their sexuality with the help of the animal's long, sharp tallons. Produced by David Griffith and Garfield Kennedy, PAW is definitely not one for vegetarians.
�Room For The Night�
Exploding the myth of low-budget Scottish film fatigue, producers Zam Salim and Angela Murray have thrown the works at Vincent Hunter's Room For The Night.
In Hunter's dark tale of alientation and miscommunication, a salesman in a collapsing marriage picks-up a prostitute on the streets of Glasgow. The night quickly spirals out of control. Shot by John Rhodes (16 Years Of Alcohol), designed by Adam Squires and starring Kate Dickie and John Comerford, Room For The Night looks destined to challenge even the most resilient audience.
�Swan Song�
In contrast, light and frothy, Nic Bone and Joern Utkilen's whimsical Swan Song features the comic antics of Kevin Kelly in a Tati-esque tale of a musician rushing to perform his part in a production of Swan Lake. With full orchestration, kids and stunts galore, Abigail Howkins has reached post on what should be her last short before making the transition from production to direction early in the new year.
�Lament�
The final film, is the first short from Suspect Culture's Graham Eatough. Lament is a quirky, blackly comic dissection of the end of a relationship and the film shows Eatough's minimal but incisive style from theatre can cross over successfully to film. Is this Scotland's answer to Todd Solontz?
Co-ordinator Paul Welsh aims to commission a further five projects before the end of February. Approximately ten scripts are currently in development including the low-light, low-fi Mining by Andy McDonald, a futuristic animation from John Butler and innovative live action ideas from Zam Salim, Abigail Howkins and others.
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