Alternate Worlds (12)

An eclectic mix of films which explore everything from life in a launderette to sugarcane harvesting in Barbados.
Futurestate: Skateboarding as Life [dir. Jaimie Durnell] (3min)
Elegantly filmed short doc about skateboarding.

Hotel Bardo [dir. Lauren Hatchard] (9min)
A surreal Lynch-esque film about the life of a bell-boy in a very interesting hotel.

30° Wash [dir. Luke Fawsitt] (3min)
Beautifully shot short doc set in a launderette.

Echoes [dir. Sam Johnson] (6min)
John is the caretaker of a local high school where he met his recently deceased wife. John returns to his monotonous work, fragile, vulnerable and is haunted by the echoes of his past.

‘Spooks Stories’ Trailer [dir. Chris Dumayne] (3min)
Based on characters created by author Joseph Delaney, BIAD graduate Chris Dumayne created this fictional film trailer.

18 Days [dir. Marco El Gabry] (6min)
After protests in Tunisia, the people of Egypt had had enough of their 30 year old dictatorship under president Hosni Mubarak. The people of Egypt took to the streets for an intense 18 days and earned their freedom. Here is the story of that historic event…

A Balkan Rhapsody [dir. Tatyana Mircheva] (7min)
A short documentary, showing moments of the life of a few Romany people in a small town at the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria.

Cane Harvest [dir. Philip Nanton] (3min)
Based on a poem by Philip Nanton, this short film is a personal response to sugarcane harvesting in Barbados.

Top Banana [dir. Jonothon Lees] (10min)
The trials and tribulations of father-son relationship.

Zeus [dir. Paul Sayers] (10min)
An experimental and humorous exploration of the concept of ‘art’ in cinema.