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Random Acts – South West Showcase 2018

+ Filmmaker Q&A

Dir. Various, 2018
90 mins, UK

Showing Times:

• Wed 20 Feb: 6pm

Presented by Calling the Shots, this screening showcases the most recent work from the Random Acts series of short films by young artist filmmakers aged 16-24 from across the South West. Exploring all genres from documentary, comedy, artists film to dance and spoken word – these bold and creative short films reflect the mosaic of contemporary life in England through the lens of its young artists.

We will be joined by local filmmakers Isobel Ripley and Dan Guthrie for a post-screening Q&A to discuss their filmmaking process.

I Am The Whale

Isobel Ripley | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 37 secs

A dance film exploring a young woman’s journey of self discovery in a world that expects her to apologise for her own existence.

Toil

Jessye Aggleton | UK | 2018 | 2 mins 57 secs

A post industrial city, reimagined as a piece of mechanical installation art, moves closer to its own destruction.

Mating Call 

Scott Piggot | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 30 secs

Playing on the idea that mating calls in the human race are as elaborate as they are in the animal kingdom, Mating Call features a young man in a grotto techno night club adopting an interesting technique in order to capture the attention of a girl.

Light

Matty Crawford | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 30 secs

A little boy’s imagination runs rampant, as crayon drawings combine with his bleak surroundings.

Verse Murder

Jack Edwards | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 39 secs

A writer’s journey as he travels into an imaginary universe of his own creation

Floodtide 

Alana Barnett | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 16 secs

Evocative sculpture and found sound shape a medative and unnerving reflection on humankind’s relationship with the sea.

Seven Stages

Dan Guthrie | UK | 2018 | 3mins 47 secs 

Bringing together a drag king, a Shakespearean monologue and a working men’s club to create a one-take statement that challenges the status quo of contemporary masculinity.

Ghosts of Love

Fergus Haughton | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 23 secs

A poetic film-collage made using 8mm and 16mm footage inherited from the filmmaker’s Great Aunt, who shot it in Europe and Africa throughout the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.

Lucifer

Marie Dutton | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 29 secs

An art film that blurs the boundaries between seduction and repulsion, desire and disgust, romance and ruin.

Moaning, Crying and Barking

Chris Butler | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 53 secs

Moaning, Crying and Barking comically documents the struggles some people with autism face in their daily lives.

Kiss Me Through the Phone

Niamh Farrelly | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 21 secs

Three ‘TV babes’ share their expereinces working as phone sex operators on adult television channels.

11.03.2018

Corie Hayward | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 41 secs

A teenager reflects on the feeling of two different lives in an exploration of themes of class, opportunity, choice and family relationships.

In Body and Mind

Vivian Barton | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 3 secs

In Body and Mind combines live action and animation to describe feelings of dysphoria, taking inspiration from the filmmaker’s own experiences to explore how these parts of a person come together through acceptance.

Pension Fund

Lydia Brannen | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 28 secs

An elderly woman’s mundane existence breaks down to reveal she is a patient in a virtual care home.

Marked

Euella Jackson | UK | 2018 | 3 mins 41 secs

In the future, a desparate man, intent on murder, imprisons three women in a run-down basement. Unbeknownst to him, the women have special powers…

Hairy

Megan Domaille & Jack Powley | UK | 2018 | 2 mins 34 secs

Hairy is a satirical stab at the representation of the female body on screen.

Nose

Kiki Nafig & Izzy Mooney | UK | 2017 | 3 mins 20 secs

In this intimate portrait of family relationships and rifts, Nose reflects on the events and people that shape and define us.

Spaghetti Legs

James Moore | UK | 2017 | 3 mins 31 secs

Channel 4 are making a film about Jay, a young man with cerebral palsy. Or are they?

CALLING THE SHOTS – RANDOM ACTS

This incredible project saw the creation of 72 short films by young filmmakers of all backgrounds from across the South West over three years.

Funded by Arts Council England with support from the Lottery and in partnership with Channel 4, the project saw five films by South West filmmakers screened on Channel 4’s Random Acts TV slot.

Part of a larger England-wide initiative, CTS managed the South West, while the ICA supported filmmakers in London and Screen South covered the South-East.  Rural Media and Tyneside Cinema led in the Midlands and North of England respectively.  In all the project saw the creation of 360 new short arts films.

Calling the Shots have produced TV for ITV, BBC and Channel 4 and run talent development programmes like Random Acts for Arts Council England and a National Animation Camp for BFI Film Academy.

Venue: Exeter Phoenix, Studio 74