2022 | 60 mins | UK

A showcase of 2022’s Exeter Phoenix short film commissions featuring the work of regional filmmakers, artists and writers. First featured at Two Short Nights Film Festival this February. 

PROGRAMME

Microwave 

Dir. Anastasia Bruce-Jones | 19-25 Devon Film Fund 

Andy has never seen another human being. So when a mysterious box arrives on their doorstep containing a threat intended for someone else, they must quickly decide what they are willing to risk for a chance at human contact. 

Mum! Mum! 

Dir. Natasha MacVoy | Artists Moving Image Commission 

Mum! Mum! is a short film in which artist Natasha MacVoy takes on the identity of ‘The Mother as Stunt Performer’, reflecting on the stunt performer’s paradox, where illusionary techniques deny their existence to the audience and their success is tied to their invisibility. 

A Pirate Love Story 

Dir. Alex Blackwood | Micro Short Film Commission 

A man trying to illegally record the latest Hollywood blockbuster in his local cinema, has his plans scuppered when he encounters an old flame. 

Potholes 

Dir. Vicki Helyar | South West Micro Short Film Commission 

When two starkly different Somerset residents are both early to attend a local meeting in a village hall, they quickly find themselves at odds with one another’s world views…yet can they find common ground? 

Open Country 

Dir. Jonny Dry | South West Short Film Commission 

Up the hill, away from the coast, Alfie’s anger simmers at his cousin Rody; his mum’s physical health slowly deteriorating but Rody seemingly distant and unreachable. Months later, Rachel gone, the two grieving cousins tentatively reconnect.  

Croak 

Dir. Dom Lee | Devon Short Film Commission 

A disgraced Television presenter forms a pact with a desperate stranger. 

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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