Exposures - New Talent in Moving Image

The UK’s leading student film and moving image festival

Call for entries
31 July 2008
Festival
23–27 Nov 2008
24/11/08 - 12:00

A Small Dose of Reality (12A*)

This remarkable collection of films provides a thought-provoking programme dealing with life-changing events.
£3 full / £ 2 concs
Running time: approx 85 mins
FILMS

  • ONE WEEK LATER
    Dir Fern Down; Upper School and PVA Media Lab
    School events seen through one boy’s perspective.
  • REALITY KNOCKS
    Dir Tash Clyde; Pier Pressure
    Jamie has a secret, but will his girlfriend find out?
  • ON HOLD
    Dir Matt Keatman; South Cheshire College
    A man refuses to accept the loss of a loved one.
  • WRECKED
    Dir Oscar Forshaw; Swift Road Sixth Form Centre
    One boy re-lives the events that resulted in his friend’s death.
  • PICK A POCKET
    Dir Rafique Ahmed and Theo Piper-Griffiths; Xaverian College
    An original grime video performed by MC Hypes.
  • DYSTHYMIA
    Dir Sam Locket; South Cheshire College
    A troubled young man’s struggle through life.
  • DESIRE
    Group Project; Rochdale Youth Service
    An observant journey of five refugees in England.
  • JUST A DAY’S WORK
    Group Project; Shorefields Technology College
    A film showing two different lives in different places.
  • ST AMBROSE BLAZERS
    Group Project; St Ambrose Barlow High School
    A group of boys face the consequences of their actions.
  • RIDE OF YOUR LIFE
    Group Project; Moorside High School
    One boy’s desire to fit in puts a girl in danger.
  • LOST BROTHERS
    Group Project ; Harrop Fold School and Arts College
    999 – not some children’s lucky number…
  • TOP DECK
    Dir Stella Grundy; Pendleton College
    Insults are hurled on a bus.

Venue: Cornerhouse