Monday 13th | 2.00pm | Kino Cinema

Shadowman

Amanda Rudman

England | 2002 | 12mins | 35mm | Colour

A little girl spies on two men breaking into a squat. Fascinated, she befriends them. Whilst she is unaware she may be crossing dangerous boundaries, the audience is led to make uncomfortable assumptions.

The Man Without A Head
L'Homme Sans Téte

Juan Solanas

France | 2003 | 15mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled

An ordinary room overlooks a vast industrial landscape. In the distance, is the ocean as far as the eye can see. With a nostalgic air, the man without a head dances with lively steps, as he prepares himself for his date.

Aunt Bridget

Stefanie Dinkelbach, Vladislav Bairamgulov

Ireland | 2003 | 6mins | 35mm | Colour

An adaptation of a story from the childhood memories of Cork writer and poet, Patrick Galvin. Set in the 1930s it pays tribute to a woman who had the courage to live her life in disregard for the conventions of her time.

Turtle Island
Dortka Uhartea

Maru Solores

Spain | 2002 | 15mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled

A nine-year-old girl, suffering from chronic asthma, challenges herself to spend the night alone on a desert island. Unbeknownst to the girl, a creature from outer space lands on the island as she pretends to be an alien herself.

The Most Beautiful Man In The World

Alicia Duffy

England | 2002 | 5mins | 35mm | Colour

On a hot, lazy day a small girl searches for something to do. Aimlessly she wanders into the path of a stranger.

Flood

Clio Barnard

England | 2002 | 15mins | 35mm | Colour

Polly is a teenager, discovering and experimenting with sex. Her father is becoming increasingly withdrawn and Polly mourns the loss of intimacy. They are both haunted by the absence of Polly's mother who is revealed to have abandoned the family. Polly deliberately creates a confrontation by dressing up in her mother's clothes.

The Projectionist

Michael Bates

Australia | 2002 | 15mins | 35mm | Colour

A projectionist departs an old, empty cinema where he has worked for many years. He has just projected his last film. As he passes through darkened city laneways, we witness a gallery of ghostly visions: projections seemingly from his past life; spectres of loved ones cast upon walls and empty windows.

15

Royston Tan

Singapore | 2002 | 25mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled

15 is inspired by the true-life accounts of three troubled youths searching for their self-identity and acceptance in a fast moving society. A side to Singapore that many have yet to see.