Fab films 'Made in the South West'

by thebexter on 20-Nov-09 09:43

A packed audience in Watershed's cinema 1 were treated to a brilliantly varied programme of shorts from the South West last night. Put together by festival programmer Mark Cosgrove, 'Made in the South West' featured 8 new shorts both animation and live action from some of our region's brightest talent.

Sarah-Jane Meredith from South West Screen introduced the screening and it was great to see some of the filmmakers in the audience -

Tom Stubbs and Michael Smith- whose film Light and Dark(made as part of the Tor scheme) got a brilliant response - as it did during Tuesday's Opening Highlights screening. So clever, witty and touching and a real treat to see it on the big screen.

Tom Williams - Inconceivable - about a couple going to great lengths to conceive a baby - great fun - I think babies have been on Tom's mind - I noticed his baby daughter Violet in the credits!

I'm sure there were more of the filmmakers there ...let me know if you were....

Other highlights for me - Flogging Molly Float - a beautiful and stirring mix of animation and 'real world' - I'm dying to find out what the music is - doesn't say in the brochure... All my Dreams on VHS - a great idea and very well conceived...The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother - dark, dry, violent animation with a fantastic voiceover from Alexei Sayle.

Great to see Wallace and Gromit on the big screen again in A Matter of Loaf and Death - you notice new details every time you watch it. George Chan's Trapped was really menacing - excellent performace from Sean Pertwee. Sleep by Chris Barnett was moving and beautifully shot.

The programme ended with Light and Dark and it's just struck me that as well as being the name of Michael and Tom's film it could sum up the content of the screening as well. Congrats to all the filmmakers involved and good luck with both the UKFC Audience Award and the South West Screen Audience Award.

There's another chance to see the programme at 4.30pm tomorrow, Saturday. Book your tickets from Watershed now.

Tagged:Encounters, South West, Short film

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