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Newcomer Category
The Newcomer Category (1h 50min)
For fictional, live action work by new filmmakers in the UK and under 12 minutes Buy tickets online www.ica.org.uk or call 020 7930 3647
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THE CAKE Dir. Esther Richardson (Anthem Films) UK, 8m 50s
JANE’S LIFE Dir. Monique Le Blanc (Northern Film School) UK, 8m 35s
Mrs Anderson bought the same cake from the same shop every Saturday for the last 35 years, but today there’s only one left.
It’s her 42nd birthday. Jane feels unappreciated by her husband and kids, overworked and undervalued at work.
SEXY PIG Dir. Robert Ford (MoNoPo Films) UK, 6m 30s
FEET Dir. A. D. Cooper (Hurcheon Films) UK, 9m 9s
A curious burglar gets himself into a sticky situation. A tale of eggs and flour and phone sex.
In the darkness of a stalled underground train, two strangers get their feet swapped by mysterious energy.
UNCLE FRAN Dir. Mike Forshaw UK, 12m 27s
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP Dir. Michael St. John Savva UK, 12m 36s
Fran drank because the world was beyond him. The world is beyond Fran because he drinks… Today is his mother’s funeral.
A wife is convinced her husband is having an affair. To her shock horror she learns the perculiar truth behind his desires.
GIRL FIGHT Dir. Mark Triller (Goldsmiths University) UK, 2m 35s
NADYA’S CIRCUS Dir. James Lawes (Saloon Films) UK, 10m 36s
Busybody Nancy Tuckatuck decides to heckle gamerchick Bridget Check for smoking, Bridget responds.
Nadya and her friends excitedly head for London, but what awaits them in this foreign City?
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