“LIKE A GLOVE!!”
crystal Palace international film festival (cPiff) 2023 the World’s coolest!
Known as the world’s coolest film festival, CPIFF ranks in the top 0.1% of over 10,000 film festivals worldwide. Take your time to watch the trailers - every night is meticulously put together to thrill and entertain. This remarkable selection of creativity has been curated for well over a year to showcase these independent films that blow most major releases away. Go to as many nights as you can as this is a once only experience. At the screenings you will meet and hear from filmmakers attending from all over the world about how they made their films. It’s fascinating.
There’s short film, animation, horror/sci-fi, comedy, docs & features.
Screening at the Everyman,
Picturehouse & Stanley Arts, many nights quickly sell out. Music legend Paul Weller said: “I’ve loved CPIFF, the whole independent movement is a wonderful thing. Mike Reiss, writer of The Simpsons since it began said: “CPIFF is the very best film festival we’ve ever been to - and we’ve been to a lot, this is as good as it gets!”
Following Johnny Vegas, Shappi Khorsandi and Mark Steel (below); top comedian & host of BBC’s ‘The News Quiz’, Andy Zaltzman presents the CPIFF Awards & comedy night. Book now.
Presented by
thursday
9 March P6
mid length film (18)
7:30PM Everyman, SE19 2TE £10. Food and bar available.
friday
10 March P6/7/8
short film (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £10.
Food and bar available.
thursday
2 March P1
launch night (18)
7:30pm Everyman Crystal Palace
SE19 2TE £12.50, includes a glass of wine, beer or soft drink
Food and bar available.
saturday
4 March P1/2
international film (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £10.
Food and bar available.
sunday
5 March P3
long doc/short film (15)
7:30PM Stanley Arts , South
Norwood SE25 6AB £10.
Food and bar available.
tuesday
7 March P3/4
fab eclectix mix (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £10.
Food and bar available.
Wednesday
8 March P5
docs long & short (18)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace
SE19 2TE £10.
Food and bar available.
saturday
11 March P8/9/10
Horror/Sci-fi (18)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £11.
Food and bar available.
sunday
12 March P11
feature film + shorts (15)
7:30PM Stanley Arts , South
Norwood SE25 6AB £10.
Food and bar available.
tuesday
14 March P11/12
feature film + shorts (15)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace
SE19 2TE £10.
Food and bar available.
Wednesday
15 March P12
long & short docs (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £10.
Food and bar available.
thursday
16 March P12/14
fab eclectic mix 2 (15)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace
SE19 2TE £10.
Food and bar available.
friday
17 March P15/16
short docs (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse se27 9JU £10. Food and bar available.
saturday
18 March P16/17
animation night (12a)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £12.
Food and bar available.
sunday
19 March P17
mixed length docs (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £10.
Food and bar available.
tuesday
21 March P18
feature film + shorts (18)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace
SE19 2TE £10.
Food and bar available.
Wednesday
22 March P18/19/20
light dark/light dark (15)
7:30PM Stanley Arts, South
Norwood SE25 6AB £10.
Food and bar available.
friday
24 March P20/22
amazing short shorts (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
norwood se27 9JU £10.
Food and bar available.
saturday
25 March P22/23
comedy & awards (18)
7PM stanley Arts se25 6Ab £25, includes glass of bubbles & fab food. Bar available.
thurs 2 march
launch night shorts (18)
7:30pm Everyman Crystal Palace SE19 2TE £12.50, includes a free glass of wine, beer or soft drink. Bar & food on sale.
tommies
directed by Brian fairbairn, Karl eccleston
In Regency-era London five women waiting for a carriage descend into a frenzy of vicious gossip about a notorious scandal - with devastating results.
uK, rt:15m
the stupid Boy
directed by Phil dunn
London is being terrorised by christian white supremacists. While a broken man is groomed for the next attack, a boy from Brixton sees the world in a different way.
uK, rt:16m
london Premiere
Bump!
directed by andrew hollingworth
After a crash, two lives become tangled in a romantic web, where they complete each other, just not in the way they think.
uK, rt:30m
the fourth
directed by Johnny Kirk
hamlet, nW5
directed by Beru tessema
This short film tells the story of Ade, who’s life begins to mirror the life of the character he is playing on stage.
uK rt: 17m
cold Brew
directed by david Kennedy
A young woman is imprisoned by her inner thoughts in a caffeine-fueled assessment of her co-dependent relationship.
usa, rt:8m
european Premiere
sat 4 march
international film (15)
sinfonietta
directed by donald scott masterson
A chance meeting with the woman of his dreams at a local coffee shop, leaves one man smitten, but he quickly realises that not everything is as it seems.
usa, rt: 15m
european Premiere
Eager to celebrate the 4th of July, a group of young black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday.
usa, rt:12m
7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10.
Bar & food available.
the lord of the Woods
directed by Julia Bui
Warrior Kriss meets a young escapee in the forest, they decide to stop overnight in an old ruined hut where they discover Urobors, a magical object with time travelling properties.
Poland, rt:28m
noctuidae
directed by alexandra (ali) mauritz
A lonely seamstress receives a strange request: to sew a cloak made only from the wings of moths. A work of delicate beauty is painstakingly crafted, and with it a fragile bond between two lost souls. But as soon as the work is finished, her client disappears.
Germany, rt: 23m
tilt director: Björn schürmann
While a paramedic works a 24-hour shift to help people, she finds herself in a spiral of violence and oppression.
Germany rt: 14
uK Premiere
stop the thief
directed by yiding Wang
An experienced thief is hired to burgle someone’s girlfriend’s house, but is caught in the act when he gets his dates wrong.
china, rt: 9m
World Premiere
neoshin episode 01: cold Blood
directed by sebastian selg, ramon schauer
tariff
directed by shaked Julian Gorbatt
uprooted
directed by andzej Gavriss
A film focusing on PTSD suffered by people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
ukraine rt: 3m
raining cats and dogs temps de chien
Directed by Vanessa Caffin
Alice is a talented writer but mostly, she’s broke. With the end of the Covid epidemic, she lost her day job, and the release of her last novel has been canceled by her publisher who finds it too “world before”. To help Alice pay her bills, her psychic offers her to write horoscopes for cats and dogs.
france, rt 18m
An Arab taxi driver and a Jewish passenger experience feelings of discomfort when a news report about operation “Guardian of the Walls” and heavy attacks on both Israeli and Palestinian sides appears on the radio.
israel, rt: 4m
european Premiere
seven minutes and thirty-one seconds
directed by solmaz Gholami
An 18-year-old girl who has been raped is sentenced to death, under the Islamic Republic of Iran criminal law because she cannot prove that she defended herself.
iran, rt: 12m
Counting time as we know it has stopped after the invention of Cryonic Reality (CR). Users enter CR by freezing their bodies as they continue life virtually. Influencer
Ayuko heads to a concert in CR, blind to the fact a virtual virus will change her life forever.
Germany, rt: 5m
sun 5 march long doc & short film (15)
7:30PM Stanley Arts , South Norwood SE25 6AB £10 entry. Food and bar available.
showbusiness is my life, But i can’t Prove it (a film about Gary mule deer):
directed by G.B. shannon
Comedian Gary Mule Deer’s career has always taken an oddball path. From his start in “show business” at a South Dakota brothel, performing Johnny Cash covers for the awaiting johns, to his over 350 televised performances, his career has been as strange as his comedy itself. Featuring David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien. Steve Martin, Alice Cooper and more..
usa rt:97m
european Premiere
Bebe a.i. directed by rebekah fortune
A young couple with Downs syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt. A film about the disposability of disability.
uK, rt: 12m
this isn’t me directed by chris Godwin
By day Emma is a successful executive, by night she is plunged into crisis. Struggling with her own sense of identity and stigma at work, she finds salvation in a compassionate nurse. Contains references to self-harm and mental distress which some may find distressing
uK, rt: 18m
World Premiere
stiff upper lip directed by dylan friese-Greene
In a launderette late at night, a schoolboy finds a man sobbing alone beside his dryer.
uK rt: 5m
tues 7 march fab eclectic mix (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10 Bar & food available.
dimash - the story of one sky directed by alina veripya
Friends face off in a bloody war. People of all faiths join together to save the Earth from death and help the coming of a new Messiah.
Kazakhstan rt: 14m
World Premiere
skating and talking: Ben raemers directed by liam martin
In May 2019, the skateboarding industry was left devastated by the news that British pro skater Ben Raemers had died by suicide at the age of 28.
His tragic death sparks a mental health reckoning within the skate community.
uK rt: 18m
i fall
directed by dan thorburn
A dance film created and choreographed by Fallen Angels Dance Theatre and past addicts now in recovery.
uK rt: 11m
monkey or man
directed by oscar hewitt
When a circus trio have a particularly disastrous show, Mandy the Acrobat must decide whether to run away from the circus, or to stay and help her friends.
uK rt 5m
diversion (Politics of)
directed by simon heymans
On the trail of a serial killer, a police investigator with formidable instincts is close to the goal when his superior interferes in his case.
Belgium rt: 17m
no entry
directed by Kaleb d’aguilar
Against the backdrop of the Windrush scandal, a Jamaican mother, Valerie Powell, struggles to keep her relationship with her son Eli intact. She suffers in silence as she battles the government’s hostile tactics to deport her.
uK 12m
the door directed by hetong Zhang
After a zombie attack, the sole surviving police officer of the rescue team recalls his painful memories during an interrogation. But the truth becomes more elusive as more conflicting evidence comes to light.
china rt: 12m
avocado toast there series season 2
directed by sam coyle
As Molly and Elle navigate their unseen illnesses and their paths continue to diverge, a permanent friendship-breakup seems inevitable… or could their paths to self-discovery bring them back together?
canada rt: 15m
heart failure
directed by Paul sewry
When Frank falls for his one night stand, he must do everything he can to stop his heart from breaking completely, in this musical comedy
uK rt: 10m
Weds 8 march
a fab eclectic mix (15) 7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace SE19 2TE £10. Food and bar available.
Whaam! Blam!
roy lichtenstein and the art of appropriation directed by James l. hussey
Along with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein created the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, and today his comic-based paintings can fetch more than $150 million. But critics call this world-renowned artist a plagiarist. Few of those who admire Lichtenstein realise the artist allegedly directly appropriated his images from the work of comic artists, whose original work went uncompensated and largely unrecognized.
usa rt: 79m
european Premiere
the foundling
directed by cam howe, sam Briggs
A short experimental documentary, exploring the memories of Janet Feddon, one of the oldest surviving “foundlings” raised in the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospital - an orphanage for illegitimate children, born out of marriage.
uK rt: 9m
the oldest
Pub in Britain directed by Joe Bor
A short documentary about the Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, the oldest inhabited pub in Britain.
uK rt:20m
standing up directed by askhat shmanov
Short documentary about a day in a life of a struggling Stand-Up comedian in London.
uK rt: 7m
thurs 9 march
mid length films (18)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace SE19 2TE £10. Food and bar available.
Winter Bloom directed by rozkwit Zimowy
ivan Krupenikov
The world is destroyed by an ecological catastrophe. An old mercenary, experiencing severe health problems, looks for a way to retire and finally gets a job that would grant him that.
Poland, rt: 30m
uK Premiere suicide club directed by antoine delelis
One year after her daughter’s suicide, Anita is still devastated and feels she is holding her loved ones back from processing their own grief. In desperation, she improvises a trip that she hopes will be liberating... at the wheel of a red Citroën BX towing a cement mixer!
france rt: 39m
uK Premiere
across the aether directed by nivi Glicklich
An Israeli soldier suffering from an unknown deadly illness begins to hear a voice in his head claiming to be an alien. The voice offers the soldier a deal - he is willing to heal the soldier, but in return wants the soldier’s help with his mission in the Israeli army.
israel, rt 26m
european Premiere
the meteor shower: days Gone By directed by roger sampson
Video for the Meteor Shower song ‘Days Gone By’.
uK rt:3m
World Premiere
Generosity
directed by t.J. Penton
Three young homeless girls with diverse circumstances are living on the streets in the Las Vegas desert. A chance meeting while panhandling leads to an unusual connection with an elderly widow and the most innocent of the trio. This compelling relationship becomes complicated by the suspicions of her friends and leads us down a dark unpredicted path. Featuring an all female Cast.
usa, rt21m
european Premiere
fri 10 march short film (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10
Bar & food available.
spinning
directed by sam spruell
Robert takes his beloved 3.2 litre saloon for a spin in the neighbourhood. But his world is crumbling, and his car is merely a symptom of male vulnerability and denial.
uK, rt: 10m
Pleroma directed by chris Browne
A corporation run by machines turns on it’s human servants. The people’s only hope is a discarded prototype built by an amateur. canada, rt: 10m
fifty-four days
directed by cat White, Phoebe torrance
When tragedy strikes, a spirited young woman turns to wild swimming in search of answers. By swimming each day at dawn and forming an unlikely friendship, she learns to accept her grief and the grief of those around her.
uK rt: 17m
Wolf Whistle directed by
Jennifer handorf
A young woman goes for a run. Once the sunsets, she finds herself vulnerable and alone in the park, but all is not what it seems.
uK rt: 5m
Contact: Catherine Shaw
Tel: 07764 196284
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lilian directed by cathy elizabeth tyson
The first black woman in the Royal Air Force, Lilian Bader, challenges the history books. Both she and her husband fought in WW2 yet there are no pictures of the contribution of black servicemen and women. Fifteen years after the war, Edith a person she had tried to help, arrives at her door Why is she there and why now?
uK rt: 16m
apex directed by serkan nihat
Two Candidates. One Position. Power, Sex, politics and the ruthless side of humanity is explored within the microcosm of a single interview for a sought after position in the world of corporate finance.
uK rt: 10m
london Premiere
sins of the father directed
by azriel Bahadoor
A priest has his devotion put to the test, as he listens to the confession of an ex convict; one that was incarcerated at a prison he visited years ago.
trinidad and tobago rt: 13m european Premiere a mind cannot touch directed by Geoffrey Prather
A film about loss and how one grieving mother will go to any lengths to bring her daughter back from the dead.
usa rt: 15m uK Premiere
fresh hell is this directed by Bernard visser Dan is back (naked) from a Boschian vision of Hell. Why? God knows, but He’s not telling. Now, with the Devil hot on his tail, this sinner must seek rapid redemption, or face the consequences.¶
uK rt: 11m
in their custody directed by Paul srystad
“In Their Custody” is the before and after of police custody shown through the eyes of Joe and Jay, cousins studying at university.
uK rt: 11m
sat 11 march
horror/sci-fi (18)
7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £11. Bar & food available.
unbidden directed by andres rothschild
A family spending a weekend in a country cottage must deal with their own grief and fears, when they discover a mysterious boy in the woods that surround them.
uK rt: 22m
time tourists directed by ian sweeney
Two strangers stumble upon a beautiful natural sight, and each other. As they hit it off it’s clear that neither of them have experienced nature before. When Fred eventually asks Sally to meet up again, we learn their surroundings are far from permanent.
new Zealand rt: 6m
checkpoint directed by Jason sheedy
After mysteriously awakening in a barren alien landscape, a self-serving prisoner must conquer a series of grueling trials in order to reunite with his lost love.
usa rt: 10m
solus directed by Jonathan Brooks
A lone astronaut aboard the International Space Station suddenly loses communication with Earth. He soon begins to experience a series of strange events that put him and the entire station at risk.
uK rt 13m
Bitten directed by John ferrar
In a post-apocalypse world one of the women is bitten. She knows the rules. The other women need to kill her for their survival. But is she willing to give up her life for them or will she fight back?
uK rt: 6m
i XXXX my sex doll directed by fay Beck
In an attempt to stamp out the ever increasing number of male on female violent acts, in 2030 the British government passed a law requiring all male - female courting/dating be regulated by them through a dating app. So far the effect on relationships has been devastating. The effect on violence remains to be seen.
uK rt: 12m
dateleap directed
by Jack evans
Amidst media controversy, a virtual reality dating app whisks Callum and Rachel back to the 1930s. But when their swinging fling takes an unexpected turn, any hope of a future together hangs in the balance.
uK rt: 14m
the october martyr directed by robert tiemstra
In a totalitarian state where individual liberties are crushed and people who speak out are executed without trial, a judge has to confront a prisoner who will not be intimidated by their death sentence.
usa rt: 15m
a Killer outside directed by Joe Zalias
Suffering from agoraphobia and believing she is being tormented by an alien entity, Caroline must distinguish between reality and mental illness. With the help of her therapist, she summons the strength to leave the confines of her home.
uK rt: 8m
Part forever directed by alan chung-an, ou
There is a traditional custom in Taiwan that the soul of a dead person visits their family within three days of their death. Huei along with her husband comes to visit her sister in the morning hall. However the seemingly calm and sad farewell ceremony hides an astonishing and dark secret. Contains scenes some might find distressing taiwan rt: 13m
sun 12 march
feature film (15)
7:30PM Stanley Arts , South Norwood SE25 6AB £10. Food and bar available.
northern Quality
directed by tuukka matti Johannes temonen
A Finnish farming family struggles to make ends meet. With the promise of an end to their financial strife, they switch crops to a field of cannabis. But their problems have only begun.
finland rt: 105m
uK Premiere
vera’s Jump
directed by Анна Мифтахова Vera has no confidence in herself. However, for the parachuting instructor to like her, she decides to jump. She jumps too late and endangers her life.
russia rt: 12m
tues 14 march
feature film & shorts (15)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace SE19 2TE £10. Food and bar available. the
creeping
directed by Jamie hooper
Due to a traumatic childhood experience Anna hasn’t returned home for many years. With her ailing grandmother suffering with worsening symptoms of dementia, Anna moves home to look after her. Soon after, strange things begin happening.
uK rt: 94m
yaffa 11
directed by hassan Kadan
Darwish, an Arab-Israeli teenager is struggling to figure out his place in the world. Estranged from his conservative Muslim father, and squatting on a dilapidated boat, he dreams of a new start abroad away from Arab-Israeli conflict.
israel rt: 16m
Project mycroft
directed by Jorge diaz Zamora
Mycroft is a machine that will show you a personalized work of art, for better or for worse.
mexico rt:15m
mantis
directed by luigi sibona
An uninvited meeting in a dusty London laundrette escalates from tone-deaf flirtations to something more sinister but when the knives are out, who is the prey and who is the victim becomes less clear.
uK rt: 8m
Wed 15 march long docs & shorts (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10 Bar & food available.
the captain’s heart
directed by simon Bang
Seventeen years in the making, acclaimed storyboard artist and painter Simon Bang in his first feature documentary digs into a painful family story spanning two world wars and a life at sea. An epic story that grips from start to finish.
denmark rt: 94m
thurs 16 march fab eclectic mix (18)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace SE19 2TE £10. Food and bar available.
the Painter and the Poet
directed by dan thorburn
Bea goes on a quest to impress society’s elite in order to gain access to this exclusive world, Fin refuses to succumb to a life of fortune-chasing and people-pleasing. In a final attempt to impress the appraisers, Bea‚Äôs plan goes awry when an emotional Fin delivers an impromptu speech that suddenly thrusts the siblings into the limelight, but not in the way they had anticipated.
uK rt: 15m
london Premiere
the electricity in me directed by mat sheldon
1000 days directed by Jeanette rourke & ron Bambridge
No one is immune - Globally, close to 800,000 people die from suicide every year. One person every forty seconds. We don’t talk about it. Lets break that silence.
uK rt: 22m
london Premiere
Years after giving up her newborn son for adoption, a woman confronts her trauma and memories of the man she calls ‘my monster’.
uK rt: 10m
stage door Guy | Beach Party directed
by sergio angot
Featuring London’s foremost punk blues act uK rt: 3m
World Premiere
the ratcatcher’s daughter
directed by Jim Bryson, adam Jeffcoat
Using defining moments in history, rats are trying to seize power all over the world. 1920, in Petrograd, the rats decide it’s time to rise from the underground.
canada rt: 13m
european Premiere
Kitty
directed by Jack Jennings
A conservative cat-sitter is hired by a young couple to look after their special breed of feline. As the night creeps on, he soon discovers that all is not what it seems, and his deeply held beliefs are challenged.
united Kingdom
00:09:36
World Premiere
toy Phone
directed by Gabe Braden
When her young son starts “speaking” to his recently deceased father on a toy phone, a mother is forced to confront the loss she never quite dealt with.
usa, rt:15m
european Premiere
the tumuk humak expediton directed
by freek de Goeje
the Blue scarf
directed by hiba raza
This coming-of-age follows a young girl called Lana on the day she secretly decides to start wearing the hijab, and how that decision affects her relationships both at home and at school.
uK, rt: 10m
to my next lover directed by
Kieran charnock
This will not end well...¶
A poet forewarns their next lover of what lies ahead.
Based on the poem “to my next lover” by Paula Harris
new Zealand, rt: 3m
london Premiere
In 1907 the Tumuk Humak Expedition took place under the leadership of Claudius de Goeje with the intention to map the rainforest of South Suriname. During the trip, Claudius made the first contacts with the Wayana, the indigenous people of Suriname. The Goeje Mountains were also named after him. One hundred years later, I’m trekking through the jungle, looking for the Wayana and to see what the consequences of this colonial expedition are.
netherlands rt:41m
fri 17 march short docs (15)
7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10. Bar & food available.
nicholas Brothers: stormy Weather directed by michael shevloff
In the 1940s, virtuoso tap dancing duo the Nicholas Brothers performed a dance routine so beautiful, so athletic, so seminal, it prefigured hip hop dance by 3 decades. Contemporary dancers Les Twins, inspired by their story, bring this iconic routine out of the shadows, creating a modern incarnation of the groundbreaking original.
usa rt: 20m
european Premiere demons directed by daniel ali, mark robertson
Whilst struggling with his addiction to alcohol, Ben Dean turns to the dark side finding sobriety and solice. Dean’s spiritual journey and quest for a higher power leads him down an unexpected path where he becomes an inspiration to others, leading them on their own path to sobriety.
uK rt: 13m
london Premiere
love languages directed by Jason osborne
Afro-Caribbean barbershops tend to provide a safe space for the black male community. They are environments charged with boisterous hilarity and touching honesty in equal measure. With the barber’s chair acting as a makeshift therapist’s couch, Love Languages is a nuanced and intimate portrayal of these conversations as six black men share their personal experiences of love and loss through emotive introspection, whilst challenging perceptions of their identity and black masculinity.
uK rt: 13m
thrown away child directed by Jd donnelly
Failed by a care system that continuously ignored evidence of the abuse she suffered as a child, Louise was saved by her determination to escape home and become an artist. Fifty years later, Thrown Away Child explores how her case was able to slip through the cracks, and how she uses her past to fight for the rights of looked-after children.
uK rt: 31m
the Pleasure in Pain
directed by curtis Blair
An arthouse documentary short following key figures of the London kink scene on an exploration into BDSM and the notorious fetish event Klub Verboten. The film touches upon themes of psychology, neurodiversity, trauma, LGBTQ+ rights and black representation.
uK rt: 15m
Bare metal directed by Brandon robert Gries, ryan freng, John shoemaker Microsoft, Google, META, and AWS are some of the biggest single-power consumers in the world. Along with other digital infrastructure companies’ consumption, they make up 2.4% of the world’s energy use. This film details the digital infrastructure industry’s work to reduce their carbon footprint in an effort to lower carbon emissions and help save the world.
usa rt: 10m
venetian men
directed by celia Willis
1994. A film about a coach trip, male beauty and the gaze of teenage girls.
uK rt: 9m
sat 18 march animation (12a)
7:30PM Picturehouse West
Norwood SE27 9JU £12. Bar & food available.
Gruf and me
directed by dovi Keich
Gruf is a graffiti character that comes to life in animation. When he falls in love with the street artist who created him, Gruf desperately tries to find her in the shabby streets of Tel Aviv and discovers that inter-dimensional love is not easy. israel rt: 9m
the top spot
directed by frank Weber
Competing for the top spot in the herd is a contest one little ibex is sure to fail. But when being the biggest and the best is valued above all, The Top Spot asks, do you really need to be important or powerful to be happy? Maybe it’s enough to just be..
uK rt: 7m
middle Watch
directed by John stevenson, aiesha Penwarden
Haunted and scarred by conflict and loss, a sailor must come to terms with the trauma of war and the mysteries of the deep, as he endures another shift in the small hours of the night on the Middle Watch.
uK rt: 12m
london Premiere
candlelight directed by scott newton
In a dusty attic, two candles discover each other and fall in love. However, a shocking discovery is made when both candles realise that the heat from their combined flames, whenever they touch, causes them to rapidly melt.
uK rt:7m
the sprayer directed by farnoosh abedi
laika & nemo
directed by Jan Gadermann
Nemo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut.
Germany rt: 15m
the forest King
directed by lubomir arsov
Set in a suffocating over-commercialised future, a young boy’s desire for success and status leads him into a terrifying and deadly new reality through the lens of a mysterious VR game.
canada rt: 20m
european Premiere
In land occupied by the sprayers army, no one is permitted to grow any kind of plants. One day a soldier finds a seed buried deep in the dust. His curiosity is the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary iran, rt: 9m
there’s a Bison on the Prairie directed by morgan miller
A short film about existence and sentience. Satirical in tone, the film chronicles evolution and the development of the carnivore.
usa rt: 7m
london Premiere
my friend fly
directed by Jason Jear Wen
A young boy is sent by his mother to clean up his room, after accidentally breaking her house plant. As he begins the clean up, he magically shrinks to the size of an ant.
uK rt: 9m
World Premiere
curiosa
directed by tessa moult-milewska
Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time, just to discover it‚ it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.
uK rt:10m
sun 19 march mixed length docs (15) 7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10 Bar & food available.
clowntographer directed by Joe Bor
Steve Best has been a comedian for over 25 years and a photographer for pretty much the same amount of time. We follow Steve as he interviews and shoots comedians, gallery owners, photographers and comedy promoters to find out what makes a great comedy photograph.
Behind the loom directed by heejoo Kim
An experimental animated short film about the impact of war on women underscoring rape as a war crime in 1945. Told from the perspective of one family, this common yet forgotten story surrounding the Siege of Berlin.
usa rt: 11m
cost of living
A timely short film, curated from more than half a century of archive footage, that reflects on the pandemic cycles of boom and bust that continue to affect us today.
uK 16m
no.8 reporting
directed by aljosha
Kilmov, matthew lyon
Citizens from the well-fed, fenced off city can only venture beyond the “safety” wall on the government’s official train system.
canada rt: 18m
World Premiere
uK 60m
andrew after angola directed by Will la calle
Fascinating stuff! We follow a re-entry program created to help former long term prisoners rebuild their lives in Louisiana and explore the complex background of the program’s founder, Andrew Hundley. who spent decades years in Louisiana’s largest prison, known as Angola, for second-degree murder, a crime he committed at age 15.
usa 40m
tues 21 march
feature film + shorts (18)
7:30PM Everyman Crystal Palace SE19 2TE £10.
Food and bar available.
Publish or Perish
directed by david liban
A dark comedy about a professor, who starts out as an essentially a good man, but is driven to commit terrible crimes in pursuit of tenure at the fictional, Sayles College.
usa rt: 100m
european Premiere
the space Between
directed by John osborne hughes
When Alice and her grandmother, Pearl, woke up this morning, they didn’t know that today might be their last. Steve didn’t either, when his car ploughed into them on a zebra crossing.
uK rt: 11m
World Premiere
diomysus
directed by emily elizabeth morus-Jones
An experimental film where a group of mice (voiced by members of the UK polyamorous community who’s identities are masked using puppetry) discuss their experiences of polyamory.
uK rt: 5m
moustache
man directed by sean Joseph young
Jack is taking care of his Mother after the passing of his Father. His absence left a mother dealing with grief and her own mental illness, and a son trying his best to care for her.
uK rt: 12m
Wed 22 march
light dark/light dark (15)
7:30PM Stanley Arts, South Norwood SE25 6AB £10.
Food and bar available.
the
Bridge directed by rodrigue hammal
The Bridge is about two strangers who meet on a bridge in an unprecedented situation. The events go completely different from their expectations.
canada rt: 25m
smile
directed by Jo smyth
Smile, starring Sue Vincent and Catrin Stewart, is about a woman in her fifties who has to navigate her way through a sexual assault, and corrosive everyday sexism.
uK rt: 14m
World Premiere
lapse
directed by imogen harrison
Lara is a top surgeon at King’s College Hospital in London in the middle of a global pandemic. As life returns to normal, Lara’s pace of life does not slow down and her work/life imbalance continues..
uK rt: 13m
so What did We learn today, Georgina?
directed by franco volpi
Georgina, a curious and energetic 10-year-old, has a lot to say about her day at school while her mum is busy preparing supper. But something Georgina overheard today is on her mind; a word she doesn’t know.
uK, rt: 6m
lamb directed by sinéad o’loughlin
An ordinary day takes a sinister turn for a woman and her child when a stranger walks into their isolated rural home.
ireland, rt: 15m
split or steal directed
by Jack Bailey
Flashing lights, nervous contestants and a host with a permanent grin. It’s the final part of the nation’s favourite gameshow
uK rt: 7m
Wed 23 march amazing short films (15) 7:30PM Picturehouse West Norwood SE27 9JU £10 Bar & food available.
voices directed by abbie lucas
When moving into their new home, Tara and Drew are alarmed when they overhear their neighbours arguing. As the voices get louder and more violent, they must decide if it‚ is their responsibility to act.
uK rt: 11m
Walls like Windows
directed by Werner vivier
When Maggie invites a stranger into her home, she is confronted with the very thing she has been trying to avoid.
uK rt: 12m
raja’s had enough directed by ekaterina [Katia] saiapina
Raja is a creature in human form working at The Afterlife Bureau, where souls are processed after their death. Fed up after years of processing femicide victims, Raja sneaks to Earth to save a stranger Zoey from her upcoming murder.
uK rt: 11m
london Premiere
memories of mummy
and daddy directed by Johannes magnus aule
A troubled young artist hires two actors to relive childhood memories in order to overcome past trauma.
uK rt: 15m
World Premiere
the manager Position
directed by craig trow
Months after losing his job, a man is still unable to tell his wife.
usa rt: 16m
london Premiere
ProgediaWe are the night directed
by alessandro amaducci
A journey into the world of nocturnal paintings. A dancing celebration of the night. italy rt: 5m
the silent treatment directed by Joe Bor
A short film about an elderly Jewish man who goes to synagogue to make a confession.
uK rt: 10m
sliced Bread directed by Gulliver moore
Sliced Bread is a Comedy short film in which we imagine what a world would look like if Sliced Bread had never been invented - and what would happen in 21st Century society if suddenly it was.
uK rt: 3m
custard creams
directed by isabel steuble-Johnson
Don, an army veteran living under the radar, opens the door to Alison brandishing her glossy brochures. As she delivers the trickiest of news over tea and biscuits, it seems their different worlds are not so dissimilar after all.
uK rt: 10m
uK Premiere
the mourning Bird directed by George somner
The Mourning Bird is a coming of age story that takes an intimate look into a 13 year old boys first encounter with grief.
uK rt: 15m
vrdlK: family of vurdulak directed by sam chou
A traveling diplomat is caught in a snowstorm and forced to take shelter with a poor Serbian family.
canada rt: 14m
london Premiere
the fool’s mate directed
by cian llewellyn
A couples relationship is at a crossroads - as Fred attempts to break up with Holly, she thinks he’s about to propose. ¶
uK rt: 12m
saturday 25 march comedy & awards (18)
7:15PM Stanley Arts
SE25 6AB Awards presented by Andy Zaltzman, host of BBC’s The News Quiz £25, includes glass of bubbles & fab food. Bar available.
murder never looked so Good directed by Jerry chater
the soldier’s Post directed by archer Bros
In the trenches of World War 1, tensions rise between three British soldiers who long for blood, home, and the forbidden.
uK rt: 10m
Detective Mindy Feuker interrogates suspect Gail Lanvers regarding the disappearance of Gail’s roommate.
uK rt: 7m
World Premiere
World Premiere
anonymity Guaranteed directed by Paul edward armstrong
Two men are brought together through a website whose purpose is not what it seems.
usa rt: 12m
european Premiere
Bleep
directed by Ben s. hyland
A couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink as they investigate a strange noise that’s woken them in the night.
uK rt: 8m
Borgo the thinker
directed by max Ward
A documentary crew from 8,000 B.C. meets with Borgo, the tribe’s brightest mind, as he is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough.
uK rt: 6m
World Premiere indifference directed by Bign
Two puppets have an ‘Indifferent’ relationship!
uK 4m
hahahaha (don’t you just know it)
directed by max Ksjonda
Music producers recycled a sample from the 1958 US hit Don’t you just know it‚Äô by Huey Piano Smith
ukraine rt: 3m
World Premiere
do not touch
directed by James newman, harrison newman
An adulterer who discovers his one-night stand is now the subject of an art exhibition to which his girlfriend has tickets. He must destroy the artwork before it destroys his relationship.
uK rt: 8m
“Julia”
directed by Jack donnelly
Touring actors, Jasper and Dario, arrive at ‘digs’ one evening and walk into a peculiar setup. Unintentionally they inflate tensions with their odd host when one causes a blow-up between him and his unusual ‘wife’.
uK rt: 8m
london Premiere
THE END
Guess What’s coming to dinner
directed by
evan Pitt-Payne
In the near future, a man struggles to come to terms with the fact that his daughter is dating an android.
canada rt: 9m
london Premiere
We would like to say a very special thanks to Lucy & James at Martin and Co Crystal Palace for your continued support, to all of the businesses that advertise in the programme each year, to Lambeth & Croydon councils and train stations for allowing us to put up posters and to our absolutely fantastic volunteers who work so hard. We simply couldn’t do it without you!
And to you the public for attending all the screenings.
