Q&As with the filmmakers behind the short films GINGER, FAR FROM HOME, BARE STAGE, KISS and CONTINUITY, which were all screened at Kino Shorts 18.
Interviews by John Robb and Jason Wingard.
GINGER
Dir/Prod/Writ, James Raynard, Prod, Megan Kavangh, 7 mins (Bury 2011)
Student film from Edge Hill University. Once upon a time a girl called Wendy was baking a batch of ginger bread men but by a strange turn of events, she baked a real boy to life.
FAR FROM HOME
Dir/Writ, Sophie Broadgate; Prod, Claire Watkinson, 10m16s (Manchester 2011)
Student film from Manchester Metropolitan University. The film follows two brothers as they try to survive whilst the world above them is destroyed.
BARE STAGE
Dir/Prod/Writ, Samantha Deas; Prod, Jamie Coles; Writ, Richard Addlesee, 9m, (Bury 2011)
Student film from Bolton University, A theatre cleaner, overlooked by everyone who meets him, shares with us his hidden talent and opens up for the first time.
KISS
Dir/Writ, Mat Johns; Prod, Kate Murphy, 11mins, (Manchester 2011)
Kiss follows Rob and Charlotte, two characters who are on different paths that cross and separate in the blink of an eye. It’s a story about not knowing, a story about having to get on with your day when no one else knows what you’ve been through.
CONTINUITY
Dir/Prod/Writ, George Makin. 19m 20s, (Manchester 2011)
A man struggling to comes to terms with his wife’s death Jacob discovers a diary written in his own hand describing memories he’s never had happening in places he’s never been. The film takes us along Jacob’s journey to discover the truth.
