Be sure not to miss this bumper programme and if anyone wants to bring along a short under 5 mins – we’ll hand the last 20 mins over to you – the audience!!

This final programme includes a Premier Screening of Mike Le Han‘s magical fantasy Mrs Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room and a first at Kino for Stockport born Anthony Hickling‘s made in Paris short, Birth 3: The Death of Triptch (the third part in a trilogy). Full programme details below.

As usual we will have directors and producers from most of the films present and they’ll be partaking in Q&A’s after their films. And don’t forget, there’s time for a great networking session after the screening with a late bar.

“As this is the last Kino Shorts screening at greenroom and that Kino do not know where and when we’ll return, it would be great to see as many of our regulars and newcomers down to Kino as possible to make this a right royal send off!”

Programme information

The Living End
Dir/Prod/Writ; Rob Curry (4 mins), 2010
The morning after, a shaggy dog story…

Six Minutes of Freedom
Dir; Keith Mackin, Prod; Jack Suckling, Writ; K Mackin/John Reck
(11 mins) 2010
Chris a trouble teenager wants to punch his way through life, having been abandoned by his father and feeling resentment towards his mother and his step-father.

Home Cooking
Dir/Writ; Jack Levy, Prod; Yanin Pongsuwan (4 mins) 2010
A woman prepare the perfect dinner date for her lover.

Birth 3: The Death of Triptch
Dir/Prod/Writ; Antony Hickling. (17 mins), 2010
Birth 3 is the final chapter in a trilogy. The theme sexuality is still predominant. The film explores the abuse of the central chaaracter, Inria as she reveals her sexuality to a hostile society. Ultimately saved by her relationship with a man who allows Inria to escape her tormented past.

Interval 9.05 – 9.30

Happy Families (2 micro flash animations)
Mr Pygg
Dir/Animator/Writer; Mole Hill. (1 min) 2011
Art and artist achieve perfect harmony in this flash animation.
Mrs Rutt
Dir/Animator/Writer; Mole Hill. (1 min) 2010
A new bride is wise to watch the pennies, as illustrated in this flash animation.

Mrs Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room
Dir/Prod; Mike Le Han, Writ; Helen & Mike Le Han. (25 mins) 2011
Deep in a Cornish village a little girl Eloise sits reading her book she’s had since birth when she’s distracted by movement from within the Reading Room Book Shop across the street. Inquisitive she investigates….but what she discovers is a little more than she bargained for and Mrs Peppercorn shows her how magical her world can really be.

Learner
Dir/Prod/Writ; Kate Murphy (6 mins) 2011
Maria is taking driving lessons from her Uncle Jim. Unfortunately there is a lot more to learn that she realised. Shot and edited in under 36 hours as part of Filmonik Kabaret, April 2011.

Plus Guest films on the night ….

…about Kino Shorts

Kino Shorts is an evening of new short films selected for their quality of production & originality,  with a Q&A session following each film screening. Films are short fiction, animation, experimental or documentarymade in the last 12 months. Occasionally the programme may include a premiere of a North West feature (check web site for up to date programme). There is also a late bar and time for networking.

GET INVOLVED: Are you a short filmmaker? Get in touch via www.kinofilm.org.uk