Programme:

A Is for Autism,

Tim Webb, UK, 1992, Beta, 11’

A glimpse into the condition of autism, with words, drawings, music and animation all contributed by people with autism. The film was collaboration, with animation and all the drawings, words and music from the autistic community. The aim of the film was to inform the viewer about autism from the point of view of people who experience the condition. Winner of 8 international awards including a BAFTA nominee in 1993.

Metronome,

Joe King, UK, 1996, Beta, 3’

Beachhuts, promenades, trees, country lanes and all manner of structures are brought to life, beating out their own syncopated rhythms in beautiful black and white.

Eggs, Fish and Blood,

Joan Ashworth, UK, 1999, Beta, 1’30’’

Exploring the fertilisation, growth and birth of an egg. The film suggests the liquid and disturbing inner movements of a pregnancy.

15th February,

Tim Webb, UK, 1995, Beta, 6’30’’

Film of the poem "15th February" by Peter Reading. Symbolism and sadism meet live-action and stop motion in this tale of rejection and its aftermath. Love gone wrong in 294 cuts. The narrator describes the events after the sending of a Valentine’s Day card. Webb’s film aimed to retain the rhythm, repetition and power of Reading’s poem and emphasis the jumps in time of the recollection. The poem has 3 stanzas, each made up of sentences using the same words reordered and repeated. The visuals strictly, though not literally, follow the word orders, and punctuate the sentences.

Festival Awards: Dick Award 1995; Prizes in Oberhausen and Split; Grand Prize - 1st Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin 2002.

Moebius Strip,

Joe King, UK, 1999, Beta, 6’30’’

Manipulation of the frame is used to deconstruct the photographic image in order to reimagine the life and architecture of a bridge.

Silence,

Sylvie Bringass, Orly Yadin, UK, 1996, Beta, 11’

"Forget the past." Tana knew how to keep silent. This haunting animated film captures the surreal world of a child survivor whose pain has not been recognized or shared. It took fifty years for her to break the silence.

Survey,

Joe King, UK, 2003 Beta, 5’

Survey is the result of a photographic tour of South Wales. The film captures some unique architecture and landscape creating a rhythmic anthology of the area. Industrial structures of questionable aesthetic design are brought to life in this area of outstanding natural beauty and shown in a new and exhilerating light.

The Old Fools,

Ruth Lingford, UK, 2002, Beta, 5’37’’

A clear-eyed look at the inevitability of our own decay and death. With some humour and visual seduction, the film uses images that are visceral, abrasive and sometimes quite beautiful, hinting at the consequences of our society’s denial of death. Voiced by Bob Geldof.

Six of One,

Tim Webb, UK, 2000, Beta, 12’30’’

“A body in a garden doesn’t do much for the house princes.“ About love, infidelity, lies, and a crime of passion. The story is a web of deceit, double meaning, double talk and rejection which results in a fatal outcome. 11 minute animated narrative, retelling the same story from 6 different points of view. The sympathy of the audience changes with each characters rendition. The idea emerged from a creative writing class that concentrated on different methods of storytelling. Webb used a real event as the starting point for his plot.

Festival Awards: Great Prize for animation - Vila do Conde, Portugal; 2ND Prize at the World Animation celebration - Los Angeles; Special Mention for script at the Melbourne animation festival; Special script analysis screening at Brussels Animation Festival; BAFTA nominee 2001; Nominated for Cartoon D’Or 2001

Sea Change,

Joe King and Rosie Pedlow, UK, 2005, Beta, 5’30’’

Filmed on a caravan park at the end of the season, Sea Change reveals a landscape dramatically transformed by light and time, and resonating with the transience of human presence.