bang! festivalography

For Mum

Esther May Campbell

Chakira tells us enthusiastically that she has a whale of a time and even bunks school and no one tells her off. How could they? Her mum's dying of cancer. The realisation that she'll lose her mum finally catches up with her.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - March 2007

Personal Demons

Young people from Newman School

Documentary exploring the "Personal Demons" of young people from Newman School, presented through a collection of individual reflections, stories and anecdotes.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - March 2007

Doodlebug

Lee Price

A Boys doodle comes alive and chases him around the house.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - March 2007

Used

Mehul Desai

A SOLEFUL drama... LACED with comedy.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - March 2007

Back to the Eighties

Lee Parker

Music Video inspired by 'The Eighties' Track from Robbie Williams current abum, Rudebox.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - March 2007

Through the Headlines

Donna Bowyer

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

Nowhere Man

Owen Davies

Sweet and gentle Kafka-esque tale of business enterprise and ambition in one's chosen field.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2005

A Mid-Summer Nightmare

Rishi Thaker

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

Deliberate Death Of A Postman

Michael Abbott

Poetic insight on the mean streets of here a dog eat dog world of petty interest and sudden violence - provocative stuff.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2006

Missed Call

Mike Dawson

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2005

Porn of the Dead

Mark Winthrope

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - July 2005

The Report

David Smith

A horror/thriller about the mentally corrupting nature of the modern workplace.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Premier Screening - April 2006

Trinity Anthem

Trinity

Awesome music promo for Derby based collective.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2006

Tonight

Mehul Desai

Amish is bored, Amish is depressed, Amish knows what he has to do next

Bang! Short Film Festival - Premier Screening - April 2006

Veggie Girl

Miho Matsuda

Don't like your vegetables? There's only one thing to do.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2005

A Hiss In The Wind

Owen Davies

Beware the moon. stick to the towpath. Dead pan and Frighteningly funny!

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2006

Tramspotting

Matt Barker

A wild life documentary about newcomers to the area - our trams and their natural history, filmed entirely in our local.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2006

A Relatively Close Call

Cheryl Marshall

Cass is cheating on Anton and he smells a rat, but he needs proof. can he sniff out the truth? Great debut from rising new talent.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2006

The Night We Killed a Fox

Sarmad Masud

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - July 2005

Nose Hair

James Sharpe

Some things are best left alone.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Premier Screening - April 2006

The Magician

Vera Juliusdottir

Beautiful, visually poetic study of a young boy's attempt to escape the reality of his family situation from Icelandic filmmaker Vera Juliusdottir.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2006

Baby On Board

Shaun Mechen

Some things just can't wait. Great animated mayhem from ultra talented Mechen.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2006

wipeout

Mark Devenport

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2000

What is Given

Al Clark

Clarke's poignant portrayal of one mans demise from happiness to a life on the streets.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2006

Skeletons

Nick Whitfield

Two besuited men walk across the moor. They are going to do a job. Will their clients survive "the procedure"?

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2006

ReIntro: Music

Vincent Chang

In a port war age three teenagers stumble across a box from the past which holds many items; including an mp3 player. They soon encounter one of the lost arts of expressing the language of their existence: music.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2006

Low Budget Filmmaking - Trailer

Mark Devenport

Up and coming, Devenport's hilarious film about how hard it is to make a movie. Coming soon to a cinema near you..

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2006

A long way for a little taste

Luke Smith

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2005

Milk

Kevin Brett

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - December 2005

The Love Train

Eva Bennett

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - December 2005

The Butterfly and Me

Amir Bazrafshan

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2005

Gift

Chris Palmer

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - July 2005

Wig Sisters

Katy Milner

Touching and hilarious tale of twisted theatrical sisters in their autumn years: rivalry, bitchiness, big hair! It's all here. Lovingly acted and shot this live action debut still carries Milner's adventurous animation sensibility.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2005

i hate to love you

Amir Bazrafshan

Feeling trapped, desperate, finding it hard to work? Sometimes it's just a matter of perspective. Great cast in a great looking debut film.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2005

Gold

Rachel Davies

This beautiful visual documentary enters the world of suburban gymnastics and finds the inspiration waiting there.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2005

Roboclaus

Joel Henderson

This smart comedy should to all that's necessary to take what's left of your Christmas spirit and destory it!

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2005

Royalty

Paul Williams

Gritty portrait of Kings Cross nightlife.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2002

Look At Me

Lucas Roche

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

The Meeting

Lucas Roche

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2003

Turn On Tune In - 107.9 FM

Lyndsay Grant Muller

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

From Darkness

Nora Twomey

Bang! Short Film Festival - Animation Screening - August 2003

Time Wasters

Tim Cunningham

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - January 2000

Mixed Frequencies

Joris Oprins

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

A Grande Love Story

Iain Smith

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

The Prince and The Pee

David Lilley

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2000

Curtain Call

The Turrell Brothers

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

Off the beaten track

Leo Bridle

Great animation that dreams itself off the beaten track of this cyclist's journey.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - January 2005

QNH

Nick Kirk

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2003

Fish

Chris Stokes

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

Day Off The Dead

Lee Lanier

Bang! Short Film Festival - Animation Screening - August 2003

Even Heroes Die

Sarmad Masud

Reflective hip hop video featuring local rapper Scor-Say-Zee with amusing extras

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2003

Some String

Mark Devenport

See a penny, pick it up

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - November 2001

Chile Bovine

Tom Kirk

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

Mervyn

Katie Milner

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2003

An Indian Restaurant

Sarmad Masud

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2003

Map of the Scars

Chris Cooke

Bang! Short Film Festival - Retrospective - April 2003

Knitting a Love Song

Annie Watson

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

Those Letters That Should Be Received

Siya

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - September 2004

The Tourist Trap

Max Crow

Animated comedy about tourism on Mars

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - November 2001

Choccy White Head

AG and PJ

Bang! Short Film Festival - Animation Screening - August 2003

Supaheroes

Dena Smiles

It's official: by the age of 9 you have lost your ability to fly! Smiles' smart and witty directorial debut has been distributed internationally, so we are pelased to showcase this Permier for a younger audience.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Matinee Screening - May 2004

BBC House Special

Ray Wong

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

F-Stop

Andrew Whitney and Simon Wallet

Science-Fiction-mad-scientist-lunacy, brilliantly visualised and brought to the screen with amazing special effects from the Hot Knife boys. I'd take this as a serious warning about the perils of an unchecked science destroying our environment.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2004

Bass Invaders

Simon Ellis

Hard hitting special effects pop promo with storyline

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - November 2001

Pillow's Story

Miho Matsuda

The confessions of a pillow! Warning: Matsuda's intensely funny animated tale of the trials and tribulations of an everyday household pillow will leave you unable to sleep comfortably ever again.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2004

Chinese Fork Tie

Andrew Davies

A cautionary tale in today's violent world

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - November 2001

The Brick

Max Crow

Even the smallest amount of power can to to someone's head. This startling and original piece of animation is sure to be a festival favourite around the world.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2004

Get Got

Matt Taylor

Horror, Violence, Zombies... all on the domestic front! Gruesome stuff from a bunch of local filmmakers, a promising debut indeed.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2004

Pieces

Luke Dennis

Winner of the Royal Television Society Award: Best Non-Factual Short (that's drama to you and me!) 2003. Scary stuff : as each piece slowly falls into place just don't try looking over your shoulder! M.R. James' styled ghostly horror with a twist in this unsettling and controlled short.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2004

How It Was That We Got To Be Angels

Gareth Howell

Howell's tragic, sad and movingly comic animated mini-masterpiece was a deserved hit at both Brief Encounters in Bristol and the Halloween Film Society. Some dead people are more equal than others, or so it seems.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2004

Tin Ear, Cold Heart, Closed Mind

Andy Hazard

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

In Absentia

James Kibbey and Richard Heald

From finish to start, this experimental narrative turns and twists.

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - May 2002

The Joe Show

Gary Keller

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2003

1:10 Score

Tim Cunningham

Quirky heist comedy in a small town

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2003

Trailer

The Turrell Brothers

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

Xylo-View

Tom Kirk

Strange journey of an old xylophone player

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2003

A Toast to Love

Mike Kraus

Surreal comedy involving the latest in kitchen appliances

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - November 2001

PANIC - I Don't Believe In The Loch Ness Monster

Max Crow

Lo-fi punk video animation made with pencil and tracing paper

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2003

Life's a blast

Shaun Mechen

The final in the trilogy from Shaun - 3 geordies go on an untimely camping trip - Hilarious adventure ensue.

Bang! Game City Screenings - Main & Matinee - October 2006

A Stoner's Guide To Egg Fried Rice

Ray Wong

Exactly what it says on the tin

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - April 2003

Hangover

Adam Krajczynski

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003

Bigpaw

Mark Devenport

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - December 2000

Arachne

Owen Tooth

Bang! Short Film Festival - Main Screening - August 2003