Luton Movie Makers
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Filmshow for
Luton Festival 2005
"ForWord"

Literature and Drama Festival


At The hat Factory, Basement Lounge on 14 November 05
Showings starting: 2.30pm and 7.30pm

For the "ForWord" Theme, the films to be shown have been selected from the LMM Library to show how film can be used as a support medium for words (stories, poems, radio plays, songs, etc.) and verbal communication.

DRAFT Programme

Childhood Days (Video-Poem, 2 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
A poem by Veronica Gudgin about her childhood memories in Luton is sung by Elizabeth Haruna and accompanied with film by Paul Clarke.

Alfred The Great (Historical Documentary, 7 Min)
Director: Scott Bailey
About the life and times of Alfred the Great.

The Blockage (Comedy, 4 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
A Club Film about the last resort to unblock a sink.

Three of Cloth, Four of Silk (Documentary, 14 Min)
Director: Gemma Knight, Alexander Rae
Explores the history and presence of witchcraft in a small village in the South of England.

Panda Plonk (Comedy 4 Min)
Director: Zaman Uddin
Put movie makers and props in a room. Tell them to make a "film in an evening". With Scott Bailey, Paul Mitchamson [and the Panda Bear].

Hedgehog Hospital (Wildlife Documentary, 9 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
Describes the life saving activities of Caddington Hedgehog Hospital run by Mrs Angela.Smith at her home.

The Morning Child (Video-Poem, 3 Min)
Director: Frank McPartland
Based on the poem by Dawn Bauling. Children and wheels.

L'Entretien D'un Chat (Animation, 5 Min)
Director:Adam Procter
An Interview with a cat. What else!

Dallow Learning Community Centre Opening (Documentary, 4 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
A documentary about the Multi-faith dedication ceremony and the rest of the opening event.

The Invaders (Science Fiction, 20 Min)
Director: Scott Bailey
John Thomas, a freelance film maker is sent to film a nuclear protest but makes a chance encounter with aliens who are about to invade the World. Filmed in and around Luton.

Sympathy (Drama/Play, 13 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
About a nurse's conversation with an old man. Cast:- Grace Froggatt & Tony Coutinho

Cole (Drama/Play, 10 Min)
Director: Tim Porter
Tired of a repetitive, dead-end job, our man searches for more lucrative and exciting means of fulfilment.

Osay Milneka Asira (Musical/Pop-Video, 6 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
A Pop-Video of an Indian Song, sung by Abbey K Mirza, Set in Luton autumn Countryside.

Liverpool, City of the Sixties (Historical Documentary, 6 Min 30 Sec)
Director: Tony Coutinho
Converted from Cine to MiniDV by Alan Gardner, edited and digitally enhanced by Paul Clarke, from Tony Coutinho's original silent standard 8 cine film of 1968.

The Happy Old Man (Comedy, 1 Min)
Director: Paul Clarke
The old man seems very happy. But why, and what's his dark secret?