LO-BUDGET MAYHEM: Double Bill (at Rio Dalston)
Sunday, 27 June 2021
ALL OF THE PEOPLE, dir. Daisy Higgins
We've all had to adapt to working from home this year gone, including LSFF’s beloved low budget filmmakers.
Ever-resourceful on a shoestring budget, and enlivened with a little lockdown-induced cabin fever, this batch of thriftily-made curiosities have turned out both ingenious and suitably screwball.
From the life story of a swearing fridge and fingernails that chat back, to a jittering Humphrey Bogart and animated psychedelia, expect big laughs, music video, a smattering of lockdown experiments and romances from the heart.
Programmed by Philip Ilson. 96'
THE START OF NOTHING
Nico Pimparé
12'
2020
United Kingdom
During an ill-advised bout of self-improvement, Lucas pulls out his back at the gym.
MEMOIRS OF A FREEZER
Theo James Krekis
4'
2020
United Kingdom
A anthropomorphic disgruntled freezer recalls his past owners and their eating habits.
SEEDS OF LOVE
Behnam Taheri, Gideon Beresford
4'
2020
United Kingdom
Love grows in unexpected places.
BOOKANIMA: DANCE
Shon Kim
7'
2020
South Korea
A compound word and genre of ‘book’ and ‘anima’, giving new cinematic life to the written word.
STAY AT HOME: SURVIVE ELDRITCH ANOMALIES
Christian Burnett
4'
2020
United Kingdom
Set in a fictional 1979 in which Britain has been hit by a surge of paranormal phenomena, this public service information film explains the horrors of the outside world.
PUNDERTON
Paolo Chianta
2'
2020
United Kingdom
Do you remember that old kids’ cartoon show about the boy who visited a reservoir and met a friendly bear?
A PLACE TO STAY
Asham Kamboj
8'
2020
United Kingdom
A man rents a room for a few days, however the apartment is not so welcoming to new tenants.
FINGERNAILS
Sam Brewster
5'
2020
United Kingdom
A woman living alone is tormented by some tiny rowdy visitors and goes about finding a way to silence them.
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
Cameron Krogh Stone
1'
2020
United Kingdom
In an ant-eat-ant world, Commander Ant orders its colony of worker ants to gather food, pushing them to the very brink to deliver the goods before the day is out.
EASIER - MR BRUCE
Ian Bruce
3'
2020
United Kingdom
Intricate sculptures made of fruit and vegetables are filmed over the course of months rotting into mulch with some surprise guests arriving to help.
ON LETTING THINGS BE (AN EXERCISE)
Sophie Clements
2'
2020
United Kingdom
A celebration of ‘ordinary’ objects, the bits and pieces that accumulate over time, and letting those objects speak for themselves.
EDDIE MURPHY
Benjamin Spike Saunders, Marie Dutton
3'
2020
United Kingdom
A tale about leftover lovers.
REAR VIEW
Daniel Rands
4'
2020
United Kingdom
A driver tries some small talk to connect with his Uber passenger, but ends up raising bigger issues.
DEFORMED PIGEON FEET
Edward Smyth
5'
2020
United Kingdom
Deformed. Pigeon. Feet.
CRUMBS #3 (CINEMA TRAILER)
Jack Wormell
3'
2020
United Kingdom
A cinema trailer voiceover is paired with footage of a beach in south-west Ireland with, er, no connection to one other.
BRO!
Juan Herrera Zuluaga
4'
2020
Guatemala
Fabio, an emerging independent filmmaker, struggles to get his film made.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE
Daisy Higgins
6'
2020
United Kingdom
An animated psychedelia of floating wizards, heads, and cows.
THE DEVIL'S DICE
Matt Brothers
5'
2020
United Kingdom
Six friends fall under the spell of some demonic dice during a birthday weekend away at a remote cottage. Lost for decades, this recently unearthed trailer is all that remains of the '80s cult hit that never was.
BURN&SOOTHE
Shiyi Li
4'
2020
United Kingdom
The story of a woman who wants to hold onto lost loves.
ROSE BOGART
David Leister
5'
2020
United Kingdom
In homage to Rose Hobart and edited tape and scissors style, Humphrey Bogart's movements are tracked across The Maltese Falcon using only single words, syllables and simple movement.
RADIO SILENCE
Louiza Ntourou
3'
2020
United Kingdom
Radio Silence is a film about the imaginary communication of a daughter with her father through the radio. It explores the complexity of human relationships commenting on the paradoxical ways of experiencing the presence and/or absence of the other