Film
Cine Sisters SW Film Festival Film Screenings only
Cine Sisters SW are pleased to present their inaugural short film festival championing the innovative work of women and non-binary creatives working in film and moving image in the South West.
Cine Sisters SW are a collective of women working in film and living in Devon & Cornwall. They launched in September 2020 with the aim of developing a network that provides inspiration and support to its members to create projects on a wide range of platforms.
These tickets are for the film screenings only.
Tickets for each screening are available at £5 full price / £4 concession. Advance booking recommended.
N.B: If you would like to attend both screenings, please make sure you add tickets for each of them in your basket before proceeding to checkout.
If you would like to book a festival pass giving you access to the screenings and the workshops, click here.
Dir: Carolyn Black
Melt & Flow is one of a series of works - drawings and films - that began during the heatwave of summer 2022. Carolyn prepared in advance and mixed pigments with water, using graphite powder, Bideford Black and Sumi ink for the black, and red and blue pigment powders made from the mudstones at Garden Cliff. Garden Cliff is from the Triassic Period - the one prior to the biggest climate crisis in history - the Jurassic Period. Last year was the hottest summer since records began. As the ice caps melt, the seas will rise, the river will flood. Water will spread across the land, concealing it. When ice melts, it loses form by transforming to liquid. Ice, melt, flood. A cycle of transitions between solids and liquids.
Surface Tension
Dir: Amanda Bluglass
What lies beneath the surface of Britain’s rivers? Our relationship with our waterways is a romantic one, but England’s precious chalk streams are as polluted as they were half a decade ago. Surprising discoveries are revealed in this poignant reflection on life, above and below the waterline.
Eilean Eisdeal
Dir: Ruth Bell
Filmed off the West Coast of Scotland, this atmospheric dance film conveys the landscape through the dancers’ bodies, sound and voice.
Don’t Feed The Horses
Dir: Georgia Gregory-Morris
Don’t Feed The Horses is a magical realism film following the dizzy and unsuspecting Bootless as he sets out to be reunited with his missing wellington. After meeting two mysterious “horses” along the way, Bootless is faced with a new and disturbing solution to his problem.
Moments I Saw In Red
Dir: Penn Balint
'Moments...' is an experimental short film exploring the relationship between trauma, synaesthesia, and art. Shot on 8mm film, the film follows the story of a person with PTSD and synaesthesia who is recounting their memories associated with the colour red.
Jokes On You
Dir: Claud Tonietto
A reflection on the experience of living in a trans body: being a body as a physical experience of sensing, feeling and moving; versus the external reading imposed on the body, that clashes and feels alien. What’s left but to laugh off my own performance of failing (whose? ideas of) gender and labels?
SUN DAY
Dir: Patrycja Loranc
A video diary within a series of works exploring states of consciousness, transpersonal experience, complexities of perception and the vulnerability of being.
Weightless
Dir: Lois Norman
In this solo and affecting performance by award winning actor Toyah Willcox, we are witness to the world and anguish of 62-year-old Maureen, as she fights alone on a seashore, for a shard of self-belief. Surrounded by the beauty of nature, we witness the bravery it can take to move beyond the shame of her eating disorder, body dysmorphia and the voices of past judgement, towards a splash of possibility: that she might finally feel she is ‘enough’.
Dir: Black Bark Films
A deep dive into chronic anxiety through a personal feminist lens, via slasher flicks, bloody knickers & suicidal insects.
Peach Fuzz
Dir: Holly-Jane Mutton
A poetic documentary exploring the detrimental impact body hair has on the lives of young women and the differing opinions that still surround the topic. The film is told in four parts - MONEY, CAREER, SEX and CHOICE - delving into ideas of how female-presenting people navigate the world of body hair removal and how this affects other aspects of their life such as finances, time and work.
Fallen Angel
Dir: Bex Phillips
The Fallen Angels first fell on the streets of Manchester in December 2012 to mark what was believed to be the end of the world. Since then, Fallen Angels have descended onto the streets of our towns and cities to coincide with astronomical events passing comets, meteorites, and Super Moons.
Harry
Dir: Kate Stubbs
Reflecting on his childhood and growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Harry confronts his own prejudice and questions his current climate activism.
Tebel Venyn
Dir: Izzy Wilkinson
Eva, an isolated young woman, encounters a mysterious creature residing in the waters surrounding her community. It isn’t before long that the line between good and evil begins to blur. A short dark piece about isolation, transgression and obsession.
Placenta Pâté
Dir: Tia Salisbury
New mum Libby has breastfeeding woes, but when her wife, Erin suggests a traditional placenta remedy is the answer, underlying tensions rear their head and it's not just the kitchen getting messy.
Cine Sisters SW are a collective of women working in film and living in Devon & Cornwall. They launched in September 2020 with the aim of developing a network that provides inspiration and support to its members to create projects on a wide range of platforms.
These tickets are for the film screenings only.
Tickets for each screening are available at £5 full price / £4 concession. Advance booking recommended.
N.B: If you would like to attend both screenings, please make sure you add tickets for each of them in your basket before proceeding to checkout.
If you would like to book a festival pass giving you access to the screenings and the workshops, click here.
12.40-13.40 Screening 1
Melt & FlowDir: Carolyn Black
Melt & Flow is one of a series of works - drawings and films - that began during the heatwave of summer 2022. Carolyn prepared in advance and mixed pigments with water, using graphite powder, Bideford Black and Sumi ink for the black, and red and blue pigment powders made from the mudstones at Garden Cliff. Garden Cliff is from the Triassic Period - the one prior to the biggest climate crisis in history - the Jurassic Period. Last year was the hottest summer since records began. As the ice caps melt, the seas will rise, the river will flood. Water will spread across the land, concealing it. When ice melts, it loses form by transforming to liquid. Ice, melt, flood. A cycle of transitions between solids and liquids.
Surface Tension
Dir: Amanda Bluglass
What lies beneath the surface of Britain’s rivers? Our relationship with our waterways is a romantic one, but England’s precious chalk streams are as polluted as they were half a decade ago. Surprising discoveries are revealed in this poignant reflection on life, above and below the waterline.
Eilean Eisdeal
Dir: Ruth Bell
Filmed off the West Coast of Scotland, this atmospheric dance film conveys the landscape through the dancers’ bodies, sound and voice.
Don’t Feed The Horses
Dir: Georgia Gregory-Morris
Don’t Feed The Horses is a magical realism film following the dizzy and unsuspecting Bootless as he sets out to be reunited with his missing wellington. After meeting two mysterious “horses” along the way, Bootless is faced with a new and disturbing solution to his problem.
Moments I Saw In Red
Dir: Penn Balint
'Moments...' is an experimental short film exploring the relationship between trauma, synaesthesia, and art. Shot on 8mm film, the film follows the story of a person with PTSD and synaesthesia who is recounting their memories associated with the colour red.
Jokes On You
Dir: Claud Tonietto
A reflection on the experience of living in a trans body: being a body as a physical experience of sensing, feeling and moving; versus the external reading imposed on the body, that clashes and feels alien. What’s left but to laugh off my own performance of failing (whose? ideas of) gender and labels?
SUN DAY
Dir: Patrycja Loranc
A video diary within a series of works exploring states of consciousness, transpersonal experience, complexities of perception and the vulnerability of being.
Weightless
Dir: Lois Norman
In this solo and affecting performance by award winning actor Toyah Willcox, we are witness to the world and anguish of 62-year-old Maureen, as she fights alone on a seashore, for a shard of self-belief. Surrounded by the beauty of nature, we witness the bravery it can take to move beyond the shame of her eating disorder, body dysmorphia and the voices of past judgement, towards a splash of possibility: that she might finally feel she is ‘enough’.
15.45-17.00 Screening 2
Period DramaDir: Black Bark Films
A deep dive into chronic anxiety through a personal feminist lens, via slasher flicks, bloody knickers & suicidal insects.
Peach Fuzz
Dir: Holly-Jane Mutton
A poetic documentary exploring the detrimental impact body hair has on the lives of young women and the differing opinions that still surround the topic. The film is told in four parts - MONEY, CAREER, SEX and CHOICE - delving into ideas of how female-presenting people navigate the world of body hair removal and how this affects other aspects of their life such as finances, time and work.
Fallen Angel
Dir: Bex Phillips
The Fallen Angels first fell on the streets of Manchester in December 2012 to mark what was believed to be the end of the world. Since then, Fallen Angels have descended onto the streets of our towns and cities to coincide with astronomical events passing comets, meteorites, and Super Moons.
Harry
Dir: Kate Stubbs
Reflecting on his childhood and growing up during The Troubles in Belfast, Harry confronts his own prejudice and questions his current climate activism.
Tebel Venyn
Dir: Izzy Wilkinson
Eva, an isolated young woman, encounters a mysterious creature residing in the waters surrounding her community. It isn’t before long that the line between good and evil begins to blur. A short dark piece about isolation, transgression and obsession.
Placenta Pâté
Dir: Tia Salisbury
New mum Libby has breastfeeding woes, but when her wife, Erin suggests a traditional placenta remedy is the answer, underlying tensions rear their head and it's not just the kitchen getting messy.
