24 - 30 April 2009
Engaging, at times quite touching, doc that follows several of the 10 to 15 year old competitors in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The children from Georgia, Malta, Belgium and Bulgaria have very strong but different drives to succeed and surprisingly non-pushy parents. A genuine crowd pleaser.
CLOSING NIGHT PREVIEW SCREENING
Dir. Jamie Johnson UK 2008 1hr 33mins
The sequel to Made In Sheffield, documenting the journey through the 80’s and 90’s of musicians coming of age in Sheffield – a journey which lands them at the heart of the UK’s Dance and Britpop movements.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW SCREENING
Featuring Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley, Rob Gordon and many more.
Dir. Eve Wood UK 2009 1hr 10mins
This incredibly personal film on the life of folk songwriter and performer Vashti Bunyan, sees her retrace her caravan journey from London to the Hebrides which she originally completed in an idealistic personal quest in the 60s.
+ Kieran Evans Q&A
Bunyan dropped out of performing for 30 odd years but has recently returned, with great acclaim, influencing contemporary artists, such as Devendra Banhart.
Kieran Evans, the director of Finisterre and numerous pop promos, will be present at the screening to introduce the film and give a Q&A afterwards.
Dir. Kieran Evans / UK / 2008 / 1hr 27mins
A package of three films in one screening.
CHRISTMAS IN HUDDERSFIELD
MUSIC IS THE ART OF TIME
SHELLSHOCK ROCK
CHRISTMAS IN HUDDERSFIELD (15)
Contemporary interviews and amazing footage from The Pistols last UK gig at Huddersfield where Johnny Rotten et al do their bit for charity at a striking firemen’s children’s party.
Dir. Peter Spence UK 9mins
MUSIC IS THE ART OF TIME, LP FILM PANKRTI / NO FUN (15)
An album film structured around the tracks of No Fun by Slovenian punk band Pankrti. Starting with the first punk show behind the iron curtain, the film shows how Pankrti instigated social change in former Yugoslavia and draws parallels with such movements in the west.
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Igor Zupe Slovenia 2006 47mins
SHELLSHOCK ROCK (15)
Document of the unique Northern Irish punk/new wave scene of 1979 centring around Good Vibrations Records and bands such as Stiff Little Fingers and The Undertones.
Dir. John T Davis Ireland/UK 1979 46mins
Total running time approx. 1hr 45mins
A beautifully filmed, inventive documentary about avant-garde Polish composer, graphic artist and playwright Boguslaw Schaeffer.
Shot in Krakow and Lviv, Ukraine the film documents Boguslaw’s creative and life journey by using the 13 tram stops between the composer’s flat and Krakow’s city centre.
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Maciej Pisarek Poland 55mins
An excellent doc about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where some of the creative pioneers of electronic music forged sounds for programmes such as Doctor Who that would have a massive influence on many Sheffield musicians.
Plus interview with Dick Mills following the screening.
Featuring Brian Hodgson, Dick Mills, Mark Ayres, Wendy Carlos and of course Delia Derbyshire.
Dir. Roger Pomphrey UK 2003 58mins
Plus short film SITE by sound artist Louise Harris.
Fresh, delightfully performed drama about the trials and tribulations of a disparate group of wannabe musicians trying to find fame and fortune by forming an Indie rock band.
There will be an intro and Q&A with Director Giles Borg and Producer Simon Kearney.
PREVIEW SCREENING
Dir. Giles Borg UK 2008 1hr 25mins
At rock camp, girls aged 8 to 18 find their own voices, perform with utter abandon and discover just who they are.
Dirs. Arne Johnson & Shane King
US 2007 1hr 30mins
The first electronic score for a feature film was composed by Bebe and her husband Louis Barron for this cult camp sci-fi classic. Screened to mark the anniversary of Bebe Barron’s death on 20th April 2008.
Dir. Fred McLeod Wilcox
US 1956 1hr 38mins
Scintillating chronicle of the career of Memphis based, ground breaking record producer Sam Phillips, whose Sun Studios launched the careers of rock & roll icons Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.
Dir. Morgan Neville US 2000 1hr 30mins
British chiller about four psychic investigators who venture forth to unravel the mysteries of Hell House. Soundtrack composed by Delia Derbyshire.
Dir. John Hough UK 1973 1hr 35mins