In this experimental journey, the spectator is invited to fill the gaps and connect the dots. Films to Break Projectors, making its world premiere at Flatpack, is a wonderful tribute to celluloid. The one and only Douwe Dijkstra, winner of the Audience Award last year, comes back with his poetic and political Green Screen Gringo. Austrian animator Nikolaus Jantsch will premiere his short film A Love Story. Jantsch was at the ACF London in January of this year with his students from the Angewandte in Vienna to take part in an exchange with Middlesex University. We are delighted to see his work featured as part of this programme.

Films to Break Projectors
Dir: Tim Grabham (cinema iloobia) (UK / 2016 / 5 mins) * Green Screen Gringo
Dir: Douwe Dijkstra (Netherlands / 2016 / 16 mins) Magic Potion
Dir: Helen Woolston (UK, Estonia / 2016 / 2 mins) * Colossal Cave
Dir: Graeme Arnfield (UK / 2016 / 11 mins) Microscopia
Dir: Nikolaus Jantsch (Austria / 2016 / 5 mins) * A Love Story
Dir: Anushka Naanayakkara (UK / 2016 / 7 mins) One Square Mile
Dir: Chris Paul Daniels, Sam Meech (UK / 2016 / 7 mins) G-AAAH
Dir: Elizabeth Hobbs (UK / 2016 / 1 min) For Real Tho 
Dir: Baptist Pennetticobra (France / 2016 / 14 mins) * The World
Dir: Mika Taanila (Finland / 2016 / 7 mins) * Everything
Dir: David O’Reilly (UK, Ireland / 2016 / 10 mins) * Total running time: 85 mins *UK premieres

Tim Grabham and Nikolaus Jantsch will be present at Behind the Camera on Saturday.

This screening is part of the Short Film Competition, supported by the University of Worcester. You can see all five competition programmes if you pick up a Short Film Pass, and the results will be announced on Sunday evening. Don’t forget to cast your vote for the audience award!