From stylish film noir to kidnappings and killers, this screening features the darker impulses and flights of fancy from filmmakers. Some experimental excursions and provocative docs complete the line up, leaving audiences with plenty to talk about.
Please note certificates are to be confirmed, please check with the Box Office. Certificates will be provided by Manchester City Council.
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Origin
Group production, LiveWire Studio, Manchester
LiveWire present the premiere one of their films made on the August Film Camp; a short sci-fi film that follows a confused young woman stuck in a vicious cycle of memory loss.
- Taken
Dir: Tom Beever, City College, Manchester
A bike ride in the countryside goes horribly wrong.
- The Last Men Out
Dir: Alex Paddon, Wigan & Leigh College
Creatures from the sewers threaten the last of the human race.
- Waiting For Better Days and Bigger Holes in Doughnuts
Dir: Ashlee Cox, City College, Manchester
Quirky documentary about pub-goers and their political views.
- Death by Scrabble
Dir: Rhiannon Jones, Liverpool Community College
A man and his wife play a dangerous game … of Scrabble.
- Bijou Le Groucho
Dir: Rik Nicholson, Blackburn College
A delusional young man fears his carefree, jobless days are coming to an end.
- Reveal
Dir: Jon Ratcliffe, South Trafford College
Mysteries of the Polaroid murderer.
- The Monochrome Mystery
Dir: Mathew Crisp, Liverpool Community College, Toxteth TV
The case of the colour snatcher.
- 101: Dikxekrow
Dir: Dominic Ricioppo, Blackburn College
Are video games really dangerous for your health?
- Vanilla
Dir: Ellery James Roberts, Woodhey High School
Stylish experiments and ice cream.
- The Audition
Dir: Ryan Done & Greg Jones, City College, Manchester
Violent shower scene.
- Consequences
Dir: Callum Dewhurst, Blackburn College
Moving documentary of an addict by his son.
- Down And Out
Dir: Jamie Allan, Holly Cross College
Never hide boys under the bed.
- Killer
Dir: Liam Der-Sarkissian, Xaverian Sixth Form College
Hangman horror.