In this fun Q&A, filmmakers present their films and share stories from behind the scenes with our regular hosts, Mark and Jamie.

PERISCOPE
Dir: Lee Campbell
UK 4mins

PERISCOPE (2023) shares my personal fascination of the periscope since I was a child and is used a device to talk about seeing, being seen and the difficulty of not being seen. The film is part of a body of work I am building up; memoir style pieces of writing about my identity as a gay man using what I do as an artist and filmmaker.
Poetry. Experimental. UK Premiere.

PROPER SHAVE
Dir: Lee Campbell
UK 4mins

Getting your haircut can be very emotional. This poetry film is my personal biography told through the different haircuts that I have had over the years. It is also an exploration of intimacy and the little everyday intimacies we have with people that we don’t often sit down and think about.
Poetry. UK Premiere.

SCARLET
Dir: Govind Chandran
UK 13mins

Set in Victorian England, a vampire (Scarlet) is held captive by a dogmatic vampire hunter (Robert) who attempts to ‘purify’ the unclean creature. The corpse of her lover (Amber) laying in front of her, Scarlet argues with Robert over which of them is truly the monster.
Genre shorts. Drama. UK Premiere.

THE PAINTER
Dir: Jahanshah Vafaeisefat
USA 19mins

Pap, a former championship boxer, has become a cynic and a recluse after the death of his wife. Years later, his estranged granddaughter Jesse attempts to make a documentary about him. Conflict erupts as the two are unable to see eye to eye.
Drama. World Premiere