XpoNorth 2015 Film Showcasing List Announced
Mon 4 May 2015 / News
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Monday 4th May 2015
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INVERNESS-BASED creative industries festival, XpoNorth, which promotes creative careers throughout the Highlands & Islands of Scotland, has received almost 3,000 entries from filmmakers across the globe looking to be part of its prestigious film showcase programme.
XpoNorth director, Amanda Millen, put a call out for submissions in January this year for short films to screen at the festival which takes place in the Highland capital in June.
As well as receiving submissions from the Highlands & Islands, the rest of Scotland, Ireland and other parts of the UK, Amanda was delighted when just under 3,000 films flooded in from 107 countries, including Vietnam, Nigeria, Iran and Nepal. Most of the films were submitted via FilmFreeway, a global digital platform for filmmakers to get their work seen by film festivals.
Now, with the festival just six weeks away, 104 films have been successful in their bid to be screened before an influential audience of screen and broadcast professionals. The list includes local home-grown talent from the Highlands & Islands.
XpoNorth (formerly goNORTH) takes place this year on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th June at venues across the Highland capital.
According to Millen, a former BBC producer who also heads up ScreenHI, the screen and broadcast wing of XpoNorth, the sheer volume of submissions has made the selection process a challenge,
She said: “It’s been a fascinating process and a real insight into how grassroots filmmaking is thriving in every corner of the globe. The digital age is opening doors for people to make films on a budget wherever they are based. There were some very strong submissions from filmmakers based in the Highlands and Islands and other parts of Scotland.
“XpoNorth is all about giving a platform to emerging talent and offering free practical, hands-on support all year round.”
This year, the screen and broadcast element of XpoNorth is being boosted by the presence of The Screen Machine, the 80-seat, air conditioned mobile cinema which is more usually seen in far-flung corners of the Highlands and Islands.
The Screen Machine will be based in the centre of Inverness for the duration of XpoNorth and will provide a unique viewing point for festival delegates to watch featured films. Of the selected films, 78 will be shown in the Screen Machine, while 26 will screen as part of the conference programme.
Special evening programmes include Screen Academy Scotland celebrating ten years in business with a special programme of shorts and a bespoke programme curated by Richard Warden of The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
A highlight of this will be a screening of controversial Thurso filmmaker, David Graham Scott’s, autobiographical film, Detox or Die. Described as an ‘in-depth portrait of a small-time drug addict seeking redemption’, it tracks his own quick-fix style attempt to shake off a 20-year-long addiction to opiates.
To top off this fantastic feast of film, Millen is introducing The Golden Hour to XpoNorth audiences. Named after cinematographers’ favourite time of the day, the hour just after sunrise or before sunset when the light is softer, XpoNorth will present a selection of Millen’s top picks from partner film festivals.
Details of the full festival XpoNorth conference programme will follow on Tuesday 12th May.
The film showcase list in full:
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'About Me' |
Adam Galloway |
Canada |
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1-0 |
Saman Hosseinuor |
Iran |
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1900-2000 |
Benoit Berthe |
France |
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3 Shades |
Vivek Joshi |
India |
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A Friend of Ours |
Joey Jameson |
Australia |
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A Lost Youth |
Andy Salamonczyk |
United Kingdom |
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A Time Of Freedom |
Douglas McDowall |
United Kingdom |
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A Wee Night In |
Stuart Edwards |
United Kingdom |
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Adana Kebap |
Özgür Barut |
Turkey |
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Agradecimento |
Diego Akel |
Brazil |
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All You Do Is Shag |
Manu Bueno |
Spain |
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Anatomy of a Sunbeam |
Larica Perera |
Canada |
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Arty Anne |
Marcin Walczak |
United Kingdom |
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As He Lay Falling |
Ian Waugh |
United Kingdom |
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Available Light |
John Edwards |
United Kingdom |
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Baby At Any Price |
Clicquot Guillaume |
France |
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Backward Run |
Ayce Kartal |
Turkey |
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Better Than Tomorrow |
EuiJeong Hong |
United Kingdom |
|
Botev is an idiot |
Deyan Bararev |
Bulgaria |
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Calling Ukraine |
Jean Counet |
Netherlands |
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Camouflage |
Lucinda Verweij |
Netherlands |
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ChatRoulette |
Alexander Thomas |
United Kingdom |
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Children's Allowance |
Brian Stynes |
Ireland |
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Chinatown |
Mehmet Gözetlik |
Turkey |
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Cold War |
Julija Proskurina |
Ukraine |
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Companion |
Sean O'Neill |
United States |
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Curse of the Society |
Naimur Rahman Jeem |
Bangladesh |
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Daily Bread |
Betsy Tsai |
United States |
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Dark Side of the Earth |
Aćim Vasić |
United Kingdom |
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Deer and Firework |
Cheng Yixuan |
China |
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Different People |
Kirill Kosolapov |
Russia |
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Directed by Tweedie |
Duncan Cowles |
United Kingdom |
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Dropping Off Michael |
Zam Salim |
United Kingdom |
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e-Social |
Natalia Lampropoulou |
Greece |
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Elysia |
Greg McCarron |
United Kingdom |
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Everything For The Movies |
Lukas Buys |
Belgium |
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False Allegory |
Greg Doble |
Canada |
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First Ascent |
Katrina Brown |
United Kingdom |
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Fly With Me |
Joelle Tyea Enver |
Singapore |
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Freistil |
Jannis Lenz |
Austria |
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Go Daan Go! |
Mari Sanders |
Netherlands |
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Happy New Year |
Joseph Israel Laban |
Philippines |
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Harvest |
Kit McDee |
Australia |
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Heaven Group |
André Nyström |
Sweden |
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Heavyweight |
Jesper Quistgaard |
Denmark |
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Hole |
Parnaz Rad |
Iran |
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I've just had a dream |
Javi Navarro |
Spain |
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James and the Urn |
Louis Clark |
United Kingdom |
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Kapi |
Burak Cilsal |
Turkey |
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Keys, Money, Phone |
Roger Young |
South Africa |
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KiaRex |
Yandong Qiu |
United States |
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Love Refrain |
Silvia Capitta |
Italy |
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Lovearthcam |
Aitor Marín Correcher |
Spain |
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Magarwasi |
Kartik Gupta |
India |
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Michel |
Romain Richard |
France |
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Moments |
Chris Cronin |
United Kingdom |
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Money Box |
Muzappar Osman |
China |
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My Sardasht |
Ziba Arzhang |
Iran |
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Norman is Lost |
Joseph Felton |
United Kingdom |
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Nose Off The Fairy Hill |
Arun Sood |
United Kingdom |
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Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution |
Matthew VanDyke |
United States |
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Office Kingdom |
Salvatore Centoducati |
Italy |
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On the Edge |
Roy Zafrani |
Israel |
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One in a Million |
Darren Langlands |
United Kingdom |
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OUT - A Coming Out Documentary |
Tommy Fletcher |
United States |
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Pebble Moon |
Lian Furness |
United Kingdom |
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Planet X |
Rohit Gill |
United Kingdom |
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Razor |
Aleley Belyakov |
Russia |
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Roses Are Red |
Abbey Sacks |
United States |
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Rosso Papavero |
Martin Smatana |
Slovakia |
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Scotoma |
Mark Callum |
United Kingdom |
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Someoneone Else's Skin |
Patrick Perlman |
France |
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Stop |
Serdar Cotuk |
Turkey |
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Surface |
Mark Jenkins |
United Kingdom |
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Switch Man |
Hsun-Chun Chuang |
Taiwan |
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Swoon |
Jacob Joyner |
United States |
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Take Your Time |
Orson Cornick |
United Kingdom |
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Tall Tales Part 2 |
Jon Turner |
United Kingdom |
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Tarweeda |
Ateeq Mohd |
Bahrain |
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Ten Paisa and Grandmother |
Sachi Bansal |
India |
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Tethered |
Kevin McNulty |
United States |
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The Bird That Never Flew |
Hector Bizerk |
United Kingdom |
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The Fight |
Keith Mannix |
Ireland |
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The Future |
Venetia Taylor |
Australia |
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The Girl and her Tail |
Yong Jie Yu |
Singapore |
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The Laboratory with Leaves: Creepy Crawlies |
Daniel Roberts |
United Kingdom |
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The Latecomers |
Michael Creutzburg |
Netherlands |
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The Longest Day |
Tim Courtney |
United Kingdom |
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The New News |
Danny Sandler |
United States |
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The Penguin Construction |
Mihály Schwechtje |
Hungary |
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The Punishment |
Nelson Fernandes |
Spain |
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The Technician |
James Arden |
United Kingdom |
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The Trouble with Lucie |
Lionel Kaplan |
France |
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The Wheel of Time |
Kagan Kerimoglu |
Turkey |
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Time Capsule |
Michael Peeling |
Canada |
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Tři Cíga |
Liam Hall |
United States |
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Under the Same Roof |
Dornaz Hajiha |
United Kingdom |
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Upside Down |
Shira Levin |
United States |
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Waning Wolf |
Ian Todaro |
United States |
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Way Out |
Yukai Du |
United Kingdom |
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We Got Your Back |
Viktor Hertz |
Sweden |
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Where are you hiding |
Nadia Abate |
Italy |
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White Lining |
Nor Hazlin |
United Kingdom |
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White Swan |
Olivier Lallart |
France |
EDITOR’S NOTES:
The annual Inverness-based XpoNorth festival is devoted to boosting creative careers in the Highlands and Islands and beyond and takes place this year in Inverness on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th June.
The only event of its kind in Scotland devoted to crafts, publishing, screen and broadcast as well as music, XpoNorth is also attended by leading creative industry insiders, who take part in workshops, panels and masterclass sessions over the course of both days.
XpoNorth, is funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The four genres under the collective banner of XpoNorth are:
XpoNorth Crafts/Fashions/Textiles and XpoNorth Writing and Publishing
Supported by Emergents, the network which co-ordinates HIE industry networks for craft, fashion and textiles as well as writing and publishing. It is managed by Pamela Conacher and Peter Urpeth, who both bring extensive experience in their respective fields of craft, fashion and textiles, and writing and publishing, to XpoNorth.
XpoNorth Screen and Broadcasting
ScreenHI is headed up by Amanda Millen, who is also director of XpoNorth. ScreenHI is the Screen and Broadcast Industry Network for the Highlands and Islands and has been operating for four years. It offers experiences, job opportunities and industry networking to screen and broadcast businesses in the Highlands & Islands.
XpoNorth Music is managed by former goNORTH music producer Alex Smith along with the team at Ironworks Venue. It has been established as the new Music Industry Network for the Highlands and Islands and will be delivered by Ironworks Group. The 2014 festival showcase schedule in Inverness included much-lauded emerging artists such as Neon Waltz, Baby Strange, Ella The Bird, Hector Bizerk and Broken Records.
Website: www.xponorth.co.uk
Twitter: @XpoNorth
Facebook: www.facebook.com/xponorth
Instagram: www.instagram/xponorth
Hashtag: #xponorth
For further info or images please contact Jan Patience on janpatience@me.com and 07802 427207 or Amanda Millen on amandamillen@xponorth.co.uk and 07887 605 062
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