A gig on Thursday 20th September. The event starts at 20:00.
Get ready for a sensorial overload coming from the North. Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival brings you a Focus on Finland, a country of intense extremes and eccentricities. Big Top @ the Creative Common welcomes cinematic treats and live music - a must for serious film buffs, and anyone curious about cross-dressing zombies.
SODANKYL FOREVER: THE CENTURY OF CINEMA
19:00 / 1 HR 30 MINS
Sodankyl , a small village beyond the Arctic Circle. Nowhere. For twenty-five years, the siren call of the legendary Midnight Sun Film Festival has lured the most famous of cineastes. Conversations held with these filmmakers each morning become intimate expos s: serious, absurdly funny, sometimes close to psychoanalysis.
CLEANING WOMEN: AELITA QUEEN OF MARS
21:00 / 1 HR 43 MINS
Aelita the Queen of Mars is one of the forgotten gems of the silent-movie era. This sci-fi pioneer was premiered in the Soviet Union in 1924 and has been without a proper musical accompaniment ever since - that is until now. Cleaning Women composes music with self-made instruments, mostly made out of recycled materials. Their internationally acclaimed performance comes to Bristol, with music played live in front of a movie screen by three Finnish cross-dressing zombies.
For more information:
http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk/focus-on-finland1.html
Date: THURSDAY 20 SEPT
Venue: BIG TOP @ CREATIVE COMMON
Tickets: £10 (include both screenings)
Doors open at 18:30. Full bar and food will be available
Entry requirements:
SODANKYL FOREVER: THE CENTURY OF CINEMA
19:00 / 1 HR 30 MINS
Sodankyl , a small village beyond the Arctic Circle. Nowhere. For twenty-five years, the siren call of the legendary Midnight Sun Film Festival has lured the most famous of cineastes. Conversations held with these filmmakers each morning become intimate expos s: serious, absurdly funny, sometimes close to psychoanalysis.
CLEANING WOMEN: AELITA QUEEN OF MARS
21:00 / 1 HR 43 MINS
Aelita the Queen of Mars is one of the forgotten gems of the silent-movie era. This sci-fi pioneer was premiered in the Soviet Union in 1924 and has been without a proper musical accompaniment ever since - that is until now. Cleaning Women composes music with self-made instruments, mostly made out of recycled materials. Their internationally acclaimed performance comes to Bristol, with music played live in front of a movie screen by three Finnish cross-dressing zombies.
For more information:
http://www.encounters-festival.org.uk/focus-on-finland1.html
Date: THURSDAY 20 SEPT
Venue: BIG TOP @ CREATIVE COMMON
Tickets: £10 (include both screenings)
Doors open at 18:30. Full bar and food will be available
Entry requirements: