Thursday 5th October
Creatives Now – A.I Micro Films
10:00am @ Light Cinema Screen 3
Participants from schools across Bolton have worked with filmmaker Javi de Prado on a new filmmaking project by Creatives Now to be screened at the festival. By using a range of A.I software and effective prompts they are reinventing their own photos ...
VR & 360
11:00am Daily @ KUDOS Expanded Realities (VR/360)
Archive
11:00am @ KUDOS Cinema
Found footage and archive imagery come together in this block, whether through conventional documentary or through experimental repurposing processes. We look at Getty Images stock footage and the cost to obtain public domain footage, and social problems are ...
Culture in Motion 3
11:00am @ KUDOS Gallery
Combining fashion, music, dance and experimental film, this block examines the relationships we have with ourselves, the connections we have with others and our ability to break free using our creativity
Animation 3
11:00am @ Light Cinema Screen 2
Artistry collides with this eclectic block of stories, styles and animation techniques as we investigate a case of identity theft on the internet, whilst a character duplicates itself to perform repetitive scenarios. Paintings melt through the rhythms of life, whilst a couple drift within an endless ...
Batteries Included
12:20pm @ KUDOS Cinema
Prepare yourself to be transported into a collaborative reality teetering between the real and the imagined with our ‘Batteries Included’ block. We observe 3 robots in training as they learn to become more human, and bear witness to the aimless extras from a gaming world.&nb ...
Culture in Motion 1
12:20pm @ KUDOS Gallery
This mixtape of shorts combines music, fashion, dance and experimental pieces that look at how the human psyche shifts from our inner and outer perspectives creating a synergy between our ideologies and identities.
Animation 4
12:20pm @ Light Cinema Screen 3
We compare and contrast stop motion techniques within this programme where a single woman mistakenly takes a vacation at a family resort, a camping trip goes wrong with the arrival of a tempting faun, an appointment with HR takes recycling issues to another level, and the balance between good a ...
Doc 60 – 4
12:20pm @ Light Cinema Screen 2
In this block of female perspectives we investigate the emotional and psychological feelings of a deep fake victim, and a young mother has trouble controlling the dark nature of her subconscious. We go back in time to 1988 and hear about a series of atrocities relating ...
Environmental
1:40pm @ Light Cinema Screen 3
Wake up and take action with our environmental programme, acting as a voice to serve and save this beautiful planet of ours. We venture to the Himalayas to map the consequences of climate change, while activists fall in love…but is it too late! A climate therapist is hired to help with D ...
Culture in Motion 2
1:40pm @ KUDOS Gallery
Embark on a journey of self discovery with this programme of shorts that combine music, dance, fashion and experimental pieces that take you through a restless expression relating to the human condition.
Doc 60 – 5
1:40pm @ Light Cinema Screen 2
Using disciplines relating to cinema verite, observation and re-examining the past, our ‘Documentary 6’ block follows three diverse stories which look at helping others. We follow a traumatised volunteer sent to Senegal as part of an NGO, watch a carpenter help the community carving out wo ...
F-Rated – Women in Film
3:30pm @ Light Cinema Screen 3
The F-Rating is awarded to films directed by a woman and/or written by a woman. If the film also features significant women on screen, the film becomes TRIPLE F-Rated. The rating is designed to support and promote women and re-address the imbalance in the film industry. ...
New Arrivals 5
4:20pm @ KUDOS Cinema
Introducing the newest animators on the scene. Imaginations run wild as we watch a sacrificial sheep write a goodbye letter to his sister, as a young woman takes a long hard look at herself through a mirror of self discovery. An elderly man dances towards one last trip down memory lane, and a c ...
UK Shorts 4
4:20pm @ Light Cinema Screen 2
This block of UK short films observes the internal struggles of the human psyche as a man spins out of control with his mental health problems, and a young mum seeks therapy as she struggles to cope. A pensioner tries in haste to feel love once more, and a family ...
UK Shorts 2
4:20pm @ Light Cinema Screen 1
Prepare yourself to be transported back in time with this wonderful selection of period dramas. Emotions run high within high class society when a scandal emerges, and a duel with a difference doesn’t quite set the record straight. A starving man is pushed into desperate measu ...
Deaf Audience (BSL supported)
5:20pm @ Light Cinema Screen 3
With a blend of drama, animation and comedy we have selected some highlights from this years’ festival and curated a programme for our d/Deaf audiences. All the films in this block will be captioned and a British Sign Language interpreter will also be present.
One Foot in Front of the Other
6:10pm @ KUDOS Gallery
This archival block takes a look back at the history of Bolton through the lens of marching and walking in response to the Winter Hill Mass Trespass of 1896. Over three successive weekends in September 1896 thousands of Boltonians marched over Winter Hill to reclaim a right of way they said had been ...
New Arrivals 2
6:10pm @ Light Cinema Screen 2
In this meditative postgraduate block we see student filmmakers face life’s biggest questions head-on. The aftermath of China’s one-child policy leaves one girl feeling dehumanised, whilst an invalid residence permit sparks a struggle between duty and humanity. An ageing couple embrace the ...
International 2
6:10pm @ Light Cinema Screen 1
A collection of indie shorts that uses the camera lens to pivot from the real to the contrived. A feast for sore eyes takes place on a YouTube channel, whilst two reality stars mirror the same vulnerabilities during a shoot. We follow a lonely cameraman as he searches for his best view, and li ...
Late Night Frights
8:00pm @ Light Cinema Screen 2
This evening of films is guaranteed to have you sitting on the edge of your seat, where paranoia and hysteria creep into the minds of the vulnerable. A couple’s plan to rob an antiques shop backfires with a smoking mirror, whilst a young dancer is possessed by more than just music. ...
Panorama 1
8:00pm @ Light Cinema Screen 1
Feast your eyes on this panoramic experience of observations from around the world where one man’s memory function distorts his perspective of time, whilst an unlikable screenwriting tutor fails at more than just his literary skills. We encounter wild bears in the forests as stalking takes on ...