Films
OBJECTS ATTACK! - FILM 2
Director: Rona Mark
Screenwriter: Rona Mark
Genre: Comedy
OBJECTS ATTACK is the story of Lovey Chambers, a passionate but incompetent woman who, after undergoing hypnosis, finds herself in the midst of a resistential crisis. Not only are the objects confounding her, but her boyfriend has vanished and been replaced by an exact duplicate (who doesn't seem to recognize her.) Desperate to find love and restore order to her chaotic life, Lovey must uncover the source of the objects' anger. An affectionate pastiche of B-movies, sixties psychedelia and lo-fi sci-fi, Blaxploitation, Beat Movie all wrapped up in a B&W Super 8 aesthetic. A surefire Midnight Madness festival cult hit. Shot on location in Pittsburgh, USA.
DUMMY JIM - FILM 1
Director: Matt Hulse
Screenwriter: Matt Hulse
Genre: Documentary/Fiction/Experimental
More than 50 years ago, James Duthie biked from his home in a Scottish fishing village to the Arctic Circle and back again. Duthie, known as Dummy Jim, was also deaf. Working with deaf actor-filmmaker Samuel Dore, director Matt Hulse set out on a journey through northern Europe, melding elements of both fiction and documentary into a virtuoso amalgam of Super8, animation, historical archive footage and an examination of that same fishing village today – where a headstone now stands in tribute to Duthie, who was buried in an unmarked grave. A film made for both the deaf and the hearing, with stunning, elliptical visuals and a killer score.
