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| Short films from around the world - and Upper Teesdale - head for York | Short films from around the world - and Upper Teesdale - head for York |
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| Fifteen venues across the city of York will be the setting for the Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) next weekend. The festival is organised by Aesthetica Magazine, one of the relatively few serious arts publications flourishing outside London. | Fifteen venues across the city of York will be the setting for the Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) next weekend. The festival is organised by Aesthetica Magazine, one of the relatively few serious arts publications flourishing outside London. |
| The films – 'short' in this case means under half an hour – will be screened in a variety of locations, including a traditional cinema, the city's Theatre Royal, the 800-year-old Micklegate Bar, the Lord Mayor's Mansion House, a gastro pub and a mediaeval church. | The films – 'short' in this case means under half an hour – will be screened in a variety of locations, including a traditional cinema, the city's Theatre Royal, the 800-year-old Micklegate Bar, the Lord Mayor's Mansion House, a gastro pub and a mediaeval church. |
| Twenty nine countries will be represented in the festival, including Taiwan, New Caledonia, Croatia and Iran, as well as the UK, France, the USA, Russia and Australia – but not, for some reason, India, or any countries from Africa. | Twenty nine countries will be represented in the festival, including Taiwan, New Caledonia, Croatia and Iran, as well as the UK, France, the USA, Russia and Australia – but not, for some reason, India, or any countries from Africa. |
| Cherie Federico, editor of Aesthetica Magazine and director of ASFF says: | Cherie Federico, editor of Aesthetica Magazine and director of ASFF says: |
| With an excellent programme of talks and screenings, ASFF offers a new type of festival experience. The historic city of York plays a backdrop to contemporary and cutting edge cinema. From a range of venues – Medieval Halls, City Walls, theatres, galleries and boutique cinemas, ASFF not only offers visitors a change to engage with new filmmakers from across the world, but also to enjoy one of Britain's best loved cities. | With an excellent programme of talks and screenings, ASFF offers a new type of festival experience. The historic city of York plays a backdrop to contemporary and cutting edge cinema. From a range of venues – Medieval Halls, City Walls, theatres, galleries and boutique cinemas, ASFF not only offers visitors a change to engage with new filmmakers from across the world, but also to enjoy one of Britain's best loved cities. |
| The shortest film in the programme appears to be Michelle Arbon's 1 minute 43 seconds Above as Below, which follows a young soldier during his first experience of war. Michelle is a graduate in screenwriting from Leeds' Northern Film School. | The shortest film in the programme appears to be Michelle Arbon's 1 minute 43 seconds Above as Below, which follows a young soldier during his first experience of war. Michelle is a graduate in screenwriting from Leeds' Northern Film School. |
| Included in the festival is Laura Harrington's striking and memorable Layerscape (Peat Bogs), a 15 minute work filmed on the uplands of Upper Teesdale, where the layers of peat are up to 3000 years old. The work's first screening took place earlier this year in an isolated bothy over 2000' feet above sea-level in the Moor House National Nature Reserve, close to Auden's "great good place", - | Included in the festival is Laura Harrington's striking and memorable Layerscape (Peat Bogs), a 15 minute work filmed on the uplands of Upper Teesdale, where the layers of peat are up to 3000 years old. The work's first screening took place earlier this year in an isolated bothy over 2000' feet above sea-level in the Moor House National Nature Reserve, close to Auden's "great good place", - |
| To where those peat-stained deserted burns, That feed the Wear and Tyne and Tees, And, turning states to strata sees, How basalt long oppressed burst out, In wild revolt at Cauldron Snout. | To where those peat-stained deserted burns, That feed the Wear and Tyne and Tees, And, turning states to strata sees, How basalt long oppressed burst out, In wild revolt at Cauldron Snout. |
| Layerscape (Peat Bogs) is a slow, faintly mesmerising look at the wild North Pennine landscape. It will be fascinating to see how it transfers from its original venue (where the wind on the moor interacted with the film's soundtrack) into the somewhat more urban setting of the gallery at the Bar Lane Studios. | Layerscape (Peat Bogs) is a slow, faintly mesmerising look at the wild North Pennine landscape. It will be fascinating to see how it transfers from its original venue (where the wind on the moor interacted with the film's soundtrack) into the somewhat more urban setting of the gallery at the Bar Lane Studios. |
| As well as screening films, the festival also has a series of masterclasses, including one with Danny Cohen, who was the cinematographer of The King's Speech. There are also special screenings of this year's BAFTA-nominated short films and short animations. In addition, there's a chance to see Yorkshire Shorts, from the Yorkshire Film Archive. | As well as screening films, the festival also has a series of masterclasses, including one with Danny Cohen, who was the cinematographer of The King's Speech. There are also special screenings of this year's BAFTA-nominated short films and short animations. In addition, there's a chance to see Yorkshire Shorts, from the Yorkshire Film Archive. |
| The festival kicks off this Thursday at City Screen with an evening of screenings and a reception attended by Shadow Arts Minister Dan Jarvis, a former paratrooper and MP for Barnsley Central. The festival continues until Sunday 11 November. | The festival kicks off this Thursday at City Screen with an evening of screenings and a reception attended by Shadow Arts Minister Dan Jarvis, a former paratrooper and MP for Barnsley Central. The festival continues until Sunday 11 November. |
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