Festival Fringe

An hour of film and live performance featuring:

• Three documentary film shorts about storms and flooding in Cumbria by Hazel Burrow
• Jam For Climate - Animations with live poetry and song
• Songs of Stone and Water - an audiovisual response to Mayburgh Henge, Arthurs Round Table and Penrith Castle

All work created by CreateJam, Painting For Wellbeing and Friday Jam Clubs with funding support from English Heritage.

Introduction and Discussion

From the students of Carlisle College come seven short films that celebrate the 1970's cinematic and visual techniques.

This collection of films, from many unique creative perspectives, explore different genres, themes and styles; romance, horror, thriller, melancholy, comedy, family, espionage, the beauty of nature and surrealism.

• The Call - Thomas Bradley and Alice Hetherington
• The Tale of the Straw Child - Tahlia Coupland and Moli Parry
• Uroboros - Daniel Cairns
• The Date - Jacob Bulman, Wil Finch, Jessica Macauley and George Rennie
• Our House - Evie Watson Amelia Wiltshire
• Monster - Louis Page
• The Call Vintage - Thomas Bradley and Alice Hetherington

Focusing on the life stories of Trans and non-binary people who live in Cumbria and the North East, this film gives an insight into their personal journeys and experiences.

Produced and Directed by Peadar and Deborah Sweeney

Carlisle College, Pride in North Cumbria, Heritage Fund, Eden Film

Run time: 65 mins

This visually stunning documentary sheds new light on Britain's best kept secret: the UK's rare temperate rainforests, with a focus on Borrowdale in Cumbria. Covering less than 1% of the planet, these habitats are rarer than tropical rainforests and are in urgent need of recognition and protection.

Borrowdale contains one of the largest remaining portions in the UK, making it a vital site for conservation. The film highlights the unique species that depend on this ecosystem, including the Northern Hairy Wood Ant, and features insights from experts such as National Nature Reserve officer Jade Allen and ecologist Ian Rotherham.

Made by Emily Topping

Run time: 21 mins

Suicide Prevention in Film

This short panel discussion will explore suicide prevention and the power of film in conveying vital messages, exploring the impact of both scripted and lived experience, and how both can enable us to engage more fully with suicide prevention.

The panel will share examples of films produced by Every Life Matters to raise awareness of personal experience of suicide, alongside examples of videos from other suicide prevention campaigns.

This panel is for anyone interested in suicide prevention, filmmakers, videographers and documentary makers.

Event running time: ~90 mins

A selection of shorts presented by LA1 Shorts, Lancaster's premiere and longest running film festival.

At each Festival, both experienced and new, grass roots filmmakers see their work on the big screen at The Dukes Theatre, showcasing a fantastic mixture of short films from the Lancashire Audience Choice section, and a National Best Film category.

Run time: ~90mins

Once Upon a Time in the North-West (15 mins)

Lead Producer: Alexander Kasper Jessett
Director: Ieva (Eve) Zilionyte
Writer: Oliver Hamer Crane

Absent Friends (15 mins)

Producer: Cleo Emmett
Director/Writer: Harry Skuse
Director of Photography: Luca Hill

Forest (6 mins)

Producer: Sean Mc Carthy
Director: Jake Platt
Director of Photography/Creator: Elliot Carter