Film tip for the 3rd day + interview with the filmmaker
Four short films directed by British fimmaker Daniel Mulloy will be screened today Aug 27 in Cinema Svetozor, 9.45 pm. The juror of this years Main Competition is going to present the films to you by himself.
In case, you can't make it for today's screening with the filmmaker, then you have a second chance on Saturday Aug 28, 1 pm, at Cinema Aero.
1. Sister
As a fifteen year old of Cantonese descent, Richard tries hard to fit into his adoptive home in Wales.
2. Antonio's Breakfast
Unable to dress, eat, move or breathe on his own Antonio’s father depends on him for everything.
3. Dad
A husband and wife remain sexually active in later life to the disgust of their son, but who is it that has the problem?
4. Son
Within the confines of an underground theatre’s vaults, a young boy finds himself trapped as the evening’s events unfold…
Daniel Mulloy (1977, Great Britain)
Studied fine art in London and New York. His five short films have won over seventy international awards including three BAFTAs. His most recent short, Baby, set in London and starring Arta Dobroshi is financed by the UK Film Council, Cinema Extreme Programme and Film4. The film of his sister Lucy, the first part of a loose trilogy, Una Noche (2007), is his debut as producer. He is currently working on his first feature as writer and director, Murmansk. He is also developing a new project, part of the Advanced Party film series, with Zentropa and Sigma Films. The project’s authors include Lars Von Trier, Gillian Berrie, Lone Scherfig and Anders Thomas Jensen.
FRESH NEWS interview
In your films, you focus a lot on family relations, you also produced your sister’s film Una Noche. How important are family relations to you?
To me, families are groups of people who stick together. Often friends can be closer than blood family and it is really these intimate relationships that interest me. Often families are made of people with different objectives, motives and aims that, at times, can come into conflict with one another. Problematic relationships cause dilemma and friction which are both a good source of drama. I love that in families often the issues that arise can seem petty and insignificant yet when filmed and woven into a narrative become momentous.
I produced my sister’s film because I loved the script and I knew she would make something special. She trusted me to go out and do what she needed and I trusted her talent and vision.
You studied painting, how does that influence your films?
I love to translate what I see around me. At first I did this by drawing and painting which was natural for me. Both very direct, immediate translations in comparison to narrative film. I drew everything as a kid, spent a lot of time on my own crouched over a piece of A4 paper, down on hands and knees, an HB pencil in my hand. Firstly, to draw you need very little finance, and secondly, you need no other person but yourself. I hope I now continue to carry through an intensity that I brought to the subjects of my drawings and paintings. That intensity is something I try not to defuse through the filmmaking process.
You are coming to Fresh Film Fest as a juror too. What are your criteria for selecting the best movie? What do you expect from student’s films?
My criteria? How compelled I am. A film could make me laugh, cry or contemplate its subject, form or handling. I want to still have the winning films with me long after I have seen them. I may love or hate a film but if it stays with me, provokes a reaction or soothes me I will, likely, be thinking about it the next day, week or year. It is those films that don’t leave me that I will be looking to reward.
