Strawberry Film Preview Night

Charlie Blackfield came from Bristol to speak about his film 'Clockwork mouse strike back'

The back room of the Locomotive pub in Mill Road, Cambridge (UK) was a good choice of venue for this informal film event on Easter Sunday evening. The event appeared to be more well attended than anticipated with some visitors having to find a spot on the floor to sit down but there appeared to be no complaints from the informal crowd.

The line up consisted of two halves, kicking off with a preview of some of this years entry submissions to The Strawberrry Fair Film Festival (June 1st and 2nd 2007) and followed by the entire second half given to previewing several films submitted to Strawberry Super 8.

The emphasis was very much on explaining to the unconverted the joys of the Super 8 format and to encourage people to attend the main event in June. The informal, question and answer style format and the interactive approach of the organisers who also enjoyed sharing one or two pieces of their own work, all served to further the Super 8 cause.

Simon Mullen sharing some of his experiments with 'autom B'

Programme

Four play (animation), 2min. - George Ungar (Canada), 2005 + notes from the director
Everyday objects such as spoons, coasters and cigarettes an animated in single-frame "pixilation" to create four whisical tableaus (to original music) ... A homage to Norman McLaren

JA05 TBO (animation), 3 min. Thierry Bonnaud (UK), 2006 + questions/answers with the director
A short experimental roadmovie loaded with suspense as we follow the progress of a doomed car. Shot in-sequence on one roll of film - edited entirely "in camera" for "Tourne monte" film festival in Strasbourg.

Dear N. (documentary), 8 min. Chantal Partamian (Lebanon), 2006
A letter documentary shot in Lebanon in the summer of 2006 during the Israel-Lebanon war. A point of view that travels from Dahieh in Beirut to a bridge trying to be rebuilt nearly.

Blink and you'll miss it (experimental), 3 min. Tony Clarke (UK), 2007
Strawberry Fair 2000 in Cambridge with a brazilian flavour.

My Nizo camera and Autom B (experimental) 2 x 3 min. Simon Mullen (UK), 2005-2006 + questions/answers with the director
Painting with lights and a Nizo Super 8 camera.

What are colors ? (experimental) 3 min. Chris Wagganer (USA), 2006
Things go terribly wrong for a number of household items. Shot in-sequence on one roll of film - edited entirely "in camera" for "The attack of the 50 foot reels" film festival in Los Angeles.

Clockwork mouse strikes back (animation) , 1 min. Charlie Blackfield (UK), 2007 + questions/answers with the director
A look at animal experiments from a fresh perspective.

Bike kill 2005 (documentary), 3 min. Nick Golebiewski (USA), 2005
We don't like airplanes. airplanes are no fun because you can't ride a bicycle in an airplane an riding bicycles is what it's all about at the Black Label Bicycle Kill.

The Mail attacks (fiction), 3 min, Thierry Bonnaud (UK), 2007 + questions/answers with the director
Beware the mail. A homage to Hitchcock and "The night of the living deads". Shot in-sequence on one roll of film - edited entirely "in camera" for "Montignac Tourne-monte”.

by Thierry Bonnaud, photos by Marc Abraham