24 februari
Cheap Cuts presents:
BEST OF THE FEST
NL Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival uit Londen keert terug naar Cavia met de beste korte documentaires van het festival in 2017. De hoogtepunten van vorig jaar, waaronder een prachtige animatie, onconventionele verhalenvertelling op 16mm en het leven in een berucht daklozenhostel in het noordoosten van Engeland. Niet te missen!
De docu's zijn Engels gesproken of Engels ondertiteld.
EN Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival returns to Filmhuis Cavia with the best short documentaries from the 2017 edition. Catch the highlights from last year including stunning animation, unconventional storytelling on 16mm and life inside notorious homeless hostel in the North East of England. Not to be missed!
Zaterdag 24 februari, 20:00
Everything Lives
Huw Wahl, Groot-Brittannië, 24'
Part observation, part performance, and a collaboration between father and son, Everything Lives looks at how Ken experiences time in the barns where he works; the time he spends playing, the time unique to painting or the time it takes to build a whole life. (Best unconventional storytelling)
Lingua Absentia
Kate Raney & Jeremy Bessoff, VS, 10'
Simplified cut-paper animation of a mother who helps her schizophrenic daughter through severe cancer treatment. (Best animation documentary)
Mum, me and the house
Marjolijn Prins, België, 30'
When Debbie (47) is diagnosed with cancer her son Sam (27) decides to postpone his plans to travel the world. Together they undertake a journey to find the right course of treatment within the alternative medicine. (Audience Award)
PAUZE / BREAK
(20 minuten)
Camrex
Mark Chapman, Groot-Brittannie, 14'
Portrait of Camrex House, a notorious homeless hostel that for 40 years has upheld a fearsome reputation. Its skewed, in-house morality perpetuated by men with complex histories. (Best British Documentary)
The Nest
Kristína Leidenfrostová, Slowakije, 25'
A tragicomic and intimate portrait of an ageing couple from a Slovak countryside. For years, Mária and Ján have been living in debt and repairing their house in hopes that their children will come back to live with them one day.
(Best International Documentary)
The Shepherd
Joost van der Wiel, Nederland, 25'
Health insurers are putting pressure on the enthusiastic GP Nico van Hasselt (91) to adapt his old-fashioned method to modern society, but he refuses to abandon his vulnerable patients. (Runner up International)
NL Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival is een van de weinige festivals dat uitsluitend gewijd is aan korte documentaires, en vertoont het beste van het Britse en internationale talent op het gebied van korte documentaire. Cheap Cuts is van mening dat film voor iedereen toegankelijk moet zijn, aan beide kanten van de camera. Het Best of Cheap Cuts-programma is geselecteerd door een vertrouwd panel van internationaal erkende documentaire filmmakers.
EN Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival is one of the few festivals dedicated exclusively to short documentary, showcasing the best of British and international short documentary talent. Cheap Cuts believes that film should be accessible to all, both sides of the camera. The Best of Cheap Cuts programme has been selected by a trusted panel of internationally recognised documentary filmmakers.