On Wednesday 6th June Openreel was at the B-Bar, Barbican Theatre. We screened a full and varied program from:

UoP - Fine Art
Me, Sulk and TV Head by James Topple (21.42) A visualisation of a confrontational internal dialog between the film-maker and two alter egos that appear in his work from time to time; representing certain aspects of his personality.

4D – UoP - i-DAT
A Thread of Reality by Mike Hole, Stu Dyson & Martin Darby (02.04) The film is a hyper-real depiction of the news stories in the early 21st century that permeate our existence through ubiquitous new media. It reveals tentative links between the different threads that are coalesced by this new media.
Mount by Chris Baker (02:57) Using a mix of European fairy tale art and Japanese animation and traditional art, the film depicts the struggle between Pagan religion and Christianity. The ending seems unfair with one winning over the other and the progress of man being at the cost of the natural world.
Fate by Andrew Jinman & Bhaven Mashru (10:00) Using a script by Annabelle O’Donnell, the film follows the character of Gina as she goes through her typical monotonous depressing day where she conveys her thoughts by writing a diary.
Mix Me Up! by Mark Lyndon & Rupert Frankum (09:17) The film is a time-based  piece that depicts a multicultural society as a Rubik’s Cube; The film reveals views on multiculturalism via 6 different topics e.g. religion and sport. 6 individuals that represent different cultures within the UK present the topics to the audience. groups to be included in society, as a form of civil rights grounded in equality.
Player One by Ollie Carson (03:36) The film tells the quest of two children in search of their father. The film was made using Unreal Tournament 2004.
Memoria by Ryann Allahiq (04:19)
Once Upon A Time by Jamie Taylor & Chris Saunders (02:30) An urbanisation of the Red Riding Hood story. Paying homage to the original darker versions, the story tells of a girl in an abusive relationship. But is she really being controlled or is she manipulating the situation for her own ends. The film was made using the computer game Unreal Tournament 2004.
Parallel Universe by Simon Davies, Savvas Alektoridis & Carl Barnett (03:52) The film depicts a moment in time where parallel universes converge resulting in one person reacting to both by travelling between them and interacting with other people as if nothing has changed. The film was originally shown on two screens.

BA Photomedia – PCAD
Angles And Curves by Carrie-Ann Northam (12:17) A documentary charting the history of pole dancing and questioning its acceptance in today’s society.
Where I Want To Be by Selina Taylor (04:07) The film maker is exploring how she is never able to speak her mind and deals with it in the creation of a puppet called Lola who embodies the lust for acting out and speaking her mind. Part installation and part the making of Lola.
Xi You At The Party by Chris Atkins (11:14) Based on the Chinese book ‘Journey to the West’ the film retells the story by following a young woman in search of a rave on Dartmoor. On her journey she encounters a series of characters based on the archetypes in the book.

Fine Art Practices – PCAD
You And Me by Jon Glanville (02:59) The film is about loneliness and making an effort to generate a romance between two contrasting places using the unique communication of a rose in a wine bottle.

UoP – Media Arts - 3rd Year
Movement of Molecules by Graham Friend (04.06)
Forever Spiral by Aiden Corcoran (09.01)
Like Carl Said by Jemma Francis (03.26)
Beat- Breakers (03.37)
Carpe Diem by Ben Roberts & Rupert Lewis (07.57)
Fight by Ai Uchiyama (05.12)
Paper Souls by Martin Bennett (05.04)
Trinitarium by Marieta Fuertes (03.10)
Untitled by Andrew Zabiela (03.56)

UoP – Media Arts – 2nd Year
Prologue by Steve Smith (04.09)
Tariff by Tim Osgood (11.08)
Through Doors of Death by Adam Martin (08.40)
Sweet Dreams by Michael Whidden (03.42)
Darkness my old Friend by Adam Rumble (06.04)
Musta Metsa by Jamie Ball (06.40)

Amongst the audience were Beach Breakers Student Festival organisers who came with the intention of choosing some student films to show in the festival film tent and who have ended up selecting the full program and the local BBC who are currently selecting for The Big Screen Event in the city centre during Wimbledon fortnight. We will keep you posted with their choices and screening schedule when we have the information. There are further opportunities for these student films under negotiation with other festivals and possibly as far away as Bristol.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all these very recent graduates and wish them all the best in their chosen careers and to all the 2nd years: keep up the good work and we will see you next year.