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SpoonCamp special edition!
This year LiFF was invited to programme an evening of film for an outdoors event held by Dartington College and their Craft Revolution Spoon carving camp (SpoonCamp) with master spoon carver and all round wonderful teacher Barn the Spoon. We promised an evening of films loosely about making and getting lost (sometimes in the woods), we had a magical weekend thanks to everyone involved - here's the programme:
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- World Premiere
UKP - United Kingdom Premiere
DP - Devon Premiere
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Task 3 Sorry Tree First shown in 2005. An Englishwoman apologising in a Norwegian wood, “I was set the following task: keep apologising while swinging from a tree, think of Esther Williams. This is my filmed response.” |
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Handmade Yorkshire - T Slinger Shoes Dir: Christoper White - UK
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Sad Song Using a digital stills camera and shot in a single take, a new studio presents: “Some song and dance, with a cast of four - My Grandfather, Major Peregrine Parkhurst, our pro-active Camera man and me.” |
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A Roost for Every Bord Dir: Jack Wormell - UK See, this is London!
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Sid Burnard - Free Spirit Portrait of this warmly eccentric and joyous artist and his quest for the "perfect" piece of driftwood. Thanks to Goldmark Gallery for this film. |
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Intermission Nice pictures of trees |
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Bricks Snappy film about handmade bricks in Iran. |
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Experimental Animation and Pottery Starting with a pot and thinking about zoetropes, a potters wheel at 78rpm! |
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Ex Animo A sheet of paper, a glass, an animator. An incredible, halucinatory look at a single moment in time. |
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Three of a Feather They travel by carousel, lakes are their wishing well and they perform to empty theatre house with gusto.
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La Pînata Dir: Manuel Arija - SPAIN
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And on he Walks A father is filming his family on the beach... when, in the background, a couple start to argue. An amazing single shot film that looks at the journey of life in a profound way.
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Island Going A short film about a traveller, a war torn island, radioactive sheep, pagan monoliths, packed lunches and dodgy guidebooks..
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Washoe A chimp discusses morals and pizza with a scientist |
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Japanese Handmade Paper Just amazing! |
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The Adventures of Octocat An eight legged cat searches for his parents. Subversive, childlike and LOUD! |
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Very special thanks:
Lou Rainbow and everyone at the Craft Revolution, Schumacher College and the Rusty Pig
Barn the Spoon and helpers for their incredibly light touch
All the filmmakers, past and present
Tim, Vanda and Pip the Dog - the selection committee.
Alex Tempest - batteries, noise and light
And you the woodland folk (audience)
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Lee Kang-hyo 'Onggi Master' Lee is world-famous for mastering the traditional Korean technique called Onggi - a technique that allows him to make enormous, often man-sized pots. Watch him constructing three of these giant Onggi pots over a five-day period, culminating in an exciting explosion of glaze and colour as Lee sets about decorating them in his inimitable fashion. |
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Two films about making chairs The following are two films that we'd have loved to have shown but they were too long, so enjoy them here... |
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Greenwood In the woods of upstate New York, an Oak tree is turned into a traditional post and rung stool. |
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Chair Part of the BBCs Handmade series, Jim Steele makes a chair - simple! |
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CUT!
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