DEPTFORD CINEMA: SHORT FILMS SCREENING - HOMEGROWN

SHORT FILMS PROGRAMME

Join us for a night of short films. You will experience quirky shorts and moving documentaries on varied topics from journeys of immigrants and refugees to office comedy, from stories of South East London waterways and their dwellers to dating app identities. Please see the programme below in alphabetical order:

Ballpit, Wednesday, Lemonade (7 mins)

Directed and written by Daniel Howard-Baker

Fantasy, Horror, United Kingdom, English Language

A boy finds solace in a ball pit at a soft play enclosure, until he is sucked down into an alternate dimension and greets his older self.

Chook Awook (5 mins)

Directed and written by Darren Siah

Comedy, United Kingdom, English Language

Short film focuses on Gwen (The office gossip) and Sue (An introverted vegetable) who discover news of a surprise pregnancy at 747 Recruitment.

Kubrick’s Coat (14mins)

Directed and written by Charlotte Hickford Hendy

Drama, United Kingdom, English Language

A young man's life is transformed when he acquires the coat of his hero, the legendary film director Stanley Kubrick. However, things do not go quite to plan.

Isabelle(s) (12mins)

Directed and written by Zak Reay-Barry

Comedy, United Kingdom, French Language, English Subtitles

Isabelle, 30 years, starts talking with Eric, 23 years, on a dating app. What follows is the story of their relationship(s).

Gudiparan (5 mins)

Directed by Nima Shahmalekpur & Anna Merryfield

Documentary, United Kingdom, English Subtitles

Ahmadzia has traveled a long way to come to Britain, but his story is about kites. Through them he connects with his past and his present. Gudiparan Bazi, or kite flying, is a long running tradition and pastime in Afghanistan.

Seen (9 mins)

Directed and written by Giacomo Esposito

Drama, United Kingdom, English Language

A struggling artist thinks there’s something wrong with the couple next door, much to the exasperation of his long-suffering girlfriend.

The Love Below (31 mins)

Directed by Andrew Finch

Documentary, United Kingdom, English Language

The Love Below is a documentary film exploring the South East London waterways and their dwellers. Coursing below street level, the River Quaggy and River Ravensbourne run 17km through London’s South Eastern boroughs, largely unseen.

Voyagers (38 mins)

Directed and written by  Has San

Documentary, United Kingdom, Languages: English, French, Italian & English Subtitles

Two undocumented, unnamed humans recount their journey from Libya to Lampedusa while the film-maker reflects on their welcome to Europe.