Last weekend the historic city of York hosted its first ever(!) film festival at various venues within the walls, some conventional – cinemas – while others – museums and art galleries – not so much.
The inaugural Aesthetica Short Film Festival (3-6 November), put on by the lovely folks at art and culture mag Aesthetica, showcased 150 short films from all over the world along with hosting talks on film-related shenanigans with guest speakers including writer/director Mark Herman (Little Voice, The Boy In Striped Pyjamas), on screenwriting and SXSW’s Claudette Godfrey on making shorts for festivals.
The films themselves were selected from over a thousand entries by the editorial staff at Aesthetica and explore a wide array of genres, from conventional comedies, dramas and documentaries to art/experimental fare and, erm, adult animation (I’ll let you figure out what the ‘adult’ means). This writer was actually helping out at the festival along...
The inaugural Aesthetica Short Film Festival (3-6 November), put on by the lovely folks at art and culture mag Aesthetica, showcased 150 short films from all over the world along with hosting talks on film-related shenanigans with guest speakers including writer/director Mark Herman (Little Voice, The Boy In Striped Pyjamas), on screenwriting and SXSW’s Claudette Godfrey on making shorts for festivals.
The films themselves were selected from over a thousand entries by the editorial staff at Aesthetica and explore a wide array of genres, from conventional comedies, dramas and documentaries to art/experimental fare and, erm, adult animation (I’ll let you figure out what the ‘adult’ means). This writer was actually helping out at the festival along...
- 11/8/2011
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
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