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Tampere Film Festival 2010
Video Details
Mark Cosgrove, Creative Director of Encounters Short Film Festival talks about his trip to the Tampere Film Festival which features one of the best selection of international short films on the festival circuit. Mark is going to the festival to start the process of selecting films for the Encounters festival in Bristol in November.
11 - 14 Mar 2010
| Duration: | 1min 57secs |
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Photos from Mark's trip to Tampere Film Festival
Finland's White Stripes
Last Tango in Tampere
Gustav Deutsch installation
Fire thrower at sauna
Twilight on the frozen lake
Downtown Tampere
Related Links:
www.tamperefilmfestival.fi
Tampere 2010 Tweets
msc45 Early morning bus to Heathrow, late morning flight to Helsinki, early eve train to Tampere n short film fest #shedtff
msc45 Change of plan, straight off plane at Helsinki n onto bus to Tampere - dusk, white n europop #shedtff
msc45 Vast expanses of white, vast expanses of dense birch n pine trees n tall Fin dudes legs in my back #shedtff
msc45 Fed, watered n absorbing the prog, great retrospectives as per usual - caught up with fest dir Jukka #shedtff
msc45 Got 12 international progs of shorts to work through over next 3 days (n some frozen lake swimming) #shedtff
msc45 Sorted accreditation, sat ready for 1st prog n signed up for world famous sauna party #shedtff
msc45 Why are the Danes so good at the short film ? great simple characterisation n sustains attention #shedtff
msc45 "Life is comic in long shot and tragic in close up" to quote Charlie Chaplin #shedtff
msc45 A lovely Korean film n Russian animation stand out so far - now watching fire eaters ! #shedtff
msc45 Followed by traditional frozen lake Finish sauna which should kill or cure my nascent cold #shedtff
msc45 Discussing the roll out of 3D cinema with film biz guys - they are confident it's going to happen (despite Dr kernode's prognosis!) #shedtff
msc45 Discussions with Japanese, Swiss n Paraguyian fest at 100 degrees C then into frozen lake and speaking in all those languages! #shedtff
msc45 Just watched a fantastic Malaysian short film - haven't seen much in past from there. Now onto Italy #shedtff
msc45 It's always a shock when a film opens with a rat being barbequed and duly eaten..... #shedtff
msc45 Now onto crazy Finnish animation a kind of Un Chien Tampere with serious metal music by Onslaught who are from Bristol ! #shedtff
msc45 How does this sound ? "a journey into the strange and wonderful world of container terminals." I can't wait......#shedtff
msc45 I shall view Avonmouth through a more poetic eye after that film #shedtff
msc45 Just seen a credit for "Saint John Smith". Could my proposed canonisation have finally happened !! #shedtff
msc45 Listening to a big band swing version of Hotel California whilst waiting for my borsch #shedtff
msc45 Now lounge piano version of Dont You Want Me Baby - things just get better #shedtff
msc45 Bobby Darrin style singing and blue note style crazy Hammond organ solos whilst getting your kicks on Route 66 - cool daddio #shedtff
msc45 Every Breathe You Take via Brecht/Weil and German cabaret anyone ?#shedtff
msc45 5 progs to go then meal in Viking restuarant - will I make the spy museum ? #shedtff
msc45 Having coffee n chewin the film fat with int prog extraordinaire Phillip Cheah. Ben - he says hello #shedtff
msc45 Watched a 3 min haunting chilling animation from Chile - perfect for late night slot at encounters #shedtff
msc45 Ahead of myself on the film viewing so off to Gustav Deutsch installation and maybe even spy museum! #shedtff
msc45 All done on film front - only tango demo inthe great Laterna restuarant and closing party to go #shedtff
msc45 Imagine tango from Un Chien Andalou played by Kaurismaki character n you are with me at Laterna ! #shedtff
msc45 Finland's answer to White Stripes currently on stage at Kluubi #shedtff
msc45 Got a copy of Dirty Hands with Onslaught music to try to get to band - Robin Askew to the rescue then! #shedtff
msc45 Finnish film Lumikko wins both int n nat jury prizes - it us a v strong distinctive pic #shedtff
msc45 in Helsinki reading of gaga's short film romp and Juanita Goggins tragic end - it's snowing heavy #shedtff
