Fringe Flicks Season 4 continues with a programme of warped romance, awkward desire, tenderness, obsession and emotional misfires, where love appears in forms that are strange, funny, unsettling and unexpectedly moving.
Spain
Written, directed & produced by Lorenzo Damián García
Itziar prepares a dinner to get the truth out of her boyfriend, Borja. When he finally confesses what is really inside him, honesty proves harder to live with than either of them expected.
United Kingdom
Written, directed & produced by Vanessa Staunton
A comedy about Bernard Nutter, a man who falls in love with a pineapple, only for his overbearing mother to see the fruit as a rival and set out to destroy it.
Netherlands
Directed by Fatemeh Zare
An animated look at how people act differently in different contexts, following a couple at work, together, and alone, where they can finally express themselves beyond social pressures and norms.
Estonia
Written, directed & produced by Rao Heidmets
A surreal stop motion warning that war must be confronted long before it reaches your doorstep, because once it arrives, hiding behind the curtains will not help.
India
Directed & produced by Debjit Bagchi
A micro experimental short that questions familiar stories about light, attention and attraction in a brief, abstract burst.
United Kingdom
Directed & produced by Jamie Harry Scrutton
Performing as alter ego Hattie Go Lucky, Jamie Harry Scrutton offers a ride into a strange and playful burlesque world through dancing hands and lofi performance.
United States
Dir. Anne Ciecko | Wri. Anne Ciecko | Prod. Anne Ciecko & Ahimsa Rahul Roy
A stop motion exploration of iconography and chromatics.
Spain
Directed & produced by Alex Rey
Hayao Miyazaki has announced his retirement, but the muses of inspiration have other plans for him.
France, Mexico
Dir. Rodrigo Alonso Reyes Fabre | Wri. Rodrigo Alonso Reyes Fabre & Liam Colomer | Prod. Rodrigo Alonso Reyes Fabre
Strange creatures roam the night in search of passion and love, only to encounter the dark side of the city and the price that comes with desire.
United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Jones
An ethereal homage to birds, nature, cups of tea, music, skateboarding, bike rides and foxes, filmed on the Wirral.
Portugal
Written & directed by Sarah Legow
A childhood memory re-enacted through public photos, staged scenes and stop motion animation, The Man Cave is a brief and exuberantly strange journey through two girls’ shared vision of manhood.
United Kingdom
Dir. Laura Jayne Hodkin | Wri. Laura Jayne Hodkin | Prod. Sierra Martin-Persi, Michelle Chu & Domitille Adebimpe-Collardey
On the windswept Yorkshire moors, emo teen Helena embarks on a turbulent journey of love.
Expect a low-pressure, communal film night with space to settle in, watch something unusual, and enjoy it with other curious people. Films start around 7:50pm, with an interval midway, and finishing around 10pm, followed by a social for anyone who want to hang around and chat. Plus there’s a raffle for fabulous prizes and you can pick your favourite film for the Audience Choice Award, sponsored by The DCP Works.