It’s strictly against Kino policy to show trailers for longer films. We believe in the beauty of the short film form as an art in its own right. BUT. This new project from experimental documentarian Joseph Ernst is just too lovely to resist. And despite the fact that what you see above is the trailer, the finished film will be a short. So it’s not cheating really, you see.

With his previous film, Ernst took us inside our own mouths, fitting a camera to record all the comings and goings of said saliva-filled orifice. Now, he ventures very much outside of the body, documenting modern-day London with a 100-year-old hand-cranked 35mm camera. The resulting footage is an eerily nostalgic look at the London of today; from an Arsenal game to the Edgware Road, this is the 21st century through the eyes of the olde worlde. I for one, can’t wait to see the finished film.

Gorilla Film Magazine // Issue 4 Launch Party // Facebook Event
Platform Cafe, Bar, Terrace. 2nd Floor, Netil House, 1-7 Westgate Street, London, E8 3RL.
BUZZ 207 for entry if the door is closed.

Get yourself on the ‘I’m attending’ list via our Facebook here.

For those not familiar with the Kino thing… we don’t watch anything we screen in advance of the night, so the programme is as much a surprise to us as it is to you! Why? Because we just want filmmakers to take to the stage and speak for themselves.

THE KINO FILMMAKING CHALLENGE – TAKE PART!

Alongside the open-mic shorts we’ll see the results of the Kino Challenge film awarded at our May screening (‘The Knapper…story of a narcoleptic, of course’), and there’ll be the chance – as always – to participate in the new session of Challenge filmmaking that will be happening throughout the month of June. If you’ve never made a short, or are stuck for an idea, or just want to work with new people, the Kino Challenge is a great way to get those filmmaking juices flowing.

Doors open at 7:30pm, films start at 8:15pm. £4 on the door, £3 with flyer.

WANT TO SCREEN ON 7th JUNE?

Filmmakers register in advance to screen their short at the next event, sight unseen. There are no themes, no pre-selection and no restrictions, other than:

- films must be under 6 minutes
– films must be on DVD
– films must include the Kino logo + screening number (41) at the end, just for our screening
– the filmmaker must present the film in person.

Screening slots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. If you’d like to screen your short drop Laura a line ASAP at screen@kinolondon.com   She’ll need your name, the title and duration of your film, along with your contact details.

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KINO LONDON’S OPEN-MIC SHORT FILM NIGHT // #41
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KINO #41 – Thursday 7th June
VIBE LIVE, Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL.
Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station
Doors 7:30pm, films start 8:15pm.
£4 on the door, those screening get in free
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To screen: screen@kinolondon.com
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Here are our top 5.

(You Gotta) Fight for your right (to party)

Sabotage

Intergalactic

Body Movin’

No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Did we miss out your favourite??

RIP MCA, you will be missed

Ah, the 1970s. A simpler time when a creative screenwipe or a creepy puppet were enough to lend a film some innovative credibility. Of course, anything with real technological ambitions – say, a film which displays both the outermost reaches of our universe and the smallest known form of matter in one continuously zooming shot – would surely require the sharpest of cutting-edge filming technology.

Well, through the 1960s, the office of Charles and Ray Eames, a famous husband-and-wife furniture design team, were commissioned by IBM to make such a film (eventually to be completed and released in 1977), taking on the mammoth task of realising the relativity of all things and making it into a digestible film-essay for the every-man.

On the journey away from Earth, the film sparks the imagination of the viewer much as a physics-bending science-fiction epic might, without ever abandoning science-fact. The film verges on the psychedelic, aesthetically, when we see close into the sleeping man’s hand, yet still with those perfectly measured blue squares keeping the sense of mathematical accuracy upon which the film’s concept relies.

Despite a sometime creepy soundtrack, Powers of Ten is an impressive film for it’s ability to encompass the incredibly broad spectrum of scale, in a way which is visually accomplished – especially considering that it was made more than 40 years ago.

Anglais Complet by 10Films ticks all the boxes for a funny, well made short and we’re glad the folk behind the production company are becoming Kino London regulars! we look forward to seeing what they screen next.

Scrolling through the site www.monkeyfallsofftower.blogspot.co.uk this morning I managed to “watch/spoil” about 15 films within 30 seconds but did so with a big smile on my face. We recommend you take a look!!