EXETER PHOENIX COMMISSION PREMIERE
Fri 07 Feb | 19:00 | 60min | Recommended 18+ | £5
Join us on closing night where Two Short Nights will platform this year’s Exeter Phoenix Short Film Commissions on the big screen for the first time. This screening celebrates the dedication, hard work and talent of a range of filmmakers and artists based in the south west. Remember, you saw them here first.
LIPSTICK
Dir. Natasha Lay | 4 mins | Micro Short Film Commission
A young woman on her first night out in town learns more about her new friend, and herself, in the women's bathroom of a bar.
OTHER
Dir. Emma Johnson | 3 mins | Micro Short Film Commission
Overwhelmed and unimpressed by school, Olivia tumbles into her imagination, realising that by embracing this vibrant inner world and sharing her ideas with others, life can be empowering and extraordinary.
ABIGAIL’S AN ACTIVIST NOW
Dir. Micha Colombo | 14 mins | UK
When downtrodden Abigail begins a spontaneous protest to save a tree, her family think she’s lost the plot, but soon come to realise that her unravelling is what they all need.
STABLE SPEAK
Dir. Alice Clough | 4 mins | Artists Moving Image Commission
Stable Speak juxtaposes two intimate interactions, with horse and human, in a poetic and poignant moment of disclosure.
NACRE
Dir. Lydia Jenkins | 8 mins | South West Short Film Commission
When presented as a sacrifice to an elusive sea monster, Maggie must find her strength or be condemned to a dreadful fate.
A YEAR AND A MINUTE
Dir. Sapphire Medeema | 10 mins |19-25 Devon Film Fund
A Year and a Minute follows a neurodivergent teenager and her older brother, sitting in a car on the anniversary of their grandmother's death as they discover they have surprisingly different memories of the same family events.
