FRIDAY OCT 4 -
SUN OCT 15
Fri Oct 4 –
Sun Oct 15
Over 60 short films, features, installations and expanded cinema performances from 18 countries, over three days.
Elevation celebrates emerging voices in artistic, experimental, and expanded cinema, offering a platform to Southwest film makers of any genre, and experimental film makers from across the globe in a brand new and exciting offering hosted at Patchwork Studios.
Elevation 2024 will show over 10 hours of film, curated by our in house team, spread across 3 days of ticketed programmes, as well as expanded cinema events and some free to enter installation/film events. Main screenings are hosted at Patchwork Studios, with an additional installation and performance space at Rame Projects.
The day-by-day schedule of screenings is below. For full details about all the films showing in each screening programme, please click on the ‘Full programme details’ link beneath each listing.
You can also download the posters
SCHEDULE
Every Day, Fri-Sun:
12:00 - 17:00 | Aum | Ocean Moon Group | 32m | UK
Immersive art installation
Plus – live performance Sat 5th October 17:40 - 18:50
Rame Projects space
(Please note that this venue is upstairs)
The centre piece of this event is the film AUM. A collaboration between Carl Slater and Ocean Moon Group that features live footage originally filmed at Notch Studio Maker Heights along with images designed to free the mind and complement the rich audio tapestry.
Full programme details here.
Free entry, unticketed event.
Friday 4th October: Screenings
12:30 - 13:35 | Hermetic Visions in a Troubled World | 1h 6m
International short films
Two films that follow feelings of isolation, conflict, and colonialism. Both have elements of visual or spoken poetry, showcased through stunning shots and truly moving imagery. Not quite documentaries, these films highlight the lives of those affected by massive change.
Friday 4th October: Screenings
14:30 - 15:35 | Echoes of the Earth | 1h 5m
International short films
Each of the films in this section shares its distinctive relationship to Earth and the landscape it encapsulates. For some it is the bedrock for visual material, and others it has been used to physically manipulate the film itself.
Friday 4th October: Screenings
16:30 - 18:00 | VHS Diaries | Niyaz Saghari | Iran | 1h 12m plus Director Q&A
Documentary feature
Book tickets
“VHS Diaries is the tale of era of illegal home movies and the adventures of finding and accessing black market videos in post revolution Iran, during the Iran –Iraq war and the post war era when the ban on video was finally lifted while the foreign and art house films still remained illegal .It is the story of love of cinema in times of restriction, the communities of cinephiles, the influential characters and the prices paid on the way.”
Friday 4th October: Screenings
18:00 - 20:00 | Shadowlands | Matilda Butler | UK
Exhibition Opening, free unticketed event
“Shadowlands is an acknowledgment of the shape of shadows. This exhibition is a collection of photographs and artefacts taken on journeys of contemplation over a four year period: where ancient sites have become places of solace and respite, reimagined and curated to form a mythological shadowland.”
Friday 4th October: Screenings
20:00 - 21:00 | Seaing Hereing | Patrycja Loranc and Sam Johnson | UK
20m plus Director Q&A
Expanded cinema performance
Seaing/Hereing is an ongoing project exploring sensory and emotional connections to the artists’ new home among the South West landscapes and seascapes, from a neurodivergent perspective of heightened and altered audio-visual experience.
Saturday 5th October: Screenings
11:00 - 12:40 | From the Soundwaves | 1h 19m plus Director Q&A
International short films
In this selection of films, the auditory element is just as powerful as the visual. Ranging from powerful poetry and spoken word to mechanical droning, the sound cascades out from the screen, drawing the audience in.
Saturday 5th October: Screenings
14:00 - 15:30 | Strange Letters from the Inner Eye | 1h 15m plus Director Q&A
International short films
Introspective and emotionally explorative themes are conveyed within these films. Contemplations of the human condition and mortality examined with dream-like creative sensitivity.
Saturday 5th October: Screenings
16:00 - 17:30 | Sonic Rituals / 1h 11m plus Director Q&A
International short films
Beats, buzzing, and bouncing in seats, this selection of films urges you to move and itching to dance. From music videos to carnivals, feel moved by these creations that celebrate sound.
Saturday 5th October: Screenings
17:40 - 18:50 | AUM | Ocean Moon Group / UK
Live performance
Rame Projects space
International short films
This is a free entry immersive performance hosted in the Rame Projects space by Ocean Moon Group, to accompany the installation, AUM. See above for details.
Full programme details here | Free unticketed event
Saturday 5th October: Screenings
19:00 - 20:30 | Aqueous Humour | BEEF | UK | 1h 30m
Expanded cinema performance
Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF) artists’ collective present expanded occurrences, experimental film, performance, and the throwing of light and sound for an intimate space. Anticipate self-scratched superimpositions, hula hoops, getting in the way, green screen, new Brunswick swing, flickering edges, excavated projectors, eye noise, and super 8 mistakes.
Later, join members for expanded music via loops and fx, field recordings, lost records, and drones.
Sunday 6th October: Screenings
11:00 - 12:20 | Melancholy of Space / 1h 17m
International short films
This selection of films utilises a location as their muse. Drawing on the atmosphere or history, each settles us into the environment, allowing the audience to fully immerse themselves in the spirit of the place.
Sunday 6th October: Screenings
14:00 - 15:15 | Negative Flesh: Positive Code / 1h 9m
International short films
Poetical investigations of sensualism, anatomy, and corporeality have been explored within this collection of films. Prepare for dissections and a reflection of things internal.
Sunday 6th October: Screenings
15:45 - 17:30 | Moorland Youth | 1h 9m plus Director Q&A
Films from Cornwall & Devon, all genres
This programme celebrates the amazing talent of our young artist-directors in Cornwall and Devon. Each has a unique style and theme, but all showcase emerging or established talent that we are delighted to provide a platform for.
