Limelight Film Night Review

On Sunday 10th of  March, we were invited at the Limelight Film Night at Rich Mix, London.

During this Film Night, five short movies which were nominated in different categories at Limelight Film Awards 2012 were introduced to the audience.

The first movie to open the night was Fixing Luka, by Jessica Ashman. This frame by frame animated movie told the story of Lucy, and Luka her little brother who seems to be "broken". Through this poetic and moving metaphor, we can guess the director wanted to talk about her own experience of living with an autistic brother.

Then, the second film, entitled 22, told the story of a young boy, who regained hope and faith in the world with a simple and unusual conversation with a lady. Unless this short movie only lasts around three minutes, it was very powerful, and it transmitted in a very efficient way the main message. The director, Bivas Ambasada, was present at the event. He highlighted the use of specific colours to represent the mood of the young boy. His main message was that sometimes people lose faith and hope, and just by speaking to them it can make them feel better.

The film-makers of the short movie 'Trunks'

A short break came after, with the performance of the two artists of Make Money Entertainment.

Frame of mind followed. Directed by Zornista Petkova, this silent film was the story of how two people meet. The music took an important part, to represent the different feelings of the two characters. It is a very cute and beautiful story which makes us want to fall in love!

Man in a cat came afterwards. This animated movie related the life of a small man who lives inside of a cat, and how he first fell in love with the cat's owner, until he met a women of the same size as him. Louis Hudson has produced here a silly and fun short movie, cute and quite disgusting at the same time.

Finally, the last movie, called Trunks, was directed by David Hewitt. Trunks shows us the way a straight man realizes he is gay. The whole scene takes place at the swimming pool, and in voice-over, we hear a conversation between the main character and his ex-girlfriend, he is actually telling her what happened while he was swimming. The strange thing is that underwater he felt gay, and at the surface he felt straight. This movie had impressive underwater images, and we could noticed the amazing work on the framing, the production and the editing. 

This Film Night was really interesting, and it's always a pleasure to discover new creations from independent film makers!