NORTH WEST SHORT FILMS SHOWCASED IN THE BIG APPLE

Eight short films made by talented Northwest filmmakers will be screened in New York next week (20/10/03) as part of the regional Transatlantic Express event.

The eight visionary films which were all funded by North West Vision, explore issues of love, death and sex and star celebrities such as the singer Jarvis Cocker and actor Ian Hart (star of Harry Potter). All eight of the films will be shown at Two Boots Pioneer Theatre in New York on Monday the 20th October.

The main aim of Transatlantic Express is to showcase the best in music, fashion, film, TV, and visual arts. It will provide a unique business to business and profiling opportunity for the region’s creative talent.

Alice Morrison, Chief Executive for North West Vision said:

“ I am ecstatic that the talented work of some of the North West’s finest film makers will be shown in New York. Transatlantic Express is a wonderful way in which to showcase the regions creative professionals and we are very proud to be part of it”.

At its heart, Transatlantic Express is a creative industries international trade event that uses the dynamics of the creative industries to generate opportunities in one of the best markets for the UK and Northwest’s products. Combining international trade and export support from Great Merseyside Enterprises (GME), CBI and the British Consulate in New York with a series industry showcases, the project enables the enterprises involved to show off their products to best advantage, with the back up of the experience the trade agencies.

ACME and CIDS, co-ordinate the film/TV element of Transatlantic Express 2003 in consultation with established North West Vision.

North West Vision films being showcased
Screening at 8.00pm on Monday, 20th October at Two Boots Pioneer Theatre, 155 East 3rd Street, New York. For ticket information contact the theatre on (212) 254 3300.

5 WAYS JOHN WAYNE DIDN’T DIE: Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker plays a hapless, newly wed killer in this offbeat comedy.

SLEEP MY LOVE: The story of an aggrieved tramp, once a loving husband, until a devastating incident tore his life apart.

CANNED MAN: The future - and Kim Mavers is looking for the perfect man so she buys one in a tin. “Just add water for the man of your dreams”.

IN MEMORIAM: The story of a loner, Bernard, trapped in the past since the loss of his wife.

JOURNEY: Ernest, recently widowed, longs to rejoin his wife in their spiritual home in Barbados. But he sees his “journey” can only be achieved by taking his own life.

PUT YOUR COAT ON: Amoré in an anorak. A young girl hits the bright lights of the big city. A bloodstained coat suggests a tragic end or is this just a love story after all?

UNHINGED: Psychiatrist Dr. Snell tries his utmost to rid his patient, Eric (played by Harry Potter star Ian Hart), of his curious fetish.

INCENSE: Film, without words, about secrets in a middle-class, suburban Asian home where a mother, haunted by the past, fills the home with incense smoke to ward off evil.