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John Smith

Part five from the series Hotel Diaries came about in Smith’s hotel room in Rotterdam while he was a jury member at the Festival in 2006.

IFFR 2007

Pyramids, 

Short: As Long As It Takes

Pyramids

The maker talks about the use of video and demonstrates this using a Christmas carol.

IFFR 2000

Regression, 

main programme short

Regression

Ian Bourne

Kiss, The

The Kiss

Graeme Miller

What do fragments of sound tell us about the context they were discovered in?

IFFR 2002

Lost Sound, 

What (is) Cinema?

Lost Sound

Quiet observations on Viennese street corners acquire more and more (strange) life as the film progresses.

IFFR 2004

Worst Case Scenario, 

short films

Worst Case Scenario

Film-maker and composer co-directed a film about the construction of a London motorway.

IFFR 1998

Blight, 

Blight

Personal reflections form a hotel room in Berlin.

IFFR 2005

Museum Piece, 

Short!

Museum Piece

A film crammed full of warmth and compellingly dry insight introduces us to Mr. Tony Smith, John’s Dad, and ‘a perfectionist with a steady hand’.

IFFR 2013

Dad's Stick, 

Spectrum Shorts

Dad's Stick

Good heavens! Airline safety instructions can be highly ambiguous. John Smith delivers a biblical interpretation of Ryanair's in-flight safety card.

IFFR 2020

Perspectives

State of Grace, A

Wait and See

A State of Grace

A very personal interpretation of the poem by T.S. Eliot.

IFFR 1999

Waste Land, The

The Waste Land

Miranda Pennell

The artist's investigation into her parents’ involvement with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (nowadays British Petroleum) lead to her discovery of letters tracing a search for the origins of civilisation. <strong>The Host </strong>is about the stories we tell about ourselves and others, the facts and fictions we live by - and their consequences.

IFFR 2016

Host, The

Bright Future Mid-length

The Host