Star and Shadow welcomes HSFF, hot from their 4th annual stint at the ICA, Curzon Soho and Roxy cinemas in London, charging the filmscene with the rallying cry “Death to Short Film”. Highlights will include a retrospective of rising stars the Blaine Brothers (Free Speech, Hallo Panda), along with screenings offering the best in new shorts, from lo-budget gems, female fronted dramas, stunning cinematography, experimental forays, messy romances and a special late night programme of weird shit. Plus live music in the bar and DJ-ing shenanigans. www.shortfilms.org.uk www.myspace.com/halloweenshortfilmfestival3

Programme:
Friday 23rd
7pm F*cked Up Love
10.30 pm Lo-Budget Mayhem

Saturday 24th
2pm Trick of the Light
4pm Daughters of Kaos
6pm Leftfield and Luscious
8pm Retrospective Blaine Brothers
10.30pm VX Auteur Theory

Friday
7pm
FUCKED UP LOVE
Is that a tear or a twinkle in your eye? Whether it be romantic or family, love is always fucked up. Halloween’s romantic programme is wholly unsuitable for first dates.

BIG ON LOVE, Joseph Pierce
BLIND DATE, Keith Lawes
DAD, Daniel Mulloy
DOG FLAP, Jack Herbert
FREE RANGE, Steve Friendship
I LEAD, Rob Munday
IMPOTENCE, Ryan Louie
LOVE LETTER, Richard Fenwick
POTAPYCH THE BEAR WHO LOVED VODKA,Darren Price
SCREEN KISS, Steve Sander
TELLING MARK,Guy Ducker
VALENTINE, Gemma Lord
VOYEUR, Ruud Vrugt

10.30pm
LATE NIGHT LO-BUDGET MAYHEM
A programme from filmmakers with more urgency than currency, where inventiveness is prized highest and good taste gets short shrift. Expect a raucous late night show.

AN AFFAIR WITH TERRANCE STAMP, Charles Henri Belleville
THE BAKER, Jason Impey
BENNY, Brad MacPherson
CRUSH, Franca Chretien
DON'T EVEN THINK IT, Martin Gooch
FEAR RIDERS, Max Zadow
FOLLOW THE SCENT, Will McGregor
FRIDAY, Alice Walker, Dave Knowles, Rich Bebbington
GASOLINE BLOOD, David Pope
HOT WATER CAT AND THE OUTSIDE, Simon Jones
MOLE AND MEZCAL, Marco Espirito Santo
A MOUSE FUNERAL, Greg Butler
ORIGASMI, Jill Rosenberg
POSTCARD, Ruud Vrugt
SHERLOCK HOLMES VERSUS SHERLOCK HOLMES,Domitien Chen
SIDE DISH, Nadia Attia
TINY DANCER, Stefan Georgiou
UP TO NO GOOD, Anna Linsdell
WE ARE MADE OF DREAMS AND DREAMS ARE MADE OF US, Stephen Bishop
WITH DICKINSON AND I, Miles Carter

Plus Live VJ set from animate! commissioned Max Hattler + some special live music performances

Saturday
2pm
TRICK OF THE LIGHT
Short films with gorgeous and sumptuous images in this stunning selection of rich cinematography and beautiful animation.

ALONE AMONGST FRIENDS, John Shearlock
CAMERA OBSCURA, Martin Pickles
THE FOOL WHO LOOKS AT THE FINGER THAT POINTS
TO THE SKY, Aaron Bradbury
GET GOOD, Francois Plain, Rozi Plain
THE HARVEST, Joseph Briffa
KERFUFFLE, Alisdair Brotherson
LEAP OF FAITH, Steve Smith
LIGHTHEADED, Iain Finlay
ONE, Philip Day
PURITY, Ali Taylor
STEALTH LUNCH, Layla Atkinson
THREE TOWERS, Yoni Bentovim, Emily Harris
THE WARDROBE, Lewi Firth Bolton

Followed by  Richard Fenwick DJ set

4pm
DAUGHTERS OF THE KAOS
Originally hosted by the Club Motherfucker girls, this programme is all about complex female characters and femmes with attitude, in films made by both genders. Includes Daughters of the Kaos Award.

A BEAUTIFUL INDUSTRY, Helen Piercy
BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY, Laurie J Proud
DON'T DO TRICKS, Lady Lucy
HOT KLUB, Rebecca Closure
INTERSTELLAR STELLA, AL + AL
I WANT TO BE A SECRETARY, Sarah Wood
MY FRIEND MARJORIE, Louise Wilde
NEVER MARRY A WOMAN WITH BIG FEET, Joon Goh
REFLECTIONS, Jane Gull
SHANTELL TOWN, Paulette James
WE BELIEVE IN HAPPY ENDINGS, Susie Sparrow, Forsberg

Followed by Kate Taylor DJ set of Female-fronted Rock n Roll

6pm
LEFTFIELD AND LUSCIOUS
Experimental jaunts and tasty artists’ landscapes intended for cinematic viewing, this programme features eye opening innovations from an abstract viewpoint. Includes the LUX Award for Best Experimental Film.

1654 MILES OF QUIET PLACES I KNOW, Matthew Murdoch
ARTIFICIAL WORLDS V.3.0, Richard Fenwick
AT ONCE HAVING BEGUN IT GOES ON AND ON AND ENDS NOWHERE, Ailsa Ferrier
THE CATALOGUE, Chris Oakley
THE ENGLISH GUY AND THE DUTCH GUY, Naren Wilks
GIRL SEEMING TO DISSAPPEAR, Zan Lyons
GOING NATIVE, Susan Aldworth
GUILTY BY NATURE, Joseph Barnett
OZYMANDIAS, Dave Griffiths
THE PAPER TRUMPET, Steve Manford
THE PEOPLE DID NOT LIKE IT HERE, Jayne Helliwell
PROXIMITY, Inger Lise Hansen
PURPLE GREY, Sebastian Buerkner
RABBIT STORIES, Sean Conway
A STORM AND SOME SNOW, Simon Ellis
THIS IS MY LAND, Ben Rivers

Followed by DJ Sean Conway spinning the discs

8pm
RETROSPECTIVE: BLAINE BROTHERS
British filmmaking brothers extraordinaire, whether creating drama in the guise of their recent Cinema Extreme commission HALLO PANDA, or music docs looking at the New Cross scene, or their promos for the likes of Art Brut, The Rapture and The Dead Pixels, “It's never been our dream to live in the smog of LA or the sweat of Cannes. We try to make popular films without talking down to our audience. Our themes are universal but come from a British outlook and it has always been important to us that our work feels real.”

Followed by Blaine Brothers DJ set - and a chance to meet the duo

10.30pm
VX AUTEUR Theory
This showcase screening features the next generation of DIY auteurs for whom filmmaking is a more rounded, personal process as opposed to clear-cut, traditional filmmaking roles. Created by Lucia Helenka, a London-based artist and filmmaker and supported by Vauxhall, the competition showcases undiscovered, talented filmmakers with a strong personal vision and hands on approach to filmmaking.

Judges this year were writer and film critic Chris Darke, dragon-riding actress Sienna Guillory, Vauxhall’s Simon Ewert, Halloween’s Philip Ilson and Lucia Helenka.

Come along and see if you agree with the judges choice - or get stirred up for the challenge next time round

Followed by Halloween Allstars record playing till close