on 4th September 2012 doors open at 16:45 at the Lighthouse Media Centre Brighton to showcase 20 short Documentary Films and 10 visual art projects and a Documentary Film competition with Awards Ceremony. you can RSVP at storiesandspaces@gmail.com Blog:     stories-and-spaces.blogspot.co.uk Twitter:  twitter.com/StoriesandSpace

Degree Show
Welcome to the Media, Film and Music 2012 MA degree show, Stories and Spaces. This new generation of filmmakers and visual artists are passionate about the media they make and its place in the world. In our 50th year, students have shown anabundance of creativity, dedication and enthusiasm throughout their studies. Please join us in congratulating our MA finalists and wishing them all the best in their creative endeavours.
	Community Section judged by Daisy Asquith Digital Documentary MA + Journalism & Documentary MA		Identity Section judged by Simon Fanshawe Digital Documentary MA + Journalism & Documentary MA		Digital Media MA		Creative Media Practice MA
	Provoking Change Section judged by Marc Francis Digital Documentary MA + Journalism & Documentary MA		Passionate People Section judged by Penny Woolcock Digital Documentary MA + Journalism & Documentary MA

Programme
	Digital Lounge		Studio		Reception Area		Conference Room
16:45	Doors Open
17:00	Bar Opens
17:30	Degree Show Opening with Sue Thornham, Head of Media, Film and Music School at Sussex University
18:00	Down in the Quarter     Director: Nathaniel Torok		Becoming Penny     Director: Keith Rodway		The Iron Age     Alex Casper Cline		The Maid     Blessing Lass
18:25	Devoted     Director: Kate Messer		Everywhere, I am     Director: João Martins		Can you see my music talking?     Mario Atiogbe		Who Let One Rip     Sammy Dimiyei
18:50	Where Linnets Nest     Director: Mark Johnson		The N(orwegian) Word     Director: Olimata Jeng				An Unpredictable Certainty     Maria Spivak
19:15	Community Spirit     Director: Sam Franklyn		30 kilos of corn     Director: Yuan Tian				Mnemosyne     Peter Harte
19:40	Love at First Flight     Director: Eylem Caner		Who Cares?     Director: Sam Lipscomb				Listen to Me     Yan Chen
20:15	Judges Announce Film Awards in reception area						Release.Bandage     Yingshi Du
20:45	The Battle of Parliament Square     Director: Ryan Powell		Heart of Ho'oponopono     Director: Carolina Oliveira				Mr. Phi     Sai Zhou
21:10	Stitched Stories     Director: Rachel Tavernor		The Beauty of Burlesque     Director: Laura Cullum				Long Distance     Wen Du
21:35	The Bird in The Cage     Director: Sandra Spighel		Nineteen miles     Director: Jack Zeniewski
22:00	The Unspoken Annihilation     Director: Vishal Das		Brighton bass     Director: Jessie Ji
22:25	People is sometimes kind     Director: Nisha Vasudevan		Home     Director: Xiaohan Ni
23:00	Degree Show ends. After Party is announced

Documentary Film Competition

The Documentary Film Awards will be the highlight of "Stories and Spaces", offering the graduating students the chance of having their work seen and evaluated by four leading professionals from the Film and Media Industry: filmmakers Daisy Asquith, Penny Woolcock and Mark Francis, and Sussex Alumni and current Chairman of the Council, Simon Fanshawe. Each judge will be assigned one of the following categories of films: Community A collection of films that look at the ties within a community from Ultimate Frisbee to the Hare Krishna faith, addressing the issue of belonging Identity The documentaries in this category cover the deeply personal questions about how we are defined by mental illnesses, our culture and our sexual orientation Provoking Change These short films follow the lives of people inspired to provoke change covering issues of activism human rights and animal welfare Passionate People These short documentaries explore what drives peoples passions about classic cars, burlesque, underground music, design and surfing All competing films will be screened during the event in their specific category, as scheduled on the programme. Each category contains five short documentaries (20-30 minutes per film) and will have one winner, announced by its corresponding judge during the Awards Ceremony. The prizes include one year subscriptions to Shooting People and two short internships in production companies: back2back Productions and Touch Productions.

Venue
	Lighthouse, located at 28 Kensington Street, is about a 10 minute walk from Brighton station. The nearest stop is the Kensington Gardens stop on North Road. There are numerous cycle racks in nearby streets, particularly outside the Library in Jubilee Street. A multi storey 24 hours car park is available on North Road, just around the corner from the venue: Tower Points, North Road. View Stories and Spaces in a larger map

Contact

For general questions and queries, please e-mail us at storiesandspaces@gmail.com For special queries, please contact: Location, Guestlist and Newsletter: Rachel Tavernor Funding, Partners and Awards: Sandra Spighel Nathaniel Torok Documentary Film Competition: Rachel Tavernor Sandra Spighel Nathaniel Torok Press: Georgia T Rooney Print Media Coordination: Keith Rodway Social Media Coordination: Mario Atiogbe Fundraising Events: Mark Johnson Graphic Design: aspecialperson.com

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