Film Events

Wight Words Official Launch Event
Mon 24 Sep
Venue: Quay Arts 01983 822490

Screen South Spin Off 2 - 5pm

In partnership with Quay Arts, Isle of Wight Film Network, Word of Mouth, City Eye and F*F Productions, Screen South will be hosting a pitching competition to give writers and directors a chance to pitch their feature or short film ideas in one minute to a panel of film industry experts including a Screen South Best Pitch Award voted for by the panel. Producers are welcome to join the audience as you may just find the next best movie idea being pitched. A panel will give a short presentation and Q & A on their own presentation tips as well as supportive advice prior to the pitch. This will be a supportive event where both experienced and new talent will be welcome.

If you are interested in taking part in the pitching session please register your interest by contacting Quay Arts on 01983 822490 or email at info@quayarts.org

Drinks Reception 7:30pm

This event, to be held in the Michael West Gallery at Quay Arts, is the official launch for the Wight Words season, celebrating writers and writing of all kinds. As well as a chance to meet some of the writers and organisations involved in the season, the event will offer a chance for social networking with drinks and snacks available.

Digital Shorts Showcase 9pm

UK Film Council & Screen South presents Digital Shorts Showcase - a selection of the best short films made in the South East. Introduced by Jo Nolan CEO of Screen South with hot news regarding the next opportunity to submit your ideas for the next commissioning round.

Film: The Shore Women present
The Wreck of the Irex
Filmed at Dimbola House
Mon 1 Oct 8pm Doors 7pm £4 (Friends of Quay Arts £3)
Venue: Quay Arts 01983 822490

In January 1890 Irex ran on shore in Scratchell’s Bay, the largest sailing ship ever to be wrecked off the Isle of Wight. The captain and the officers drowned. The dramatic ship-to-shore rescue of the rest of the crew made the front cover of the London Evening News. The Coroner’s enquiry turned up more questions than it answered for local people and the survivors. Encouraged by a grant from the Isle of Wight Economic Partnership the Shore Women investigated the strange circumstances surrounding the disaster. Their extensive research and writing, have led on to school workshops, readings and performance - and now to film. www.shorewomen.org.uk

Film: Ryde Film Society Screening - China Blue
Fri 12 Oct 8pm £4 (£2 members)
Venue: Ryde Studio Theatre at Ryde High School 01983 611705

Shot at the peril of Peled and his crew, this is a meticulously livid exposé of a sweatshop in southern China. Jasmine, 16, is one of the tens of millions of Chinese who have left their rural villages in search of work. At the Lifeng factory, she and the girls snip threads and sew zippers for pennies on the hour (sometimes purchasing “energy medicine” on the street to work all night). They are beholden to a deadbeat boss (Mr. Lam prefers “docile and obedient” female workers) who is himself beholden to the criminally low-balled purchase orders coming in from all over the world, for clients like Levi and Wal-Mart.

2005, 86 mins, USA, Dir: Micha X. Peled, Cert. 12A