Cinemashup kicks off a new season at Dada bar

Happy New Year!

Cinemash up starts 2011 with a bang- great new short films, animations and documentaries from around the world. Obscure visual delights, hand picked by Tina Sparkles and Laura Ingalls. Come down to Dada this Wednesday 12th January for a fantastic night of film, it’s free and good for the soul!

Doors open at 8.30pm, films start at 9pm, finish up around 11.30

Dada Bar 115 xingfu lu near Fahuazen Lu.

Below is the preliminary program, we will have a few more surprises on the night

Cinemash up program Jan 12 (more great surprises on the night!)

Angry Man- Josh Gorden, Will Speck, 5 mins- Going to the cinema is not always a pleasurable experience. Especially when you can’t choose who you sit next to.

Ozzat- Darren Walsh- 5 mins. A night at the pub, illustrating a whole new version of beer goggles.

Abductees- Irene Kotlarz- 11 mins- An alien abductee is hypnotized and recounts her other worldly experience, illustrated through various styles of animation.

A is for autism- Tim Webb- 1992-11 mins -England- A variety of animations and drawings from people with autism explaining their interpretation of the condition. A multi award winning film giving incredible insight and explanation about autism.

Sandman- Paul Berry, 1992, 10mins- Stop motion animation about what happens when Mr Sandman spins nightmares instead of dreams.

Manipulation- Daniel Greaves,6 mins. An animator and his creation have a power struggle.

Little wolf- An Vrombaut 6 mins, an adorable hand drawn animation of a little wolf trying to catch a very stupid sheep.

The light of Darkness- Michael Cargile, 10 mins- It is a dark, deserted highway. A woman is driving down a deserted road, lost and confused. She stops to sleep for the night. A dark stranger appears- the results are not what you may first expect.

Dessert- Jill Roberston- 4mins- A very young Ewan Mcgregor strolls along a beach and finds a perfect chocolate éclair at the waters edge- where could it have come from? Dare he find out?

78- Noah Edleson, 4mins. Its early morning, a child stands on a man hole in a suburban street repeating a number constantly. A man waiting for the bus watches on, confused and somewhat annoyed decides to investigate- a dark twist on talking to strangers.

Light is Calling, Bill Morrison, 7 mins. Hauntingly beautiful reconstructed old silent film. The film is deliberately burnt and dystroyed to produce beauty out of decay.

La Jette- Chris Marker,20 mins. Post apocalyptic world is illustrated by stunning still photos from Chris Marker. An incredibly powerful film.