4Docs

Thursday 19 November 15:30 Watershed Cinema 2
£3.50/£2.50 delegates only



4docs is the one stop online resource for everything Short British and Documentary, powered by the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation is back: with a wiki, competition section, screening area and blog. Join blog editor Helen Jack as she screens a diverse and inspiring selection and is in conversation with a couple of filmmakers who made them.

PETER AND BEN

Dir: Pinny Grylls
UK
10 mins

After moving to a remote valley in Wales, Peter forms an unlikely, but enduring friendship with Ben, a newborn orphaned lamb.

LIFT

Dir: Marc Isaacs
UK
24 mins

Documentary exploring the lives of the residents of a London tower block from inside a lift. Trapped in this confined space and suspended in time, the lift is transformed into a place of comedy and reflection.

THE APOLOGY LINE

Dir. James Lees
UK
10 mins

Based around the creation of a real-life ‘apology line', the apologies of people from all over the UK are blended with beautiful visuals to give new, fascinating meaning.

KING OF LAUGHTER

Dir. Nick Hillel
3 mins

Ethiopian's King of Laughter visits England to see if laughter is really shrinking in the western world and whether his brand of laughter therapy can cheer up the UK's unhappiest town.

THE ARCHIVE

Dir. Sean Dunne

Paul Mawhinney has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection.

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