Bay Short Film Festival - Carnforth Screening

AWKWARD CONFESSIONS & STRANGE ENCOUNTERS

Nine films about the strange, tender, and unsettling corners of ordinary life. A pub competition turns swallowing pickled eggs into community ritual; a couple's counselling session reveals more than either expected; a woman wakes unable to move and discovers she is not alone in her bed. Between sharper comedies — a confession over dessert, a Cumbrian dad rigging a Christmas turkey raffle, a coronation party derailed by an eccentric performer — sit quieter, heavier pieces: a fractured marriage, a young woman fresh from prison searching for the mother who left her. This programme is for 15+ audiences with films ranging from laugh-out-loud to genuinely haunting.

[DOORS OPEN AT 6.30PM - SCREENING STARTS AT 7PM]

PROGRAMME:

• How Fast Can You Eat a Pickled Egg? (13:12) - documentary/comedy
• We Need to Talk (7:16) - drama
• Fudge Sundae (12:36) - dramedy
• Egg Timer (12:50) - dramedy
• Live, Laugh, Love (8:40) - drama

[INTERVAL]

• The Woman in the Bed (4:20) - horror
• Meat Raffle (14:55) - comedy
• Love Me, Hold Me, Always (15:00) - drama/horror
• Heathen Land (14:52) - comedy

The screening will be followed by:

• Audience voting for the Best film of this screening
• Q&A session with guest filmmakers (TBC)
• Film Discussions with refreshments

This screening is a part of a 3-day film festival with pre-festival filmmakers masterclass. Please check all our events and screenings in Lancaster, Carnforth and Ulverston.

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