Short Docs

plus directors Q&A

ICA Cinema 1, March 5, 6.30pm

Birds Eye View and 4docs have teamed up to present an international programme of award-winning short documentaries to excite your mind and affect your heart.

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  • Utopia, Part 3: the World's Largest Shopping Mall

    Dir. Carrie Lozano and Sam Green, USA 2009, 14 min

    If you build it, they will come. Or maybe not. Located near Guangzhou in China is the world's largest shopping mall, which remains desolate years after opening. A cautionary consumerist tale.

  • The Delian Mode

    Dir. Kara Blake, Canada 2009, 24 min

    This artfully told doc tells the story of Delia Derbyshire, the ground-breaking avant-garde queen of electronic music who was ahead of her time. By miles.

  • China's Wild West

    Dir. Urszula Pontikos, UK 2009, 12min

    This beautifully shot film documents the hopeful struggle of a Muslim community in western China, who spend their winter digging for Jade in a dried up riverbed desperate to free themselves from poverty.

  • Unearthing the Pen

    Dir. Carol Salter, UK 2009, 13 min

    A young goatherder in northern Uganda tries to reconcile his desire to learn against the wishes of his elders, who have placed a curse on the written word.

  • Amasan: Women of the Sea

    Dir. Amie Williams, USA 2009, 13 min

    Williams' insightful doc looks at the dying art of the Amasan Japanese women free divers who plumb the depths of the ocean for prized abalone, a culinary delicacy.