15th to 20th April 08 - Glimmer, The 6th Hull International Short Film Festival

The Hull International Short Film Festival returns with a new name and attitude, from 15th April 2008. Glimmer will provide audiences with the very best new short films from across the world alongside numerous special events and exclusive guests.

Highlights of this year's festival will include the Glimmer Award for Best International Short which will see directors from around the globe vie for the prize of £1000 sponsored by World Trade Centre Hull & Humber (a hub for developing, promoting and facilitating international trade and investment).

Included in the programme will be the UK premiere of Ian Strang's Pivot a Canadian film that wryly deals with the notion of masculine competitiveness.

UK Filmmakers will also show the depth and strength of films made in this country with the Glimmer Award for Best UK Short supported by Hull Trains. Films such as Ben Gregor's World Of Wrestling (which sees stars such as Mackenzie Crook in a truly funny film about classic British wrestlers getting the night bus home) and Vicki Psarias' Broken (a moving story of an immigrant family starring Michelle Collins) will all have the chance of walking away with £500.

Yorkshire talent will get a chance to shine and win £500 with the Glimmer Award for Best Yorkshire Short sponsored by Yorkshire Forward with films such as the World premiere of actor Kenny Doughty's directorial debut Me, You and Captain Longbridge, a moving drama about a boy dealing with the reality of death. There will also be the Glimmer Award for Best Hull Short with a prize sponsored by The Mobile Point.

An industry weekend, which will provide master-classes and workshops for those already working within the film industry and those who are merely curious, will be headlined by a Bafta Masterclass with Simon Ellis. Ellis, who was recently nominated for a Bafta and won the Sundance Film Festival with his short Soft, will talk about his career of making award winning short films and his forthcoming debut feature.

After the master-class Simon will present a programme of short films that have inspired him throughout his career. There will also be an opportunity to see Soft in a programme of this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards Nominated Shorts which also includes Dog Altogether, the directorial debut of Paddy Considine which stars Peter Mullan.

Other industry weekend highlights include Anatomy Of A Film in which Yorkshire based director and writer Sue Everett will be on hand to discuss the genesis of her latest film from initial idea to eventual screening and Films Film-makers and Festivals in which a panel of industry experts will be on hand to discuss how filmmakers can make the best use of the myriad festivals on offer throughout the world.

Glimmer will also be proud to host a retrospective of the work of Ben Rivers, a filmmaker who has worked predominantly in 16mm film, showing in international festivals, galleries and UK theatres. The program will award winning films such as This Is My Land and his most recent work Ah, Liberty! which was the recipient of the Tiger Award for Best Short at this year's prestigious Rotterdam Film Festival.

Other programmes to look out for include a season of Indian Short Films, a screening from Propeller TV, the world premiere of films created in association with Creative Partnerships and - in collaboration with the London Short Film Festival - the intriguingly titled Death To Short To Film. There will also be plenty more programmes and events to be announced in the coming weeks. www.myspace.com/hullfilm www.hullfilm.co.uk 01482 381512

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