- May 2016
Five new student films – one evening.
Cinecam proudly presents the ADC’s first ever film night, screening the premieres of five new and original student-made films.
In a truly unique evening, you’ll have the chance to experience the best of Cambridge’s filmmaking talent.
OUTSIDERS: Written by Nathan Miller, Directed by Nathan Miller and Patrick Brooks. A bespoke and exclusive summer camp claims a 100% record in helping socially impaired children.
Tachyon: Written and Directed by Mark Danciger. A scientist creates a machine that can send messages back in time. The consequences are beyond her worst nightmares. A tense sci-fi thriller.
Prelude: by Bekzhan Sarsenbay. A revolution is on. People are rioting in the streets. The workers and actors of a prestigious theatre are left to wonder who is going to win, and plan for a uncertain future.
Clive Benderman: Written and Directed by Tom O Mara. Clive Benderman, a 31-year-old, data-entry worker from Swindon. After forgetting to buy a leaving present for his co-worker, Clive decides to make amends.
OWL#307: Written and Directed by Johnny King. OWL#307: Written and Directed by Johnny King. "I dreamt I heard the owl hooting again...a full-bodied screech of righteousness and assurance."
Marie hasn't left her hotel room for a fortnight now. The door is locked and her mysterious acquaintance has not returned since taking her there. Accompanied only by a wooden owl, tins of fish and trapped spiders, she starts to write...
A warped examination of solitude and confusion, OWL #307 is as disorientating as it is relatable.
- May 2016
"I dreamt I heard the owl hooting again...a full-bodied screech of righteousness and assurance."
Marie hasn't left her hotel room for a fortnight now. The door is locked and her mysterious acquaintance Ian has not returned since leading her there. Accompanied only by a wooden owl, tins of fish and trapped spiders, she starts to write...
A short film examining isolation and confusion, Owl #307 premiered at the first Cambridge Shorts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYZCtz74m1Y
- April 2016
Natural Sin is a short film of around five minutes in length written and directed by Sam Hobson. It stars Leo Benedict as a student who tries to persuade a celestial being (played by Jessi Stritch) to aid him in his romantic pursuits. However, as the being’s true nature becomes clear, his supernatural experience turns out to be far darker than he anticipated.
- March 2016
Prelude is a new political short film, written and directed by Bekzhan Sarsenbayev, and produced by Hugh Granger, Niamh Sauter-Cooke and Jack Wearing, in collaboration with Cinecam, the Cambridge University Filmmaking Society.
The film takes place in a popular theatre under curfew as a revolution rages on in the streets. Actors, production designers and administrators all wait for the power struggle to end, and scramble to secure their safety in the aftermath.
- March 2016
Morpheus is a new short film written and directed by Murdo Barker-Mill.
Esme is an ostensibly normal student, but beneath the surface her subconscious is pervaded by the memories of a traumatic past experience. As the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur Esme struggles to maintain her sanity, leading to terrible consequences for her and those around her.
We will be shooting 4th - 6th of March.
- February 2016
The Spread is a dark comedy about a group of students who form a cult of peanut butter to escape from their troubles.
- February 2016
A young woman begins to notice something, in the corner of her eye. As this presence grows and grows, her life begins to fall apart and it seems the end for her - until a chance meeting finally helps her confront her demons and helps her try and return to a normal life.
- February 2016
Bored with the monotony of everyday life, one man comes up with a plan. He's going to go out and kill someone. Anyone. And he's going to do it tonight.
- January 2016
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK5BtGhpAAM
Radical student activists are occupying the main chamber of the Cambridge Union. They've barricaded the doors and aren't going to leave until their demands have been met. But soon their plan has mutated into a dark nightmare with horrific consequences for all involved...
- January 2016
Τhe story revolves around Cubit, a young man who thinks he is hopelessly in love. Alas, the truth is a darker one, and a much more common one, he is only in love with an apparition of her, with the thought of winning her, the thought of having her for himself. We see Lenman and Cubit as they interact with their friends at a cafe, bop and pub. We are aiming to film this during the first two weeks of Lent.
- December 2015
Tachyon is a new science-fiction short film, written and directed by Mark Danciger.
Tachyon asks a simple question- what would happen if you could send messages back in time to your former self? Lewis, a former post-graduate student at Cambridge University, has discovered a way to do precisely that. In his garage, he creates a machine that can send simple messages, encoded in binary, back in time to his former self. He recruits a deadbeat amateur filmmaker, Paul, to film the first test of his machine. But when the machine starts sending back strange, unexpected messages, Lewis and Paul are caught in a paradox that they cannot escape.
Like all the best sci-fi, Tachyon is rooted in real physics. As explained in the film, Lewis’ machine is scientifically plausible- a similar device was suggested in a thought experiment by Einstein, and labelled the ‘tachyonic anti-telephone’. And tachyons themselves, particles that travel backwards in time have been proposed by many eminent scientists as being consistent with current models of particle physics, though they are still a controversial proposition.
- November 2015
A psychological thriller short film. It questions the truth behind a story told by Jake about events that occur in the moments preceding the start of the film.
Estimated running time: 8 mins.
No confirmed screening date, but will be shown around end of Michaelmas 2015.
- November 2015
"You’ve probably never skipped school. Never had a detention. You’re just soft spoken, well mannered, considerate kids."
Can you learn to fit in? What is the secret to popularity?
A bespoke and exclusive summer camp claims a 100% record in helping socially impaired children.
At first, Emily is just bored by the games and 'psychotherapy'. But then she begins to suspect that something much more sinister is going on...
- April 2015
There are no monsters in dark alleys.
