Future Cinema

Past Events: FUTURE CINEMA 2007

DIVE IN MOVIES at THAMES FESTIVAL//The Scoop London//15th September 2007
FUTURE CINEMA presented DIVE IN MOVIES, an aquatic multilayered event fusing film, music, live animation, dance and water at the Thames Festival.
The event at The Scoop Amphitheatre commenced with a Busby Berkeley inspired dance sequence from the dazzling Chamelion Collective, followed by a collection of the very best in water-themed short films and music videos from around the world curated by FUTURE SHORTS, the international short film festival. Films included music videos from Michel Gondry and archive footage.
A special selection of shorts was then rescored by the Little Boat Big Band. The event drew to a close with a climactic performance from Perico accompanied by the fantastic Paper Cinema, who animated paper puppets on stage before a camera to create a live animation film.

FUTURE CINEMA HEADS FOR THE FIELDS
FUTURE CINEMA headed for the fields with shows at Latitude (13 July) and The Big Chill (4 August) Festivals.
Featuring live performance from Perico accompanied by the fantastic Paper Cinema, as well as the very best short films and music videos from FUTURE SHORTS, FUTURE CINEMA created a wondrously atmospheric and highly interactive cinematic experience. Some of the finest Future Shorts’ films were rescored by Little Boat Big Band. FUTURE CINEMA also presented some amazing theatre and dance pieces. The Chamelion Collective brought ‘Metropolis’ to life, projected onto the sumptuous skin of the decadent Yoshiwara dancers. The evening also included the fabulous 1927 and their ‘Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’ show.

The Lost Vagueness Field//Glastonbury Festival//22-24th June 2007
Future Cinema presented the Chinese Cinema Palace in Glastonbury. Inspired by the film ‘In the Mood for Love’, the tent included vintage cinema seats, red coconut matting, red lanterns, old Chinese movie prints, and red lighting... Festival-goers were able to retire in the cinema tent – part opium den, part old theatre - to watch a programme of international short films and music videos presented by Future Shorts, as well as live theatre. Past the vintage ticket booth, patrons were ushered in by Mrs Chang and Mr Chow. 19-27 (the company of acclaimed poet Suzanne Andrade) presented their celebrated theatre show, while Geneva presented ‘The Powder Factory’ a surrealist performance depicting nurses and birds in a hospital. Finally the tent hosted Marisa Carnesky of the Insect Circus who performed three intriguing acts including ‘Tallulah the Worm Charmer’, and ‘Fakira the Queen of Mystery’. One side of the tent presented the lobby from the film. The cinema was also brought to life with atmospheric projections and rescores in store for selected shorts, as well as Paper Cinema.

ICA//ICA London//24th April 2007
Future Cinema presented an evening at The Institute of Contemporary Art for its regular Club events to members only. This private event included a programme of award-winning innovative short films and animation from around the world, some of which were rescored by Little Boat.

Cybersonica’s Late at Tate Britain//Tate Britain London//6th April 2007
Future Shorts and Future Cinema presented a programme of experimental short films from around the world, some of which were rescored and semi-improvised live by regular collaborators Little Boat and Perico, as part of Cybersonica, London's annual multimedia festival showcasing an evening of progressive electronic music, audiovisual performance and accessible sonic art.

'The Big Lebowski'//Bloomsbury Bowling Alley//7th February 2007 Future Cinema has started 2007 by participating to the myspace launch of their ..My movie mash-up.. competition, entirely transforming the entrance of the Bloomsbury Bowling Alley around the cult film of THE BIG LEBOWSKI, with Future Cinema's trademark combination of film, video, performance, dance, and music. FUTURE CINEMA 2006 2006 has been a great year for Future Cinema and has set us in good grounding for the coming year. There have been 10 amazing events around the country including Dream of Elephants, Matrix and most recently Metropolis. Set in the depths of Fabric nightclub in London, Metropolis was an outstanding success and a hell of a grand finale for this years tour.'Metropolis'//Fabric London//23rd November 2006FUTURE CINEMA HITS FABRICOn Thursday 23rd November at Fabric, Future Cinema in association with Stella Artois took the audience on a cinematic ride to the world of Metropolis, an event based on Fritz Lang's vision of the future from the 1920's. The feature was rescored live by Darryn Harkness while the club was divided into an upper and lower world combining projections, installations and performances based on skyscrapers, flying airplanes, roads with moving cars, Johhan Fredersen's office and even the Tower of Babel... A massive thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed the show and remember to come to the next event in the new year guaranteed to be bigger and better then anything you've seen before.Look out for the next event on this myspace or on our website, www.futurecinema.co.uk'Dreams Of Elephants'//Battersea Arts Centre//4th October 2006Future Cinema On the 4th of October 2006, took over the Battersea Arts Centre and presented a unique combination of film, theatre and music as part of the BAC..s Festival of Imagination.Inspired by this theme we celebrated James Holman, the victorian ..Blind Traveller.., author and social observer, who tries to recall an encounter with an elephant and is suprised to find himself being reminded of his adventures as he remembers this large, unusual animal. We told James Holman..s story through a fusion of cinema, performance and sound. James Holman dreams of elephants'Future Cinema'//Edinburgh Festival//August 2006FUTURE CINEMA EDINBURGH FESTIVAL SELL OUT SUCCESS! Future Cinema hit the ground running, or should I say, trotting, when they embarked on their adventure to Edinburgh. A horse drawn carriage brought bands The Real Tuesday Weld, Shekoyoh, and the deliriously gothic Dresden Dolls to former casino Club Ego. The venue was transformed into a dark, baroque hall of wonders, themed around Nosferatu, which was re-scored live by Darryn Harkness the audience was absolutely captivated and fixated by this feature. Performers dressed as Nosferatus, crazed receptionists, pale near-dead maidens and emus wandered through and disturbed the crowd.The night was a sell-out, and the main room was jam-packed for the headline performance from the Dresden Dolls. Amanda glistened over the crowd, and threw flowers out across them in celebration at the end of their performance.'Matrix gets Futurized'//Studio Artois//Dublin//November 2006 Neo MatrixFuture Cinema was very excited to be involved in the first Studio Artois Event to be held in Ireland. The venue was perfect and was an excellent setting for our collaboration in taking this cult film to a whole new level. Installations, performers, futuristic short films and the incredible Oculas all rocked the show.'Dresden Dolls'//Astoria, London//12th May 2006 Dresden Dolls Bathing in Glory at the AstoriaOn the 12th May, the London Astoria was the venue for another inspired night featuring the Dresden Dolls and our very own beauties dressed in swimming costumes with oversized bodies and overdressed faces. Truly visual, it was one not to miss.'Dresden Dolls'//Roundhouse, London//3rd-4th November 2006 Dresden Dolls Clean up at the RoundhouseAt London's Roundhouse on Fri 3rd and Sat 4th November, we presented our distinctive mix of cinema, theatre, music and performance alongside an explosive set by Amanda and Brian. We created an installation / performance area in the form of a mini derelict theatre.'Dive-In Movies-Studio Artois'//Tooting Bec Lido//July 2006 Down at the Lido.To mark it's Centenary year, Tooting Bec Lido held a magical open-air summer event. Projecting onto a 12 metre high giant air-screen in the garden beside the Lido. Dive-in Movies celebrated one hundred years of films, shorts and archive footage all featuring swimming pools and bathers. Future Cinema transformed the Lido into a retro leisure area of the early 1920's with dance routines, ushers in swimming costumes and much more.'Future Cinema Village-Studio Artois'//Greenwich, London//July 2006'The Future Cinema Village featured a 200 capacity sit down cinema tent that showcased the best in short film alongside installation tents, trapeze acts and cabaret. There was even a BFI Gaia Dome that projected unseen footage from the BFI national archive onto five giant hexaganol screens. The entire park was filled with performers, acrobats, breakdancers and film related music.' - (http://www.exposure.net/europe/articles/39.html)'Future Cinema'//Ashton Court, Bristol//9th June 2006 Ahton CourtFor this leg of the tour Future Cinema converted Bristol's Ashton Court into an audio/visual extravaganza with everything in epic proportions. The staple diet of the Future Cinema regulars on this years tour proved not to be a disapointment.'Future Cinema'//SE1 Club, London//1st June 2006..er.gif" width="534" height="121"
Sensory Abduction'Here's a night on a scale you don't normally find outside the weekend, a big bold cinematic event that fuses film with live music, theatre and cabaret performances. Top of the bill is the screening of FW Murnau's silent classic, Nosferatu, with a live soundtrack by New Telepathics, but there are also a hot line-up of live sets from electro glam rock to balkan beats and flamenco by Super Thriller, Soho Dolls, Lautrec, Eliza Wren Payne, She'koyokh + Sumaya plus DJs including Glasgow's eclectic aces Optimo ('anything from country to the latest breaks'), the Future Shorts Sound System ('1920s debauchery and vaudeville tom-foolery'), plus a funk and hip hop arch and more burlesque/cabaret surprises to come.' - (http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/events/141014/future_ci nema.html) Massive Thanks Future Cinema would not be possible without the incredible genorosity and belief of a huge amount of people. Massive thanks to Jon Lee, Kevin McQuillan and all at Stella Artois for supporting these highly ambitious events. Great Meadow Estates for its continued support. Marc Allenby, Clare Binns from Picturehouse Cinemas whose incredible support over the last two years has beeen invaluable. Annika at United Visual Artists for curating the installations. Tara and Laura at the fabulous Whoopee Club. Blackout Arts for their collaboration in Bristol. Flufee and Peter Brookes, Ben Walters at Time Out, Dan and team at Hair Riots and Rock n' Roll Cinema. Also thanks to iwantdesign and Pink Pigeon for their ongoing support. Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers and helpers, we will remember your extraordinary spirit and belief in bringing this project to life. Most importantly to all the crew whose continued hard work (and long hours) make each event happen.
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