EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE- SHORTS PROGRAMME
Are you searching, suffering, hiding or just not coping? This collection of films examines the cracks between what we have and what we might want.
Closed Caption screenings
All short film programmes at Rich Mix have Closed Captions and will have a BSL introduction
SCREENING AT RICH MIX, SAT 3 JUNE 6.00PM
SUPPRESSION
Dir: Julia Varvara, Year: 2022, Country: UK, Runtime: 20 mins, Language: English
A psychoanalyst is forced to look inside himself and face his demons when a mysterious imprisoned killer gets under his skin.
THE MACHINE
Dir: Issac Bell, Year: 2022, Country: New Zealand, Runtime: 20 mins, Language: English. UK PREMIERE
In a quiet corner of rural New Zealand, a teenage boy holds the key to the greatest discovery of our time.
SUCKER
Dir: Steve Oen, Year: 2023, Country: Netherlands, Runtime: 16 mins, Language: Dutch (English subtitles). UK PREMIERE
When the state-of-the-art smart robot vacuum ‘Sucker’ sees his new owner Eve for the first time, he instantly falls in love with her.
THE EMPATHY MACHINE
Dir: Grant Sissons, Year: 2022, Country: South Africa, Runtime: 10 mins, Language: English. UK PREMIERE
A gifted neuroscientist dreams of building a machine that will facilitate the download of consciousness and facilitate the engendering of empathy.
RADIO TELESCOPE
Dir: Tanner Beard, Year: 2023, Country: USA, Runtime: 17 mins, Language: English. WORLD PREMIERE
Set in 1984, a former NASA Scientist and his young son make a discovery in his make-shift laboratory located in the garage.