Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: December 2015

In the last MovieMaker of 2015, we learned a lot ...

The MP trailer - Tom Gatley
How To Play Wonderwall On Guitar - Ceri Evans & Dean Morris
Bing & Ruth: Broad Channel - Alex Priestley
Ogive - James Ellis
Documenting A Space - Andy Wain
Far Away Man: The Prologue - Sam Ryan
At The Fort (+ analysis) - Tom Barrance
Coven Of Salem - Mei Lewis
More Haste... Less Speed - Mei Lewis
Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Ian Smyth
CIFF2016 Submissions 3 - Cardiff Independent Film Festival
Cruel Summer trailer - Phillip Escott and Craig Newman
Bob and Pontycymer - Chris Lloyd

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: November 2015

This month's MovieMaker screening was dedicated to the work of female filmmakers as part of Chapter's Onwards and Outwards programme. In the films below, several characters took flight, and at least one guy was high already.

Mwansa The Great - Rungano Nyoni
Tea Time at Number 10 - Joanna Quinn
The Lift - Leyla Pope and Marlek al-Habib
Featherman - Christabel & Zoë Gingell
Valley Girls - Sara Sugarman
Moo Glue - Joanna Quinn
Misophonia - Marianne Skovdahl
CIFF2016 Submissions 2 - Cardiff Independent Film Festival
Stephen The Time Travelling Dog - Kyran Davies
Girls Night Out - Joanna Quinn

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: October 2015

We started with a close up and ended the evening looking at a far away man.

My Brief Eternity: Ar Awyr Le - Clare Sturges
Winter Coat: Drifting - Jonny Campbell
riverrun - James Ellis
Fountainhead: Nothing Can Stay - Gavin Owen
BAMPA - Daniel Evans
Standing and Listening - Leon Protheroe
Lily White promo - Andy Wain
protest negative - James Ellis
CIFF2016 Submissions 1 - Cardiff Independent Film Festival
Far Away Man: The Prologue - Sam Ryan

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: September 2015

Tonight's theme: Disappearing Acts

I Speak Machine trailer - Maf Lewis and Tara Busch
The Black Room - Terry Cooper
Fool’s Gold - Christopher Lang
Shine A Light - Jess Richards and Ciaran Brady
FEIC - Ciara Ní Súilleabháin
The Storyteller - Mohammed Addabani
The Daily Art: Angie Kirby - Inga K
Angie Kirby: Green Grass - Inga K
Are We There Yet? - Keiron Self
Fragmented - Paddy Faulkner

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: August 2015

Snap decisions and pivotal moments ...

Great Artists Steal - Jack Jones
The Silent Sea - Jamie McKee
Space Boy - John Quarrell
13:00 hours - Luke Piazzon
The Place Of My Birth - Matt Harris-Freeth
Hand It Back - Robbie Gibbon
Quack - Timbo Johnson
Crocodile - Matt Harris-Freeth
Spring Has Sprung - Ceri Evans
Matthew Plumb - Tree Surgeon Poet - Owain Hopkins
Thumbeliam Trailer - Jamie McKee
Fin - Ceri Evans

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: July 2015

Welcome to Jurassic Park ...

Beneath The Tides - Rupert Miles
To The Park - John Ninnis
Heavy Metal And Dinosaurs: What's The Connection? - Andy Walloon
The Wretched Stench Of Eden - Lee Brownsell
The Bodies in Glory - James Ellis
Dr Eli - Timothy Collins and Geraint Nott
Tunnel Vision\Tunnelblick - James Ellis
Three Big Words - Chris Buxton

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: June 2015

Don Brett: A Life In Colour - Greg Fisher
Dead Dad Part 1 - Lee Burgess and John Ninnis
Sea Scene - James Ellis
Only Foils and Horseshoes - Sara Hessam, Marcus Hughes, Sam Ivermee
The Boxer - Craig Howells
Wilderness - Craig Howells
Longship - James Ellis
The Bat Faced Boy - Owain Hopkins
Sleep Tight - Graham Neale

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: May 2015

Some won, some lost, and others' fates were left uncertain ...

Pop! - Joe O'Hare and Andy Toovey
Enter The Pitch: Rahab - Rob McLellan
Janavari - Alex Priestley
Love According To Markov - James Ellis
Aphabet - Chris Buxton
It's Just A Film - James Nutting
A Delicate Love Kickstarter promo - Rachel Dax
Yolanda - David Ozkoidi
Remedios Street - David Ozkoidi
The Last Thread - Timbo Johnson
Looking Good - Lee Burgess and John Ninnis
Sheltered Life promo - Jake Goddard
Wind Farm Protester - Paul Allen

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: April 2015

It started out like any other screening ...

A Mother And Daughter In The Park - Massive Horse
Penarth V: Silence Is Golden - Nigel Streeter and Fritz O’Skennick
The Man Who Found Bones In His Garden - Massive Horse

And then, just like that, the Cardiff Independent Film Festival 2015 began. First there was:

CIFF Sizzle Reel
Queen and Country trailer - John Boorman

Then we screened the following shorts out of competition:

Beverley - Alexander Thomas
Letters To My Younger Self - Tricia Brown and Gabrielle Timmins
Lovers Lookout - Richard Anthony Dunford
Deadly - Aidan McAteer
Protein - Tony Burke

The festival continues at Porters on 14th / 15th April then returns to Chapter on the 17th, 18th and 19th April. See www.cardifffilmfest.org.uk for full details.

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: March 2015

Listen carefully ...

Only Child: Enter the Pitch Trailer - Andy Toovey
Tales Of The Silent City - Sam Olly
Quiet Remains - Darren J. Coles
Glasshole - Jonathan Brooks
Thomas & Edwin - Martin Cannon
Wae Rebo and the Manggarai People - Matt Callanan
Wreckage Of Dreams - James Ellis
The Devil’s Apricot - Jonathan Brooks
Karma To You - Little Eris
The Storm Before The Calm - Daley, Smith and Jones
Chase, Mental, Teach A Man To Fish, 100 Year Old Egg, Smash - Box Full Of Comedy
CIFF 2015 trailer

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: February 2015

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round.

The Guts Of The Sea - On-Par Productions
Dancing In Circles - Kim Strobl
Vinyl Is Alive clip - Florence Jillett
Isolation - Ian Smyth
The Lingerer - James Ellis
Empowerment - Jonny Campbell

Last time at Chapter MovieMaker: January 2015

It gets dark pretty early at this time of year ...

One - Tom Gatley
Do Not Go Mental - Sean Carlsen / Rob Finighan
War Stories - Inga Krikciukaite
For Max: The Love of a Contortionist - James Ellis
Felipé - On-Par Productions
The Body - Craig Fisher
Escape - Andy Toovey and Joe O’Hare
Abstract Animation - Inga Krikciukaite
A film about Colin James - Florence Jillett