Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman CBE is a long time theatre, film and TV actress, comedienne and columnist. As well as appearing in British classics like Coronation Street and Doctor Who, she has starred in Hollywood movies including The Pianist and was BAFTA nominated for her performance in Educating Rita.

Daisy Doodad's Dial
(Florence Turner, US, 1914, 9’)
with live piano accompaniment by Imogen Heap

With Florence Turner, Tom Powers. Turner frightens all and sundry with her extraordinary facial contortions, and when a policeman is summoned to restrain her, Turner’s response "I only did this" lands her in jail.

Imogen Heap was trained as a classical pianist while growing up in Essex, England, but her sound is more electro-pop than chamber music. Her latest album, Speak For Yourself, consists of computer manipulated sounds ranging from her own voice to piano to carpet tubes, layered with electronic beats and Heap's introspective lyrics.

Jaime Winstone

Jaime Winstone is a British actress best known for playing Becky in the gritty film Kidulthood and playing Lauren in the Channel 4 drama series Goldplated.

Don’t let it all unravel
(Sarah Cox, UK 2007, 2')

A smartly constructed warning about the potential impact of global warming.

Sophie
(Birgitte Staermose, Denmark 2006, 15')

On the way to the cinema, expectant mother Sophie asks her husband an unexpected question.

Null Grad
(Claudia Lorenz, Switzerland 2007, 3')

Several people gather in a snow-covered landscape. They share a love of winter, ice and cold. A tender observation of a remarkable winter ritual.

The Fighting Cholitas
(Mariam Jobrani + Kenny Krauss, Bolivia/US 2006, 16')

This award-winning documentary looks at the lives and careers of some very unlikely wrestlers - the indigenous women of El Alto, Bolivia.

Lovesick
(Spela Cadez, Germany/Slovenia 2007, 8')

This delightful animation shows that love truly can conquer all - even the hazards of modern healthcare.

Milan
(Michaela Kezele, Serbia/Germany 2007, 19')

In the midst of the 1999 NATO air-raids in Yugoslavia, two brothers make plans to play hide and seek in the forest.