Shambala Countdown
For the next two weeks, we’ll be counting down the days until Shambala Festival with a daily dose sneaking a peek at our programme – updated here daily. For an exclusive look at our full film and events programme before the festival, sign up to our mailing at the top of this page.
1. Being part of the nationwide Scala Beyond season
Film fanatics from across the UK are coming together to celebrate the amazing thing that is coming together to see films. Our programmes at Shambala and Bestival are part of this energetic season, and we’re pleased as punch to be taking Shambalans around the world in 30 films starting from 8pm tomorrow.
2. London Short Film Festival music shorts
Musically leaning brilliance in this choice selection, featuring Ninian Doff, Alex Sufit ,Clive Shaw , Dean Chalkley and Tony Johnson. What’s not to love in these bite-size festival spirited shorts? Here’s a taster:
3. Foley Magic from Curzon CineKids
We’ll be welcoming foley recordist Adam Mendez (Fantastic Mr. Fox and Slumdog Millionaire) to assist the always brilliant Curzon Cinekids in a workshop to get you shaking, runging, rattling and rolling to create film sounds.
4. Live Scores from The Cabinet of Living Cinema
Live film score outfit The Cabinet of Living Cinema will be bringing their multi-talented music and sound effects to bring Eisenstein’s masterliece Strike! to vivid new life.
5. Being on Stage at Shambala!
We’ve teamed up with Whirlygig Cinema to bring you Making Tracks Open Mic, a chance for Shambalans at the festival to play a live score for the short film on stage in The Lost Picture Show. You can sign up all the way through Saturday at the festival by stopping in, or get in touch with us now and see the films in advance. Check out the details here.
6. Cocktails
We’ve got a glamorous bar serving decadent cocktails (and tea, coffee, cakes and popcorn) served by our charming usherettes. Fresh line juice, muddled with mint and sugar, add a double shot of run and top it up with a bit of fizz and more fresh mint…Mojito is our favorite.
What’s your favorite cocktail from anywhere in the world?
7. Metropolis
Quintessential expressionist German sci-fi, restored to its former glory. Thanks to Eureka! Masters of Cinema series. Learn about this restoration here http://www.metropolis1927.com
8. Curzon CineKids Drawing/Scratching on film workshop
Inspired by artist filmmaker Len Lye, we invite you to get down and dirty with paints and celluloid, all loveingly stitched together to create a new festival masterpiece. See what Shambalans made last year in this brilliant workshop:
9. Tropical Malady
Love, desire, reality, myth and shape shifting jungle spirits collide in this visionary film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Courtesy of those standout distributors with an amazing catalogue of award-winning world cinema Second Run DVD.
10. Man-Eater Mountain
This is twisted kamishibai animation mayhem by Naoyuki Niiya blew our minds when we first saw it at Flatpack Festival last year. Thanks to Jasper at Zipangu Fest for helping us get this singular film.