Hosted by Rogue Productions, St Andrew's Film Making Society, Half Cut Film Festival showcases the best in Scottish Student Film.

While there are plenty of great (and not so great) films being made by students all over Scotland, we still lack a widely recognised forum to showcase them to the public. Half Cut aims to legitimise student film, and give professionals the chance to see up-and-coming talent.

This year, our judging panel consisted of animators from PIXAR Animation Studios, a BAFTA award winner and St Andrew's University Rector.  Our distinguished guests also gave a presentation and Q&A session, providing our film makers and audience with a chance to meet industry professionals.

Half Cut in recent years has seen gritty drama, musicals in miniature, ninjas on swings, claymation and full lobster costumes. Next year will be no exception, come join us again in 2011 for a star-spangled, red-carpeted evening.

Two people meet by chance at a house party, fall in love and live happily ever after.  Unfortunately, the path to true love is not always a smooth one…

Director’s Biography:
This film is the first proper project for me, as a writer, director, producer and editor.  I looked upon it as an experiment of ideas that could be applied to the practicalities of filmmaking.  I learnt a lot from this project, mostly from mistakes that were made!  But I would always encourage someone to go out and try, rather than hold back because they might fail.

In 1856 Reverend William Buckland, the great British paleontologist, passed away.  However, his passion for eating meat reached beyond the grave.  ‘Dog’s Dinner’ is a black comedy about an old man, whose reverence for the reverend has given him one aim in life; to taste the flesh of every type of animal in existence.  Eating one particular type of animal, however, proves to be a trifle more difficult…

Director’s Biography:
Born in Oxfordshire, Ian moved to Glasgow to do an undergrad in Film and TV Studies.  He moved to Canada in this third year to do an exchange at Queen’s University.  He has been making amateur films since he was a teenager, and he confounded the filmmaking society at Glasgow University.  After running courses in 16mm filmmaking for the members, he decided to shoot Dog’s Dinner on his 1969 Bolex in an effort to promote 16mm filmmaking in Glasgow.

Unexpected things happen during the night at the university.  Nobody would expect that cleaners are capable of such violence.  You need to see it to believe it.

Directors' Biography:
Mateusz Pastewka is a 3rd year student of Film and Computing Science.  He is an active member in Film and Drama at Stirling Univeristy.  He was a background actor in “The Pianist”, and runner on the film set “A Game of Thrones” – HBO Production.  He has also interviewed Dave Pearce (BBC 1 DJ).
Miroslaw Czubaszek is a 3rd year student of Film, Media and Journalism.  He is an active member of AirTV.  Before his studies Miroslaw was a DJ.  He has interviewed Dave Pearce and he was also a runner of the film set of “A Game of Thrones” – and HBO Production.

They work together as a team and are directors, producers, editors, and actors.

“London Light” follows the titular urban newspaper as it makes its intrepid journey across the London Underground Tube and changes hands within an unusual assortment of characters.  Blending elements of the burlesque with visual humour, this is one Tube journey you won’t want to miss.

Director’s Biography:
Charles H. Joslain is a French-born writer and visual graphics designer.  He studied at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design where he majored in Film & Video Post-production.  He was Lead Editor & Motion Graphics Supervisor for Dedo Weigert Film in Munich, Germany.  He is currently the Creative Director of Bolt-On Corp, an exciting new production company based in London that specialises in the writing and directing of digital media.
www.boltoncorp.co.uk

PIXAR & Industry Presentation Q&A
5pm - 6pm
School 6, St Salvator's Quadrangle, St Andrews
£3.00 (FREE for Rogue Members)

The session will comprise of a presentation by Pixar animators Jaime Landes and Lindsay VanderGalien who will be giving us the inside scoop on the latest Pixar features, including Cars 2 and might even give a very special sneak preview of the upcoming Toy Story 3! They will be joined by BAFTA Award Winning Robert Sproul-Cran who will talk a bit about the Scottish film industry and this will be followed by a Q&A where the audience will get a chance to ask our judges questions.


Half Cut VIP Reception
7pm - 8:30pm
Ballroom, The Golf Hotel (Black Tie)
Half Cut VIP ticket holders: FREE

Join us for our 1950's Hollywood themed reception before the doors open at the New Picture House Cinema at 8:30.  Whilst enjoying your complimentary cocktail and live music, chat away to fellow film-makers from all across Scotland, as well as our judging panel before the show.


Half Cut Film Festival
8:30pm - late
The New Picture House Cinema, St Andrews (Black Tie)
Stalls: £5, VIP: £8

Come join us for this star-spangled, red-carpeted evening, showcasing all the films nominated for receiving an award.  With submissions from students all across Scotland, and our distinguished judging panel, the night promises not to disappoint.  Awards will include Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Technical Achievement, and Best Acting.

Robert Sproul-Cran is a BAFTA award winning film maker. Starting his broadcasting career in 1978, Robert has worked successfully on both sides of the camera. Now Managing Director of Northlight Productions, he has made film and television programmes for broadcasters such as BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery, not to mention acting as a judge for both BAFTA and Scottish Screen.

Thank you to everyone who participated!  Below is the list of films that were screened at our People's Choice evening, and those nominated for an award for the Awards Evening on Thursday: