The GREAT British Online Film Festival presents
a series of exclusive film screenings at Meridian Space

In celebration of the inaugural GREAT British Online Film Festival, the British Embassy Beijing will be hosting a series of film screening events in partnership with Meridian Space, bringing audiences a taster of what’s on offer during the festival.

 

Taking place in one of Beijing’s hottest new cultural venues, Meridian Space, this series of screenings will be comprised of award-winning or nominated British short films. Kicking off on Sunday 16 November at 5pm, this series aims to be the new winter Sunday evening entertainment for Beijing residents until 7 December. The series of screenings will also be organised in partnership with That’s Beijing and online arts portal, Phoenix Art.

 

Curated and supplied by the UK’s largest short film distributor, Shorts TV, each series of shorts will showcase different aspects of quality British film, from animation to creative story-telling to love stories. With many of these films including your favourite British actors, such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Dame Judi Dench, film lovers won’t want to miss this new Sunday evening entertainment in such a unique setting.

 

Organised by the British Embassy Beijing, VisitBritain and Virgin Atlantic Airways, the inaugural GREAT British Online Film Festival was launched on October 9^th. The festival brings an unmissable array of 36 British features and 20 short films to netizens across the country, via the video portal, LeTV.  Viewers can tune in from now until 12 December by going to filmisgreat.cn.

The venue hosts for the screenings, Meridian Space, is located inside the brand-new C&C arts and culture park, in the heart of Beijing. It’s a creative hub that brings together people, ideas, and products from all other the world, to provide renewed sources of inspiration and enjoyment. A cafe and bar, Meridian Space is also an events venue designed for a variety of activities, which makes it the perfect place for a relaxing Sunday evening.

Each screening event will explore a different theme, grouping 4 to 5 British short films together.

Screening event details:

-        Sunday 16 November: 5-6pm, Your Favourite British Stars

-        Sunday 23 November: 7-8pm, Animations

-        Sunday 30 November: 7-8pm, Award-nominated Interesting Stories, including a Q&A with ShortsTV CEO and Producer, Carter Pilcher

-        Sunday 7 December: 7-8pm, Love Stories

 

Address: C&C Park, 77 Meishuguan Houjie, Dongcheng, Beijing

北京市东城区美术馆后街77号77文创园 时差空间

Learn more on: www.meridian-online.com/space

Ticket booking enquiries: Call: (0) 10-51600496 or write: info [at] meridian-online.com

Week 4: Love Stories

Sunday 7 December, 7pm

 

Two Dosas

15 min | 2014 | Director Sarmad Masud

Starring: Martin Delaney, Javed Khan, Omar Khan

Geeky Pavan takes his English Rose on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

From the BFI London Film Festival selection

Plenty More Fish

10 min | 2007 | Director Tony Durston

Starring: Sylvia Gatril, Helen Kennedy, Myles Keogh

Joe’s speed-dating night has not got off to a good start, the first girl is an ex-girlfriend! As recriminations fly, he thinks the night can only improve, but how wrong can he be.

 

Talk

10 min | 2010 | Director Callie Lane

Starring: Stefan D'Bart, Emma Rigby

When Michael's girlfriend surprises him with a day out at the beach his life soon begins to spiral dangerously out of control.

American Independent Film Festival - Best Short

 

Call Register

13 min | 2004 | Director Ed Roe

Starring: Martin Freeman, James Lance

A guy borrows his best friend's mobile phone in order to call a girl he recently met, but the phone recognizes the number being dialled, leading to a number of awkward and funny complications.

BAFTA Nominated for Best Short Film 2006

Tea and Biscuits

12 min | 2009 | Director Chris Klockner

Starring: Toby Kebbell, Alex Barker

Billy and Eva meet in the gap of time between life and death. Leaving behind the mortal world, they reflect on a little bit of their childhood. A short, but sweet moment shared over a cup of tea and biscuits, in a café suspended in time.

FF Director Choice Award -- LA Lady Filmaker Film Festival

Freeze-Frame

15 min | 2014 | Director Anthony Fabian

Starring: Tian Yuan, Freddie Fox

(The first ever GREAT Short Film)

Fei, a daring young woman, is on a top secret mission that takes her half way across the world in order to honour a promise. Not afraid to bend the rules, and determined to succeed, Chen runs into unexpected troubles that require her to play detective and to secretly chase the handsome stranger she met on the plane. Jack, a dashing Englishman, is on a mission of his own. He has important information to deliver back in the UK and with a satanic boss relentlessly on his case pressure starts to build. When things start to go wrong and time is running out, Jack is in need of a stroke of luck and a strong sense of humour. As they fly across the world, from Shanghai to London and to Edinburgh, Fei’s and Jack’s paths cross, triggering a chain of events that takes them to some of the UK’s most iconic locations, until their last destination reveals all.

Tickets are priced at just 40RMB for one drink of your choice (coffee/tea/wine/beer) which allows you access to the screenings.

Booking ahead is strongly encouraged!

 

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GREAT英国网络电影节

Meridian时差周末系列放映活动

为庆祝首届GREAT英国网络电影节，英国驻华使馆将联手MERIDIAN时差推出一系列的周末电影放映活动，意在让更多的观众对本次影节有所领略。除了影节展映影片外，活动还有新增的惊喜短片与大家分享。

这一系列的电影放映活动展映获奖或获得提名的英国短片。11月16日星期天下午5点活动正式启动，直到12月7日结束，每周均有一个放映主题。希望我们能为“北京人儿”们提供冬季周末玩耍的新去处。

放映所用的所有影片均来自英国最大的短片发行公司，短片国际（Shorts TV），每周不同的放映主题 – 从创意动画到爱情故事，都将从不同角度展现英国电影的品质。大部分的影片都有你最爱的大明星领衔，例如“卷福” 本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇，“花生” 马丁·弗里曼以及朱迪·丹奇 女爵士，相信英剧迷们一定不想错过！

由英国驻华使馆、英国旅游局和维珍航空联手推出的首届GREAT英国网络电影节让中国内地英国电影迷过足“戏瘾”。此次电影节正在展映超过50部不容错过的优秀英国故事片和微电影，国内各地网民可通过视频门户网站LeTV.com乐视网观看。截止至12月12日，观众都可以登陆电影节官网www.filmisgreat.cn了解影节以及每部影片的信息。
 
每一个放映活动都有不同的主题，每个主题下播放4至5部英国电影。

活动细节：

-        11月16日星期天，下午5-6点， 你最爱的英国大明星

-        11月23日星期天，下午7-8点，动画

-       11月30日星期天，下午7-8点，有创想的获奖故事（发言嘉宾：影片提供方短片国际执行总裁以及制片人Carter Pilcher）

-        12月7日星期天，下午7-8点，爱情故事

第四周：爱情故事

《两份印度薄饼》

片长：15分钟

上映时间：2014年

导演：沙曼德 (Sarmad Masud)

主演：马丁·德莱尼，杰韦德 ·可汗，欧马·可汗

极客帕万带着他的英国桃乐丝去全城最正宗的印度餐厅约会。让他惊恐万分的是，她竟然用印度语开始点起了菜单上没有的菜…

挑选自英国电影协会伦敦电影展

 

《快速约会夜》

片长：10分钟
上映时间：2007年
导演：托尼· 德斯顿
主演：希薇亞

乔的快速约会之夜并没有一个好的开头，头一个女生竟然是他前女友！随着几轮快速约会后，他猜想今晚一定会峰回路转越变越好，谁知他简直大错特错了。

 

《对谈》

片长：10分钟

上映时间：2010年
导演: 凯莉·莲恩
主演：史戴芬·巴特，艾玛·里格比

在一天海滩出游，当麦克的女友给了他一个惊喜后不久他的生活开始剧烈的失去了控制
美国独立电影节 – 最佳短片奖

《电话记录》

片长：13分钟
上映时间：2004年
导演：艾德·罗耶
主演: 马丁·弗瑞曼

一个男孩借他死党的手机想给新认识的一个女孩打电话，但是电话显示该号码为已拨号码，由此引发了一系列荒诞可笑的复杂情节。

2006年英国电影和电视艺术学院奖最佳短片提名

 

《茶与小饼干》

片长：12分钟
上映时间：2009年
导演：克里斯·克劳克纳
主演：托比·科贝尔， 埃里克斯·贝克

比利和伊娃在生死一线间相遇。抛下永恒的世界，他们闪回到童年的一小段。短暂，但是甜蜜的在咖啡厅里分享茶与小饼干的时光。

影节导演之选 – 洛杉矶女性电影节

《定格胶片》

长片：15 分钟 | 2014 | 导演安东尼·法比安 (Anthony Fabian)
光影世界在英国宣传活动首部短片
主演： 田原、弗雷迪·福克斯 （Freddie Fox）

胆识过人的年轻女孩陈菲（Fei）正在执行一项“最高机密任务”，她将跨过半个地球去兑现一个承诺。陈菲不惧变通并且志在必得，不料却在途中遇到麻烦，不得不秘密追踪她在飞机上邂逅的陌生帅哥。风度翩翩的英国绅士杰克（Jack）任务在身，他要带非常重要的信息回英国，而他的老板冷酷无情，使他的案子压力倍增。然而事情朝着错误的方向渐行渐远，时间也流逝殆尽，杰克渴盼幸运之神的眷顾并迫切需要缓解压力。当他们搭乘飞机从上海到伦敦，再到爱丁堡，陈菲和杰克狭路相逢并引发了一系列精彩故事，将他们带往英国知名景点，而这个神秘的故事也直到他们抵达最终目的地才完全揭晓。这部原创短片集合了中英电影人才，杰克和陈菲的精彩旅程一定会让您也渴望来一场说走就走的旅行，开启自己的非凡英国探险之旅。

每场活动票价40元，包含一杯酒水（茶/咖啡/葡萄酒/啤酒）。
强烈鼓励提前订票！

持续关注英国驻华使馆微博微信帐号，以及Meridian时差网站：www.meridian-online.com/zh/时差空间
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