Listed below are the films to be screened at the Swansea Life Film Festival 2008. This list is being added to as late entries are submitted.

Festival runs May 31st to June 7th 2008.

Saturday May 31st (Main Theatre)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only
Christmas Isn't Presents (24 mins, UK)
Dir Gregg M. Robblee
Honey and Sting (20m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Sybil Mair
Narrative Short
Acts Of God (zilla) (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by James Plumb
Young Film maker
Take Notice (2m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Gareth Edward Evans
Best Short Film
NEVER COMING BACK (13m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Nerys Evans
Best Short Film
The people behind the animals (29m, United Kingdom)
dir. by David Beynon
Best UK Documentary
Calorie (16m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Jamie Bolton
Narrative Short
Headland (12m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Eifion Jones
Avant Garde
Wings of Time (15m, United Kingdom)
sub. by Thomas Newton
Narrative Short
The Saint (12m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Oliver Briginshaw
Best Young Film Maker
Meeting (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Bill Maryon
Best Short Film
647 Days (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Matthew Platts-Mills
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Shadowplay (4m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Matthew Snead
Avant Garde
Finis (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Tom Preston
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Wednesday (24m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Rob Sorrenti
Best Short Film
Scab (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Christopher Bolton and Peter Edgar
Best UK Short
Bed & Breakfast (4m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Christopher Bolton
Best Short Film
The World of Magnum Quilter (15m, United Kingdom)
dir. by David Beynon
Avant Garde
The Visitor (11m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Dave Smith
Narrative Short
Tripswitch (2m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Anthony Sutcliffe
Best UK Short
The Razor Head (2m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Anthony Sutcliffe
Music Based Video
The Old Signal Box (17m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Franco DeMarco
Narrative Short
Yai Wanonabalewa: The Enemy God (100m, U S A)
dir. by Christopher Bessette
Best Feature Film
L'Estate d'Inverno (70m, Italy) – SR
dir. by Davide Sibaldi
Best Young Film Maker
Oil on Water (97m South Africa) SR
Peter Matthews
Feature Film
531= 8 hours 51 mins

Saturday May 31st (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only
Bastard Britain (73m, United Kingdom)
dir. by les Tallon-Morris
Best Documentary
Good & The Bad: Memories of a Merchant Seaman (19m, UK)
dir. by Richard Manning
Best UK Documentary
The Donor (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by JOHN LOCHLAND
Best Short Film
Sweat (15m, United Kingdom)
dir. by John Lochland
Best LGBT
Stripped (16m, South Africa)
dir. by Ben Collins
Short
The German Lullaby (15m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Tess Malone
Best Short Film
Nothingness (21m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Craig Chaplin
Best Short Film
House Wins! (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Dan Matley
Best Student Film / Video
Bring Me Joy (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Debbie Howard
Narrative Short
Hallo Panda (30m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Benjamin Blaine, Chris Blaine
Best Film Under 35 Mins
Gravesend's Son (9m, United Kingdom)
dir. by DARREN MASKELL
Best Student Film / Video
THE BIG QUESTION (63m, U S A) (SR)
dir. by Vince DiPersio
Best Documentary
"Autopilot" (113m, U S A) (SR)
dir. by Alex Knudsen
Best Feature Film
The Beverages (83m, U S A)
dir. by Aden Hakimi, Scott Adams, Adam Henry Garcia
Best American Feature Film
489 mins = 8 hours 9 mins

Sunday June 1st (Main Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Jack (5m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Emma Ewing
Best Animation
SECONDS OUT (2HRS 20mins)
Dir JASON KEITH PLATT
My Ball (4m, Eire)
dir. by Kevin O'Neill
Short Film
The Legend Of Don Williams. (28m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Tony Evans
Best Student Film / Video
PSYCHOSOMATIC' (80m, United Kingdom)
dir. by andrew tanner
Best Young Film Maker
Ball (15m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Ewan Bailey
Narrative Short
Bob Marley & Friends (95m, U S A)
dir. by Saul Swimmer
Best North American Documentary
PATIENCE (7m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Robert Hackett
Best Film Under 20 Mins
The Cleaner (13m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Noel Kearns
Narrative Short
Jellyfish (21m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Gille Klabin
Best Film Under 35 Mins
Halloween with David Mckinley (11m, United Kingdom)
dir. by richard jon micklewright
Best Short Film
Small Town Girl (82m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Jill Daniels
Best Documentary
502 = 8 Hours 22 mins

Sunday June 1st (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
From Silence To Sound (48m, USA)
dir. by Chase Matthews
International Documentary
Committing Poetry in Times of War (110m, U S A)
dir. by s stavros
Documentary
SUMMER SCARS (73m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Julian Richards
Best Feature Film
Phil and Shaun: Filmmakers (24m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Greg Pittard
Best Student Film / Video
Friends Pictured Within (20m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Adam Whitmore
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Doing Time (25m, United Kingdom)
dir by Anne Gallagher
Public Service / Community
Keeping Africa Small (26m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Ceri Dingle
Best Documentary
I'm a subsistence farmer get me out of here (28m, UK)
dir. by Ceri Dingle
Best Documentary
RANDOM LUNACY: Videos (60m, USA)
dir. by Stephanie Silber, Victor Zimet
Best North American Documentary
Quantum (26m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Jonathon Crewe
Best Short Film
438 mins = 7 hours 18 mins

Monday June 2nd (Main Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Wahine (53m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Sharon Barbour
Best Documentary
Pogo (10m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Ryan Owen
sub. by Ryan Owen on 29-APR-08
Best Short Film
Eimer (3m, Germany)
dir. by Michael Faulhaber
Best Young Film Maker
An Unlikely Weapon (98m, U S A)
dir. by Susan Morgan Cooper
Best Documentary
The Last Chance (16m, Germany, United Kingdom)
dir. by Lawrence Richards
Best Student Film / Video
A Man's World (11m, USA)
dir. Dave Bergeson
Under 20 mins
Dusk (4m, Austria)
dir. by Hans Georg Nenning
Film Noir
A Day's Work (15m, Czech Republic)
dir. by Edward Feldman
Best American Short Film
Doppelpass (31m, Switzerland)
dir. by Gregor Frei
Best Film Under 35 Mins
THE WOMB (10m, Australia)
dir. by Ruth Bell
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Szmolinsky (5m, Germany)
dir. by Julius Onah
Best Student Film / Video
Die Flugbegleiterin (11m, Germany)
dir. by Marcin Glowacki
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Willkommen Witamy (20mins Germany)
dir Jürgen Hoppmann
Short Film
Droomtijd (19m Belgian)
dir. Tom Van Avermaet
Short Film
Johnny Maybe and the Porn Star (10m Eire)
Pat Garrett
Short Film
La Maestra in the House (58m, U S A)
dir. by Julia D'Amico
Best Documentary
Lost Causes (92m, U S A)
dir. by Peter VanOosting
Film Noir
466 = 7 hours 46 mins

Monday June 2nd (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Hotel Lobby (70m, USA)
dir. by Stephen Keep Williams
Film under 75 mins
Gift For Reba (3m, USA)
dir. by Stephen Keep Williams
Narrative Short
The Dancing Forest (76m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Brice Laine
Best UK Documentary
Deadmeat (82mins UK)
dir. by Q
Feature Film
Suave Es La Noche (21m, Spain)
dir. by Aguilera Carlos
Best Short Film
Appassionata (16m, Germany)
dir. by Mirko Echghi-Ghamsari
Best Short Film
Sweet Snogs - The Movie (65m, UK)
dir. by Glen Mortimer
Film under 20 mins
Dedication (21m, U S A)
dir. by Brandon Fleszar
Best Documentary
The Hunt for the Texas 7 (50m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Stuart Clarke
Best Documentary
Lost Causes (92m, U S A)
dir. by Peter VanOosting
Film Noir
Alcatraz Reunion (78m, U S A)
dir. by John Paget
Best North American Documentary
489 = 8 hours 9 mins

Tuesday June 3rd (Main)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Friends In Need Are Friends In Deed (18m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Tom Fenwick-Smith
Best UK Short
DADDY LEFT ME ALONE WITH GOD" (7m Australia)SR
dir. Jonty Reason
Short Film
SOUTH COAST (85m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Will Jewell
Best Documentary
The Cave: (3m, USA)
dir. by Michael Ramsey
Best Animation
In Search of David Jones: Artist, Soldier, Poet (49m, UK)
dir. by Derek Shiel
Best UK Documentary
The Whole Truth (8m, U S A)
dir. by Gerald Guthrie
Avant Garde
Screenplay (50m, South Africa) SR
dir. by Ben Collins
Student
The Father (2m, U S A)
dir. by Anthony Onah
Best Student Film / Video
Capri, You Love ? (85m Germany) SR
dir Alexander Oppersdorff
First Film
Fun With Lesley (9m, U S A)
dir. by Will Gordh
Narrative Short
Lounas (7m, Finland)
dir. by Mikko Koski
Narrative Short
A Separate Tribe (10m, U S A)
dir. by Susan Keeton
Film Noir
Murder of Crows (18m, U S A)
dir. by S. V. Broadbent
Best American Short Film
Nobody (88m, Canada)
dir. by shawn linden
Film Noir
KEYS (23m, U S A)
dir. by Christopher Babers
Best Student Film / Video
Black Hole (25m, U S A) SR
dir. by Mark Khaimov
Film Noir
487 = 8 hours 7 mins

Tuesday June 3rd (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Dr. Chong: Plastic Surgeon (9m, U S A)
dir. by David D. Williams
Best LGBT
Karearea: The Pine Falcon (48m New Zealand)
dir. Sandy Crichton
Environment & Ecology
Uncle Simeon's Secret (27m, U S A)
dir. by Don Farrow
Best UK Short
"JOE MOVER" (16m, U S A)
dir. by Lev Gorn, Gabe Fazio
Best American Short Film
To Be Romeo & Juliet (103m, Canada)
dir. by Robin Schlaht
Best Documentary
Hurenkarussell 'The broken circle' (85m, Austria) SR
dir. by Cajetan Jacob
Feature

The Elephant In The Room (96m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Dean Puckett
Best Documentary
Waiting For Tomorrow (90m, U S A) SR
dir. by George Gomez
Noir
Fvoyer (74m, Canada) SR
dir. by Nathan Fleet
Under 75 mins
452 = 7 hours 32 mins

Wednesday June 4th (Main Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Halloween with David Mckinley (11m, United Kingdom)
dir. by richard jon micklewright
Best Short Film
Dudley's Raft (30m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Robert Matthews
Best Student Film / Video
THE AWARE (68m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Marc Dall
Best Film Under 75 Mins
SAVIOURS (78m, Ireland)
dir. by Ross Whitaker
Best Documentary
STIFF LUV (91m, Canada)
dir. by Adrian Keats
Best LGBT
The Harmful Effects of Violent Movies (85m, U S A) (SR)
dir. by Xenon Cam
Best American Feature Film
Foet (Dir. cut) (14m, U S A)
dir. by ian Fischer
Best Horror Film
Sympathetic Details (57m, U S A)
dir. by Benjamin Busch
Best American Short Film
Lonely Boy (17m, U S A)
dir. by Jay Jacobson
Best LGBT
Trapped (20m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Rowland Jobson
Public Service / Community
Seven Days (54m, Australia) SR
dir. by Russell Brown
Best Documentary
525 mins 8 hours 45mins

Wednesday June 4th (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Close Relations (12m, U S A)
dir. by Yehudit Mam
Best Short Film
La Maestra in the House (58m, U S A)
dir. by Julia D'Amico
American Documentary
The Life Penalty (74m, U S A)
dir. by David Quint
Best Documentary
Gangster's Crib (23m, U S A)
dir. by Jack Bank
Best Short Film
Festival Experience (1m, U S A)
dir. by Elizabeth Pasieczny
Best American Short Film
Henry May Long (99m, U S A)
dir. by Randall Sharp
Best American Feature Film
In The Genes (9m, Australia)
dir. by Tony Chu
Best Short Film
Vaccine Nation (140m, U S A) (SR)
dir. by Gary Null
Best Documentary
SANGPIT SENYOR (16m, Philippines)
dir. by Alan Lyddiard
Best Film Under 20 Mins
À part égale (19m, Canada)
dir. by Melissa Vincelli
Best Documentary
Dakota Skye (89m, U S A)
dir. by John Humber
Best Young Film Maker
540 = 9 hours

Thursday June 5th (Main Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
ing (17m, U S A) SR
dir. by nicole adette romine
First Film
Vanished Acres (31m, U S A)
dir. by Adam Bolt
Best Student Film / Video
Every Minute (27m, Australia)
dir. by James Whitrow
Best Film Under 35 Mins
Punk Love (81m, Italy)
dir. by Nick Lyon
Best Feature Film
Memories of Rain - (107m, Germany)
dir. by Gisela Albrecht, Angela Mai
Best Documentary
Emerald City (12m, U S A)
dir. by Henry McComas
Narrative Short
Jack Says (88m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Simon Phillips
Best Feature Film
Caught in the Act (90m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Matt Lipsey
Best Feature Film
Luck Is A Four-Letter Word (27m, U S A)
dir. by Leigh Jurecka
Best Student Film / Video

Fat Stupid Rabbit (90m, Russian Federation)
dir. by Slava Ross
Best Feature Film
480 = 8 hours

Thursday June 5th (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.

River Ways (85m, U S A) SR
dir. by Colin Stryker
Documentary
Fighting In Sunshine: Story of Banood (90m, Canada) SR
dir. by Lorne Yudcovitch, Michael Bain
International Documentary
Bums (75 m Canada)
dir Butler & Butler
Best Feature Film
Winterscape (15m, Canada)
dir. by Jim Bizzoccchi
Avant Garde
Divertissement: Everyday Dancers' Stories (84m, U S A)
dir. by Ed Lippman
Best Documentary
The Truth is Unbelievable (53m, Sri Lanka)
dir. by Cora de Lang
Best International Documentary
Do You Believe? (116m, Egypt) SR
dir. by Salma Hassaballa
Best Documentary
540 mins 9 hours

Friday June 6th (Main Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Glimpse (9m, U S A) SR
dir. by Dustin Grella
Best Animation
The Right Hand Man (18m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Simon J. Williamson
Best Film Under 20 Mins
La desgracia llega en sobres papel madera (12m, Argentina) SR
dir. by Andy Feldman
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Masculine Timing (18m, U S A) SR
dir. by Istvan Toth
Best Film Under 20 Mins

No Sense (13m, Canada) SR
dir. by Mitch Barany
Narrative Short
CLASH 'A DA TIGHT 1'S (76m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Teddy Nygh
Best Documentary
Carpa Diem (2m, Italy) SR
dir. by Sergio Cannella
Environment & Ecology
Moon Cake (10m USA) SR
dir Marty Stano
Short Film
MAYDAY! Tugs of War--EUROPE (102m, U S A)
dir. by Robin Williams
Best Documentary
Ten Paces (12m, U S A) SR
dir. by Christopher Casper
Short Film
Roca Bon: Searching the Sublime (30m Spain) SR
dir Karlos Alastruey
International Documentary

Sam and Piccolo (15m, Australia) SR
dir. by Adam Walker
CGI
-The Vault- (4m, U S A)
dir. by Justin Owensby
Best Young Film Maker
Raccoon and Crawfish (8m, U S A)
dr. by Terrance Frederick
Best Animation
Getting a Great Deal on a Great Car Has Never Been So Easy (4m, U S A)
dir. by Sam Pocker
Best International Documentary
The Pressman Negatives (9m, U S A)
dir. by Jason Tannen
Film Noir
eDump (21m, U S A)
dir. by Michael Zhao
Environment & Ecology
The Arab (10m, U S A)
dir. by Boris Wexler
Best Film Under 20 Mins
From The 50 Yard Line (94m, U S A)
dir. by Doug Lantz
Best North American Documentary
463 mins: 7 hours 43 mins

Vice President MICHAEL SHEEN Charity Screening at 7pm
‘Music Within’ – Invitation Only

Friday June 6th (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
Not That Kind of Christian!! (80m, U S A) SR
dir. by Andrew Grossman
Best LGBT
SIGNOS, THE SIGN (87m, Philippines) SR
dir. by ALFRED ALOYSIUS ADLAWAN
Best International Film
Man Meets Barbara (68m, U S A)
dir. by Dieter Weihl
Best Documentary
Lead Me To Your Light (6m, U S A)
dir. by Dewayne Rudd
Music Based Video
Solace (15m, U S A)
dir. by Adam Baldowski
Best LGBT
Bin Moksh – The Messengers (30m India) SR
dir Tagore Almeida
Short Film
These Shoes Weren’t Made For Walking (27m Canada) SR
dir Paul Lee
International Documentary
Lumia (84m, U S A)
dir. by Paul Vlachos and Meredith Finkelstein
Best North American Documentary
BEYOND THE CALL (82m, U S A)
dir. by Adrian Belic
Best Documentary
483 = 8 Hours 3 mins

Saturday June 7th (Main Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.
HELLDRIVERS (46m, Canada) SR
dir. by Dale Sheldrake
Best North American Documentary
Bushwick Homecomings (37m, U S A)
dir. Stefanie Joshua
Best Documentary
Undertow (27m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Neil Mcenery-West
Best Film Under 35 Mins
Just One More Night (8m, UK)
dir. by Pat Garrett
Short
Men of Steel (28m, U S A) SR
dir. by Adam Michardi
Best Documentary
Circus Rosaire (93m, U S A)
dir. by Robyn Bliley
Best Documentary
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One Hundred Men (60 mins St Helena, UK. Canada)
dir. by Daniel Yon)
It Just Goes On (16m, Canada, St. Helena, United Kingdom)
dir. by Daniel Yon
Best Film Under 20 Mins
Winner Takes All (6m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Helen Grace
Narrative Short
Left Holding Baby (3m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Duncan Thomsen
Best UK Short
Chico ''Curvy Cola Bottle Body'' (4m, UK)
dir. by Helen Grace
Music Based Video
Trust Me (97m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Andrew Kazamia
Best Feature Film
RUBBERHEART (15m, U S A)
dir. by Brian Crano
Best Short Film

Agent Alpha (23m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Johnny R
Music Based Video
440: 7 hours 20 mins

Saturday June 7th (Library Room)
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.
Screenings commence at 10am. Free entry. Over 18’s only.

No Vacancy (91m, U S A) SR
dir. by Michael Tobias
Best Documentary
Watercolors (106m, U S A)
dir David Oliveras
Best LGBT
FIGHTER - a documentary (60m, U S A) SR
dir. by Pericles Lewnes
Best Documentary
Treasure of Riverside Park (5m, U S A) SR
dir. by JSOK .
Film Noir
The Seed (12m, U S A) SR
dir. by Joe Hahn
Best Short Film
The Music In Me (63m, Australia) SR
dir. by Nigel Traill
Best Documentary
Kreating Karloff (60m, U S A)
dir. by Vatche Arabian
Best Documentary
Bare Hands and Wooden Limbs (53m, U S A) SR
dir. by Alison McMahan
Best North American Documentary

LOST NIGHT (14m, United Kingdom)
dir. by CHRIS LOIZOU
Best Film Under 20 Mins
450 mins: 7 Hours 30 min