Name: CinemARC: Winter Lights
Start: 2023-12-07T18:00:00Z
End: 2023-12-07T20:00:00Z
Location: Advanced Research Centre(ARC), University of Glasgow

CinemARC: Winter Lights

The ARC

Join us at our big screen for the final CinemARC screening of 2023, Winter Lights.

Advanced Research Centre(ARC), University of Glasgow

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Winter Warmers 2023

Join us at the ARC this festive season for a range of free, family-friendly activities for all the family!

Join us at our big screen for the final CinemARC of 2023, Winter Lights. As the days grow darker, there’s no better place than the pictures.Daylight is precious at this time of year and in winter we often see our most magical skies and sunsets. Light has huge cultural significance too - connected to festivals, candles, tree-lights, fireworks and stars. But what is light? And why is it such an important symbol during the winter months?This selection of short films will make you see the winter light and darkness in a new perspective. There will be unique family gems and films for all the family to enjoy.--Selected Films Lights | Marie Menken | 6"In just six minutes, through colourful images of lights floating in a black nighttime field, Menken delivers an intoxicating visual experience.Through Menken's expressive stylization, the marks and lines of lights become a form of handwriting, an abstract language inscribed in the twists and turns of motion-blurred neon, car brake lights and Christmas decorations.Light | Stephen Ong | 2"Have you ever thought of how light has changed with us? This experimental animation explores that thought, illustrating how light went "from the burning embers of a camp fire, to the white glow of the smartphone."Under the Winter Sun | Thomas Bolles | 2"A lonely snowman builds himself a friend, but their friendship is not to last. This white tac stop motion animation tells a lovely story tinged with sadnessHaulout | Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia Arbugaeva | 22"A lone scientist on the coast of the Siberian Arctic finds that warming seas have taken a toll on the walrus migration, as documented in a film by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev. "Haulout" is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2023 Academy Awards.Timber | Nils Hedinger | 6"A group of logs is about to freeze to death in a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the only fuel for a warming fire is their own body, things start heating up.Lights for Gita | Michael Vo | 7"In her first winter in Canada after her family moved from India, Gita finds a special way to celebrate Divali, the Hindu festival of lights.The Christmas Light KIller | James P Gannon | 7"At the end of each night, one man drives a 2 mile stretch of beautiful light displays, turning off all of the lights, ending the joy, day after day. This is his story.Fox Fires | Keilidh Bradley | 6"The moon comes down to Earth and asks animals help to light up the sky. A fox pursues her purpose in this tale of folkloreThe Supporting Act | Elliot Dear | 2"As Christmas approaches, a young girl is practicing day in day out for a dance performance at her school's talent show, while her dad seems completely distracted by work and other errands.Star in the Night | Don Siegel | 22"Three cowboys riding across the desert with gifts for no particular recipient, see a distant bright light and find it comes from the Star Auto Court sign where the owners and guests work together to help a young pregnant wife and husband.Fireworks | Nicolas Leclerc | 2"Two boys, a revelation, fireworks and friendship.--This event is free, but ticketed.You will be permitted to one drink on arrival, while stocks last.You are welcome to bring your own food, but please take any rubbish away with you.If you have any access requirements, please email ARCEngage@Glasgow.ac.uk.Please enter the ARC via the main entrance, as indicated on the map below.

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