Our 2012 line-up will be announced soon. In the meantime, please take a look at what happened at Wychwood 2011.
Whirlygig Cinema at Wychwood The film tent at this year’s 
Wychwood Music Festival is programmed by Whirlygig Cinema; a London-based project working to expose the talents of new and exciting filmmakers through short film events. At Wychwood they will provide a host of short film showreels, features, documentaries and live AV events, celebrating in particular the exciting interplay between music and film.
Friday
Treeless Mountain dir. So Yong Kim (2008) A heartfelt South Korean drama which tells the story of two young sisters who must look after one another when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.
Small Steps presents AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DUMPS dir. Amy Hanson The Small Steps Project is a humanitarian charity that delivers shoes and aid to children on inhabited rubbish dumps all over the world. It is a non-profit organisation, which has exploded over the last two years and its documentaries Around The World in Eighty Dumps have been screened all over Europe and Australia. Catch one of these documentaries at Wychwood and learn about the real slumdogs.
Whirlygig Cinema & The Cabinet of Living Cinema present MAKING TRACKS The Cabinet of Living Cinema is a meeting of artists dedicated to creating “living cinema” experiences through live performance. Making Tracks is a regular night in London and a groundbreaking platform on which to showcase up-and-coming filmmaking talent. The idea is simple: Whirlygig Cinema seek out top quality short films, strip them of their original soundtracks and The Cabinet rescore them live, using experimental and semi-improvisational techniques.
Colliderscope presents NO MAN’S LAND (first performance) With music by composer and vocalist Fiona Soe Paing, and visuals by animation artist Zennor Alexander, No Man’s Land is a surreal and hypnotic audio-visual performance, combining projected 3D animation, experimental electronica soundtrack and live vocals in an immersive ‘live cinema’ experience.
Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot (2009) Fearless and upfront, Mary and Max is a dark animated comedy about the unlikely pen-pal relationship between two very different people; an awkward and lonely 8-year-old Australian girl and a Jewish American man who suffers from Aspergers Sydrome. With cutting edge ‘claymation’ and storyline to treasure, this is truly one of the biggest must-sees of the festival.
Saturday
Azur and Asmar: The Princes’ Quest dir. Michel Ocelot (2008) A beautifully animated fairytale about two boys, raised as brothers until cruelly separated and then reunited as rivals on a quest to free the mythical Djinn fairy. Only one of them may succeed…
Whirlygig Cinema presents: Whirlygiggles Join Whirlygig as they take on the 
strange and immersive world of comedy through a hilarious programme of short films including sketches, mockumentaries and animations.
Oliver Ralfe Ahead of the screening of his film Tangled Up With Dylan: The Ballad of AJ Weberman and also The Mighty Boosh On Tour on Sunday, Oliver Ralfe from Ralfe Band will be performing brand new material in this intimate and unique venue. For this exclusive live solo set, Oly Ralfe will be debuting brand new songs alongside favourites from Ralfe Band albums Swords and Attics Thieves, plus songs from Ralfe Band’s highly acclaimed soundtrack to British feature film Bunny and the Bull
Tangled Up With Dylan: The Ballad of AJ Weberman dir. Oliver Ralfe & James Bluemel (2006) Documentary chronicling the life, times and crimes of notorious Bob Dylan obsessive and Garbology inventor, AJ Weberman. The film is punctuated by a hilarious recorded telephone conversation between Weberman and Dylan, and explores the relationship between one of the world’s greatest songwriters and his most controversial disciple.
Colliderscope presents NO MAN’S LAND (2nd performance) See above for details
Toss and the Soundtrack Band present THE LAST HUMAN Returning after last year’s successful performances of Faust and Metropolis, Toss and the Soundtrack Band present The Last Human; the story of a man who thinks he is the Last Human, battling against a disease that turns people into vampires. Most of the band’s live performances are to silent movies, yet this film had so little dialogue in it that they managed to keep most of the spoken dialogue as well as writing a new score for the film. They suggest that rather than thinking of the music as a soundtrack to the film, you imagine the films as a video to a live concept album!
Exit Through The Gift Shop Dir. Banksy (2010) What happens when you give a 
video camera to the world’s most notorious graffiti artist? A documentary about a French eccentric’s mission to film the world’s most notorious graffiti artists of course! This is your chance to catch the latest masterpiece from the West Country’s very own Banksy.
Sunday
Whirlygig Cinema presents: WhirlyKids Wake up to lots of really old and really new short films for kids and see how much film has changed over the years. Packed full of laughs and gasps, this is a sure fire way to start your day!
Whirlygig Cinema presents: Music in Film Whirlygig Cinema presents a short film programme celebrating the manipulative nature of music; how it can probe our emotions, tell a story and instantly change our perceptions of what we see on screen.
The Mighty Boosh On Tour: Journey of the Childmen dir. Oliver Ralfe (2010) 
Another creation from musician and director Oliver Ralfe (whose band Ralfe Band also provide much of the soundtrack), this on-the-road documentary is an exclusive and intimate behind the scenes look into the chaos and genius of The Mighty Boosh as they navigate a nation hooked on their cult. Filmed across their mammoth 99-date UK tour during which they performed to 270,000 fans, this is a fascinating insight for Boosh fans, as well as those interested in comedy and documentaries.
University of Gloucestershire Short Films To celebrate local talent, the University of Gloucestershire will present a number of award-winning short films by students from the vibrant and exciting Digital Film Production course. This programme includes Small Hours, Best Film at the Learning on Screen Award, North West 5, selected as Film of the Week on bestforfilm.com and Launderette, winner of Best Documentary at the BFI Future Film Awards.
Toss and the Soundtrack Band present THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER The original French 1920′s silent movie with a brand new soundtrack. This is a movie adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe classic, featuring brand new songs and music by Toss and the Soundtrack Band.
The Little Shop of Horrors dir. Roger Corman (1960) The 1960s comedy classic about a man who is forced to kill people in order to feed the bloodthirsty man-eating plant that he has cultivated. Never fear the silver screen!
Many thanks to Soda Pictures www.sodapictures.com and
Revolver Enterianment www.revolvergroup.com/uk
