ANITA JARDINE

The challenge of the Trash Cannes festival is to write, shoot and edit a three-minute film in five days, and the Hastings section screened at The Printworks on 14 April. 

All this years’ entries were a triumph of imagination over life’s banality, celebrating the eccentricity of our seaside town and its inhabitants. Alongside Lou Witham’s gloriously surreal winning entry The Pothole, there were some standouts. The Last Lobster (Amy King) portrayed a doomed romance with charm and edgy elegance to rival the best shorts of the silent era. 

I loved the haunting soundtrack accompanying Jude Montague’s whimsical animation. A young writer (Oscar Muriel) wowed with a well developed satirical theme and fortuitous casting. Another film, Magic Love Candles, smouldered as the hilarious script was brought to life with fine performances from the protagonists.

All in all, this is one of those events that makes me so glad to have moved back to Hastings after living abroad for four years.


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