Portobello Film Festival
September 13, 2010First free weekend in London. What am I doing? Coughing, sneezing, withering in my flat. Being ill is just so grand! Despite my zombie-esque existence, I was able to get out of the house long enough to visit the Fuller’s Brewery ( a one hour tour that ended in an hour of all you can drink “beer tasting”) and a student film screening at the Portobello Film Festival.
The films we saw were unbelievably poor. The best of the series we saw was a music video which, unlike its peers, had mastered basic aesthetics. But overall, the films were what you would expect to see from a batch of first Elon FreshTV projects. Definitely makes you appreciate the level of excellence Elon’s programs have in comparison to other schools.
The festival does have other films I hope to see later in the week. One unique exhibition they offer has been coined as the “Video Cafe” where viewers choose what film to watch off a menu – a very interesting expression of the “Me-Media” trend.
