Baku to host autumn season of Future Shorts Film Festival
2.11.2012

Future Cinema, the creators of Future Shorts and Secret Cinema, announced the very latest edition of the Future Shorts Festival.

The Future Shorts Film Festival will be held in Baku on November 23rd and 24th with organizational support of YARAT! Contemporary Art Space.

The Autumn Programme will feature 5 short films and explore hope and despair in human life in the metropolis. Selected short programming includes: "A Brief History of John Baldessari", from the directors of CATFISH and narrated by Tom Waits; "Rite" nominated for BAFTA Best Short Film and Winner of Sundance's Short Filmaking Award; "The Black Balloon", Winner of Special Jury Mention at Tribeca Film Festival; "Café Regular" and "Auf Der Strecke" winner of over 50 international awards.

The Screenings will be taking place in Park Cinema (4th floor of the Park Boulevard Mall) on November 23rd and 24th. Screenings begin at 19:00 and 21:00. Tickets are available at Park Cinema box office.

The very latest edition of the Future Shorts Festival was announced in London on 1st October 2012. Showcasing the most exciting short films and filmmakers from around the world in amazing venues, Future Shorts is continuing to build a massive screening network and powerful community - from Cinema Jenin in Palestine, a palace in Bucharest and hot tubs in London: 6 continents, 90 countries, 285 cities with an expected audience of 40,000.

Future Shorts is also celebrating the launch of a film collaboration to save lives with Malaria No More UK, an innovative charity working to end suffering and death from malaria.

FUTURE CINEMA, the creators of FUTURE SHORTS, SECRET CINEMA, SECRET SCREENINGS, THE OTHER CINEMA, SECRET RESTAURANT AND SECRET SWIMMING create large-scale cinematic experiences, fusing feature film with music, theatre and live performance. Conceived in 2005, Future Cinema is famed for taking audiences on multi-sensory rides that have become genuine 'Don't Miss' events. Future Cinema also operates as an agency, bringing talent to creative projects and developing innovative experiential campaigns for brands, new releases and other third parties.

Future Shorts is the product of 8 years of audience development, experimentation and of reacting to the demand for another way of experiencing film. Since 2003 we built a new audience for film across the globe and developed a platform for filmmakers that allows millions of people worldwide to engage with their work.


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