The Changing Face of Cinema

On Sunday 1 June PUNY GODS! will take over the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter and turn it into a Cinema featuring films by Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy award winning filmmakers and a series of talks about The Changing Face of Cinema.

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is home to one of the largest collections of material relating to the moving image in Britain.

The museum chronicles the development of optical entertainment from shadow-puppets and 17th century manuscripts to the most recent Hollywood blockbusters, including artefacts such as Magic Lanterns, rare books, prints, and an extensive variety of publicity materials.

The diversity of this collection provides an insight into the changing dynamics of the moving image and the history of our relationship with it.

Dr Phil Wickham, the Cinema Musuem curator says it will be the first time that films made by local filmmakers will be played inside The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. 

PUNY GODS is a more social brand of cinema, popping up in unusual locations and playing an eclectic mix of films. They have taken over city centre shops and put on open air screenings as part of Open Studios Exeter, Unexpected Exeter 2013 and PUMA and Love Film’s Film4Peace. Previous filmmaker’s have included MOMA artist Ben Borley’s Erasure, BBC New Filmmaker award winner Rob Brown’s Silent Things and the crowdfunding record breaking Realm Pictures’ The Underwater Realm.

PUNY GODS! is curated by David Salas, Filmmaker in Residence at the Exeter Phoenix. David said “The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is the perfect venue to showcase new talent and put the innovation of today’s filmmakers into context.” 

Films that have been confirmed for this event include Royal Television Society Award Winner Richard Gosling’s Tiger is Gun and Meat Bingo’s Lot 13, which counts TV comedian Frankie Boyle amongst it’s fans.

RTS Award winner Richard Gosling says: “Puny Gods is a fantastic way to showcase filmmakers, engaging audiences with the immediacy that makes short films so relevant."

PUNY GODS! vs The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is on Sunday 1 June from 12-5pm. Tickets are available from the Exeter Phoenix. 

There is still spaces left for filmmakers to have their films screened and speakers who would like to talk about The Changing Face of Cinema. Spaces are running out fast.

Email David Salas at punygodscinema@gmail.com to find out more.

More information is avialble from www.punygods.com or by visiting Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo and You Tube.

PUNY GODS! Vs The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is supported by Exeter Arts Council, The University of Exeter Arts and Culture, Colourburn and The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.