Dreams: An Evening of Short FIlm with Ali Smith

An evening of historic and contemporary short films on the theme of 'dreams', chosen and introduced by writer Ali Smith.

Taking place in grade-II-listed Swedenborg Hall, featured artists include René Clair, Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens, Douglas Hickox, Agnes Varda, Jean Vigo and Sarah Wood.

This free evening of screenings forms part of the 2017 Swedenborg Short Film Festival (2-18 November), curated by Gareth Evans (Whitechapel Gallery) and Nora Foster (Frieze) with guest judge Ali Smith.

Shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize and one of today's most significant and original storytellers, Smith has curated a season of films – from rarely seen cinematic masterpieces (2 and 9 November) to contemporary artist shorts (16 November) – on the theme of 'dreams'.

Smith is also guest judge of the annual Swedenborg Short Film competition (18 November), featuring international artists with new moving image works responding to the theme of 'dreams'.

SCHEDULE:

2 November: Céline and Julie Go Boating (dir. Jacques Rivet, 1974)

9 November: Nights of Cabiria (dir. Federico Fellini, 1957)

16 November: An Evening of Short FIlm with Ali Smith

18 November: Short Film Festival Screenings & Announcement of Winner

All screenings take place in grade-II-listed Swedenborg Hall, 'one of London's most atmospheric venues' (Guardian). Admission is free.

About Ali Smith

ALI SMITH was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of Free Love and Other Stories; Like; Other Stories and Other Stories; Hotel World; The Whole Story and Other Stories; The Accidental; Girl Meets Boy; The First Person and Other Stories; There but for the; Artful; How to be both; and Public Library and Other Stories. Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and The Accidental was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Orange Prize. How to be both won the Baileys Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Folio Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge. Her recent novel Autumn (2016), the first in a four-part series, is short-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.