watersprite international student film festival

What’s on in Cambridge – March

Crocuses by the River Cam, Cambridge — Crocuses by the River Cam

Well, Spring is definitely in the air and there’s lots happening in the city this month – in particular there are some wonderful concerts to enjoy. I’ll update this listing through the month so if you know of an event that could be included, please let me know through my Contact page.

4 – 16th 8am – 5pm Spring Exhibition. Quy Art Group. Work by six local artists in a variety of media. Michaelhouse Cafe, Trinity Street. Closed Sundays.

5, 12 and 19th 7pm Meditation and Emotional Intelligence. Michaelhouse, Trinity Street. cambridge.cea@gmail.com

7 – 10th Watersprite International Student Film Festival. http://www.watersprite.org.uk Read more about Watersprite here and here

7th 6.45pm Parasitic Plants: a question of degree. Cambridge Natural History Society. David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street http://www.cnhs.org.uk

7th 7pm Cam Lates: Pacific Late. Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Facebook:@cambridgeuniversitymuseums Read more about Cam Lates here

8th (until 22nd April) Hannah Kemp-Welch: Hyperlocal Radio. The 2018 Open House artist-in-residence shares the process and outcome of her year-long residency with North Cambridge communities. Kettle’s Yard. http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Read more about Kettle’s Yard here

8th 6 – 9pm LATE at Kettle’s Yard. http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk Read more about LATE at Kettle’s Yard here

8th 8pm New Worlds, New Voices. Sims-Williams, Strauss, Dvorak. Cambridge Graduate Orchestra. West Road Concert Hall. http://www.cambridgegraduateorchestra.com

8th 8pm International Women’s Day Concert. Part of the Cambridge Female Composers Festival. Trinity College Chapel. http://www.cambridgefemalecomposers.com/events

9th 10am – 4pm Cambridge Vintage Kilo Sale. St Paul’s, Hills Road. Facebook: Cambridge Vintage Kilo Sale

9th 6pm Sisters, Saints and Sirens. A blend of cabaret, Latin American, classical and opera. The Lucy Cavendish Singers. Emmanuel United Reformed Church. http://www.lucycavendishsingers.org.uk

9th 7.30pm Liszt and Debussy: The Composer as Narrator. Clare Hall Intimate Engagements. Book through music@clarehall.cam.ac.uk

9th 8pm Choral Favourites Concert. Vivaldi, Handel, Faure, Parry and more. Trinity Singers. Trinity College Chapel. http://www.tcms.org.uk/the-trinity-singers. Tickets on the door.

10th 2 – 4pm Motherhood, Makers and Female Artists. Kettle’s Yard. http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk

10th 7.30pm Black Fen Folk Club presents Saul Bailey and Megan Wisdom. NCI Club, Holland Street. http://www.wegottickets.com/event/456079

10th 8pm King’s Voices Lent Concert. Mosolov, Mozart, Greening, Willcocks. King’s College Chapel. http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk

11 – 24th Cambridge Science Festival. http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk Read more about the Science Festival here

12th 7.30 – 9pm Talk: Ginger Beer and Silicon Chips. The curious tale of a building in Willis Road. Mill Road History Society. Ross Street Community Centre http://www.millroadhistory.org.uk

13 – 23rd 7.45pm (some matinees) Legally Blonde, The Musical. ADC Theatre. http://www.adctheatre.com

14th 8pm John Rutter with the Orchestra and Choir of Clare College Music Society. Butterworth, Grieg, Rutter. West Road Concert Hall. http://www.adcticketing.com

16th 2 – 5.30pm Study Day: Understanding Macbeth. Literature Cambridge. Stapleford Granary, CB22. http://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk Read more about Literature Cambridge here

16th 5.30pm Foundation Concert. Bruckner and Elgar. Members of King’s College Choir (past and present) and Cambridge University Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Cleobury, King’s College Chapel. http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk

16th 7.30pm Mass in B Minor, Bach. New Cambridge Singers with the Cambridge Baroque Camerata. St John’s College Chapel. http://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk

16th 7.30pm The Seasons, Haydn. Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. West Road Concert Hall. http://www.cambridgephilharmonic.com

17th 10am – 5pm “What A Nerve”. Contemporary art exhibition and talk series exploring all aspects of living with Multiple Sclerosis. Cambridge Union Society Debating Chamber, Bridge Street. Free, fully accessible. http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/what-nerve

19th 7pm Sing Joyfully. Voces 8. Trinity College Chapel. http://www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org

23rd 2.30 – 4pm NCT Cambridge Nearly New Sale. Cambridge Regional College, CB4. Facebook: @NctCambridgeNNS

23rd 7.30pm Faure Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine and Ave Verum. The Leys Choral Society. The Leys School Chapel, Trumpington Street. Tickets from http://www.theleys.net/boxoffice

23 – 30th 10am – 5.30pm Art Exhibition, Cambridge Drawing Society. Original paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. Pitt Building, Trumpington Street. Free admission. http://www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org

24th 3.30pm Sounds of Spring. Vocal concert, fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support, followed by tea and cake. Lee Hall, Wolfson College. mjh64@cam.ac.uk

30 – 31st 10am Cambridge Home and Garden Show. The Guildhall, Market Hill. http://www.camhomeshow.com Read more about the Show here

30th 7.30pm St John Passion, Bach. Collegium Laureatum. West Road Concert Hall. tickets@collegium.org.uk

Watersprite International Student Film Festival

Watersprite International Student Film Festival aims to discover, showcase and nurture emerging young film making talent from around the world and to offer a springboard for the film makers of the future as they start their careers.

Screenings, talks by award winning industry professionals, panels and interactive events are free and open to all. Now in its 10^th year, Watersprite 2019 has attracted over 1000 submissions from around 100 countries and, after two intensive rounds of judging, will be screening 26 nominated films at the Festival which runs from 7 – 10 March.

Full details are on www.watersprite.org.uk and to read more about Watersprite and the 2018 Festival, click here

Watersprite Film Festival

The Watersprite International Student Film Festival returns to the city from 23 -25 February, showcasing the wealth of emerging talent in student short film making from around the world and offering a springboard for the film makers of the future as they start their careers.

Watersprite 2018 General Image — Image credit: Rob Eager

This year, the organisers have received around three hundred and ninety submissions from ninety five countries. Fifty nominees have now been chosen for a dozen award categories, including fiction, documentary, animation and original film music – you can find their details on the Watersprite website. Overseas nominees will be flown into the UK to attend the Awards Ceremony at the Fitzwilliam Museum thanks to the continued support of Red Arrow Studios, the Festival’s official Film Maker and New Talent partner.

The prestigious Film Maker of the Future award will go to a film maker who tackles modern day issues in the world, creating a film that tries to make a difference or presents to us a story that we haven’t heard before. Part of that prize is the opportunity to participate in a producers’ workshop in Cannes, enabling the winner to network within the film business. In fact, the Festival gives all the entrants a chance to collaborate with other film makers and to forge new creative partnerships.

2017 Film of the Year Winners, Elisa Image credit: Chris Williamson

Aside from the screenings, there’s a packed schedule of talks and workshops led by leading professionals in the film and TV industry. Films will be showing at various venues across the city but most nominee screenings will be held at King’s College while talks and events will happen at St John’s College Old Divinity School where you’ll also find the Festival hub.

The Festival started life in 2010 as Cam’era and Film of the Year was awarded to Will McGregor’s “Who’s Afraid of the Water Sprite?”. Will has gone on to make a very successful career as a screenwriter and director, working in film, TV and commercials. With producer Hilary Bevan-Jones, the Festival’s Patron, Will has developed his short film into a feature film, “The Dark Outside”, which is currently in production. And in honour of that first winning film, the Festival was renamed “Watersprite” in 2011.

Watersprite 2017 Student Committee — 2017 Watersprite Student Committee Image credit: L Odufwa-Bolger

The Festival is open to everybody. It is entirely free for film makers to enter plus all the events and screenings are free thanks to sponsors such as Decca Publishing and Fox Networks Group. Local companies also get involved. Jocks and Peers, a beer brand recently launched in the city by three Cambridge alumni, is sponsoring drinks at one of the event’s ceremonies. Tickets can be booked through Eventbrite or you can just turn up at an event or screening and if there’s room, you’ll get in.

www.watersprite.org.uk

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk

This event takes place at multiple venues around the city