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The eighth edition of the Kinemastik International Short Film Festival will take place at Herbert Ganado Gardens on Saturday and Sunday. All screenings show at 8.30 p.m.

Organisers say they have prepared an interesting selection of latest short works.

Both Maltese and international films will be competing for the much sought-after jury prize, Kinemastik’s Golden Dot.

Alongside the festival, Kinemastik is also organising a children’s film festival on Sunday between 8.30 and 9.15 p.m.

The selection of films and animations has been carefully curated to feature a colourful array of characters (including a pink meteorite, a lonely bear, a wet skateboarder and John Lennon) that will pique the interest of children.

And American film-maker, artist and head of the Bare Bones collective Matt Lambert will be giving a talk at the British Legion today at 7.30 p.m.

Mr Lambert is a well-known contributor to various art, design and film festivals. The event will include the screening of the film-maker’s work and a Q&A session.

To complement the two nights of film, Kinemastik is also showing a joint art exhibition, Horse Latitudes.

The exhibition, which runs at the subway underpass near the Porte des Bombes gate in Floriana until Sunday, includes works by British photographer and DJ Ali Tollervey and the Bare Bones multi-disciplinary collective.

Tollervey’s photographic work from his ongoing project with British band Dark Horses will strike a chord particularly with those who attended the band’s performance for the festival kick-off party last Saturday. The input of Bare Bones – a London-based group of artists and writers that self-publish a newspaper distributed for free in London and Paris – should also prove interesting.

On the nights of the film screenings the Bare Bones’ artwork will be available for purchase, as will posters from previous editions of the festival illustrated by Maltese artist Chris Bianchi.

• The Kinemastik International Short Film Festival is supported by the Malta Arts Fund, the Malta Film Commission and St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity.

www.kinemastik.org

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