chronoskin short films from small crews

Ten minutes, well spent

Whole short films, free to watch

chronoskin shows the films that never reach a cinema, and learns from what you finish which ones to show you next.

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Being watched now

The Night Ferry

214 watching

Salt and Wire

187 watching

Grandmother's Radio

151 watching

Eleven Bus Stops

98 watching

A Field in March

77 watching

Paper Moons

64 watching

Low Tide Letters

55 watching

Two Chairs

40 watching

Kiln

32 watching

Screenings near you (see more)

  1. NOV7

    Shorts in the boathouse

    Old Quay Rowing Club

    38 people going

  2. NOV12

    First films night

    The Lantern Room

    21 people going

  3. NOV20

    Animation by hand

    Mill Street Library

    9 people going

Most finished (see more)

  1. 1

    The Night Ferry

    by Harbour Lights

  2. 2

    Eleven Bus Stops

    by Pocket Tripod

  3. 3

    Paper Moons NEW

    by Annika Dorn

  4. 4

    Kiln

    by Clay Yard Films

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Someone has probably asked for it already. Send it in and it gets a page of its own, with the crew named on it.

animation / documentary / silent / comedy / first film / one take / coast / under five minutes

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  5. The Night Ferry

The Night Ferry

A documentary of nine minutes by Harbour Lights, sent in last March.

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  • 24,106times watched
  • 81%watched to the end
  • 214watching now
  • 12comments

On a wall

Shown on 7 November in the boathouse.

0:00 of 9:12 Larger / Trouble playing?

The last crossing of the night, filmed from the car deck over one winter: the deckhands, the three regular passengers and the cook who has not missed a sailing in eleven years.

Showing Festival pick documentary coast night

What viewers wrote

  1. NOV4

    quietharbour

    I took that boat to school for six years and never once looked at the engine room. Thank you.

  2. NOV2

    Annika Dorn

    The sound of the ramp coming down is the best cut in the film.

  3. OCT29

    Pocket Tripod

    Nine minutes and not a word of narration. More of this, please.

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Harbour Lights

A crew of five from the north quay, sending in films since 2006.

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  • 14films
  • 61,480times watched
  • 72%watched to the end
  • 318followers
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No. Film Length Status Watched
1 The Night Ferry 9 min Showing 24,106
2 Salt and Wire 12 min Showing 15,932
3 Low Tide Letters 6 min In review 4,870
4 Two Chairs 4 min Withdrawn 1,215

Showing can be played In review with the volunteers Withdrawn page only NEW sent this week Festival pick 14 films in all coast silent

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Screenings

Evenings where these films are shown on a wall, with the crews in the room.

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A sheet, a projector and ten chairs make an evening.

This month near you

  1. NOV7

    Shorts in the boathouse

    Old Quay Rowing Club, doors at seven

    38 people going

  2. NOV12

    First films night

    The Lantern Room, bring a cushion

    21 people going

  3. NOV20

    Animation by hand

    Mill Street Library, free

    9 people going

  4. NOV28

    Films about work

    Clay Yard, in the drying shed

    14 people going

  5. DEC3

    The year in ten minutes

    The Lantern Room

    6 people going

Evenings by Harbour Lights

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Help

How films get here, who looks at them first and what happens after.

Sending in a film

Any crew can send a film of twenty minutes or less. It is watched by two volunteers first, and nearly everything is accepted; see the house rules for the few exceptions.

What to send

One file, with the sound mixed in. Do not add our name to the titles; the film is yours and stays yours.

Before you send

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  • Write two sentences about the film.

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After it is accepted

The film gets a page of its own with the crew named on it, and it joins the list on your crew page. You can withdraw it at any time; the page stays, the film stops playing.