Blue Metaphor Ltd presents “Stories of the hearts untamed”, the second of a series of themed events bringing all art forms together, with filmmaking at the center.
Led by Bristol -based producer and director Sheherazade Bodin and owner of Blue Metaphor Ltd, the production company aims to help filmmakers, writers and any creative voices develop their projects portraying social and/or cultural matters.
This event is open to all creatives and those with passion projects looking for production support. In particular, those with noisy or misunderstood voices, looking to share their stories for greater impact!
Networking
For filmmakers and artists, there will be an hour of networking, a valuable opportunity to deepdive into other projects around the city, whilst enjoying the art exhibition.
Screenings
“Broken Bird”, a short comedy written and directed by Sheherazade Bodin, produced by Blue Metaphor Ltd and supported by the Bristol Pride Community Fund, followed by a Q&A with the team behind it. A concerned and loving daughter tries to set her disabled mother up with a taciturn character, ready to make dating as awkward as possible.
“Funeral of a Marriage Counselor”, a multi-awarded dark comedy written and directed by Ronit Meranda, produced by Fern Scott , followed by a Q&A with the team behind it. Following the sudden death of their long-term and much-too-depended-upon counsellor, a couple in their 50s take a chaotic stab at rebalancing their relationship, while grappling with their own mortality.
“ToMe2”, an experimental film about self-love by artist and dancer Maria Martinez, followed by a Q&A with the team behind it. “This video performance piece is based on the idea of love, care, and the self. By creating a cast of my body, I gave body to the external perspective of what it’s like to take care of myself. With this project, I aim to make people intrigued by the weirdness that this video conveys regarding obsessive caring, and make them reflect on how natural caring should be.” – Maria Martinez
Performances
Langa Ncube: “War” // Spoken words and sound
Langa Ncube will use spoken word to take you on the journey on how they overcame self-hatred to gain self-love. There are 4 parts to this piece ‘Intro’, ‘Pre-war’, ‘The War’ and ‘Post war’.
Martin Viktorov and Anastasia: “Spirare” // Experimental electronic music and contemporary dancing, combining movement and sound.
Spirare is a sound and movement performance exploring how breath can communicate and transform emotion. It expresses the diverse range of feelings that relationships with our loved ones can stir within us.
Exhibition
“Gaia’s Legation” amidst the Cosmos by artist Javeria Salar Khan
Javeria Salar Khan is an artist hailing from Dir, a remote region of North Western Pakistan. A land with rich cultural and artistic heritage spanning multiple civilizations, eras and techniques. She is a graduate of Pakistan’s prestigious National College of Arts (NCA), and later pursued her master’s in Fine Arts from School of Art, Birmingham. Her work focuses on the use of color, darkness, geometric forms and patterns to depict realities around her and how humans perceive the all-encompassing and ever-present cosmos
Food and drink
This event is non-alcoholic. Hot drinks and soft drinks will be available, along with snacks, pastries and more.
Tickets
Earlybird £7
Regular £9
Late £10
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F**kUp Nights Bristol
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The Square Club, 15 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HB
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Most people fuck up at some point…and nearly everyone lives to tell the tale.
Fuckup Nights is a global movement and event series that shares stories of professional failure. The event has been running in Bristol since 2023.
Events across the globe get three or four people to get up in front of a room full of strangers to share their own professional fuckup/mistake. The stories of the business that crashes and burns, the partnership that goes sour, the product that has to be recalled, stories like these will all be told.
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At this event we will have three fabulous speakers who are going to share their mistakes. No happy ending for any of these three stories!
Hanna Mepstead – was entrusted with the care of a politician’s daughter – and managed to lose her in London!
Steven Adjei – Steven will share his stories of a failed business, bankruptcy, and moral struggles!
Owen Jones & Fiona Graham will discuss nearly losing a key client following a rebrand.
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Hanna’s story is just one of the stories from her time as a celebrity’s PA. You might find out which one ‘on the night’!
In addition, Steven will tell us how he got duped out of hundreds of thousands of pounds in three continents!
Lastly, what do you do when a premium client hates your rebrand? Fiona from Devonia and brand consultant Owen reflect on a potentially catastrophic oversight.
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Let’s change the narrative, let’s #ShareTheFailure and learn from it.
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What’s Included
All tickets include a glass of wine or beer or two soft drinks plus some canapés (enough to keep your hunger at bay until later in the evening).
Timings
6:00pm – Doors open & networking
6:30pm – Canapés
7:00pm – Presentations start. Each presentation is 10 minutes with 5 minutes Q&A
8:00pm – Networking & drinks
9:45pm – Close
Your host
This event is organised by David Gilroy, Managing Director, Conscious Solutions. A serial entrepreneur David has for the last 30 years worked exclusively in the online space having been part of the early management team at CompuServe, cofounded Sift and for the last 20 years led the team at Conscious Solutions, the UK’s leading digital marketing agency for law firms.
Tickets
Anyone can come to the event. Square Club members get discount, email [email protected] for your discount code.
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