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MERMAID AND MINI-MERMAID 2005
V310 (VHS) / V311 (S-VHS) / V312 (MiniDV) / V313 (DVD

MERMAID AND MINI-MERMAID 2005

These competitions are held as part of the IAC AGM weekend each year as a light-hearted rivalry between regions. The Minis are all one-minute long.
1. A STITCH IN TIME
Ken & Jean McRonald (Scotland)

Comedy
5.mins


2. FLAT OUT
Spring Park Cine & Video Society (SERIAC)
An elderly man comes out of a betting shop tearing up his (losing!) betting slip. He checks his Racing Post for another race but hasn't enough money for another bet, so he goes to a nearby cafe, outside which there is a parked car with a £50 note trapped under a rear wheel. He goes into the cafe, sits at a table by a window so that he can see when the driver comes back ...
(Making of article on IAC website - click here.)

Humour
/ story
5.mins


3. IF ONLY
Alan Creamer & Darren Cummings (SOCO)
The creatures in the zoo tell us what they are actually thinking!
See also V305 (7)


4.mins


4. DOWN THE TUBE
(NERIAC)


8.mins


5. LIKE THE MAN ON THE TELLY SAID
(EARIAC)


4.mins


6. LIFEBUOY SOAP
(North Thames)


2.mins


7. I CONFESS
(North West)


5.mins


8. TESTING THE WATER
(CEMRIAC)


5.mins


MINI-MERMAID

9. PLAN B
Clive Atkins (CEMRIAC)

1.min


10. PAUL
(NERIAC)

1.min


11. DINNER TIME
(EARIAC)

1.min


12 LAST REQUEST
(North West)
1.min

13 LUCKY
(SERIAC)
1.min

14 LOST CHORD
(SOCO)
1.min

15 NIGHT DUTY
(North Thames)
1.min

16 HEY, JUST A MINUTE
(Scotland)
1.min

Price:  £7.50   Total running time 44 mins.+ 9 mins


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