THEATRE | BAR | DIGITAL STUDIO | 8PM

Eat Your Own Ears & The Chateau Presents

Halloween Short Film Festival opening night shenanigans

With live music (tbc), short films, digital jamming, DJs, and other happenings

"The Chateau remain the beating heart of the Glasgow underground" (N.M.E.)

“Eat Your Own Ears are behind some of the most ice-cool events in the capital at the moment. In fact, it could be said that they are haute couture of leftfield.” (Emily Bromfield, Metro)

Critically acclaimed, massively popular and co-founded by Mercury Music Award winners Franz Ferdinand, The Chateau’s informal presentations of cutting edge music, art, film, and performance in venues from luxury hotel penthouses to disused jails, melting pot of diverse scenes has been a melting pot of diverse scenes in Glasgow for over two years. Events in their own spectacular warehouse-style premises are best known for ingenious traffic cone urinals and bronzing the back of drummers' necks with homemade sun bed stage lighting. Found out more at www.chateaugateau.co.uk

Tonight they present Torsten Lauschmann a.k.a. Slender Whiteman, filmmaker, musician, installation and software artist who represented Scotland at Venice Biennale 2003, and is loved for making visuals and interactions as infectious as his melodies and as jolly as his ski jumpers. Plus Uncle John & Whitelock, players of blue black instrument music from the belly of the blues beast. Visual interludes by Em_Space & Pointless Creations, and Introductions, Interactions and Immersions by Robb Mitchell. Plus special guest live acts to be confirmed.

Eat Your Own Ears are UK’s premiere leftfield music promoters who have worked with Domino Records 10th Anniversary, the Sheffield Auto Festival, and presenting The Chateau with Franz Ferdinand at the 2004 Frieze Art Fair.

CINEMA 2 | 6.30PM

Yer dirty fibster: Nick Gordon Smith

Cinematographer extraordinaire Nick, best know for his collaborative work with English eccentric Andrew Kotting on films like ‘Gallivant’, presents 20 years of his own skewed visions including earlier Kotting partnerships such as ‘Diddykoy’ and his behind-the-camera work for Jonathan Romney.

CINEMA 2 | 8.30PM

VJ Culture

To celebrate it's second anniversary, VJ Culture is showing a special 60 minute selection of videos, highlighting 'the best' VJ mixes from its previous screenings. VJ Culture will be introduced by VJ Anyone as well as presentations from participating VJs and discussions with the audience.

CINEMA 1 | 8.30PM

New shorts: Hey Ladies

Kick ass ladies on the silver screen. Hosted by the Hey Ladies DJ and fanzine collective, who’ll also be presenting an award for the strongest most complex female character on screen. The programme includes new work by Carol Morley.

Trt c.110 mins

CINEMA 1 | 11PM

Singapore wild child: Royston Tan

Straight outta Singapore comes Asian hero Tan on the eve of his debut feature ‘15’. A not-to-be-missed selection of shorts including his controversial anti-censorship rant ‘Cut’ which would have got him executed 20 years ago! In association with Dazzle Films.

Trt c. 70 mins