Museum of Miniature Found Objects

As part of the Small & Short Film Festival, the Museum of Miniature Found Objects showcases this film of a slightly less well-publicised opening ceremony heralding the start of the 2012 Olympics, by Leo Bridle ­­and Amaël Isnard. The city on show in Olympic Vermin is the one most Londoners know, rather grubby and mundane — as the filmmakers themselves say, "We tried to show another side to the city, the everyday, zone-2 areas that most people live in and spend their time in. We purposefully avoided the centre and any classic London landmarks." And in this workaday place Bridle and Isnard have created a small, self-contained world, enjoying its own, cheery event.