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UK SHORTS CATALOGUE 2019 SECOND EDITION

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INTRODUCTION 4

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DOCUMENTARY 30

ANIMATION 48

VIRTUAL REALITY / IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE 56

UK SHORTS PORTAL 64

PROGRAMMERS’ PERSPECTIVES 67

ABOUT BFI NETWORK 68

ABOUT BRITISH COUNCIL 71

BRITISH COUNCIL NEW TALENT & SHORTS 72

BRITISH COUNCIL & FESTIVALS 74

BRITISH COUNCIL GLOBAL PROJECTS 76

INDEX OF FILMS 82

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This catalogue includes details of UK short productions that have been supported by British Council’s Short Support Scheme in the last year, alongside some BFI NETWORK top picks, and key names to watch. In addition to a printed copy, each catalogue is also compiled as a downloadable PDF, available online, which is updated with new films throughout the year. To request a copy of the latest catalogue email [email protected]

A selection of the films in this catalogue, and other UK shorts from partners, are also available to watch on the British Council UK Shorts Portal – an online screening platform designed to showcase the best new work from across the UK, exclusively for short film professionals. You can sign up at www.UKShortsportal.picturepipe.net

You can also view the entire British Films Directory, of both UK shorts and feature-length films, as well as further directories listing filmmakers and festivals at britishcouncil.org/film

For information visit film.britishcouncil.org/on-goingprojects/shorts

Contact [email protected]

Find out more about BFI NETWORK at network.bfi.org.uk

Contact [email protected]

Welcome to the second edition of the UK Shorts Catalogue 2019, presented by British Council and BFI NETWORK.

We’re proud to be championing upcoming UK films and filmmakers to programmers and audiences around the world. British Council’s Film department is the link between UK films and international audiences. Its Short Support Scheme (which includes a Travel Grant Fund, offered in partnership with BFI NETWORK) exists to support UK-based filmmakers to show their work internationally. The scheme provides a platform to promote work to our extensive programming contacts from key international film festivals and development labs. Scheme members also gain access to an annual calendar of events where they can watch new work, hear from industry experts and meet with other filmmaking teams across the UK. Alongside this, our Travel Grant Fund supports filmmakers’ travel to key international film festivals and development labs.

BFI NETWORK is a collaboration between the BFI, national film organisations and leading cultural venues around the UK with a mission to discover and support talented writers, directors and producers at the start of their filmmaking careers. It provides funding for short films, supports the development of first features, and offers a range of professional and creative development programmes.

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12 Point Kill

SynopsisAdnan, an imaginative ten-year-old Syrian boy, has fled his home country with his mother after the rest of their family were killed and their neighbourhood destroyed. Now settled in the UK, he must use all his creativity to break through his mother’s PTSD or risk losing her forever.

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 22 mins 55 secs Director: Steven Chatterton, Mark ArrigoProducer: Julia Taylor-Stanley, Tiernan Hanby Co-Producer: Hilary DavisExecutive Producer: Gideon Wittenberg, Alan Reich Editor: Jasper VerhorevoortScreenwriter: Steven Chatterton, Mark Arrigo Director of Photography: Kit FraserProduction Designer: Camillia Langoux, Ben Reynolds Sound: Mike Bovill, Matt Dempsey, Emanuele Constantini Music: Brendan WoithePrincipal Cast: Ayham Kabi, Raghad Chaar

Production CompanyA Conundrum Films production made with the support of: Creative Scotland, BFI Network. Delivered by Scottish Film Talent Network.

Conundrum Films Deanne [email protected]

Adnan

SynopsisOppressed by her overbearing and violent stepfather, a young woman takes revenge into her own hands.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 min 44 secs Director: Iain Mitchell Producer: Deanne CunninghamExecutive Producer: Holly Daniel, Carolynne Sinclair, Paul Welsh Editor: Claire PringleScreenwriter: Iain MitchellDirector of Photography: David Lidell Production Designer: Wendy Cairns Sound: William AikmanMusic: Hutch DemouilpiedPrincipal Cast: Lauren Grace, Keith McErlean, Shauna Macdonald

Supported by:

Production CompanyShefford FilmsSteven Chatterton, Mark Arrigo Palladium House1-4 Argyll Street LondonW1F 7LD+44 (0)7976 [email protected] [email protected] www.adnanshortfilm.com

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Algo-Rhythm

SynopsisIn marketing and the retail sector, data analytics is widely used to profile and micro-target consumers and to predict behaviour. The ultimate goal, apparently, is for humans to be able to outsource all decision-making to machine intelligence. What is at stake within the political realm?

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 14 mins Director: Manu Luksch Producer: Manu Luksch Editor: Manu LukschScreenwriter: Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel Director of Photography: Malick Sy Music: Mukul PatelPrincipal Cast: Gunman Xuman, OMG, Lady Zee Live Graffiti: MadzooImmersive FX consultant & KINECT Op: Jack Wolf Animation: Georgi StamenovFeaturing: Adja Fall, Illégal, Kruh Mandiou Mauri, MC Mo and Rhapsod

Production CompanyProduced with support from Open Society Foundation, denkbar Filmentwicklungs GmbH

Manu Luksch [email protected]

Sales Agent sixpackfilm Neubaugasse 15/15 1070 ViennaAustria+43 1526 [email protected] www.sixpackfilm.com

Alien Culture

SynopsisSouthall, 1979. Racial tensions are running high. Lucky thinks his brother is in trouble, but the truth is far from what he expected.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 16 mins 8 secs Director: Iesh Thapar Producer: Sarah Seulki Oh Editor: Iesh Thapar Screenwriter: Iesh ThaparDirector of Photography: John Wakayama Carey Production Designer: Danielle BaylissSound: Glen GathardPrincipal Cast: Sagar Radia, Reiss Kershi Costume Designer: Amy Thompson

Production CompanyOh Picture Co.Sarah Seulki Oh [email protected] [email protected]

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SynopsisAnemio is a non-binary Nigerian teenager, unable to express their gender identity to their conservative family. The only place they feel at peace is the local marine aquatics shop they work in, comforted by the formless and hermaphroditic marine life. So when social pressures escalate, they transform into an anemone.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 17 mins 56 secs Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi Producer: Savannah James-Bayly Co-Producer: Molly McGregorExecutive Producer: Eva Yates, Stefan Allesch-Taylor, Esther Paterson, Richard Fletcher, Jonathan Harris,Editor: Fiona Brands Screenwriter: Amrou Al-KadhiDirector of Photography: Craig Dean Devine Production Designer: Elena IsoliniSound: Raoul Brand Music: Nainita DesaiPrincipal Cast: Sekela Nancy Ngamilo, Ione Brown, Tsion Habte, Ameet Chana, Ty Glaser, Idris Debrand, Damian Lynch, Stefan Adegbola

Supported by:

Production CompanyFox Cub Films 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQwww.foxcubfilms.co.uk

Ambition

SynopsisBrendan is a toll booth operator in the middle of nowhere with a disdain for conversation, a mild lactose intolerance and an interest in the genre of the academic novel. Why do all his customers keep trying to change him?

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 12 mins 46 secs Director: Ryan Andrew HooperProducer: Tom Betts, Matt Redd, Ryan Andrew Hooper Executive Producer: Tracy Spottiswoode, Vaughan Sivell Editor: Manuela LupiniScreenwriter: Matt ReddDirector of Photography: Adrian Peckitt Production Designer: Chris House Sound: Dom CorbisieroMusic: Gavin FitzjohnPrincipal Cast: Simon Russell Beale, Gwyneth Keyworth, Nina Toussaint-White, Dean Rehman, Martyn Stallard

Supported by:

Production CompanyWestern Edge Pictures 9 Wimpole Street LondonW1G [email protected]

www.westernedgepictures.com

Anemone

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Appreciation

SynopsisAn African Pentecostal Pastor questions everything she believes after a life-changing event.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins Director: Tomisin AdepejuProducer: Earleatha Oppon, Tony LongeExecutive Producer: Mathieu Ajan, Tomisin Adepeju Editor: Alexander McNeillScreenwriter: Tomisin Adepeju Director of Photography: Olan Collardy Production Designer: Ana Baldini Sound: Blai EscaloyaMusic: Ben StanbridgePrincipal Cast: Tomi Ogunjobi, Tunde Bella, Femi Ogunjobi, Krystine Atti, Kemi Lofinmakin, Emeka Anton Sesay

Production CompanyBounce Films+44 (0)7720 218516www.bouncecinema.com

As Told To G/D Thyself

SynopsisThe story of the sacred youth and the stakes of a cosmic journey. Where the embodiment and the pain, pleasure and sublimation there-in arenon-negotiable.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - US Narrative Short Films- World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 22 minsDirector: The Ummah Chroma: Bradford Young, Terence Nance, Jenn Nkiru, Marc Thomas, Kamasi WashingtonProducer: Erin Wile, Banch Abegaze Co-Producer: IconoclastExecutive Producer: Scott Wright, Mattis With, Caius Pawson, Larry Jackson, Alexa Dedlow; Apple Producers: Scott Seviour, Nathalie BesharatEditor: Marc Thomas, Terence NanceScreenwriter: Terence Nance, Kamasi Washington, Bradford Young Director of Photography: Shawn Peters, Bradford Young, Benoit Soler, Maceo BishopProduction Designer: Lauri FaggioniSound: Sound Design: Marc Thomas, Terence Nance, Kamasi WashingtonMusic: Kamasi WashingtonPrincipal Cast: Joseph Johnson, Gail Scroggins, William Fontaine, Casius Kwansah Graham

Production CompanyUS, UK coproduction

A Rock & Roll City (US), Iconoclast (UK) production with support of Apple (US). Commissioned by XL / Young Turks (UK)

Iconoclast UK Emily Rudge+44 (0)20 3141 [email protected] www.iconoclast.tv/uk/home www.iconoclast.tv

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Ashmina The Big Day

SynopsisNestled between a beautiful lake and the Himalayas, Ashmina, 13, lives with her family at the outskirts of Pokhara Nepal, paragliding capital of the world. The remote and traditional town is also a busy tourist destination where the locals are profoundly affected by the swarms of tourists who visit it daily. Forced to skip school, Ashmina helps her family make ends meet by working at the landing field, packing the parachutes of foreign pilots in return of small change.

Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 16 mins Director: Dekel BerensonProducer: Merlin Merton, Dekel Berenson, Dominic Davey Executive Producer: Elad Keidan, Omar ParkerEditor: Ricardo Mesquita Screenwriter: Dekel Berenson Director of Photography: Vasco VianaSound: Sound Recordist: Miguel Antunes; Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer: Hugo LeitãoPrincipal Cast: Dikshya Karki, Fabian Gleeson, Prakat Pageni, Sadhana Bhandari

SynopsisJess is super excited to attend her step-sister’s wedding and truly become part of the family, but after only recently finding out about her existence, her step-family are less than delighted about her presence on the big day.

Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2018 - Narrative Shorts Competition - World premeire

BIFA Awards 2018 - Winner Best British Short Film

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins Director: Dawn Shadforth Producer: Michelle SteinExecutive Producer: Paul Ashton, Alice Ramsey Editor: Dominic LeungScreenwriter: Kellie SmithDirector of Photography: Robbie Ryan Production Designer: Katy Tuxford Sound: Sound Designer: Andrew StewartPrincipal Cast: Jennifer Bea, Patrick Draper, Emma Bowe, Alyssia Jarvis, Isla Lay

Supported by:

Production CompanyNepal, UK coproduction

168 Wardour Filmworks2 Macklin House1-7 Macklin Street [email protected]

Sales AgentSalaud Morisset88, Rue Armand Silvestre 92400 Courbevoie France+33 6 60 42 32 32 / +49 1 52 25 1923 [email protected] www.salaudmorisset.com

Production CompanyEscape Films Michelle Stein Beehive Lofts Beehive Mill Jersey Street Manchester M4 6JG+44 (0)7734 [email protected] http://escapefilms.co.uk

Sales Agent Escape Films Michelle Stein Beehive Lofts Beehive Mill Jersey Street Manchester M4 6JG+44 (0)7734 [email protected] http://escapefilms.co.uk

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The Chairs

SynopsisIn the dark of night, a flashing stable light is answered by another, on the other side of the village. Kerim and Rena are in love, but have had to marry other people. They meet once a week atop a hill to speak to their relatives, and are only able to express their love for one another by flashing the lights from their barns at night.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 19 mins 50 secs Director: Orkhan Aghazadeh Producer: Mina SalimiCo-Producer: Azer Harasov, Ruslan Aghazadeh Editor: Razvan Barseti, Orkhan Aghazadeh Screenwriter: Orkhan AghazadehDirector of Photography: Cameron Ward Production Designer: Lara Zeidan Sound: Adalat KalilovMusic: Memed AnsaPrincipal Cast: Seyyad Aliyev, Zulfye Nazar Mammidova, Iskender Abbasov, Reziyeh Bakhshiyeva

Production CompanyThe London Film School 24 Shelton Street LondonWC2H 9UB+44 (0)20 7836 [email protected] www.lfs.org.uk

Sales AgentGinette HarroldThe London Film School 24 Shelton Street LondonWC2H 9UB+44 (0)20 7836 [email protected] www.lfs.org.uk

The Blue Door

SynopsisA district nurse is assigned a new patient living alone in a dilapidated bungalow. The nurse soon discovers that her dying patient, and the home she inhabits, are hiding a dark secret.

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 9 mins 14 secs Director: Paul Taylor Producer: Megan PughCo-Producer: Ben Clark Editor: Dan MellowScreenwriter: Ben Clark, Megan Pugh Director of Photography: Benedict Spence Production Designer: Lynn McFarlaneSound: Nick Baldock, Ben Carr, Adrian Furdui, Olivia Celeste Barry, James Matthews, Christian Schreiber, Kristiana Udre, Patrick Singer, Christian SchreiberMusic: Steve DunnePrincipal Cast: Gemma Whelan, Janie Booth, Annie McGrath

Production Company13th Door [email protected] www.13thdoorfilms.com

Megan Pugh5 Zanara Court24 Sydenham Road LondonSE26 5QW+44 (0)[email protected]

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d.a.n.c.e. f.o.r. y.o.u.r. d.a.d.d.y.The Colour of Chips

SynopsisHer body flickers in an attic. A triangle, align; she is flung in a poltergeist semaphore. At once woman, creature and form, she dances anticipation. A whisper, ‘he’s coming home.’

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 7 mins 40 secs Director: Katharine Fry Producer: Katharine Fry Editor: Katharine Fry Screenwriter: Katharine FryDirector of Photography: Katharine Fry Production Designer: Katharine Fry Sound: Katharine FryMusic: Katharine Fry Principal Cast: Katharine Fry

SynopsisA surrealist re-imagining of The Colour of Pomegranates in the north of England. Filmmaker Francesca Levi combines archival and found footage to create a speculative vision of the seaside town of Blackpool, one which is both unsettling and curiously nostalgic. Commissioned as part of Live Cinema UK’s The Unfilmables project, the film features a score composed by Oscar-nominated musician Mica Levi.

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 45 mins Director: Francesca LeviProducer: Lisa Brook, Colm McAuliffe Editor: Francesca LeviDirector of Photography: Francesca Levi Production Designer: Francesca Levi Sound: Mica LeviMusic: Mica Levi

Production CompanyKatharine Fry [email protected]

Sales AgentKatharine Fry [email protected]

Production CompanyLive Cinema UK Lisa [email protected]

Sales Agent Live Cinema UK Lisa [email protected]

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Dirt Ash MeatDeux sœurs qui ne sont pas soeurs

SynopsisDuring a devastating foot and mouth outbreak, Rhian and her brother Dewi struggle to keep the Welsh hill farm they inherited from their father running. As the disease reaches their doorstep Rhian tries to control her increasingly unstable brother.

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 11 mins 47 secs Director: Sion Thomas Producer: Catrin Lewis DefisExecutive Producer: Catrin Cooper, Christina Macaulay, Ailie Smith, Claire Page, Nikki MarshEditor: Dafydd HuntScreenwriter: Sion Thomas (Based on the original novel ‘White Ravens’ by Owen Sheers)Director of Photography: Tom Doran Production Designer: David Baker Music: Daniel Elms Principal Cast: Catrin Stewart, Rhys Rusbatch

Supported by:

SynopsisAn abstract crime thriller featuring a poodle, a beauty queen, and two sisters who aren’t sisters, The film eschews conventional narrative in favour of a more dream-like montage. Based on Gertrude Stein’s eponymously named screenplay and featuring a close personal network of friends and influences as cast.

Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Director’s Fortnight - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 21 mins 55 secs Director: Beatrice Gibson Producer: Denna CartamkhoobCo-Producer: KW Museum for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Camden Arts Centre, London, Bergen Kunsthall, in parntership with Borealis Festival for Experimental Music, Bergen, and Mercer Union, Toronto.Executive Producer: Nick Gordon, Sally Campbell, Tim Nash Editor: Ben Crooks, Beatrice GibsonScreenwriter: Beatrice Gibson Director of Photography: Ben RiversProduction Designer: Eli Serres, Oli Hogan Sound: Chu Li ShewringMusic: Laurence CranePrincipal Cast: Basma Alsharif, Alice Noltey, Adam Christensen, Ana VazColourist: Jason R MoffatLine Producer (Paris): Laure Salgon

Production CompanyCatrin Lewis Defisc/o Ffilm Cymru Wales Alice Whittemore [email protected] www.ffilmcymruwales.com

Production CompanySomesuchDenna Cartamkhoob+44 (0)020 3487 [email protected] www.Somesuch.co

Sales Agent LUXWaterlow Park Centre Dartmouth Park Hill HighgateLondon N19 5JF+44 (0)20 3141 [email protected]

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Edges: Waves

SynopsisOne of a series of videos in which everything happens at the edges of the frame. In this piece waves build up (in stereo) and then unfurl.

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Perspectives - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 6 mins Director: Simon Payne Producer: Simon Payne

Production CompanySimon Payne [email protected]+44 (0)7826 256708www.simonrpayne.co.uk

Sales AgentLUXWaterlow Park Centre Dartmouth Park Hill LondonN19 [email protected]+44 (0)20 3141 2960www.lux.org.uk

The Field

SynopsisA poor agricultural labourer leads a double life in the village’s last remaining cornfield. But the harvest is approaching.

Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Winner, Short Cuts Award, Best International Short Film

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - International Short Film Programme.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 19 mins Director: Sandhya SuriProducer: Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain Editor: Nicolas ChaudeurgeDirector of Photography: Benoit SolerSound: Sound Mixer: Maxence Dussère; Sound Recordist: Erwan Kerzanet; Sound Designer: Nikola Medic

Supported by:

Production CompanyUK, India, France coproduction

Film London (UK), Lionfish Films (FR), L’Homme du Train (FR)

Film LondonThe Arts BuildingMorris PlaceLondonW4 3JG+44 (0)20 7613 [email protected] www.filmlondon.org.uk

Sales AgentBalthazar de Ganay Lionfish Films34 bd. des Italiens 75009 Paris France+33 6 79 08 05 [email protected]

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Four QuartetsFluorescence

SynopsisOver the course of a night out in a queer club, Raf struggles to find his place among the crowd until he stops trying to force the narrative and just lets himself go with the music.

Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Berlinale Shorts and Generation 14plus - European premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 11 mins Director: Marco Alessi Producer: Ksenia Harwood Co-Producer: Alex DarbyExecutive Producer: Lizzie Pickering Editor: Jo Lewandowska Screenwriter: Marco AlessiDirector of Photography: Will Baldy Production Designer: Rowan WigleySound: Nick Olorenshaw; Sound Design: Dan Pugsley Music: Tom Foskett-Barnes, Bobby GoulderPrincipal Cast: Laurie Kynaston, Emily Renée, Mary Antony, Henry Felix, Darren Siah, Otamere GuobadiaChoreographer: James Berkery

SynopsisWritten by Syrian artist Kinana Issa, exploring the themes of liberation and captivity. The film follows a woman whose journey of immigration is over, but whose suffering continues. The story gives voice to the women who have been impacted by immigration.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 6 mins 54 secs Director: Carys LewisProducer: David Massey, Carys LewisExecutive Producer: David Massey, Emma Flatley, Tracy Spottiswoode Editor: Tom BettsScreenwriter: Kinana IssaDirector of Photography: Aled Jenkins Music: Michael LewisPrincipal Cast: Mary Anne Roberts

Supported by:

Production Company4Q Films Ltd Marco Alessi [email protected]

Ksenia Harwood [email protected]

Production CompanyA Welsh National Opera, BFI NETWORK production

Carys Lewis [email protected] www.caryslewis.ca

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The Girl With Two Heads

Synopsis18-year-old Anne explores body image self perception and her understanding being a woman today in two different worlds: that of her traditionally “feminine” mother, Céline, at home; and the gym where she trains amongst like-minded people.

Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Critics Week

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 12 mins 35 secs Director: Betzabé Garcia Producer: Kate PhibbsEditor: Sighvatur Omar Kristinsson Screenwriter: Betzabé GarciaDirector of Photography: Alana Mejia Gonzalez Production Designer: James ReadingSound: Ines Alves Adriana Music: Rachael PhilipPrincipal Cast: Emily Allen, Michèle Belgrand

Production CompanyNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios 141 Station Rd BeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk

Sales AgentNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios 141 Station Rd BeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk

Haircut

SynopsisA middle-aged barber dreams of escaping his rough area and becoming a Dancehall star, but an encounter with a local drug runner brings up uncomfortable truths about his past and makes him consider his importance in the community.

Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins Director: Koby AdomProducer: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor Editor: Jim PageDirector of Photography: Joel Honeywell Production Designer: Phoebe Platman Sound: Max LipscombePrincipal Cast: Robbie Gee, Malcolm Kamulete, Femi Ogunjobi, Jason Yorke

Supported by:

Production CompanyA Joi Productions Ltd production with support of Film London, London Calling

Joi Productions Ltd Joy [email protected] www.joiproductions.co.uk

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Haruspex Here East

SynopsisHaruspex is suggestive of dark human secrets. The child makes a spirit guide that turns bad. In adulthood she understands that she is a mammal. She sees with creature’s eyes. The film employs the tropes of the uncanny to evoke a feeling of disquiet. The story is deliberately ambiguous, implicit of something that ought to remain hidden..

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 3 mins 50 secs Director: Susannah Gent

SynopsisUsing a zoom lens and filmed undercover, this video observes the architectural space of a new housing development in East London. As the sun fades and lights go on the camera witnesses both the empty order of the surrounding area and the activity within the flats.

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 5 mins 42 secs Director: Tessa Garland Producer: Tessa Garland Editor: Tessa GarlandDirector of Photography: Tessa Garland Sound: Tessa Garland

Production CompanySusannah Gent [email protected]

Sales AgentSusannah Gent [email protected]

Production CompanyTessa Garland [email protected]

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His Hands

SynopsisTwo men of different ages meet for the strangest encounter of their lives.

Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - North America premier.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 minsDirector: Arron Blake, Darius Shu Producer: Arron Blake, Darius ShuExecutive Producer: Arron Blake, Darius Shu Editor: Arron Blake, Darius Shu Screenwriter: Arron Blake, Darius Shu Director of Photography: Darius ShuSound: Sound Designer, Post Sound Mixer: Chas Langston Principal Cast: Arron Blake, Philip BriseboisColourist: Felipe SzulcPost Sound Producer: Laura HarrisPost Colour Grading Producer: Gergana Krasteva

Production CompanyA Little Deer Films and Silverprince Pictures Production

Arron Blake and Darius Shu [email protected] [email protected]

Sales AgentDarius Shu [email protected]

Isha

SynopsisUnable to tell his family the truth about his sexuality, Rahmi lives a double life.

Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Love Strand - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins Director: Christopher Manning Producer: Christopher Manning Co-Producer: 198 FilmsExecutive Producer: Simona Susnea, Anna Jancso, Dan Cleland Editor: Ricardo SaraivaScreenwriter: Christopher Manning Director of Photography: Simona SusneaProduction Designer: Laura Castellano Astruc Sound: Rob SzeligaMusic: Marina EldertonPrincipal Cast: Horia Savescu, Dario Coates, Lino Facioli, Maia Morgenstern


Christopher Manning [email protected]


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Ladies Day

SynopsisAmma spends the day getting braids in her local Afro-Caribbean hair salon. It’s full of fun, sheen spray, gossip and laughter – but how will she deal with the casual homophobia?

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 8 mins 31 secs Director: Abena Taylor-Smith Producer: Loran DunnExecutive Producer: Carolina Giammetta, Solomon Nwabueze, Paul AshtonEditor: Rachel Durance Screenwriter: Abena Taylor-SmithDirector of Photography: Rachel Clark Production Designer: Greg Bradlaugh Sound: Ryan McMurrayMusic: Poppy KavanaghPrincipal Cast: Savannah Steyn, Jacqui-Lee Pryce, Jade Avia, Ambreen Razia, Cynthia Emeagi, Scheherazade Brathwaite, Nas Connie, Afsaneh Dehrouyeh

Production CompanyDelaval Film Loran [email protected] www.delavalfilm.com

Sales Agent Delaval Film Loran [email protected] www.delavalfilm.com

It’s Not Custard

SynopsisThe darkly comic story of Louise, a teenager suffering unrelenting acne and continual bullying who is granted a delicious revenge.

Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Midnight Shorts Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 6 mins 24 secs Director: Kate McCoid Producer: Alison WroblewskiExecutive Producer: Dan Cleland Editor: Matthew Cannings Screenwriter: Kate McCoidDirector of Photography: Ann Evelin LawfordProduction Designer: Stephanie Williams; Prosthetics: Waldo Mason Sound: Nick FreemantleMusic: Yann McCulloughPrincipal Cast: Charlotte Luxford, Kate Leiper, Donal Cox

Production CompanyLions Den Films PO Box 74367London E2 [email protected] www.lionsdenfilms.com

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NeckfaceMy Loneliness Is Killing Me

SynopsisHaving dreamed of the perfect wedding, Laney wakes up with the world’s most unwelcome wedding guest in her bed – NeckFace. In this dark body-horror comedy, will Laney still go through with it? After all they have spent £950 on taffeta chair ties and £200 on her mother’s hat alone?

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 10 mins 46 secs Director: Llanbobl Vision Producer: Barry CastagnolaExecutive Producer: Rhod Gilbert, Sian Harries, Tracy Spottiswoode Editor: Sion MaliScreenwriter: Sian Harries, Jacqueline Wright Director of Photography: Nicola Daley Production Designer: Carrie LoveMusic: Andy WattsPrincipal Cast: Isy Suttie, Sian Harries, Elis James, Nick Helm

Supported by:

SynopsisWhen Elliott lures the animalistic Jack to his apartment for a late-night hook up, he unexpectedly unearths a dark emotional connection.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 16 mins 30 secs Director: Tim CourtneyProducer: Siobhan Fahey, Stuart CondyExecutive Producer: Carlynne Sinclair, Paul Welsh, Holly Daniel, Ross McKenzieEditor: Karel DolakScreenwriter: Micheal Richardson Director of Photography: Steve Cardno Production Designer: Gail Bowman Sound: William AikmanMusic: Matthew CollingsPrincipal Cast: Jamie Robson, Luke Elliott, Gareth Morrisson, Martin Bell, Simon Donaldson

Supported by:

Production CompanyLlanbobl Visionc/o Ffilm Cymru Wales Alice Whittemore [email protected] www.ffilmcymruwales.com

Production Company

A Riot Productions, Arpeggio Pictures, Factotum Films production

Riot Productions [email protected] www.riotfilms.org

Arpeggio Pictures [email protected] Films www.cargocollective.com/factotumfilms

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Norteños Nosebleed

SynopsisBarry attempts to elicit the help of his former lover after a terrible incident involving his Nan.

Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - International Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 7 mins 58 secs Director: Grandmas Producer: Jennifer Learning Editor: Koe WitodiScreenwriter: Grandmas (script); Katie Hoyle (script supervisor) Director of Photography: Paul MortlockSound: Andrew LayfieldPrincipal Cast: Danny Watson, Chelsea O’Connor, Shane Dickinson

SynopsisFollowing a pivotal week for long-time best friends Lilah and Coby, whose friendship is morphing into something far more venomous and toxic. A flower that once delicately bloomed proves to just as easily draw blood with its thorns…

Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Journey Strand - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 9 mins 5 secs Director: Luna Carmoon Producer: Loran DunnExecutive Producer: Paul Ashton, Carolina Giammetta, Solomon NwabuezeEditor: Tara Verma Screenwriter: Luna CarmoonDirector of Photography: Rachel Clark Production Designer: Elena Riccabona Sound: Chris Fisher, David Thiron Music: Ella Bergonzi-CullinanPrincipal Cast: Lily Newmark, Ruby Stokes

Production CompanyKnackered Dad+44 (0)7927 [email protected] www.grandmasdirectors.com

Production CompanyDelaval Filmc/o Luna Carmoon [email protected]

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Prints

SynopsisWhen a friend cancels at the last minute, Miho finds herself struggling to find a temporary carer for her senile mother. As she drives through the snow with her mother in the back-seat, Miho attempts to reconnect with her estranged brother in a desperate attempt to keep her plans alive.


DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins Director: Jack King Producer: Jack King Editor: Jack King Screenwriter: Jack KingDirector of Photography: Finnian Varney Sound: Phillip QuintonMusic: Tim Cattrall-SheltonPrincipal Cast: Keiko Isogai, Takahashi Yumiko

Production CompanyJack King [email protected]://twitter.com/jackkingfilm

Red Hill

SynopsisJim, an isolated ex-miner who works as a night-shift security guard faces his last day at work before retirement. The film explores the intrinsic relation of an individual to work and asks what’s left when, at the end of a lifetime of labour, a man loses his purpose.

Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 mins Director: Laura Carreira Producer: Laura Carreira Editor: Laura CarreiraScreenwriter: Ramón Durman, Laura Carreira Director of Photography: Karl KurtenSound: Eric BacaPrincipal Cast: Billy Mack, Lorraine McCann

Production CompanyLaura Carreira [email protected] www.lauracarreira.com

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Right Place, Wrong Tim

SynopsisThe Bell family – stars of England’s most popular sitcom ‘Right Place, Wrong Tim’ – have their family unity tested when an army of bloodthirsty clones attack the set and begin dismembering them live on air.

Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Midnight Shorts Competition - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 7 mins Director: Eros VlahosProducer: Honey Ross, Dom Santry, Bill Milner, Maisie Williams, Eros VlahosExecutive Producer: Catherine Bray Editor: Flaura Atkinson Screenwriter: Eros VlahosDirector of Photography: Edgar Dubrovskiy Production Designer: Alex BerryMusic: Jeremy WarmselyPrincipal Cast: Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Adam Buxton

Production CompanyPancho Pictures c/o Mr. Information+44 (0)7595 [email protected]

Sales AgentMr. Information+44 (0)7595 [email protected]

Salam

SynopsisA female Lyft driver in NYC navigates the night shift while waiting to hear life or death news from Syria.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 mins Director: Claire FowlerProducer: Sophia Cannata-Bowman Co-Producer: Film Agency Wales Executive Producer: Dave Beazley Editor: Alec StyborskiScreenwriter: Claire FowlerDirector of Photography: Nicholas Bupp Production Designer: Kelsey Alvarez Sound: Peter WarnockMusic: variousPrincipal Cast: Hana Chamoun, Leslie Bibb, Jessica Damouni, Khaled Al MalehCostume designer: Missy Mickens

Supported by:

Production CompanyShore Scripts and Film Agency WalesClaire Fowlerc/o [email protected]

Sales AgentSalaud Morisset88, Rue Armand Silvestre 92400 Courbevoie France+33 6 60 42 32 32 / +49 1 52 25 19 23 [email protected] www.salaudmorisset.com

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The Sound of Falling

SynopsisAn impressionistic film that portrays a day of Jay’s life, a young citric farmer who decided to attend a clinical drug test in a city hospital.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 12 mins 52 secs Director: Chien-Yu Lin Producer: John JuEditor: Chien-Yu Lin Screenwriter: Chien-Yu LinDirector of Photography: Felipe Luis Moncada Production Designer: Hsin HoSound: Allen KangPrincipal Cast: Yong-Yu Xiao, Tsai-Hsing Chang, Chia-Yin Hung, Rui-Yun Hung Zhang



Tea with Lemon

SynopsisBold, suave and enigmatic – exactly what Ian is not. But if this oddball café regular learns the mother tongue of the waitress Žaneta, maybe he can convince her otherwise.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 11 mins 32 secs Director: Robert HarrisonProducer: Katie Byford, Max Hatfield Executive Producer: Brent N Hunter Editor: Harry BakerScreenwriter: Robert Harrison (script), Henry Spence (story) Director of Photography: Max SmithProduction Designer: Ahad MustafaSound: Leonid Gribanov, Matthew Dempsey Music: Freddie PrestPrincipal Cast: Luis Amália, Maja Bloom, Aisha Jacob-Williams

Production CompanyRobert Harrison25 St Stephens Avenue EalingLondon W13 8ES+44 (0)7904 [email protected]

Katie Byford20 Marlborough Road LondonW4 4ET+44 (0)7960 [email protected]

Sales AgentRobert Harrison25 St Stephens Avenue EalingLondon W13 8ES+44 (0)7904 [email protected]

Katie Byford20 Marlborough Road LondonW4 4ET+44 (0)7960 [email protected]

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Their Rancid Words Stagnate Our PondsSynopsisIn a hinterland within the ‘elsewhere’, a lone character meanders in search of meaning and understanding. Hither and dither doth he wander reflecting upon all things that came before and all things hereafter.

This work is a companion piece to Andrew Kotting’s feature film Lek and the Dogs and was shot in the Atacama desert in Chile. Produced to run on a loop in a gallery ‘space’ the film exemplifies Kotting’s ability to take an idea and run with it until it spills over into the expanded cinematic ‘elsewhere’.

With the beguiling presence of French performance artist Xavier Tchili and sublime cinematography by Nick Gordon-Smith the work is designed to be experienced within the pitch black and the sound up high.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 8 mins 36 secs Director: Andrew Kotting Editor: Andrew KottingMusic: Jem Finer, Christian Garcia, Andrew Kotting Principal Cast: Xavier Tchili

Production CompanyAndrew Kotting [email protected]

Sales AgentAndrew Kotting [email protected]

Three Centimetres

SynopsisFour Lebanese girls go on a Ferris wheel ride to make their friend feel better about her break-up. Their conversation drifts to a less fun place.

Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Generation 14plus - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 9 mins Director: Lara Zeidan Producer: John Giordano Co-Producer: Hiam Hilal Editor: Emanuele Bonomi Screenwriter: Lara ZeidanDirector of Photography: Pierfrancesco Cioffi Sound: Sound Design: James HynesPrincipal Cast: Mira Choukeir, Melissa Dano, Joyce Abou Jaoude, Bissan Ahmad

Production CompanyLondon Film School24 Shelton StreetLondonWC2H 9UB+44 (0)20 7836 [email protected]

Sales AgentGinette HarroldLondon Film School24 Shelton StreetLondonWC2H 9UB+44 (0)20 7836 [email protected]

KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V. / Hamburg ShortFilmAgency Anna LeimbrinckFriedensallee 7D-22765 Hamburg Germany+49 40 39 10 63 [email protected] www.shortfilm.com

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Wale

SynopsisAn 18 year old youth offender is trying to start his own business as a mobile mechanic. But enterprise isn’t so easy when you’re a young, black male with a criminal past.

BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Film

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 20 mins Director: Barnaby BlackburnProducer: Edward Speleers, Catherine Slater, Sophie Alexander Editor: Ed LineScreenwriter: Barnaby Blackburn Director of Photography: Robbie Bryant Production Designer: Lili Lea Abraham Music: Luis AlmauPrincipal Cast: Raphel Famotibe, Jamie Sives, Clare Perkins, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva

Production CompanyA c/o Dark Glass Films production

Wale Film [email protected] www.walefilm.com

Wild Geese

SynopsisWhen 38-year-old Amy suffers a bang to the head, she wakes up thinking that she is 16 and the year is 1999. She now is forced to face her life ‘in the future’ and confront what happened in her past.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 17 mins Director: Susan Jacobson Producer: Grant VidgenExecutive Producer: Berwyn Rowlands Editor: Pani ScottScreenwriter: Katie Campbell, Kayleigh Llewellyn Director of Photography: Scott Coulter Production Designer: David BakerMusic: Samuel Karl BohnPrincipal Cast: Emma Pierson, Lisa McGrillis

Production CompanyThe Festivals Company Grant VidgenTy Cefn Rectory Road CardiffCF5 [email protected]

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Wrong Number

SynopsisA woman has a nightmare. In her dreams, she receives a phone call that brings terrible news but when she wakes up she can’t recall the message. What happens next will change her life forever.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 mins Director: Tiago Teixeira Producer: Henrique FazzioExecutive Producer: Tiago Teixeira Editor: Tiago Teixeira Screenwriter: Tiago TeixeiraDirector of Photography: Korsshan Schlauer Production Designer: Elinor PuttickSound: Francisco Slade Music: Baron SaturdayPrincipal Cast: Ellie Woodruff-Bryant, Nicholas Anscombe

Production CompanyVoid to Vortex Tiago Teixeira+44 (0)7450 [email protected] www.voidtovortex.com

Zero

SynopsisAfter a mysterious electromagnetic pulse renders the world’s technology useless, a young girl finds herself isolated and alone with only her father’s strict set of rules to keep her alive.

Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 14 mins 33 secs Director: The Brothers LynchProducer: Maria Caruana Galizia, Richard WylieExecutive Producer: Ed Barratt, Eric Bromberg, Van Toffler, Floris Bauer Editor: Gareth C. ScalesScreenwriter: The Brothers LynchDirector of Photography: Adam Etherington Production Designer: Jason SynnottSound: Sound Recordist: Tarn Willers; Sound Designer: Lewis Todd Music: Carly ParadisPrincipal Cast: Bella Ramsey, Nigel O’Neill

Production CompanyUS, UK co-production

Hook PicturesFleming Business Centre Burdon Terrace Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE+44 (0)7734 868 [email protected] [email protected] www.hookpictures.com

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16 District, 16 Floors, 16 People

SynopsisFeaturing a district in Yerevan, Armenia, where the legacy of the Soviet Union still occupies the minds and daily lives of the residents living in these huge unfinished monolithic structures, which were originally planned and positioned to spell out the letters CCCP.

The film highlights the community’s everyday issues and concerns, linking the past and present with all its changes and difficulties of the people once living in a superpower that has now become a decaying empire.


DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 19 mins 45 secs Director: Tatevik Vardanyan Producer: Tatevik Vardanyan Executive Producer: Garo Berberian Editor: Tatevik Vardanyan Screenwriter: Tatevik VardanyanDirector of Photography: Tatevik Vardanyan, Vahe Nersisyan, Alex TarverdiProduction Designer: Razmik ZatikyanMusic: Kai Engel, ‘Sunset’; Technology of Silence ‘Ruins of Soviets’ Principal Cast: Anahit Yengibaryan, Andranik Harutyunyan, Artur Harutyunyan, Avetis Paronyan, Biata Tikhonova, Hakob Aghekyan, Hamlet Harutyunyan, Hamlet Malyan, Hasmik Gevorgyan, Janna Gevorgyan, Kristina Aghasaryan, Lavrent Tovmasyan, Mamikon Muradyan, Narek Sargsyan

Production CompanyTatevik Vardanyan [email protected]/films/

73 Cows

SynopsisJay Wilde struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to be slaughtered. Completely trapped within the industry, Jay realises that he must find a way to make a change.

BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Winner, Best British Short Film

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins Director: Alex Lockwood Producer: Alex Lockwood Editor: Alex LockwoodDirector of Photography: Oliver Walton Sound: John RoddyMusic: Kevin Graham, Ben Winwood, Limitless Principal Cast: Jay Wilde, Katja Wilde Production Assistant: Nishat Rahman

Production CompanyLockwood Film [email protected] www.lockwoodfilm.com

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Artificial Things Bachelor, 38

SynopsisA re-imagination by filmmaker Sophie Fiennes and choreographer Lucy Bennett of the contemporary dance piece Artificial Things, devised and performed by Stopgap Dance Company, a UK-based ensemble which integrates disabled and non-disabled dancers and artists.

A dance film that grew out of the process of documentation, which is also a new artwork in its own right.

Official Selection Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 26 mins Director: Sophie FiennesProducer: Brook Crowley, Callum Graham, Martin Rosenbaum Executive Producer: Sho ShibataEditor: Sophie FiennesDirector of Photography: Remko SchnorrSound: Additional Sound Recording: Nadenh Poan, Ian Macpherson Music: Andy Higgs, Jim Pinchin Principal Cast: Dancers: Amy Butler, Laura Jones, Christopher Pavia, David Toole, David WilldridgeChoreographer: Lucy Bennett

SynopsisAn enduring love story of one man’s time in London during the early 1960s. Coming of age as a young homosexual in a society where male gay sex was illegal and prejudice ran deep, Bryan Robert Bale discovered the illicit ways gay men still sought to love freely.

BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Film

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 16 min 15 secs Director: Angela Clarke Producer: Angela Clarke Editor: Dean SmithDirector of Photography: Haydn Denman, Arabella Itani Sound: Angela ClarkeMusic: Stuart FoxPrincipal Cast: Bryan Robert Bale

Production CompanyA Lone Star Productions film in association with Stogap Dance Company. Commissioned by The Space, BBC, Arts Council England

Lone Star Productions Martin Rosenbaum Mount Pleasant Studios 51-53 Mount Pleasant LondonWC1X 0AE+ 44 (0)20 3119 [email protected] www.lonestarproductions.co.uk

Sales AgentLone Star Productions Martin Rosenbaum Mount Pleasant Studios 51-53 Mount Pleasant LondonWC1X 0AE+ 44 (0)20 3119 [email protected] www.lonestarproductions.co.uk

Production CompanyAngela Clarke+44 (0)7527 [email protected]

Sales AgentAngela Clarke+44 (0)7527 [email protected]

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Black SheepBeyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie

SynopsisEverything changed for Cornelius Walker on the 27th November 2000 when Damilola Taylor was killed in what became one of the UK’s most high-profile murder cases. Damilola was eleven – the same age as Cornelius. He lived five minutes away. He had the same colour skin. Filmed with non-actors in the same locations where the real events took place 15 years ago, Black Sheep blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction to pose difficult, but highly topical questions about race and identity. Who decides what makes us who we are? And what compromises are we prepared to make in order to fit in?

Official Selection Hot Docs 2018 - World premiere

Official Selection Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018 - Winner, Best Short Documentary

Academy Awards 2019 - Oscar Nomination, Best Documentary (Short Subject)

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 26 mins 40 secs Director: Ed PerkinsProducer: Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn Co-Producer: Vanessa TovellExecutive Producer: Charlie Phillips, Lindsay Poulton Editor: Ed PerkinsDirector of Photography: Michael Paleodimos Production Designer: Guy ThompsonMusic: Tom BarnesPrincipal Cast: Kai Francis-Lewis

SynopsisA hybrid documentary about the decommissioning of a nuclear plant in Scotland. Concerned with landscape and time, myth and technology, the film explores the nature of ruins, and asks what environmental scars our generation will leave behind for the future.

Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 24 mins Director: Natalie Cubides-BradyProducer: Natalie Cubides-Brady Editor: Jamie KingScreenwriter: Natalie Cubides-Brady (screenwriter), Jessica E. Sinyard (story consultant)Director of Photography: Sebastian CortSound: Sound Designer: Ben Goodall, Sound Recordist: Ben Band Music: Andreas Gutuen AaserPrincipal Cast: Lydia Wilson, Alfie Spencer, Sophie Knapman

Production CompanyLightbox10 Amwell Street LondonEC1R 1UQ+44 (0)20 3750 [email protected] [email protected] www.lightboxent.com

Sales Agent The Guardian Charlie [email protected]


Natalie Cubides-Brady [email protected] www.nataliecubidesbrady.com

Sales Agent National Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios 141 Station Rd BeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 671234festivals2@nfts.

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Box Circle

SynopsisAdversity breeds escapism. Exercise releases stress. The impending eviction of the ‘Calais Jungle’ experienced through the prism of the camp’s boxing club.

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR 2019 - Voices - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 9 mins Director: Matthew Barton Producer: Matthew Barton Co-Producer: Anthony LapiaExecutive Producer: Lorenzo Bianchi Editor: Matthew Barton Screenwriter: Matthew BartonDirector of Photography: Marcus Autelli Sound: Luke HarrisMusic: Luke Harris

SynopsisThe poignant and personal story of 13 year-old Khushboo. A portrait of a rape victim caught in the devious ploys of her family. Stories of the horror of her gang-rape, emotional abuse at the hands of her grandmother, who orchestrated her rape, and that of her child marriage to a man she does not know are poignantly woven. As Khushboo changes hands from one abuser to another, we delve deeper into her grandmother’s story – to where this circle traces back. Told simplistically through an observational lens, this intimate and delicate film attempts an understanding of the nature of abuse, and a closer look at the perpetrator, as much as it does of the victim itself. Where does this circle begin? Where does it go? And can there be any release?

Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Berlinale Shorts - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 14 mins Director: Jayisha PatelProducer: Jayisha Patel, Ruchi Bhimani, Harini Lakshmanarayn Editor: Mdhamiri A NkemiDirector of Photography: Jayisha Patel, Amith SurendranSound: Sound Design: Anita Kushwaha, Adam Woodhams; Sound Recordist: Anita KushwahaPrincipal Cast: Kushbu Devi, Shabha Devi, Chandna Devi

Production CompanyMatthew Barton [email protected] www.amityfilms.co

Société Acéphale Anthony [email protected]

www.societeacephale.com

Production CompanyUK, India, Canada coproduction

Jayisha Patel Films (UK), One Eyed Turtle Films (IN)

Jayisha Patel Films Studio 53Somerset House Studios New WingSomerset House StrandLondon WC2R 1LAwww.jayishapatel.com

Sales AgentNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios141 Station RdBeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk

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Crowtrap

SynopsisA documentary fiction work. Weaving together the lives of two men, this film draws upon their individual dealings with fire to expand across themes such as pyromania, anarchy, radicalism and enlightenment. A film that gives voice to the anxiety and rage unleashed by Brexit Britain. With fire as the film’s central metaphor, artist Callum Hill welds together stories real and fictional, personal and political, to dwell on the contradictory impulse to destroy in the hope of progress. (Rotterdam brochure)

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Bright Future - Tiger Shorts Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 14 mins 44 secs Director: Callum Hill Producer: Joseph ConstableEditor: Callum Hill, Mdhamiri Á Nkemi Screenwriter: Callum HillDirector of Photography: Alfred Thirolle

Production CompanyCallum Hill www.callumhill.co.uk

A Different Category

SynopsisThree young women reflect on adolescence as a period marked by loss of ‘voice’ and the struggle between competing desires for autonomy and connection.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 5 mins 11 secs Director: Linnéa Haviland Producer: Linnéa Haviland Editor: Linnéa HavilandPrincipal Cast: Georgina Baker, Camilla Makmudi and Michelle Nguyen Animation: Linnéa Haviland, Georgina Baker, Camilla Makmudi, Michelle Nguyen

Production CompanyLinnéa Haviland+44 (0)74795 [email protected] www.linneahaviland.com

Sales AgentLinnéa Haviland+44 (0)74795 [email protected] www.linneahaviland.com

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EL HOR

SynopsisThrough the interspecies gaze we observe one of the most ancient and highly honoured dog breeds, the Saluki. Guiding us in love, preparing us in death and transforming us in life.

Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 minsDirector: Dianne Lucille Campbell Producer: Brian J. FalconerExecutive Producer: Noe Mendelle, Sonja Henrici Editor: Dianne Lucille CampbellDirector of Photography: Dianne Lucille Campbell Music: DIE HEXEN

Production CompanyOut of Orbit Brian J. Falconer [email protected] www.outoforbit.tv

Sales AgentScottish Documentary Institute Eve KorzecECA 74 Lauriston Place EdinburghEH3 9DF+44 (0)131 651 5761 [email protected]

www.scottishdocinstitute.com

Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth* (*but were afraid to ask)

SynopsisThis is the amazing story of how the Berkeley police department, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, an Academy Award winner and Mr. Spock are all connected by “Sudden Birth”, one of the most unintentionally hilarious and disturbing educational films ever created. In colour.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - International Documentary Short Film Programme

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 11 mins Director: Scott Calonico Producer: Jeff RadiceCo-Producer: Skip Elsheimer Executive Producer: Scott Calonico Editor: Nathan McGinty Screenwriter: Scott Calonico Sound: Eric Friend

Production CompanyAD&D Productions Ltd. 16/5 Chapel Lane EdinburghEH6 [email protected] www.scottcalonico.com

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Fog World

SynopsisIceland is a country marked by its frozen nature and extreme temperatures, which give it a certain touristic appeal. The harshness of the climatic conditions and the enthusiasm of tourists regularly cause car accidents to happen. From this phenomenon, verging on absurdity, the artist and filmmaker Ruaidhri Ryan had planned to make a road movie, one that he will never finish. He thus adventures into the different phases of pre-production, production and post-production of what this film could have been. This film captures the hilarious diary of this failure, in which Ryan calls on a 4x4, a GPS gnawed by the cold, an elf and a Viking guide with whom he maintains a virtual correspondence. Moving between simulated reality, video games and cinema, the film explores the geography of a country marked by the exoticism of its landscapes, often used as backdrops for Hollywood movies. A hilarious look at the way in which new technologies condition our ways of representing territories.

Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - International Competition - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 22 mins Director: Ruaidhri Ryan Producer: Ruaidhri RyanCo-Producer: Ruaidhri Ryan Executive Producer: Ruaidhri Ryan Editor: Ruaidhri Ryan Screenwriter: Ruaidhri RyanDirector of Photography: Ruaidhri Ryan Production Designer: Ruaidhri Ryan Sound: Ruaidhri RyanPrincipal Cast: Katrin Olafsdottir

Production CompanyRuaidhri Ryan [email protected]

Sales AgentRuaidhri Ryan [email protected]

I Have a Song to Sing You (Imam pesmu da vam pevam)SynopsisAs a child, Ivanka was chosen by fairy women for the special task of entering the realm of the dead to discover the future. As an old lady, the spirits have left her, so how does she navigate between the two worlds now?

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 5 mins 40 secsDirector: Eluned Zoë Aiano, Alesandra Tatic Producer: Sarah ChorleyCo-Producer: Greta RauleacExecutive Producer: Shanida Scotland, Vasiliki Panagiotou Editor: Eluned Zoë AianoDirector of Photography: Eluned Zoë Aiano, Greta Rauleac Sound: Alen Duš

Production CompanyLondon Short Film Festival Sarah Chorley+44 (0)7748 [email protected] www.shortfilms.org.uk

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I Told My Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip...

Landline

SynopsisFrank, funny and moving drama about four young women’s abortion experiences, told verbatim from real interviews, with spoken word and urban-afro music. Adapted from a successful theatre show.

Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 - Persister - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 14 mins 28 secs Director: Charlie LyneProducer: Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing, Charlie LyneExecutive Producer: Matt Diegan, Jono Stevens, Laura Poitras, Charlotte CookEditor: Charlie Lyne Music: Anthony Ing

SynopsisA short documentary about the only helpline in the UK for gay farmers. Through a series of recorded telephone conversations and reconstructive visuals, the film uses the helpline as a lens through which to view the experiences of LGBTQ people in the British farming community. In a world that prizes traditional masculinity and in which ideas of ancestry are fundamental, being gay can be isolating. Candid, intimate and shocking, the film offers a snapshot of a group of people bound together by circumstance, but so often disconnected from each other.

Official Selection CPH:DOX 2018 - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 mins Director: Matt HoughtonProducer: Alistair Payne-James, Rupert Williams Executive Producer: James SortonEditor: Matt Houghton Screenwriter: Matt HoughtonDirector of Photography: James Blann Production Designer: Guy Thompson Sound: Alex BinghamMusic: Noah WoodAssociate Producers: James Spinney, Peter Middleton

Supported by:

Production CompanyRoxanne Moores Oxford Road Manchester M15 6JA+44 (0)[email protected] www.contactmcr.com

Production CompanyA Pulse Films and Fee Fie Foe production with support of Film London, BFI NETWORK, Creative Skillset

Pulse Films+44 (0)20 7426 [email protected] www.pulsefilms.com

Fee Fie Foe [email protected] www.feefiefoe.co.uk

Sales Agentc/o Matt Houghton [email protected]

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Lasting Marks

SynopsisThe story of sixteen men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher’s Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and the tabloid press – but not by those in the dock.

Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Official Short Film Competition - World premiere - Winner, Best Short Film

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019 - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 14 mins 28 secs Director: Charlie LyneProducer: Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing, Charlie LyneExecutive Producer: Matt Diegan, Jono Stevens, Laura Poitras, Charlotte CookEditor: Charlie Lyne Music: Anthony Ing

Production CompanyLoop415 Pill Box LondonE2 [email protected] www.thisisloop.com

Lazarus

SynopsisFollowing Lazarus Chigwandali, a street musician with Albinism from Malawi as he teams up with a London-based music producer to record his debut album.


DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 26 mins Director: David Darg Producer: Bryn MooserCo-Producer: Katie Katz, Johan Hugo; Co-Executive Producer: Matt IppolitoExecutive Producer: Hayley Pappas Editor: Mary AhlmanDirector of Photography: David DargMusic: Original Music By: Lazarus Chigwandali, Johan Hugo Principal Cast: With contributions from: Clem Kwizombe, Esau Mwamwaya, Johan Hugo, Ikponwosa Ero

Production CompanyUS, Malawi, UK co-production

RYOTDavid Darg [email protected]

Sales AgentRYOTDavid Darg [email protected]

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Life in MiniatureLearning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

SynopsisKath is an artist of the everyday. Inspired by the world around her, Kath’s creations are keenly observed, and a far cry from the genteel pieces her contemporaries produce. A proud Yorkshire-woman, Kath reflects on her life and art as she carves her place in the precious world of miniatures.


Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - International premiere

Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Festival Favorites

Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 - World Showcase

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 4 mins 41 secs Director: Ellen Evans Producer: Ellen EvansEditor: Jon CrookDirector of Photography: Tom Doran Sound: SoundnodeMusic: Danyal DhondyPrincipal Cast: Kath Holden, Margaret Shaw Colourist: Chris Bell

SynopsisThe story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write – and skateboard – in Kabul.


DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 39 mins Director: Carol Dysinger Producer: Elena AndreichevaExecutive Producer: Orlando von Einsiedel, Molly Thompson, Colleen Conway Grogan, Marissa Grasso, Liz GatelyEditor: Mary ManhardtDirector of Photography: Lisa Rinzler Music: Sasha Gordon

Production CompanyEllen Evans [email protected]

Production CompanyGrain Media Unit 3 Ashby Space Ashby Mews London SE4 1TB+44 (0)20 8690 [email protected] www.grainmedia.co.uk

Sales Agent A&E Networks Christine Kecher+1 212 210 1400 ext [email protected] www.aenetworks.com

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Little Miss Sumo

SynopsisFemale sumo wrestling champion Hiyori confronts obstacles both inside and outside the ring in an attempt to change Japan’s national sport forever.

Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - International premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 18 mins Director: Matt KayProducer: Andrew Carver, Didi Mae HandCo-Producer: Matt Kay; Local Producer: Hinako Arao, Chikayo Morijiri Executive Producer: Chi Thai, Karina Michel Feld, Elliot KotekEditor: Rebecca Gin, Isabel Freeman Screenwriter: Matt KayDirector of Photography: Matt Kay Sound: Morgan Muse, Daniel Weinberg Music: KwesPrincipal Cast: Hiyori Kon

Production CompanyJapan, Taiwan R.O.C., UK, US co-production

Walks of Life Films [email protected] www.walksoflifefilms.com

The Number

SynopsisA short documentary film exploring the myths and markings of South Africa’s prison ‘Number’ gangs, a secret code spelt out and spoken across the bodies of the inmates. The film immerses its audience in the world of the gangs, their history, codes and body markings.


DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 13 mins 44 secs Director: Manuela GrayProducer: Manuela Gray, Brendan McGinty, Janette DeVilliers Editor: Paul GardnerDirector of Photography: Brendan McGinty Sound: Travis HefferenMusic: Travis HefferenPrincipal Cast: Isaac, Jamut, Joseph, Michael, Turner

Production CompanyUK, South Africa coproduction

16oz Studio (UK), Wildfire Tattoo Collective (SA), Groundglass Media (SA)

16oz Studio Florentia Village Vale Road LondonN4 1TD+44 (0)20 8802 [email protected]

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QueenPink Suede Shoes

SynopsisA bowling alley, a gallery, a studio, a pregnancy and a pop song. Kathryn Elkin tackles, with her usual sense of humour, issues around labour, creation, biography, being an artist and the transforming pregnant body. Queen was conceived and shot during the artist’s pregnancy and first months of parenthood.


DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 12 mins 43 secs Director: Kathryn Elkin Producer: Kathryn ElkinEditor: Kathryn ElkinDirector of Photography: Emma Dalesman Sound: Mark JasperMusic: Ben R Wallers

SynopsisJasun Watkins brings his pink, brash and very camp Elvis impersonation act to Porthcawl in the biggest Elvis tribute festival in Europe. This documentary joins him in the days leading up to the competition, as he recalls how his troubled family life and childhood suffering fed his desire for fame.

DetailsYear: 2016Running Time: 10 mins 44 secs Director: Jay Bedwani Producer: Grant VidgenExecutive Producer: Tracy Spottiswoode, Paul Higgins Editor: Jay BedwaniDirector of Photography: Richard ‘Buffy’ Dunton

Supported by:

Production CompanyLUX Production Waterlow Park Centre Dartmouth Park Hill LondonN19 5JF+44 (0)20 3141 [email protected] www.lux.org.uk

Sales Agent LUX Distribution Matt CarterWaterlow Park Centre Dartmouth Park Hill LondonN19 5JF+44 (0)20 3141 [email protected]

Production CompanyThe Festivals Company, BFI NETWORK production

Jay Bedwani [email protected] www.jaybedwani.com

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Specialised TechniqueA Song Can’t Burn

SynopsisWilliam Sellers and the Colonial Film Unit developed a framework for colonial cinema, slow edits and minimal camera movement, no camera tricks. In an effort to recuperate black dance from this colonial project, Speacialised Technique, attempts to transform this material from studied spectacle to livingness.

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Bright Future

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 6 mins 57 secs Director: Onyeka Igwe Producer: Pinky Ghundale Editor: Onyeka IgweSound: Kiera Coward-Deyell Music: Kiera Coward-Deyell

SynopsisThe Syrian war has raged on for over seven years, leaving hundreds of thousands of children traumatised – many of them living in refugee camps having fled the country. Professor and musician Nigel Osborne has been working in such situations since 1992, when he discovered the positive effects music therapy was having on children in Bosnia affected by such trauma. Since then Nigel’s techniques have been developed and are now utilised as part of a creative arts programme delivered to children traumatised by war - but how do these methods work, and do they really make a difference to the lives of children who have experienced unspeakable horrors and pain at such a young age?

Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 12 mins Director: Roscoe Neil Producer: Martin BallExecutive Producer: Majid Hussain Editor: Roscoe NeilScreenwriter: Roscoe NeilDirector of Photography: Dave Galloway

Production CompanyA FLAMIN Productions film

Onyeka Igwe [email protected] www.onyekaigwe.com

Sales AgentOnyeka Igwe [email protected] www.onyekaigwe.com

Production CompanyA Penny Appeal production in association with Yusuf Islam Foundation

Penny Appeal Martin Ball Victoria Chambers 40 Wood Street WakefieldWF1 2HB+44 (0)7950 [email protected]

Sales Agentc/o Martin Ball+44 (0)7950 [email protected]

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The StrokerStretch

SynopsisBased on Pilvi Takala’s experiences during an intervention at Second Home, East London (a co-working space for entrepreneurs and startups). During the two week-long intervention Takala posed as a wellness consultant, the founder of cutting-edge company ‘Personnel Touch’ who were allegedly employed by Second Home to provide touching services in the workplace.

Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Perspectives - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 15 mins Director: Pilvi Takala Producer: Pilvi Takala Editor: Elisa PurfürstScreenwriter: Iona Roisin, Pilvi Takala Director of Photography: Katharina DießnerSound: Christian Obermaier, Karl Laeufer, Luke David Harris Principal Cast: Laura Hemming-Lowe, Manos Koutsis, Iona Roisin, Matthew Moorhouse

SynopsisSebastién lives for the thrill of the circus. Now the oldest acrobat in the troupe, he knows this show could be his last.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 12 mins 18 secs Director: Jay Bedwani Producer: Dewi GregoryEditor: Alice PowellDirector of Photography: Jay Bedwani Sound: Nicholas DaviesMusic: Tom Raybould

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Production CompanyFinland, UK co-production

A Pilvi Takala production with support from: Finnish Institute in London, Kone Foundation, Second Home, TAIKE, AVEK - ThePromotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture

Pilvi Takala www.pilvitakala.com

Sales AgentAV-arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media ArtTallberginkatu 1 C 7600180 Helsinki Finland+35 850 4356 [email protected] www.av-arkki.fi

Production CompanyTruth Departmentc/o Ffilm Cymru Wales Alice Whittemore [email protected] www.ffilmcymruwales.com

Sales AgentFeel Sales (International Sales) Pablo Briseño Galván+34 91 50 39 [email protected] www.feelsales.com

Scottish Documentary Institute (Festival Bookings)Eve Korzec ECA 74 Lauriston Place EdinburghEH3 9DF+44 (0)131 651 [email protected]

www.scottishdocinstitute.com

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Trans In America: Texas StrongTaking the Waters

SynopsisAn intimate documentary portrait of Kimberly and Kai Shappley directed by Daresha Kyi and produced by Lindsey Dryden and Shaleece Haas: A Christian mother rejects her community’s beliefs as her 7-year-old transgender daughter navigates life at school, where she’s been banned from the girls’ bathroom.

Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Documentary Shorts Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 18 mins 5 secs Director: Daresha Kyi Producer: Lindsey DrydenCo-Producer: Shaleece HaasExecutive Producer: Molly Kaplan, Chase Strangio Editor: Jamie BoyleDirector of Photography: Amy Bench Music: Nikky FrenchPrincipal Cast: Kimberly Shappley, Kai ShappleyAdvisory Board: Wriply Bennet, StormMiguel Florez, Sam Berliner, Janetta Johnson, Drian Juarez, and Debi Jackson.

Notes: Directed by an LGBTQ+ filmmaker, produced by an inclusive and majority-LGBTQ+ production team, and informed by a panel of transgender advisors.

SynopsisA short film about an eighty-year-old tidal pool in Margate, and the swimmers who find solace and community in her waters during these turbulent times. Filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson and writer Anna Hart explore the magical healing nature of the sea, and the value of a true community pool.



DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 18 mins 10 secs Director: Kathryn Ferguson, Anna Hart Producer: Shabana MansuriEditor: Simon Bryant, Carly Baker Screenwriter: Kathryn Ferguson, Anna Hart Director of Photography: Sara Deane Sound: Peter DuffyMusic: Lung Dart Principal Cast: Jenny Arnell

Production CompanyUK, US co-production

Little By Little Films [email protected] www.lblfilms.com

Sales AgentLittle By Little Films [email protected] www.lblfilms.com

Production CompanyDilsk Films+44 (0)7762 [email protected] [email protected]

Sales AgentDilsk Films+44 (0)7762 [email protected]

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Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape

Vaarheim

SynopsisA pilgrimage from Andrew Kotting to Derek Jarman along the south coast of England through a haze of post-election hope and despair.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 4 mins 59 secs Director: Mark Jenkin Producer: Mark JenkinExecutive Producer: Kate Byers, Linn Waite Editor: Mark JenkinScreenwriter: Mark JenkinDirector of Photography: Mark Jenkin Music: Mark Jenkin

SynopsisSince the high school and the fish farm closed, the men and teenagers have had to leave the small northern British island of Out Skerries for Shetland’s mainland. Julie is one of the women left on the island with her youngest children. In her empty house prey to the sea winds, daily life follows a strange timescale, at the rhythm of the activities of those who left.


DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 30 mins Director: Victor Ridley Producer: Carol Van Hemelrijck, Jeanne Scahaise Editor: Christophe EvrardDirector of Photography: Mathieu Storms, Kinan Massarani Sound: Gilles Lacroix

Production CompanyMark Jenkin [email protected]

Sales AgentMark Jenkin [email protected]

Production CompanyUK, Belgium co-production

Hum Hum Production 2-6 Atlantic Road LondonSW9 8HY+44 (0)7983 712880 / +44 (0)7497 [email protected]

www.humhumproduction.com

Sales AgentHum Hum Production Jeanne Scahaise2-6 Atlantic Road LondonSW9 8HY+44 (0)7983 712880 / +44 (0)7497 [email protected] www.humhumproduction.com

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Back and Forth

SynopsisWe all have a different rhythm. Back and Forth is a dance about individual rhythms that go together, seem to clash or just stay separate.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 4 mins 26 secs Director: Lisa FosterProducer: Luc Degryse (KASK) Editor: Lisa FosterDirector of Photography: Lisa Foster Production Designer: Lisa Foster Sound: Jürgen De BlondeMusic: Jürgen De Blonde

Production CompanyBelgium, UK co-production

Lisa Foster www.lisafoster.be

Sales AgentKASK, School of Arts Ghent Luc DegryseJozef Kluyskensstraat 29000 GhentThe Netherlands+31 09 [email protected] www.schoolofartsgent.be

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

SynopsisBased on the hugely popular web series, following roommates Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck, who live simple and repetitive lives in the complacent technicolor community of Clayhill… until the town’s mayor disappears and everything descends into utter chaos.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - Indie Episodic Shorts Program - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 23 minsDirector: Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling Producer: Hugo Donkin, Charlie PerkinsExecutive Producer: James Stevenson Bretton, Thomas Stuart Screenwriter: Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling, Baker Terry

Production CompanyBlink Industries Tom Stuart [email protected]

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Fishboy

SynopsisA surrealist tale about the all-encompassing nature of living with guilt.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 8 mins 42 secs Director: Anita Bruvere Producer: Shereen AliExecutive Producer: National Film and Television School Editor: Tine Lykke JensenScreenwriter: Bethe TownsendDirector of Photography: Bertrand Rocourt Production Designer: Alice La Trobe Sound: Breen TurnerMusic: Seymour MiltonPrincipal Cast: Hugh Skinner; Emily Taaffe

Production CompanyNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios 141 Station Rd BeaconsfieldHP9 1LG +44 (0)1494 [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk

Sales AgentNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios 141 Station Rd BeaconsfieldHP9 1LG +44 (0)1494 [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk

Facing It

SynopsisAs Sean waits anxiously in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will leave him changed forever.

Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Graduation Films Competition

Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Animated Shorts Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 8 mins 30 secs Director: Sam Gainsborough Producer: Jimmy Campbell - Smith Editor: Mdhamiri A Nkemi Screenwriter: Louisa WoodDirector of Photography: Bruno Grilo Production Designer: Fiona Guest Sound: Adam WoodhamsMusic: Jack NewtonPrincipal Cast: Daniele Bertolucci, Myra Ford, Basil Pruveneers, Edward Aczel, Cathy WalkerProduction Manager: Garry Frost

Production CompanyNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios141 Station RdBeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 [email protected]

Sales AgentNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios141 Station RdBeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 [email protected]

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The Flood is Coming

SynopsisA forest hermit tries to prepare for a flood, but he becomes distracted by his noisy neighbour – who happens to be the hermit’s left eye. A film exploring the growing anxiety about the state of nature, and our place in it.

Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - Lab Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 8 mins 56 secs Director: Gabriel Böhmer Producer: Samantha Monk Screenwriter: Gabriel Böhmer Music: Nacho Palacios

Production CompanySamantha Monk [email protected]

I’m OK

SynopsisFollowing the end of a stormy love affair, expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka enlists in the First World War. After suffering serious injuries in battle, he experiences a series of memories and visions as medics transport him through the forests of the Russian front. Playful and imaginative, I’m OK explores the wounds of heartbreak and trauma.

Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Short Film Competition


BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Animation

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 6 mins Director: Elizabeth HobbsProducer: Abigail Addison (Animate Projects)Co-Producer: Jelena Popovic (National Film Board of Canada)Executive Producer: Gary Thomas (Animate Projects), Michael Fukushima (National Film Board of Canada)Sound: Sacha Ratcliffe

Production CompanyUK, Canada coproduction

An Animate Projects (UK) , Elizabeth Hobbs (UK) and the National Film Board of Canada (CA) coproduction.

Animate Projects Abigail Addison 45 Empress Road DerbyDE23 [email protected] http://animateprojects.org

Sales AgentNational Film Board of CanadaP.O. Box 6100 Station Centre-ville MontrealQuebec, H3C 3H5 [email protected] www.nfb.ca

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My Mother’s Eyes

SynopsisA story about motherhood and loss in an abstracted world of childhood memory.

Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 4 mins 39 secs Director: Jenny Wright Producer: Jenny WrightCo-Producer: Jenny Wright Executive Producer: Jenny Wright Editor: Jenny Wright Screenwriter: Jenny WrightSound: Sound Design: Ben Goodall Music: Matt Huxley

Production CompanyJenny Wright [email protected] www.hellojennywright.com

Sales AgentJenny Wright [email protected] www.hellojennywright.com

Marfa

SynopsisA town on the borderlands of Texas. A place out of time. A desert where strange lights dance in the night sky. A mecca for lovers of minimalist art. A landscape of lost horses, freaks and food trucks. And then there’s the giant lemon.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - Lab Competition

BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Animation

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 8 mins 22 secs Director: The Brothers McLeod Producer: The Brothers McLeod Editor: Greg McLeodScreenwriter: The Brothers McLeod Sound: Tom AngellMusic: Tom Angell

Production CompanyThe Brothers McLeod 2nd Floor46 Rother Street Stratford-upon-Avon WarwickshireCV37 6LTwww.brothersmcleod.co.uk

Sales AgentThe Brothers McLeod 2nd Floor46 Rother Street Stratford-upon-Avon WarwickshireCV37 6LTwww.brothersmcleod.co.uk

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My Mother’s Stew

SynopsisA young woman visits home and just as she’s about to ring the bell, the aroma of food evokes a powerful memory which takes her back to her childhood and it also reminds her of her fabricated past.

Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 5 mins Director: Sade Adeniran Producer: Sade Adeniran Editor: Sade Adeniran Principal Cast: Adelo Oni

Production CompanySade Adeniran www.sades-world.com

Plankton

SynopsisAs different aquatic microorganisms engage in casual conversations, we get a glimpse of the ideas and aspirations that float around at the bottom of the food chain.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 5 mins 12 secs Director: Gustaf Lindström Producer: Gustaf Lindström Screenwriter: Gustaf LindströmDirector of Photography: Daniel Jaroschik Sound: Julia RakelMusic: Julia RakelPrincipal Cast: Will Hislop, David Elms, Barney Fishwick, Gustaf Lindström, David O’Neill, Eleanor White, Baker Terry

Production CompanyGustaf Lindström+44 (0)7424 [email protected]

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Red Dress. No Straps.

Synopsis1985. Tehran. Iran-Iraq war. For Marmar it is another ordinary afternoon at the grandparents’. The echo of “Death to America” chants from the morning school assembly mixes with ‘The voice of America’; grandad’s favourite radio program. Marmar is waiting for granny to make her a dress exactly the same as the glamorous American popstar; Bright red. No straps.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 8 mins 23 secs Director: Maryam Mohajer Producer: Maryam Mohajer Editor: Maryam Mohajer Screenwriter: Maryam MohajerProduction Designer: Maryam Mohajer Sound: Maryam Mohajer, Fonic Music: Tanera DawkinsPrincipal Cast: Maya Naraghi, Arash Ashtiani, Manouchehr Naraghi

Production CompanyMaryam Mohajer [email protected]

Sales AgentMaryam Mohajer [email protected]

Roughhouse

SynopsisThree friends embark on a new adventure in a strange town, but when a manipulative new member joins their gang their loyalty is torn apart with terrifying consequences.

Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019

BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Winner, Best British Short Animation

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 15 mins 30 secs Director: Jonathan HodgsonProducer: Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom Co-Producer: Richard Van Den BoomExecutive Producer: Richard Van Den Boom Editor: Zurine Ainz, Robert Bradbrook Screenwriter: Jonathan Hodgson Production Designer: Jonathan Hodgson Sound: Yan VolsyMusic: Stuart HiltonPrincipal Cast: Stuart Ash, Greg Haworth, Sam Malley, Jordan Taylor; Narration: Steven Camden

Production CompanyUK, France coproduction Hodgson Films (UK), Papy3D Productions (FR)

Hodgson Films Ltd Jonathan Hodgson 79 Islip Street LondonNW5 [email protected] hodgsonfilms.tumblr.com

Sales AgentPapy3D Productions 43 Boulevard Auguste Blanqui 75013 ParisFrance www.papy3d.com/html/en/

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Solar Plexus Widdershins

SynopsisNoah battles to overcome his grief at the death of his mother, a journey that takes him from his flat to beyond the stars. An animation in stop-motion and oil paint.

Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Cinéfondation - International premiere (?)

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 8 mins 53 secs Director: David McShane Producer: Paida MutononoCo-Producer: The National Film and Television School Editor: Francesco CibatiScreenwriter: Jessica Sinyard Director of Photography: Lily Grimes Production Designer: Qingling Zhang Sound: Ines AdrianaMusic: Will Turner

SynopsisIn a steampunk future, the life of a pampered gentleman is seamlessly automated by machines, but his orderly existence is thrown into chaos when he chooses to pursue a free-spirited woman, against the advice of his robot butler.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 11 mins 10 secs Director: Simon P Biggs Producer: Will AdamsCo-Producer: Mal YoungExecutive Producer: Paul Welsh, Carolynne Sinclair, Holly Daniel, Ross McKenzieEditor: Simon P Biggs Screenwriter: Simon P Biggs Production Designer: Scott Morris Sound: Big Mouth AudioMusic: Giles LambPrincipal Cast: Brian Cox, Jam Gray

Supported by:


Sales AgentNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield Studios 141 Station Rd BeaconsfieldHP9 1LG+44 (0)1494 [email protected] www.nfts.co.uk

Production CompanyOnce Were Farmers Will AdamsCode Base8-10 Corn Exchange Road StirlingFK8 [email protected] www.oncewerefarmers.com

Sales AgentMagnet Film (International sales, excluding UK)Georg Gruber [email protected] www.magnetfilm.de

Hopscotch FIlms (UK sales) Carolynne Sinclair Kidd Film City Glasgow401 Govan Road GlasgowG51 2QJ+44 (0)141 440 [email protected]

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Common Ground

SynopsisAn interactive VR documentary about the history and legacy of the Aylesbury Estate, the largest housing estate in Europe. Utilising 360 video, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, archive and interactive design, this VR documentary allows the audience to explore the estate and meet residents fighting regeneration.

Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Tribeca Immersive - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 30 mins Director: Darren Emerson Producer: Darren EmersonExecutive Producer: Ashley Cowan, Darren Emerson Editor: Conan RobertsDirector of Photography: Jessica Curran, Darren Emerson, Conan Roberts, Andrew YardleySound: Oliver KadelMusic: “The Order of Death” by PIL, “Daytime Television” by Turtle Principal Cast: Kevin Holland, Jean Bartlett, Judi Bos, Anthony Badu, John BoughtonUnity Development: All Seeing EyeCommissioned by: Arts Council England and Creative XR

Production CompanyCity Films Ltd Darren Emerson [email protected] www.eastcityfilms.com

Sales AgentEast City Films Ltd Darren Emerson [email protected] www.eastcityfilms.com

The Collider: Chapter One

SynopsisEnter The Collider, a machine built to decode the mysteries of human relationships. Its mission: to identify the corrosive, delightful and mysterious material that passes between people – that keeps us together and pulls us apart. Created for two people at time, the experience guides each person along a journey, directing the movements of both into a choreography that investigates their own relationship with power and control.

Each participant enters separately but, soon, their journeys converge. One enters a virtual world revealing the inner vision of the machine, the other can manipulate the visions and actions of that virtual world. The experience culminates in an unmediated encounter where the pair work out, together, what has happened.

The Collider builds the real choreography of going in and out of VR with another person in the room into a theatrical experience which creates its own spectacle – a dance between two limited humans failing and failing again to see the other’s experience and then, finally, the rush of connection when they do.

From #metoo to Kavanaugh, Brexit to Brazil – The Collider moves from the political to the personal to ask: what do you do with power when you’ve got it?

Official Selection IDFA 2018 - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 30 minsDirector: Amy Rose, May Abdalla Producer: AnagramProduction Designer: Synnove Fredericks Sound: Aaron Cupples, Brigitte Hart Music: Aaron Cupples, Brigitte HartDevelopers: Clarice Hilton, Mike Golembewski Animation: Barry Gene MurphyInteractive Set Assistant: Pete Bennett

Production CompanyAnagram Amy Rose, May Abdalla

[email protected] [email protected] www.weareanagram.co.uk


I am Echoborg

SynopsisI am Echoborg is a participatory dramatic experience created afresh each time by the audience having a conversation with an artificial intelligence. The production team built a real AI and the content and the outcome of the show depend on the words spoken by the audience and the AI.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 30 mins Director: Rik Lander Producer: Victoria Jones Co-Producer: Phil D Hall Sound: Jim RoperPrincipal Cast: Marie-Helene Boyd Documentation: Matt Fenlon.

Funding: Digital Cultures Research Centre & the Arts, Creative Industries and Education Faculty of the University of the West of England

Production CompanyU-Soap Media Ltd292 Ashley Down Road BristolBS7 9BQ+44 (0)7900 690 [email protected]

Emergence

SynopsisEmergence is an open-world environment, expressing the primal desire to maintain your individual identity whilst being part of a crowd. Showing 5000+ intelligent human behaviours, Emergence offers a powerful, unique experience of a crowd, that is only possible with the latest graphics technology.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - New Frontier Exhibitions - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: Open world Director: Matt Pyke Sound: Simon Pyke Developer: Chris Mullany

Production CompanyA Universal Everything project presented in collaboration with Within

Universal Everything [email protected] www.universaleverything.com


The Journey

SynopsisThis 360 degree documentary experience traces the journey through childhood in three of the toughest environments on Earth.

Meet 3 year-old Amina in the distant ‘Afar’ region of Ethiopia, trying to find enough food and water to survive during the worst drought in 30 years; 10 year-old Changkouth, living in conflict-ridden South Sudan, trying to get an education and avoid being recruited as a child soldier, in the country with the highest proportion of out-of-school children in the world; and 18 year-old Mani in Chad – ostracized by her community because she is living with HIV, but determined to change minds and using social media to rally support. (SXSW brochure)

Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2018 - Virtual Cinema - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 10 mins 23 secs Director: Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg Producer: Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg Co-Producer: Tanya TurkovichExecutive Producer: Toby Fricker, Tanya Turkovich Editor: Javier MorenoScreenwriter: Charlotte Windle Mikkelborg Director of Photography: Ignacio Ferrando Margeli Sound: Sound Designer: Axel DrioliMusic: Marco CaricolaPrincipal Cast: Momina Ehale Arsale, Amina Abile Mahe, Changkouth David Gatwech, Mani Virgille DelassemAnimation: Jonny Lawrence

Production CompanyPicture This Productions Charlotte [email protected] www.picthisproductions.com

My Africa

SynopsisExperience “My Africa,” a virtual reality journey to Northern Kenya, where the futures of wildlife and people are intertwined. Stand in the midst of a thundering wildebeest migration, witness a lioness snatch her prey, go nose-to-trunk with an inquisitive baby elephant and meet a community dedicated to saving Africa’s wildlife.


DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 9 mins Director: David Allen Producer: Gaby BastyraExecutive Producer: Adam May, M. Sanjayan Editor: Fabian PetersDirector of Photography: Chris Campkin Sound: Don NelsonMusic: BrollymanPrincipal Cast: Naltwasha Leripe Narration: Lupita N’yongo

Production CompanyA Passion Planet Production in association with Vision3, for Conservation International

Passion Planet Gaby [email protected] www.passion-pictures.com

Vision3 Adam [email protected]

Conservation International Melina Formisano [email protected]


Nothing to be Written Opinions

SynopsisPart artwork, part documentary telling the stories behind ‘field postcards’, one of the few communication options WWI soldiers had with their families. Nothing was to be written on them, communication was only allowed through the prescribed phrases. The experience offers a moving and haunting exploration of the human stories beyond the edges of the postcards set to an award-winning original score by composer Anna Meredith, commissioned by the BBC VR Hub and created by 59 Productions.

Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Virtual Cinema Competition

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 6 mins 32 secs Director: Lysander Ashton Producer: Rebecca Collis Executive Producer: Zillah Watson Screenwriter: Mark GrimmerProduction Designer: Molly EinchcombMusic: Anna Meredith. Recorded live at BBC Proms, July 2018; Sakari Oramo; BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Stephen Bryant; BBC Proms Youth Ensemble; National Youth Choir of Great Britain Lead Animators: David Curtis, Marco SandemanAnimators: Laurent de Vleeschouwer, Chris Stoneman VR Development: All Seeing Eye

SynopsisModern society is obsessed with social media. Online platforms provide us with a constant unwanted stream of other people’s opinions. What happens when it all gets too much? Cabaret superstars Bourgeois & Maurice offer us a solution in this comedy VR music video.

DetailsYear: 2017Running Time: 6 min 10 secDirector: Alyssia Frankland, Kenneth Henderson Producer:Executive Producer: David Kaskel, Kenneth Henderson Sound: Ben HumphreysMusic: Liv Morris, George Heyworth Principal Cast: Liv Morris, George Heyworth Art: Andrew MaddenTechnical Director: Richard Copperwaite Animation: Saurav SarkerVideo Design: Fiorella Pierini

Production CompanyBBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival and 14-18 NOW:WW1 Centenary Art Commissions present a Virtual Reality experience from BBC VR Hub, 59 Productions and Anna Meredith

59 Productions Rebecca [email protected] k+44 (0)20 3137 3807

Production CompanyBreaking Fourth [email protected] www.breakingfourth.com


The Seven Ages of Man Songbird

SynopsisThe Royal Shakespeare Company explores the future of theatre with Magic Leap in this sublime production of the “Seven Ages of Man” speech from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Here they present a mixed reality experience using cutting-edge volumetric capture with Shakespearean actor Robert Gilbert and an original musical score by award-winning composer Jessica Curry. The line “all the world’s a stage” turns literal as users experience the play in multiple and simultaneous places.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - New Frontiers Exhibitions - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 7 minsDirector: John Monos, Andy Lanning for Magic Leap; Gregory Doran for RSCProducer: Pete Griffin for RSC; Rebecca Paris for Magic Leap Executive Producer: Sarah Ellis for RSC; Ant Williams for Magic Leap Screenwriter: William ShakespeareDirector of Photography: John Monos Sound: Kedar ShashidharMusic: Jessica Curry Principal Cast: Robert GilbertCreative Development: Michael Tucker, Stephen MangiatSoftware Engineers: Nafees Bin Zafar, Aaron Wilson, John Cannon, Hasnain Vohra, Nikilesh UrellaTech Lead: Henry Engelland-GayProduction Support: Steve Keeley, Rebecca Barkin, Chris Hebert, Hunter McGranahan

SynopsisA VR animated adventure with a dark heart. Be transported to Hawaii in 1984 and into a hand-painted enchanting rainforest, in search of the last õ’õ songbird. A fabled black bird with yellow legs and a unique voice, whose last living specimen disappeared from the island 30 years ago.

DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 10 mins Director: Lucy Greenwell Producer: Anetta JonesExecutive Producer: Francesca Panetta Editor: Morten Andersen, Federico Fasce Screenwriter: Gemma SeltzerDirector of Photography: Uri Kranot Sound: Henrik OppermannMusic: Henrik OppermanArt and Animation Directors: Michelle & Uri Kranot VR Designer: Morten Andersen Creative Technologist: Federico Fasce

Production CompanyUK, US coproduction

A Royal Shakespeare Company (UK) and Magic Leap (US) production

Royal Shakespeare Company Sarah EllisPete Griffin [email protected] [email protected] www.rsc.org.uk

Production CompanyA The Guardian, TinDrum production

The Guardian Anetta Jones+44 (0)20 3353 [email protected] omwww.theguardian.com/vr

Sales Agent The Guardian Anetta Jones+44 (0)20 3353 [email protected]/vr


Sweet Dreams

SynopsisAn invitation to the meal of your dreams. But will it remain a dream, forever out of reach? Drawing on mythological archetypes, the project turns a fine dining experience into a playful exploration of the destructive nature of our appetite and our debt to pleasure.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - New Frontier Exhibitions - World premiere

DetailsYear: 2019Running Time: 15 minsDirector: Marshmallow Laser Feast Producer: Martin JowersExecutive Producer: Eleanor Whitley Screenwriter: Simon WroeMusic: Finn McNicholasTechnical Direction: Artists & EngineersLead Developers: Chris Mullany, Nick Pittam, Felix Faire Developers: Rob Homewood, Adam SamsonArtists: Neal Coghlan, Izaak PardeyCreative Associates: Mark Garston, Michele Stanco

Production CompanyMarshmallow Laser Feast Nell [email protected] www.marshmallowlaserfeast.com

Vestige

SynopsisA room-scale VR creative documentary that uses multi-narrative and volumetric live capture to take the viewer on a journey into the mind of Lisa as she remembers her lost love, Erik. Within an empty void, fragments of past memories appear of their life together.


DetailsYear: 2018Running Time: 13 mins Director: Aaron BradburyProducer: Paul Mowbray, Antoine Cayrol, Jill BasmajianCo-Producer: Arnaud Colinart, Alethea Avramis, Fred Volhuer, Pierre Zandrowicz, Jacqueline WestfallExecutive Producer: René Pinnell, Jake Sally, Bryn Mooser, Hayley PappasDirector of Photography: Louis Vella Sound: Robbie NewmanMusic: StarkeyPrincipal Cast: Lisa Elin; French Voice Performance: Marion Cotillard; Live Action Cast: Helen Mutch, Patch HarveyLead Post-Production Artist: Neil Smith

Production CompanyNSC CreativeNational Space Centre Exploration Drive [email protected] www.nsccreative.com

Sales Agent Other Set Elaine [email protected] www.otherset.com

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ABOUT THE UK SHORTS PORTAL

THE PLACE TO WATCH NEW UK SHORT FILMS

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The portal currently showcases:

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THE UK PORTAL INCLUDES CHANNELS FEATURING WORK FROM OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDING:

BFI NETWORK is a collaboration between the BFI, national film organisations and leading cultural venues around the UK with a mission to discover and support talented writers, directors and producers at the start of their filmmaking careers.

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Film London is the capital’s screen industries agency. It connects ideas, talent and finance to develop a pioneering creative culture in the city that delivers success in film, television, animation, games and beyond. It works to sustain, promote and develop London as a global content production hub, support the development of the city’s new and emerging filmmaking talent and invest in a diverse and rich film culture.

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Ffilm Cymru Wales supports the development of a creative, innovative, and inclusive film culture. Through funding and professional advice, it supports emerging and established filmmaking talent to reach new audiences and explore new ideas, while developing the educational and economic benefit that film brings to the rich culture of Wales.

For over 60 years London Film School (LFS) has been the place for emerging creative talent to hone their craft, find their voice and engage directly with the vibrant UK screen industries. With a student cohort from every corner of the globe, LFS has always been a cultural hub where fresh voices, experiences and perspectives rub shoulders with tradition and history.

The NFTS is one of the world’s leading film, games and television schools. It has been cited by some media as one of the top five film schools globally and by one as the No.1 international film school. The NFTS prides itself on producing world-class, award-winning industry leaders.

Northern Ireland Screen is the government-backed lead agency for the film, television and gaming industries, with a mission to accelerate the development of a dynamic and sustainable screen industry and culture. It supports talent and facilitates growth, bringing diverse Northern Ireland voices to new audiences and maximising the prospects of local content creators.

Oska Bright Film Festival is the world class leading light in learning disability film exhibition. The festival is managed and run by a creative team of learning disabled people showing work made by learning disabled filmmakers, artists, actors and writers. The November 2017 edition screened films to over 3,600 people.

With over 30 years of being on the cutting edge of animation, the RCA Animation programme has an international reputation for producing bold, award-winning and innovative short films.

Scottish Film Talent Network (SFTN) offers new and emerging filmmakers significant support for individual film projects and professional development.

Please note that this service is for the use of industry professionals working as curators, festival programmers and short film buyers only at this time.

UKShortsportal.picturepipe.net

Questions? Contact [email protected]

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PROGRAMMERS’ PERSPECTIVES

We regularly work with key UK and international programmers to recommend and showcase some of the most exciting new work being made by UK talent.

As a programmer of short film, I am looking to be gob-smacked by

something I haven’t seen before. In my role as Artistic Director at London Short Film Festival, and Short Film Programmer for London Film Festival, I watch thousands of short films a year. The films that really excite me are always the ones that experiment with form, structure, cinematography, narrative and subject. They are ‘experimental’ by nature.

I also want to see stories from different voices and different cultures, where stories we don’t traditionally see are amplified and given space. I actively seek out work from female, LGBTQ+ and BAME backgrounds, where I am going to see those new perspectives and non-traditional narratives. And because short film is a medium where money and institutional support are in short supply, it means they are already free of the constraints of conventional narrative and what has come before.

Short film should be a breeding ground for vital experimentation – and every year, I am rewarded by British films that deliver just this.

PHILIP ILSON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVALSHORT FILM PROGRAMMER, LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

The Tribeca Film Festival was created in response to the tragic events of

9/11 to help heal our community and bring people together. It is not surprising that in 2019 we remain dedicated to discovering and showcasing work that encourages a better understanding of different cultures, perspectives and each other. Especially in today’s difficult world, it’s integral to bring new voices to the forefront and to support this artistic work.

Our shorts programs include a large percentage of international films. The UK shorts are an important part of our programming palette since filmmakers from this region consistently exhibit storytelling and directorial diversity. Each year there are many excellent UK films from which to choose, making the final decisions all the more difficult!

The stories resonate with our audiences and our juries not only because as Americans we have always had a kinship to our friends in the UK but also because the stories themselves are simultaneously relatable, yet different. In recent years a UK short film has received a jury award at Tribeca, including Man and Boy, Oscar winner The Phone Call, and The Good Fight.

We aspire to curate shorts programs that take the audience on an emotional journey, one which they cannot experience the same way anywhere else, and we hope that our programming continues to be impactful and inspiring.

SHARON BADAL VICE PRESIDENT OF FILMMAKER RELATIONS AND SHORTSTRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

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ABOUT BFI NETWORK

BFI NETWORK is a collaboration between the BFI, national film organisations and leading cultural venues around the UK with a mission to discover and support talented writers, directors and producers at the start of their filmmaking careers.

BFI NETWORK provides funding for short films, supports the early development of first features, and offers a range of professional and creative development programmes.

Every year NETWORK invests £2.5 million of National Lottery funding. Since September 2013 this has meant:

n Funding for hundreds of shorts and feature developments

n Award nominations, including BAFTAs and an Oscar® for supported work

n Masterclasses with world-renowned filmmakers such as Steve McQueen, Luca Guadagnino, Julie Dash & Carol Morley

The best way to get in touch with NETWORK is via the website network.bfi.org.uk where filmmakers can:

n Use the Funding Finder to discover and apply for UK-Wide funding opportunities

n Connect with their local Talent Executive and find out what events are happening in their area

n Get the latest filmmaking news, interviews and podcasts

n Watch NETWORK funded short films

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ABOUT BRITISH COUNCIL

The British Council’s Film programme links UK films and filmmakers with new international audiences. Together with our global network overseas we work to profile the innovation, diversity, creativity and excellence of British films around the world, and look for opportunities for creative exchange between UK filmmakers and international counterparts. British Council’s Film department is a part of Arts Group, which works across 110 countries to build trust and opportunity for the UK through the exchange of knowledge, experience and ideas worldwide.

Alongside colleagues working in other artforms we work in five areas:

Sharing UK Film With the WorldBritish Council’s Film team works with UK partners and our overseas colleagues to curate and tour exciting and diverse film activities, through both long-term programmes and one-off events.

Fostering CollaborationWe support UK film to raise its international ambition; enable creative filmmakers to collaborate, share knowledge and practice.

Film for Social ChangeWe extend safe spaces for culture, creative explorations and exchange; enabling dialogue, presenting marginalised voices and expressing cultural identities through film.

Capacity BuildingFilm is a collaborative art form with a value chain of different skills and professional roles, from screenwriting to editing, VFX to music, festival management to conservation. We support bespoke professional development opportunities across disciplines.

Policy and ResearchWe shape cultural policy, sharing research.

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Travel Grant Fund: Festivals & Labs

In partnership with BFI NETWORK, we operate a Travel Grant Fund for short filmmakers whose work has been selected to screen at key international including Sundance, Toronto, Rotterdam, Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand. We recently expanded the remit of the fund to include immersive storytelling and Virtual Reality projects.

In 2019, British Council Film and BFI NETWORK are excited to announce the launch of a new Travel Grant Fund for new and emerging filmmakers to attend international training labs. The Lab Grant Scheme is designed to support filmmakers looking to develop skill-sets and networks internationally. In 2019-2020, the scheme will run as a pilot programme, focussing on 8 training labs. The fund will offer bursaries to contribute towards the cost of course fees, travel and accommodation.

Discover more about our travel grants at film.britishcouncil.org/on-going-projects/shorts

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Short Support Scheme

Once a filmmaker has received a Travel or Lab Grant they become part of the Short Support Scheme. The scheme provides a platform to promote new UK work to extensive programming contacts from key international short film festivals. Filmmakers also gain access to an annual calendar of events where they can watch new work, hear from industry experts and meet with other filmmaking teams across the UK.

Animation

We support the McLaren Award for Best British Animation at Edinburgh International Film Festival. As part of Anim18, we’re supporting a series of panels exploring the impact of British animation internationally, in partnership with EIFF, Cardiff Animation Festival, Encounters and Manchester Animation.

UK Shorts Portal

Our digital platform brings together the best new short film work from partners across the UK and makes it available on a secure basis for buyers, distributors and festival programmers around the world. Discover more at UKShortsportal.picturepipe.net

Short Sighted

The British Council partners with BAFTA on an annual conference designed to demystify exhibition, distribution and promotion for short filmmakers, with editions in London and across the UK.

European Film Promotion

The British Council represents the UK within European Film Promotion (EFP). Our EFP projects include Shooting Stars at the Berlinale; Producers on the Move in Cannes; emerging talent in Busan and women filmmakers in Sydney; Foreign Language Oscar screenings in New York; and enable UK sales companies to access EFP Film Sales Support.

UK Films Directory

Our UK Films Directory is an incredible tool for increasing exposure for new and existing film work to programmers and audiences around the world and includes information about short and feature films across fiction, documentary, animation and increasingly VR.

Find the directory online at film.britishcouncil.org/british-films-directory

We also produce a range of UK film catalogues throughout the year showcasing selected UK features, documentaries and shorts.

Find our recent documentary and shorts catalogues herefilm.britishcouncil.org/british-films-directory/uk-film-catalogues

Festival Selector PreviewScreenings

The British Council provides a preview service for selectors from the world’s major film festivals whose teams join us in London to view new British feature films to consider for their upcoming festivals.

We currently welcome teams from festivals including Sundance, Rotterdam, Berlin, Tribeca, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Locarno, Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian and Zurich.

UK Film at International Festivals

As a partner in UK Film, an umbrella organisation which brings together the UK’s film commissions, national and regional agencies, producers and sales companies, we take an active role in hosting UK stands at key film markets (including Berlin, Cannes and Toronto).

BRITISH COUNCIL & FESTIVALS

Souvenir, Director Joanna Hogg - Official Selection at both Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival in 2019

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BRITISH COUNCIL FILM GLOBAL PROJECTS

Games & Interactive

We have recently added games and interactive media into our portfolio, with new programmes exploring the cultural role of games and the intersection between games as commerce and art.

#FiveFilms4Freedom

Each year we partner with BFI Flare, London’s LGBTQ+ film festival, for an 11 day period, to stage the world’s biggest global, digital LGBTQ+ film programme. During the

first four annual programmes from 2015-18 our #FiveFilms4Freedom selection of five short films received over 10 million views from people in 202 countries, many in which LGBTQ+ rights do not exist.

Festivals and Seasons

Our Festivals and Seasons team works with cultural institutes in the UK and overseas - and a range of corporate sponsors, foundations, trusts and patrons – to respond to international cultural opportunities. Through high-profile international festivals and seasons in different countries we introduce millions of people around the world to the best of UK culture and innovation, creating new opportunities for artists and organisations to work internationally.

Film is always an important part of seasons and recent activities include:

India, Indonesia, KoreaAs part of UK / India, the launch of an online archive programme, and a tour

of the BFI-remastered epic silent film Shiraz across India, with live performances of a new score by Anoushka Shankar. During UK / KR in Korea we supported: a Michael Winterbottom retrospective at Jeonju Film Festival; premiered our Flare Films touring programme at Seoul Pride Film Festival; and presented Silent Signal – animation made in collaboration with scientists – as part of Artience, an art and science festival and workshop. Our UK / ID season in Indonesia focused on collaborative residencies and exchange, with UK partners including AND Festival and curator George Clark.

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Cámara Chica

In partnership with UK film education organisation Into Film, we’ve staged filmmaking workshops in Cuba and Venezuela, training trainers in the skills needed to help young people to use film to tell their own stories and the programme is due to expand internationally during 2019/20.

Stories

A partnership with the Scottish Documentary Institute sees a major programme of creative documentary workshops helping filmmakers in challenging areas to give authentic voices

to their work. Workshops have been held in Libya, Bangladesh, Morocco, Palestine and Pakistan, with an expanded edition working with displaced Syrians across Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The resulting short docs uncovering unseen global ‘Stories’ have been screened at prestigious festivals including Sheffield DocFest and Locarno.

BAFTA Breakthrough Brits

During a long-term partnership with BAFTA under the initial banner Brits to Watch, we have presented selected UK filmmakers to exclusive audiences of opinion formers during bespoke visits to the US with screenings and meetings taking place in New York and LA. Brits to Watch alumni include Amma Asante, Clio Barnard, Carol Morley and William Oldroyd. Subsequently our programme has expanded to take BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits – the next generation of British creative talent in film, television and games – to make new contacts in China and Hong Kong.

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FILM TOURING PROGRAMMES

Through partnerships with UK film organisations, we offer a range of exciting film programmes for international screenings organised by British Council colleagues together with cultural partners. Current programmes include:

BAFTA 2019: this year’s Short and Short Animation winners and nominees;

G-AAAH!: animation for young audiences, in partnership with Into Film, the UK charity that puts film at the heart of children and young people’s education;

Flare Films: shorts from the UK selected from BFI Flare, London’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival;

Grierson Documentaries: UK documentaries, all nominated for Grierson Awards;

A History of British Animation: an animated portrait of Britain.

FILM + MUSIC

Working with our Music team, we aim to support performers, composers and producers working in, or aspiring to work in, the artistic space where these two worlds converge. Activities include: two Film, Archive and Music Labs (FAMLAB) – working with BFI Southbank, HOME Manchester and Sensoria, Sheffield, to bringing together UK and international musicians, filmmakers and producers and supporting them to work with archive film to tell new stories; Envision Sound, a skills development workshop for composers wanting to work with moving image, in partnership with Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre in Ukraine; and Heritage of Future Past, exploring Vietnam’s music and film cultural heritage. music.britishcouncil.org/projects/film-and-music

I’m OK, Director Elizabeth Hobbs

Envision Sound, Hitchcock’s Blackmail original score event in Ukraine

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12 Point Kill 716 District, 16 Floors, 16 People 3173 CowsAdnan 7Algo-Rhythm 8Alien Culture 8Ambition 9Anemone 9Appreciation 10Artificial Things 32As Told To G/D Thyself 10Ashmina 11Bachelor, 38 32Back and Forth 49Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie 33Big Day, The 11Black Sheep 33Blue Door, The 12Box 34Chairs, The 12Circle 34Collider: Chapter One, The 58Colour of Chips, The 13Common Ground 58Crowtrap 35d.a.n.c.e. f.o.r. y.o.u.r. d.a.d.d.y. 13Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs 14Different Category, A 35Dirt Ash Meat 14Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 49Edges: Waves 15EL HOR 36Emergence 59Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth* (*but were afraid to ask) 36Facing It 50Field, The 15Fishboy 50Flood is Coming, The 51

Fluorescence 16Fog World 37Four Quartets 16Girl With Two Heads, The 17Haircut 17Haruspex 18Here East 18His Hands 19I am Echoborg 59I Have a Song to Sing You 37I Told My Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip 38I’m OK 51Isha 19It’s Not Custard 20Journey, The 60Ladies Day 20Landline 38Lasting Marks 39Lazarus 39Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) 40Life in Miniature 40Little Miss Sumo 41Marfa 52My Africa 60My Loneliness is Killing Me 21My Mother’s Eyes 52My Mother’s Stew 53Neckface 21Norteños 22Nosebleed 22Nothing to be Written 61Number, The 41Opinions 61Pink Suede Shoes 42Plankton 53Prints 23Queen 42Red Dress. No Straps 54Red Hill 23Right Place, Wrong Tim 24Roughhouse 54

Salam 24Seven Ages of Man, The 62Solar Plexus 55Song Can’t Burn, A 43Songbird 62Sound of Falling, The 25Specialised Technique 43Stretch 44Stroker, The 44Sweet Dreams 63Taking the Waters 45Tea with Lemon 25Their Rancid Words Stagnate Our Ponds 26Three Centimetres 26Trans in America: Texas Strong 45Vaarheim 46Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape 46Vestige 63Wale 27Widdershins 55Wild Geese 27Wrong Number 28Zero 28

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