Awards & Official Selections
WATCHING
Directed by Max Myers
Opportunities present themselves for the briefest of moments. If you miss them, they don't come back.
Awards
- Silver Award Manhattan Short Film Festival 2010
- Best Screenplay award Manhattan Short Film Festival 2010
- Best Actor Ian Hart, British Independent Film Festival 2011
Official Selections
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2011
- Short Shorts, Tokyo - Asian premiere 2011
- Manhattan Short Film Festival 2010
ELECTRIC LIGHT WONDERLAND
Written and Directed by Susanna Wallin
A mobile disco promising to give you the night of your life.
Official Selections
- Birds Eye View 2011
- 23rd International Short Film Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Germany - 2011
- Oberhausen Short Film Festival
- Curtas Vila do Conde
- Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Uppsala Short Film Festival
- Cork International Film Festival
- ARTE, France and Germany
- 20th Curtacinema 2010 Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival
AN ACT OF LOVE
Directed by Edward Dick
Drew begrudgingly agrees to donate sperm to his wife's broody sister, but gets a rude awakening when he realises they plan to use traditional insemination techniques.
Official Selections
- Birds Eye View 2011
- CFC Worldwide short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 2011
- 23 Foyle Film Festival, Ireland 2010
- Brussels Short Film Festival 2010
- Manllew Short Film Festival, Barcelona 2010
- BIFF - Bermuda International Film Festival 2010
- Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010
- Interfilms, Berlin International Short film festival 2010
CONVERSATION PIECE
Written and Directed by Joe Tunmer
Jean notices a chip on a treasured vase. She accuses Maurice, her husband since whenever. He denies it. Jean attempts to get to the bottom of the situation.
Awards
- Metrópolis-Mecal Price 2011
- Best Short Films Manlleu Film Festival, Barcelona 2011
- Special Mention of the International Jury at Formentera film festival 2011
Official Selections
- Formentera Film - International festival of short films, documentaries and video art Formentera 2011
- Mecal 13º Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona 2011 Obliqua Competition
- 17th REGENSBURG SHORT FILM WEEK REGENSBURGER KURZFILMWOCHE 2011
- Alcine 2010- Alcalá Short Films Festival, Madrid 2010
- 4th Abu Dhabi Film Festival, October, 2010
UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED
Directed by Paul Wright
16 Year Old Chloe is the only daughter of God. Travelling around with her parents, she spends her days roaming the secluded countryside searching for the mythical “Red River”. As Chloe’s story unfolds we realise the horrific truth of what brought them there.
Awards
- BAFTA Best Short Film 2011
Official Selections
- Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010
- Fresh Film Fest 2010
- Locarno International Film Festival 2010
- Leuven International Short Film Festival 2010
- Winterthur Short Film Festival 2010
- Bilbao International Film Festival 2010
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2010
- Dinard Film Festival 2010
- Mecal International Short Film Festival 2011
- Go Short International Short Film Festival 2011
- Mecal International Short Film Festival 2011
- London Short Film Festival 2011
- Huesca Internation Film Festival 2011
- Barichara Film Festival 2011
I LOVE LUCI
Directed by Colin Kennedy
I Love Luci is a comedy of missing teeth, unrequited love and one dog’s potential to shape the fortunes of a couple destined never to be together.
Awards
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Prix des Mediatheques
- Audience Award runner-up
- Glasgow SFF - Jury's Special Mention
- Fat Film Fest: - Best Film
- Bergen Youth Film Festival - Honourable Mention
- Rushes Soho Shorts - 2nd place runner-up
- Curtas Vila do Conde - Audience Award
- Interfilm Berlin - Best Fiction
- Almeria ISFF
- Audience Award
- Best Screenplay
- Prague Int'l Short Film Fest 2011 - Audience Award
- Brussels Film Festival 2011 - The Jury Award
Official Selections
- 23rd International Short Film Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Germany – 2011
- 17th REGENSBURG SHORT FILM WEEK REGENSBURGER KURZFILMWOCHE 2011
- 13th Mecal International Short Film Festival Barcelona 2011 International competition
- IX Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Almería
- Interfilm – Berling international short film festival 2010
- Concorto Film Festival 2010
- Fat Film Fest 2010
- Rushes Soho Short Festival 2010
- Message to Man, Russia 2010
- 18th Curtas Vila Do Conde IFF
- 25th Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Valencia, Spain, 2010
- Cinema Corto in Bra, Italy 2010
- Art Film Fest, Slovak Republic 2010
- Arcipelago 2010
- Norwegian International Short Film Festival
- Jim Poole Award
- IndieLisboa 2010
- InterFilm Berlin 2010
- Glasgow Short Film Festival 2010
- Clermont-Ferrand International short Film Festival 2010
- The London Short Film Festival 2010
WASHDAYS
Directed by Simon Neal
Kyle is 11 and he has an embarrassing problem. His mum doesn’t help, in fact she makes things worse. When she writes a note to his teacher stating the unvarnished truth, he bunks off school and goes in search of his own solution.
Awards
- Winner of Best Short Film – 10th Rushes Soho Shorts
- Special Jury Prize – 15th Austin Film Festival
- Silver Medal – The Smalls 2009
Nomination for Best short Film – 12th British Independent Film Awards
Official Selections
- 15th Palm Springs International ShortFest - World Premiere
- 10th Rushes Soho Shorts
- 13th Rhode Island International Film Festival
- 32nd International Lucas Film Festival Frankfurt
- 29th Cambridge Film Festival
- 20th New Orleans International Film Festival
- 15th Encounters International Film Festival
- 25th Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
- 22nd Foyle International Film Festival
- 15th Austin International Film Festival
- 2009 Jeugdfilm Festival Antwerp
- 40th Tampere International Film Festival
- 4th NexT Internaional Film Festival
- 19th Aspen Shortsfest
- 13th Brussels Short Film Festival
- 7th Cortocircuito International Film Festival
- 13th Invent Una Film, Italy
- 37th official section of the Film Festival of Badalona Filmets 2011
TRANSIT
Written and Directed by Chris Roche
A young boy returns from holiday with his parents and passing through the airport he meets a stranger whom transforms his life forever.
Awards
- Best Film - Be Film Festival, New York.
- Best short, Troubled Gaze - Giffoni Festival Italy
- Best short, I've Seen Films Festival - Milano, Italy
- Best Film - Pentedattilo Film Festival, Italy
- Be Film Festival, New York - 1st Prize
Official Selections
- Palm Springs
- Rhode Island
- Uppsala Film Festival
- Foyle Film Festival
- Tokyo Short Shorts film festivals.
- San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival.
- Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo
- Bra Film Festival, Italy
- Giffoni Film Festival Italy
TOSHI
Written and Directed by Jon Gilbert
Toshi’s life is falling apart. Rejected by his colleagues, forgotten by his wife, everything seems to be going wrong. But sometimes help comes from the unlikeliest places…
Official Selections
- Palm Springs, June 2009 (Official Selection)
- Berlin Interfilm, November 2009
- Moscow 27plus1, December 2009
- Bradford International, March 2010 - Recipient: Highly Commended, 2010 Shine Short Film Award
- Hill Country (Texas), March 2010
- BeFilm Underground Festival (New York), April 2010
- selected for the ''I’ve Seen Films'' International Competition 2010.
- Selected for the 2011 Badalona Film Festival.
AFTER TOMMOROW
Writen and Directed by Emma Sullivan
Returning to the village of his estranged wife, James grows increasingly concerned when the sinister owner of the guest house refuses to let him leave. A psychological suspense with a surprising yet moving denouement.
Awards
- Cannes Film Festival, Official Competition - Nominated For A Palme D’or
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, - Winner Of Best British Short Film
- Curto Circuito, Santiago De Compostela - International Youth Jury Prize
- Grand Off, World Film Awards, Poland- October Nominated For Best Director
- Alcine, Madrid - Jury Special Mention
- Une Nuit Trop Courte, Grenoble 2010 Won Public Prize For Best Film.
Official Selections
- Brooklyn Film Festival - NEW YORK, USA
- CFC Toronto Worldwide Shorts Film Festival - CANADA
- Expresion en Corto International Film Festival, Mexico – MEXICO
- Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival – BRAZIL
- Tinklai Film Festival, Lithuania – LITHUANIA
- Athens International Film Festival - GREECE- September
- Calgary International Film Festival - CANADA- September/October
- Warsaw International Film Festival - POLAND- October
- Cinessonne, European Film Festival, France - FRANCE- October
- Ismaila Film Festival, Egypt - EGYPT- October
- Imagine Science, NYC, USA- October
- London Film Festival - UK- October
- St John's International Film Festival - CANADA- October
- Interfilm Berlin, GERMANY – November
- Rehoboth Festival - USA- November
- Stockholm International Film Festival - SWEDEN- November
- Bristol Brief Encounters - UK- November
- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival- TAIWAN- November
- Almeria, SPAIN- December
- Festival on Wheels, TURKEY- December
- Flickerfest, Sydney, AUSTRALIA- January 2010
- Fajr Film Festival, Tehran, IRAN- February 2010
- Cortogenia, Madrid, SPAIN February 2010
- 34th Cleveland International Film Festival, Ohio March 2010
- Mecal, Barcelona SPAIN April 2010
- West Chester, Pennsylvania USA April 2010
- Reel Shorts Film Festival, Alberta, CANADA April 2010
- CinemaJove, Valencia, SPAIN June 2010
- Maremetaggio, Trieste, ITALY- June/July 2010
