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Dangerous Romance (2024)
Writer/Dir: Daisy Jacobs Prod: Jacqui Davies Dur: 12'25" PG is addicted to romantic novels. Lost in dreams of wild sex and rescue, her days fly by, unseized, unlived. Who will save her from this dangerous romance? Official Selection Raindance Film Festival 2024 Official Selection Holly Shorts 2024 Official Selection Rhode Island International Film Festival |
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Knot (2020)
Writer/Dir: Marie Lachevallier Prod: Chris Hees, Millie Marsh Dur: 8'00" Puppet based stop-motion BFI short. Balanced on a tightrope, Blue lives his life in fear of falling into the terrifying abyss below. But when he meets carefree Orange, he is drawn into a sensual dance that encourages him to confront his fears and heal the wounds of his past. Official Selection Encounters Film Festival 2021 Official Selection LA Shorts International Film Festival 2021 Official Selection Bolton International Film Festival 2021 Official Selection Norwich Film Festival 2021 BFI Network / Bridge Way Films |
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The Committal (2020)
Writer/Dir: Tom Lock Griffiths Prod: Franziska Lindner Dur: 8'49" A short film based on Antigone, Sophocles’ Greek tragedy. At the beginning of our story, she is about to be walled up alive. In a monologue she asks herself, was it her traumatic past, or fate that lead her to this lonely death inside a tomb? How does she justify the decisions that put her in this situation? And in the end when there’s no way out, is suicide merely a mad and desperate act or is it the only way she can become the master of her own destiny? |
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Battered (The Mermaid of Mevagissey) (2019)
Writer/Dir: Luc Mollinger Prod: Michael Graf, Katherine Waters Dur: 15'11" A village misfit and his brother find an extraordinary beast in their fishing net and, seeing their chance for fame and fortune, hid it in the local aquarium. But their dreams capsize, as their own personal monsters are stirred up. Official Selection Austin Film Festival 2019 Official Selection Manchester Film Festival 2019 Official Selection Visioni Fantastiche 2019 Special Mention Amsterdam Lift-Off Festival 2019 Official Selection London Short Film Festival 2020 Official Selection Leeds International Film Festival 2019 |
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Mistral (2018)
Writer/Dir: Tom Lock Griffiths Prod: Tom Lock Griffiths Dur: 13'44" Mistral is part story, part essay, part recollection of a dream, it starts under the earth with the discovery of a lost graveyard that belonged to the Bedlam Insane Asylum and takes us on journey through London and the English and French Provencal countryside, chasing the blowing winds and trying to remember the people we've lost. Official selection of the London Short Film Festival 2019 Official selection of SMHAF 2019 Official Selection at Latitude Festival 2018 Official Selection of the London Light-Off Festival 2018 |
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The Full Story (2017)
Writer/Dir: Daisy Jacobs Prod: Elliott Tagg, Geoff Morgan Dur: 7'25" The second animated short from the team that made The Bigger Picture. The film examines issues of adultery and loss over several decades as Toby reminisces about his family. Winner of Best Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 |
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Never Land (2016)
Writer/Dir: Anna Hoghton Prod: Robyn Forsythe Dur: 13'00" After mishearing two fishermen talking about the superior flood barriers in The Netherlands, Noah devises a plan to escape to ‘Never Land’, with the help of his wild-hearted next-door neighbour, Katie. Noah's parents think his anxiety about turning off taps isn't serious, but even they can't ignore the growing storms that are threatening their little fishing village. Official selection at the BFI Future Film Festival 2017 Official selection at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017 Winner of Best Narrative Short at the Women in Film & TV Official Showcase 2018 |
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The Bigger Picture (2013)
Writer/Dir: Daisy Jacobs Prod: Chris Hees Dur: 7'15" BAFTA winning and OSCAR nominated animation about two brothers with conflicting approaches to caring for their elderly mother. In this innovative short 7 ft tall painted characters in full-size sets tell a stark, but darkly humorous tale about love, guilt and forgiveness. Watch the full film here... Winner at Cannes, Annecy and Kinofilm. Also selected for Animafest Zagreb 2014, Anima Mundi 2014, Edinburgh and More. |
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The Patient (2013)
Writer/Dir: Weronika Tofilska Prod: Stephanie Paeplow Dur: 16'06" George wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of who he is or how he got there. As memories of his old life start to return he realises that sometimes it is better to forget... |