Shorts From United Kingdom

73 Cows

2018, Documentary, 15'
Director: Alex Lockwood
Cinematography: Oliver Walton
Ses: John Roddyound

A beef farmer struggles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter, and so sets about doing something extraordinary.

Bachelor, 38

2017, Documentary, 17'
Director: Angela Clarke
Producer: Angela Clarke
Editing: Dean Smith, Bleddyn Rhys

Documentary short telling the story of a man and his time in London during the 1960s.

Leave a Print

2017, Animation, 5' 13"
Director: Christina Susanna Nerland
Screenplay: Christina Susanna Nerland
Music: Eduardo Andrade

A family of arctic foxes tries to cope with the fact that one of them is fading away.

My Mum's Got a Dodgy Brain

2017, Animation, 5' 13"
Director: Emma Lazenby
Animation: Joanna Hepworth, Emma Shepherd
Music: Emma Shepherd
Sound: Jonny Crew

Three children living with a parent with mental ill health, share their story and their ways to cope.

Perched

2016, Animation, 10' 31"
Director: Liam Harris
Animation: Liam Harris
Screenplay: Nathaniel Price, Eoin Doran
Producer: Elina Litvinova

Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.

Perfect World

2016, Animation, 4' 23"
Director: Karni Arieli, Saul Freed
Animation: Karni Arieli, Saul Freed
Music: Katie Melua

On a journey through a snowy sugary wonderland, a boy and his mother wander through a wintery forest and experience moments of danger and wonder. Even if it isn’t a perfect world, a sweet cup of tea and a hug are always welcome.

Roughhouse

2018, Animation, 15' 35"
Director: Jonathan Hodgson
Animation: Jonathan Hodgson
Screenplay: Jonathan Hodgson
Editing: Zurine Ainz, Robert Bradbrook

Three 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.

Spindrift

2018, Animation, 11' 34"
Director: Selina Wagner
Animation: Selina Wagner
Screenplay: Selina Wagner
Editing: Jamie Fraser
Producer: Anna Thomson

A girl, more eagle than human, must decide between a life on the wing and her humanity when a stranger arrives on the tide.

The Blue Door

2018, Fiction, 9' 14"
Director: Paul Taylor
Screenplay: Ben Clark, Megan Pugh
Editing: Dan Mellow
Cast: Gemma Whelan, Janie Booth, Annie McGrath

A home care nurse comes to realize that the old woman she cares for is not what she seems.

Wale

2018, Fiction, 20'
Director: Barnaby Blackburn
Screenplay: Barnaby Blackburn
Producer: Edward Speelers, Catherine Slater, Sophie Alexander, Barnaby Blackburn
Cast: Raphel Famotibe, Jamie Sives, Clare Perkins, Sura Dohnke

An 18 year old youth offender is trying to get his own business going as a mechanic. But enterprise isn’t so easy when you’re a young, black male with a criminal past. And it doesn’t get any easier when you’re framed by one of your new clients for a harrowing crime.