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BRITISH CINEMA CELEBRATION
Life is Short
A selection of 2008/9 British Shorts made through the following schemes:
UK Film Council's Cinema Extreme 2009
UK Film Council's Short Film Completion Fund 2009
UK Film Council's Digital Shorts
Scottish Documentary Institute
Lifesize Pictures manage the UK Film Council's short films schemes which are Digital Shorts, Digital Nation, The Completion Fund and Cinema Extreme.
UK Film Council's Cinema Extreme 2009
Cinema Extreme was created in 2002 by the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and Film4 to encourage and develop filmmakers with a distinctive directorial voice and cinematic flair. Previously commissioned films have been shown at festivals around the world and won many awards from the Prix UIP Award for Best Short at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for Simon Ellis’ Soft to the Oscar® for Best Short Film for Andrea Arnold's Wasp.
Cinema Extreme is managed by The Bureau. The UK Film Council's investment in shorts is managed by Lifesize Pictures.
Five Miles Out
UK. 2008. 18 min.
Director: Andrew Haigh
Script: Andrew Haigh
Production: Glendale Picture Company
Producer: Tristan Goligher
Synopsis:
Cass is sent on a camping trip with her cousins, away from the problems back home. Beneath the cliffs and among the rock-pools, she finds someone to talk to. A boy with a dangerous plano.
Little Red Hoodie
UK. 2009. 15 min.
Director: Joern Utkilen
Script: Joern Utkilen
Production: Imagine Pictures Limited, Hopscotch Films
Producer: Carolynne Sinclair Kidd
Synopsis:
A young girl is told to go and deliver something to her Grandmother who is ill.
Songs For My Mother
UK. 2009. 12 min.
Director: Jane Wilson, Louise Wilson
Script: Jane Wilson, Louise Wilson
Production: HSI London
Producer: Claire Neate James
Synopsis:
When Kristina and Esma meet at the costume fitting for a forthcoming movie with an illustrious director, they discover a deep rooted connection that binds them.
UK Film Council's Short Film Completion Fund 2009
Eclectic shorts made by entrepreneurial filmmaking talent. The Completion Fund provides finance and support for short films that show outstanding potential but lack the funds to finish. The scheme has supported more than 70 films that have gone on to win over 100 awards worldwide, including the BAFTA for Best British Short for Daniel Mulloy’s Antonio's Breakfast.
The Completion Fund is managed by Maya Vision International. The UK Film Council's investment in shorts is managed by Lifesize Pictures.
Bale
UK. 2009. 12 min.
Director: Al Mackay
Script: Al Mackay
Producer: Andrew Ryder
Synopsis:
Some decisions you have to live with.
The Elemental
UK. 2009. 12 min.
Director: Robert Sproul-Cran
Script: Robert Sproul-Cran
Producer: Katie Crook
Synopsis:
See it - and die!.
Together
UK. 2009. 14 min.
Director: Eicke Bettinga
Script: Eicke Bettinga, Zorana Piggott
Producer: Zorana Piggott
Synopsis:
Can you handle grief by 'forcing' your affection onto somebody?
UK Film Council's Digital Shorts
The Surprise Demise of Francis Cooper's Mother
UK. 2008. 7 min.
Director: Felix Massie
Script: Felix Massie
Production: Aardman Animations, ArthurCox
Producer: Sarah Jex, Sarah Cox
Synopsis:
The story of Francis Cooper and his mother; Emily Maddison and that man’s face; and Craig MacKay and his cat.
Scottish Documentary Institute
Steel Homes
UK. 2008. 10 min.
Director: Eva Weber
Production: Odd Girl Out Productions, Quark Films
Producer: Anna Higgs, Gavin Humphries
Synopsis:
A poetic exploration of memory and loss, 'Steel Homes' takes the viewer inside the world of a self storage warehouse, uncovering the hidden treasures and secrets behind the locked doorse.
The Solitary Life of Cranes
UK. 2008. 27 min.
Director: Eva Weber
Production: Odd Girl Out Productions
Producer: Samantha Zarzosa
Synopsis:
24-hours in the life of London seen through the eyes of crane drivers.
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