RAV1043
Illustrator Mel is tasked with designing a friendly marketing campaign for a drone that maintains public order, but first, he must create its voice.
A short film inspired by the life of legendary cartoonist and voiceover artist Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, and many more), this ambitious short explores the tension between an artist’s integrity and the need to pay the bills. With VFX by Magiclab and a magnificent score by John Metcalfe, RAV1043 premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.
Starring - Sid Phoenix, Sian Clifford, Dimitri Leonidas, Gerald Lepkowski
Director - Mark Buchanan
Producers - Paul Harry Thomas, Terese Bröchner Christensen
DOP - Chris Newcombe
Composer - John Metcalfe
VFX - Magiclab
Directed by the Brothers Lynch, Old Habits is a black comedy-drama set entirely in a funeral parlour as two estranged brothers in their 70's come to pay their respects to their recently deceased father. It's not long before we realise "paying respects" isn't the only thing the brothers are there for. In a flash, guns are drawn and a shoot out of comical proportions takes place as the two brothers attempt to settle their differences... even if it kills them.
It was produced as part of Rankin Film Productions' Collabor8te short film scheme and was produced by Mike Morrison and Paul Harry Thomas for xFilm Productions.
It stars David Warner (Tron, Time Bandits, Titanic) and Ronald Pickup (Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Prince of Persia) with support from Christopher Hatherall and John Matthews.
A story about unrequited love, focused on a lonely scientist who toils away in a sperm bank.
The Banker is a 2004 live-action film which won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. It was written and directed by Hattie Dalton and starred Michael Sheen as a lovelorn scientist working in a sperm bank. As well as the BAFTA win, it was nominated for best short film at the 2005 Chicago International Film Festival, and placed 3rd in the TCM prize at the 2005 London Film Festival.
Trial is written and directed by The Brothers Lynch and produced by Ed Barratt of Hook Pictures.
It stars Tom Cullen, Ana Ularu and Joseph Mawle and has been selected to be featured on shortoftheweek.com
This is a teaser short for The Brothers' sci-fi thriller feature debut, Residual (Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist; Screencraft Sci-Fi Competition Finalist; The Tracking Board's Launch Pad Competition Quarter-Finalist).
Set against the urban backdrop of North London, Fry-Up is an intimate portrayal of what could be a families last day together.
STARRING SIAN CLIFFORD, ALFIE STEWART AND MARTIN ASKEW
Written and directed by Charlotte Regan.
Produced by Catsnake and X Film.
A young boy struggles to come to terms with the adult world around him as he strikes up an unlikely friendship with an injured dove.
Bird premiered at the BAFTA-qualifying Cork Film Festival in 2013, and is now a British Council Supported Short. The film features a striking debut performance from Isaac Dennison, and was shot and edited for less than the bar tab of the wrap party.
Writer | Producer | Director: Paul Harry Thomas
DOP | Editor: Chris Newcombe
Production Manager: Catherine Sanders
Sound Designer: Nick Olsouzidis
“Outside the Wire” by Rowan Athale (42) & Rob Yescombe (Curtis Brown Group)
Producers: 42/Automatik
Genre: Sci-fi
Summary: In the near future a drone operator is sent out into the field with a newly-developed android soldier as his commanding officer. As the soldier starts to suspect that the android has turned rogue, he is forced to think for himself and disobey orders for the first time in order to save himself and the world.
A local east end drug dealer has to take his son Danny to work with him for the day.
STARRING NEIL MASKELL AND SIAN CLIFFORD.
Written and directed by Charlotte Regan.
Produced by Stink Studios.
Commissioned by Film London as part of the 2015 London Calling programme, Girl Like You had it's world premiere at the 2016 London Short Film Festival.
Starring: Prabjot Kaur, Alannah Olivia
Director: Rajinder Kochar
Writers: Sharmila Chauhan & Rajinder Kochar
Producers: Terese Bröchner Christensen & Paul Harry Thomas
DOP: Keidrych Wasley
Editor: Jojo Erholtz
An ex-solider is befriended by a troubled girl as he tries to stay out of trouble and adjust to civilian life.
Directed by Doug Christian, produced by Mike Morrison, and starring John Kay Steel, Citizen 54 played at several international festivals, including the East End Film Festival, and picked up Best Action Short at Chain NYC.
Two estranged brothers come together to launch their dad's ashes into space.
Starring Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) and Dimitri Leonidas (The Monuments Men, Rosewater), the film was released in February 2016 and quickly racked up thousands of views and glowing reviews online, including daily pick on Film Shortage.
Director: Mark Buchanan
Producer: Paul Harry Thomas
DOP | Editor: Chris Newcombe
Production Designer: Jason Synnott
It is Passover. Nationalist conspirators are plotting the overthrow of the ruling elite. One of them is about to change the course of history.
Starring John Kay Steel
Directed by Paul Harry Thomas
Two people meet outside their office Christmas party while waiting for a taxi. Both are deciding whether or not to phone their ex-lovers.
This rom-com was written and directed by BAFTA-winner Keri Collins and shot by rising star DOP Vanessa Whyte on a long, cold December night shortly before Christmas.
Starring: Aysha Kala, Oliver Stark
Writer | Director: Keri Collins
Producers: Terese Bröchner Christensen & Paul Harry Thomas
DOP: Vanessa Whyte
Editor: Chris Newcombe
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