NORTH
2014 |22 min | DCP | 1:2.35 | Colour | Dolby 5.1
Director Phil Sheerin
Isolated on a farm and fighting against his family’s decision, Aaron struggles to be heard as he watches his mother willingly die.
AWARDS:
Best Student Film - UK Film Festival
Best UK Short Film - Raindance
Best Short Drama - The Galway Film Fleadh
NOMINATIONS:
Student Academy Award in Foreign Category
RTS Best Post-Graduate Drama
RTS Craft Award for Editing
Best Post-Graduate Student Production - BUFVC
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
UK Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Cork Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Cambridge Film Festival
The Galway Film Fleadh
Camerimage
Dinard Film Festival
Colchester Film Festiva
SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
BAFTA New Talent Showcase
‘The film does not fall into clichés and it does not use its dramatic potential to compensate for characterization nor style, it develops a voice of its own told through a delicate beauty and the aesthetic of love.´
– Review at http://www.film-news.co.uk
JAMIE
Fiction | 2016 | 10 min | DCP | 1:2.35 | Colour | Dolby 5.1
Director Christopher Manning
Jamie is clumsily looking for his first relationship. One Sunday, he meets Ben and the two spend the afternoon together.
BFI & BRITISH COUNCIL: #FiveFilms4Freedom
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
London Short Film Festival
TWIST Seattle Queer Film Festival
Queer Sicilia International New Visions Festival
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
USN|expo Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival
WEBSITE: www.jamieshortfilm.com
CONTACT: manningfilm@gmail.com
DEPENDENT
2017 | 18 min | DCP | 1:2.35 | Colour | Dolby 5.1
Director Phil Sheerin
Troubled teenager Josh escapes from his Care Home to go home and protect his mother from her ex, only to find out the situation isn't quite as it seems.
The film was commissioned by
Creative England & BFI.
Festivals:
Galway Film Fleadh
Special Mention - London Short Film Festival (LSFF)
Special Mention - Clermont-Ferrand (ISFF)
Best Fiction - Festival International du Film D'Aubagne
GIRL LIKE YOU
Fiction - 12 min - DCP 2:35:1 - Dolby 5.1
Director Rajinder Kochar
Writers Sharmila Chauhan & Rajinder Kochar
Producers Paul Harry Thomas and Terese Bröchner Christensen / xFilms
Girl Like You is a story about teenage friendship, betrayal and how a young woman on the cusp
of sexual exploration learns she must live
and love on her own terms.
The film was commissioned by Film London.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
London Short Film Festival
THE TAXIDERMIST
2011 | 14 min | HD 16:9 | Color | Stereo
Writer & Director Charlotte Carden
A young Taxidermist enjoys the same routines everyday with his beloved Father. When unforeseen circumstances befall him one morning he needs to make an important decision about life.
AWARDS:
Celtic Media Award for Best Short
Creative Loop Best Fiction Award
Runner Up – Royal Television Society Awards
BAFTA New Talent Award for Best Editor
NOMINATIONS:
BAFTA New Talent Award Nomination for Best Short
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
International Student Film Festival Beijing
SCORPION
Fiction - 20 min - 1:2.35 - Dolby 5.1
Director Phil Sheerin
A portrait of a soldier with survivor’s guilt;
unable to adapt he destroys everything he loves.
Cast: Jonathan Harden (Connor), Bronagh Taggart (Eva), Graham O’Mara (Corr),
Ryan Early (Rob), Abigail Andjel (Lydia),
Ryan Fletcher (Danny), Sarah Ford (Abby),
Henry Beatty (Adam), Al Holland (Tim Bandy).
FLOTSAM
Fiction - 20 min - 1:23.5 - Dolby 5.1
Director Gillian Roger Park
A dark comedy following two estranged half sisters on a disastrous hill walk in the highlands to scatter their Father's ashes. Nominated at BAFTA Scotland New Talent 2015 for Best Writing and winner of Underwire Festival Best Writer Award 2015. Made with the support of IdeasTap.
NOMINATIONS:
BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award 2015 for Best Writer
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Underwire Film Festival