UK Shorts
plus directors Q&A
BFI Studio, March 7, 4.15pm & ICA Cinema 1, March 8, 8.30pm
Stirring drama, delightful documentary and painterly animation in this celebration of some of the UK’s hottest new filmmaking talent.
Get your tickets for the BFI screening here
Get your tickets for the ICA screening here
The Park
Dir. Destiny Ekaragha, UK 2009, 16 min
Three teenage boys are living with secrets they do not dare to share with each other. As the sun sets they leave the park and their true stories unfold.
Tad's Nest
Dir. Petra Freeman, UK 2009, 4 min 48
A dreamlike animation with a central metaphor of the Tad’s Nest –the place where eels mature and are sent on their journey back home using only memories of sensations to guide them.
Home Time
Dir. Natalie Brady, UK 2008, 5 min
At the end of a school day, one young girl doesn't want to go home. She imagines an identical self to accompany and comfort her.
Kirran and the Hatchmaker
Dir. Amy Rose, UK 2008, 19 min
Kirran, 13, chicken breeder extraordinaire, nurtures a new brood on his small farm in Wales and dreams of his future.
When the Rain Comes
Dir. Jade Bell, UK 2009, 14 min
Anna (Dervla Kirwan) suspects her once-unfaithful husband is having another affair and takes their 11 year old daughter Sam (Holly Gibbs) out one night to discover the truth.
