Here are eight short films which are nominated for a BAFTA. Three of those have been shown at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival 2014, and one of them we saw was The Karman Line starring a BAFTA winner Olivia Colman.
Boogaloo and Graham - avaliable on BBC iPlayer for a limited time
A BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated comedy 'set in 1970s Belfast, finds Jamesy and Malachy over the moon when their soft-hearted Dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for. But the boys are in for a shock when their parents announce that big changes are coming to the family'. Directed by a short filmmaker, Michael Lennox, who had done cinematography on Channel 4's documentary Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser (2013).
The Bigger Picture
The National Film and Television School MA Graduation Film **THIRD PRIZE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2014** **WINNER ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL GRADUATION CRISTAL 2014** **WINNER MANCHESTER KINOFILM BEST ANIMATION 2014** **WINNER EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 'MOST INNOVATION' 2014** **WINNER GRAND PRIX ANIBAR STUDENT COMPETITION** **WINNER HIROSHIMA GRAND PRIX 2014** **WINNER BEST FILM FANTOCHE 2014** **WINNER MESSAGE TO MAN BEST ANIMATION** **WINNER DOK LEIPZIG SILVER DOVE** **WINNER BRADFORD ANIMATION FESTIVAL BEST STUDENT FILM**
'You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!' hisses one brother to the other. But Mother won't go, and their own lives unravel as she clings on. Innovative life-size animated characters tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent in Daisy Jacobs' BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated short'. This film was shown in a showcase of short films 'produced by film, television and animation students around the [UK]', presented by The National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image (NAHEMI), at Encounters 2014. So, Jacobs 'studied Illustration and Character Animation at Central St Martin’s, and has just graduated from an MA in Animation Direction at the National Film and Television School'.
Emotional Fusebox
NOMINATED - 2014 British Independent Film Awards, Best British Short OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2014 BFI London Film Festival Anna (Jodie Whittaker) lives a hermit’s life in her Mum’s garden shed. She wants to stay there but her Mum has other plans. A pilot for the feature film HOW TO LIVE YOURS, which is currently in production. Commissioned by Creative England and the BFI. Writer director - Rachel Tunnard (BAFTA Brit to Watch) - www.racheltunnard.com - http://unitedagents.co.uk/rachel-tunnard Producer - Michael Berliner (Screen International Star of Tomorrow) - www.picopictures.co.uk ANNA - Jodie Whittaker MARION - Lorraine Ashbourne JEAN - Marcia Warren FIONA - Rachael Deering ADAM - Edward Hogg
This is Rachel Tunnard's directorial debut film about 'Anna lives in her Mum's garden shed making videos with her thumbs. Her Mum wants her to come out but Anna doesn't want to'. She worked as an editor on short and feature-length films including her own film, Shell (2012) and Little Ashes (2008).
The Karman Line
Trailer for the BIFA-winning, BAFTA-nominated short film "The Kármán Line", starring Olivia Colman and Shaun Dooley. Directed by Virgin Media shorts winner Oscar Sharp. Releasing on We Are Colony on Monday 9th February 2015. https://www.wearecolony.com/the-karman-line/
A heart-felt dramedy, directed by Oscar Sharp, about a mother (Olivia Colman) who began to have 'a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increasing rate, her husband and daughter are forced to come to terms with losing her'. This is Sharp's fourth short film and we can see the film as an allegory of dealing with cancer or other termnial illness. I was amazed of the CGI birds flying around Colman with a beautiful landscape of London, and there are some behind-of-scenes avaliable in public.
Monkey Love Experiments
Inspired by love, a misguided monkey believes he is destined for the moon. Written & Directed by Ainslie Henderson & Will Anderson AWARDS Nominee – EE BAFTA Film Awards 2015 – British Short Animation Animation Award - British Academy Scotland Awards (BAFTA Scotland) Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to a Short Film – EIFF 2014 SCREENINGS 06 2014 // Edinburgh Int. Film Festival (World Premiere) 08 2014 // Anima Mundi (International Premiere) 08 2014 // LA Shorts fest (American Premiere) 09 2014 // Ottawa International Animation Festival 09 2014 // Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival 09 2014 // La Costa Film Festival, LA 09 2014 // Animage, Brazil 10 2014 // Warsaw Film Festival (European Premiere) 10 2014 // Chicago International Film Festival 10 2014 // DOK Leipzig 10 2014 // Inverness Film Festival 10 2014 // New British Film Festival, Russia ?? 2014 // Made in Busan Festival, Korea 11 2014 // Animated Dreams, Estonia 11 2014 // Sommets du cinema d’animation, Montreal 12 2014 // Cromarty Film Festival 12 2014 // Animateka 01 2015 // London Short Film Festival 01 2015 // Berlin “British Shorts” Film Festival
Taking the inspiration of love for an animated film about 'a misguided monkey believes he is destined for the moon'. This film, shown at the Encounters 2014, directed, co-written and animated by Ainslie Henderson, collaborating with Will Anderson (director and co-writer). Henderson made his first award-winnning film I am Tom Moody which was shown at the Encounters 2012 where it won the Best of British Animated Short award. Anderson did animation, directing, editing and writing on some animated shorts including his award-winning film, The Making of Longbird. Henderson and Anderson made all of the animation in a documentary film A Great Hip-Hop Hoax (2013).
My Dad
My graduation film from the Royal College of Art Inherited opinions. Inherited isolation. A short film depicting a Dad's influence on a young boy's life. His judgmental character mixed with the boys fondness for his dad prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a world of opportunity and experiences. For more info and news about the film go to: http://www.marcusanimation.co.uk/My-Dad Directed/written/animated by Marcus Armitage Animation by Jonathan Long, Diana Gradinaru and Noriko Ishibe Voice by Divian Ladwa http://www.divianladwa.co.uk/ Sound Design Laura Jane Stacey Sound Mix by Mike Wyled ©Royal College of Art 2014 Supported by the Nat Cohen Scholarship
This animated film marks Marcus Armitage's graduation at the Royal College of Art. He directed, written and animated his second film about 'a dad's influence on a young boy's life. His judgmental character mixed with the boy's fondness for his dad prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a world of opportunity and experiences'.
Slap
National Film and Television School Nominated - "Best Short Film" EE BAFTA Film Awards 2015 Nominated - "Best British Short" British Independent Film Awards 2014 Winner- "Best Narrative Short Film" Cinequest Film festival 2015 Winner - "Best Short Film" Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 Official Selection - AFI Fest 2014 Official Selection - Palm Springs ShortsFest 2014 Official Selection - Sleepwalker Film Festival 2014 Official Selection - London Short Film Festival 2015 Official Selection - Prague Short Film Festival 2015 Official Selection - Cinequest Film Festival 2015 Joe Cole/ Elliott Tittensor/ Skye Lourie/ Stephen Bent/ Adam Craigmile https://twitter.com/SlapThefilm https://www.facebook.com/slapfilm http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3654278/
Nick Rowland's second short film 'about the struggles of a young boxer named Connor who secretly likes to cross-dress. Taking place in the English wastelands left by the economic downturn, Slap is an exploration of teenage masculinity in the modern age'.
Three Brothers
This film, directed and written by Aleem Khan, is about 'Hamid struggles to care for his younger brothers when their father abandons them for Pakistan. A story inspired by true events'. After the graduation, he worked for the advertising agency, Evidently before he going freelance in 2011. He currently works as a freelance director for Evidently and other companies including Agile Films and Loki.
A clip from the BAFTA nominated short, Three Brothers, Directed by Aleem Khan, produced by Matthieu de Braconier and Stephanie Paeplow. © The Bureau
A clip from the BAFTA nominated short, Three Brothers, Directed by Aleem Khan, produced by Matthieu de Braconier and Stephanie Paeplow. © The Bureau
The quoted information were from Independent Cinema Office and Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival.