As an appetiser ahead of the 2023 film festival, we are offering the chance to sample a range of Award winning short films from our 2020 programme.
We hope you enjoy the films and will then be tempted to browse our 2023 catalogue to see the latest films and talent from across the UK and around the world.
The Pink and the Green
2.3x2.6x3.2
In the Hut of Mr van den Brink
Panic Attack!
The Clock Strikes One
Bus Stop
Color Work
The German King
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TITLE: The Pink or the Green
DIRECTOR: Julien Chavaillaz
COUNTRY: Switzerland
RUN TIME: 14m54s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Sound Design
Baptiste, a lonely outsider, is in love with Mina, the girl from the sex hotline. One day, Baptiste gathers his courage and succeeds in convincing the young woman to accept a rendez-vous at a café in town...
TITLE: 2.3 x 2.6 x 3.2
DIRECTOR: Jiaqi Wang
COUNTRY: China
RUN TIME: 3m47s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Short Documentary
Kareau is a wooden figure from the Nicobar Islands. It was set up, put outside a sick person’s house to scare and drive away from the bad spirits thought to be causing the disease.
TITLE: In the Hut of Mr Van den Brink
DIRECTOR: Björn Renner
COUNTRY: Germany
RUN TIME: 15m
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Screenplay; Best Hair & Makeup Design; Best Actor; Best Director
In this modern fairy tale the two small-time crooks Heiko and Marcello end up in the hut of Mr. van den Brink. Having fled the police they hide in a garden house but then wake up with their hands and feet bound. From now on the owner of their hiding place, Mr. van den Brink, is calling the shots.
TITLE: Panic Attack!
DIRECTOR: Eileen O’Meara
COUNTRY:USA
RUN TIME: 3m
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Micro-Short
Do you ever wonder "did I leave the coffee on?" or "am I pregnant with a devil-baby?” This hand-drawn animation explores anxiety, obsession, and one woman’s slippery hold on reality.
TITLE: The Clock Strikes One
DIRECTOR: Fabian Gruber
COUNTRY: Germany
RUN TIME: 13m39s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Editing; Best Cinematography; Best Short Film of the Festival
1954, End of the First Indo-China War - based on a play by Carl Zuckmayer, the film "The clock strikes one" tells the story of a father who is allowed to pay a last visit to his death-condemned son in his cell at a detention center in France.
TITLE: Bus Stop
DIRECTOR: Vanessa Bailey
COUNTRY: UK
RUN TIME: 9m27s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best British Short Film
Two very different people find themselves waiting together at a bus stop, late at night. Reluctantly forced into conversation by circumstance Rachel and Liam embark on a journey neither of them could have foreseen.
TITLE: Color Work
DIRECTOR: Marina Nasekina & Andrey Klementyev
COUNTRY: Russia
RUN TIME: 6m1s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Filmmaker Aged Under 22
A young couple enjoying each other on a regular evening. Suddenly, a car pulls up to their house. Sharp tramp of heavy shoes promises trouble. Four gangsters appear, carry the apartment and kill the hero with a wrench. Will these events break a girl who has lost love or make her stronger? The main question that arises at the end of the picture.
TITLE: The German King
DIRECTOR: Adetokumboh M’Cormack
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 20m
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Production Design
Set in 1914 at the start of World War I, The German King is the unbelievable true story of King Rudolf Douala Manga Bell; a German raised African prince who becomes king after his father’s death. Upon returning home to Cameroon, he sees his people subjugated and enslaved under Kaiser Wilhelmʼs II oppressive colonial rule. He realizes the only way to put an end to his peopleʼs suffering, is to lead a rebellion against the man he once considered his brother.
As an appetiser ahead of the 2023 film festival, we are offering the chance to sample a range of Award winning short films from our 2020 programme.
We hope you enjoy the films and will then be tempted to browse our 2023 catalogue to see the latest films and talent from across the UK and around the world.
The Pink and the Green
2.3x2.6x3.2
In the Hut of Mr van den Brink
Panic Attack!
The Clock Strikes One
Bus Stop
Color Work
The German King
_______________________________
TITLE: The Pink or the Green
DIRECTOR: Julien Chavaillaz
COUNTRY: Switzerland
RUN TIME: 14m54s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Sound Design
Baptiste, a lonely outsider, is in love with Mina, the girl from the sex hotline. One day, Baptiste gathers his courage and succeeds in convincing the young woman to accept a rendez-vous at a café in town...
TITLE: 2.3 x 2.6 x 3.2
DIRECTOR: Jiaqi Wang
COUNTRY: China
RUN TIME: 3m47s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Short Documentary
Kareau is a wooden figure from the Nicobar Islands. It was set up, put outside a sick person’s house to scare and drive away from the bad spirits thought to be causing the disease.
TITLE: In the Hut of Mr Van den Brink
DIRECTOR: Björn Renner
COUNTRY: Germany
RUN TIME: 15m
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Screenplay; Best Hair & Makeup Design; Best Actor; Best Director
In this modern fairy tale the two small-time crooks Heiko and Marcello end up in the hut of Mr. van den Brink. Having fled the police they hide in a garden house but then wake up with their hands and feet bound. From now on the owner of their hiding place, Mr. van den Brink, is calling the shots.
TITLE: Panic Attack!
DIRECTOR: Eileen O’Meara
COUNTRY:USA
RUN TIME: 3m
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Micro-Short
Do you ever wonder "did I leave the coffee on?" or "am I pregnant with a devil-baby?” This hand-drawn animation explores anxiety, obsession, and one woman’s slippery hold on reality.
TITLE: The Clock Strikes One
DIRECTOR: Fabian Gruber
COUNTRY: Germany
RUN TIME: 13m39s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Editing; Best Cinematography; Best Short Film of the Festival
1954, End of the First Indo-China War - based on a play by Carl Zuckmayer, the film "The clock strikes one" tells the story of a father who is allowed to pay a last visit to his death-condemned son in his cell at a detention center in France.
TITLE: Bus Stop
DIRECTOR: Vanessa Bailey
COUNTRY: UK
RUN TIME: 9m27s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best British Short Film
Two very different people find themselves waiting together at a bus stop, late at night. Reluctantly forced into conversation by circumstance Rachel and Liam embark on a journey neither of them could have foreseen.
TITLE: Color Work
DIRECTOR: Marina Nasekina & Andrey Klementyev
COUNTRY: Russia
RUN TIME: 6m1s
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Filmmaker Aged Under 22
A young couple enjoying each other on a regular evening. Suddenly, a car pulls up to their house. Sharp tramp of heavy shoes promises trouble. Four gangsters appear, carry the apartment and kill the hero with a wrench. Will these events break a girl who has lost love or make her stronger? The main question that arises at the end of the picture.
TITLE: The German King
DIRECTOR: Adetokumboh M’Cormack
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 20m
AWARDS IN 2020: Best Production Design
Set in 1914 at the start of World War I, The German King is the unbelievable true story of King Rudolf Douala Manga Bell; a German raised African prince who becomes king after his father’s death. Upon returning home to Cameroon, he sees his people subjugated and enslaved under Kaiser Wilhelmʼs II oppressive colonial rule. He realizes the only way to put an end to his peopleʼs suffering, is to lead a rebellion against the man he once considered his brother.