SYNOPSIS: On the week of Charlie’s 13th Birthday he makes a terrible discovery that brings him closer to his Father.

OFFICIAL SELECTION; BFI Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, Cambodia, New Vision Film Festival, Kiev, Krakow short film Festival, Poland. Sao Paulo Film Festival,Brazil. Landshut Kurzfilmfestival.

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This film is still available for festivals and screenings - if you're interested please get in contact.

CREW
Written, Directed: Geoffrey Taylor
Produced: Fiona Lamptey
Associate Producer: Sam George
Cinematography: Nick Cooke
Production Designer: Matt Sharp
Editor: Fiona DeSouza
Composer: Matt Kelly
Supervising Sound Editor: Stevie Haywood
Sound Designer: Raoul Brand
Original Music By: Vic Godard

CAST
Charlie Jamie F Glover
Dad David Doyle
Louise Ella Lane
Mum Nicola Harrison

Two ‘lovers on the run’ head into the middle of nowhere, armed only with strange trinkets and a silver boombox.

A short film by Mathy & Fran, starring Aneurin Barnard and Jessica Raine. Featuring music by Kurt Vile, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, High Places and Lucky Dragons.

Supported by Film London, UK Film Council and the British Council.

Full credits: imdb.com/title/tt1666634

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There are the living, the dead, and those who are lost at sea.

Two fugitive lovers Marina and Adrienne posing as fishermen find work on a trawler. Far out at sea, a ferocious storm picks up and tragedy occurs. In the grip of a merciless storm, and driven by superstition, the fishermen insist on a sacrifice to placate the sea's fury.

Funded by Film London, British Council, Creative England / BFI with support from Film4 and WFTV.

Selected Awards/Screenings
Winner Best Producer - Underwire Film Festival
Nominated Best Director - London Short Film Festival
Official Selection - Encounters International Film Festival
Official Selection - BFI Flare Festival
Official Selection - Hong Kong LGBT Film Festival
Official Selection The Shortest Nights
Official Selection - Seattle Shorts Film Festival
Showcase Screening - Toronto International Film Festival
Showcase Screening - Melbourne International Film Festival
Showcase Screening - Dinard International Film Festival

In 1919, a tea lady eavesdrops on a top-secret government meeting called to solve the latest, gravest problem facing the British Empire... A satirical comedy which wryly suggests that today’s obsession with female appearance was borne out of one official government meeting.

FESTIVALS
BFI London Film Festival, 2016
London Short Film Festival, 2017
British Shorts, Berlin, 2017
Love Your Shorts, Florida, 2017
On The Verge, London, 2017
London Comedy Film Festival (LOCO), 2017
Fine Cut, 2017
Cannes Lions 2017 - Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase.
Noosa International Film Festival, Australia, 2017
Paris Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival, 2017
Dinard British Film Festival, IN COMPETITION, 2017
Women Over 50 Film Festival, 2017
Kinsale Sharks, 2017 - WINNER Best New Director: International.
Underwire, London, 2017
This is England, France. 2017
Earls Court Film Festival, 2018 - FINALIST
Jacksonville Film Festival, Florida, 2018

CAST
Lesley Manville
Peter Wight
Karl Johnson
Alex Macqueen
Nicholas Burns
Leo Bill

A gang of inner city kids have discovered a dark new sport...

BAFTA nominated and multi-award winning short film written & directed by Tom Harper.