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BAFTA SHORTS,

The BAFTA SHORTS 2013 in cinemas nationwide from today 12 April 2013 - Review

In cinemas nationwide from today is the BAFTA SHORTS 2013 selection. A feature-length (105 minutes) compilation of 7 short live action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards that will be touring the UK and showing at select cinemas.

After watching the 105 minute compilation I can highly recommend that you try get into a screening of the BAFTA SHORTS 2013 showcase as it is a chance to see stunning early work from filmmakers that will surely be the stars of tomorrow, given the high quality of the these 7 shorts.

BAFTA 2013 Shorts Poster (Click to enlarge)

It is easy to see why each of the shorts selected -

Here To Fall by Kris Kelly and Evelyn McGrath,
The Curse by Fyzal Boulifa and Gavin Humphries,
Tumult by Jonnie Barrington and Rhianna Andrews,
I’m Fine, Thanks by Eamonn O’Neill ,
The Making Of Longbird by Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson,
Good Night by Muriel d'Ansembourg and Eva Sigurdardottir
Swimmer by Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton and Diarmid Scrimshaw

Were chosen, as every one of them is incredibly imaginative in addressing a broad range of themes and issues across the spectrum of human interest, as well as represents a quality of work worthy of BAFTA recognition - belying the often ignored short film format and the relative newcomer status of some of these talented filmmakers.



I was hoping to review each short and get a bit up about each of them, but too be honest they are so varied and address so many different ideas - to try put my take on each of them would do a disservice to some of them. It would be hard to pick a favourite from the 7 shorts as each is engaging and brings its own special cinema magic to the screen that will either captivate, shock, sweep you away, amuse & entertain or have you on the edge of your seat.

Some of the standouts for me were: Muriel d'Ansembourg and Eva Sigurdardottir's eye opening Good Night which flirted with a palpable sense of dread and grittiness, Jonnie Barrington and Rhianna Andrews's darkly comic fantasy Tumult, Eamonn O'Neill's conceptually mind blowing I’m Fine, Thanks, Will Anderson's absolutely superb The Making Of Longbird, Fyzal Boulifa's sad The Curse and Film Director Lynne Ramsay's astoundingly beautiful and poetic The Swimmer.

But really there is something for everyone whether you prefer technical proficiency or to be immersed in an engaging narrative.

The BAFTA SHORTS 2013 will be showing in cinemas across the UK from today Friday 12 April. For full  screening dates and venues head to: http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/short-film-short-animation,2338,BA.html

BAFTA and Independent Cinema Office present the BAFTA SHORTS 2013. A feature-length selection of short live action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards

2013 BAFTA Shorts Kris Kelly's Here to Fall (Click to enlarge)

HERE TO FALL 
Dir: Kris Kelly | Ireland | UK | 2012 | 6mins
When a girl receives a call from her father she is set on a frantic journey through a chaotic world.

Kris Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeretoFall
More about Here To Fall here: http://guru.bafta.org/blog/short-stuff-here-fall-1 oe here: http://www.heretofall.com/

2013 BAFTA Shorts Fyzal Boulifa's The Curse (Click to enlarge)

THE CURSE 
Dir: Fyzal Boulifa | UK | Morocco | 2012 | 16mins
Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a small boy, all she wants to do is go home.

Fyzal Boulifa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ffyzal
More about The Curse here: http://guru.bafta.org/blog/short-stuff-curse-1

2013 BAFTA Shorts Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Chief in Johnny Barrington's Tumult (Click to enlarge)

TUMULT 
Dir: Johnny Barrington | UK | 2011 | 13mins
A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. He is about to hand over power to his son when an army of a completely different kind descends upon them.


Johnny Barrington on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/johnnybarrington

2013 BAFTA Shorts Eamonn O'Neill's I'm Fine Thanks (Click to enlarge)

I’M FINE THANKS 
Dir: Eamonn O'Neill | Ireland | UK | 2012 | 5mins
I’m fine thanks. How are you? The story of a young man struggling with the inadequacies of his day to day life.

Eamonn O'Neill on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eamonn_o_neill
More about I’m fine thanks here : http://guru.bafta.org/blog/short-stuff-im-fine-thanks-1 or here: http://www.eamonnoneill.ie/I-M-FINE-THANKS

2013 BAFTA Shorts Will Anderson's The Making of Longbird (Click to enlarge)

THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD (BAFTA Award Winner) 
Dir: Will Anderson | UK | 2011 | 15mins
Inspired by animation pioneer Vladislav Aleksandrovich Feltov's 1911 Russian classic Long Bird, a budding animator attempts to make its mysteriously long character relevant in the modern world. The film is an amalgamation of 'fact' and 'fiction' between animator and animation.

More about The Making Of Longbird here: http://guru.bafta.org/blog/short-stuff-making-longbird-1

Will Anderson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willanderson_
More about I’m fine thanks here : http://guru.bafta.org/blog/short-stuff-im-fine-thanks-1 or here: http://www.whiterobot.co.uk/

2013 BAFTA Shorts Muriel d'Ansembourg's Good Night (Click to enlarge)

GOOD NIGHT
Dir: Muriel d'Ansembourg |UK | 2012 | 28mins
Rachel and Chloe are done with being naive 14-year-olds. They head into town on a secret night out, dressed way beyond their years and oozing a sexuality they barely own. The boundaries between innocent play and dangerous seduction start to blur.


Muriel d'Ansembourg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/M_dAnsembourg
More about Good Night here: http://guru.bafta.org/blog/short-stuff-good-night-1 or here: http://goodnightshortfilm.com/

2013 BAFTA Shorts  Lynne Ramsay's The Swimmer (Click to enlarge)

SWIMMER (BAFTA Award Winner)
Dir: Lynne Ramsay | UK | 2012 | 16mins
The film enters the mind of an endurance swimmer on a journey through Britain's waterways, using sound and images to penetrate his thoughts, feelings, dreams, nightmares, memories, escape.


BAFTA’s Short Film and Short Animation categories celebrate and reward innovative and accomplished short fiction films and animations.

For blogs from the nominated filmmakers as well as a range of tools for emerging filmmakers, go to BAFTA’s online channel, BAFTA Guru, at guru.bafta.org/shorts.


The BAFTA SHORTS 2013 in cinemas nationwide from 12th APRIL 2013 - ICA Cinema, London and nationwide

For up to date info, screening locations & dates head over to:
http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/short-film-short-animation,2338,BA.html

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The current schedule for the BAFTA SHORTS 2013 is:

Birmingham
mac
Wed 1 - Thu 2 May 2013

Bradford
National Media Museum
Mon 22 April 2013
Sun 28 April 2013
Thu 2 May 2013

Bristol
Watershed
Sun 21 April 2013

Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton Theatre
Wed 22 May 2013

Dundee
Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema
Thu 25 April 2013

Edinburgh
Filmhouse
Tue 7 May - Thu 9 May 2013

Farnham
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square
Tue 7 May 2013

Glasgow
Glasgow Film Theatre
Sun 21 April 2013

Inverness
Eden Court Theatre
Sat 18 - Sun 19 May 2013

Leicester
Phoenix Square
Thu 2 May 2013

London
Riverside Studios
Thu 2 May 2013

ICA
Fri 12 - Thu 18 April 2013

Greenwich Picturehouse
Sun 21 April 2013

Sydenham Film Club
Thu 4 July 2013

Maidenhead
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Sun 16 June 2013

Manchester
Fuse Film Festival Manchester
Sun 12 May 2013

Milton Keynes
Independent Cinema MK
Fri 19 April 2013

Norwich
Cinema City
Sun 28 April 2013

Nottingham
Broadway Cinema & Media Centre
Fri 19 - Thu 25 April 2013

Oxford
Ultimate Picture Palace
Sat 25 May 2013
Tue 28 May 2013

Stockton on Tees
ARC
Mon 13 May 2013

Tunbridge Wells
Trinity Theatre & Art Centre
Wed 12 June 2013
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