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BAFTA SHORTS,

The BAFTA SHORTS 2014 release schedule announced kicking off in London 28 February - FILM FESTIVAL

We are only 9 days away from the greatest film awards show on earth - I am of course referring to the 2014 EE BAFTAs. And with the EE British Academy Film Awards comes the British Short Film & British Short Animation award nominations followed by the BAFTA Shorts 2014 nationwide tour programme.

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After seeing last years collection of brilliant shorts I highly recommend that you try catch one of the big screen viewings of these highly imaginative and inventive tales. Some of these people will go on to be the stars of tomorrow and this is a great opportunity to enjoy the labour of love of creatives in full flow.

 The feature-length selection of short live action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) will be in cinemas around the UK from 28 February 2014 starting in London at the ICA.

Following a successful first-ever theatrical release of nominated shorts in 2013, BAFTA is partnering for a second year with specialist distributor the Independent Cinema Office (ICO), who will handle all UK theatrical bookings, and the British Council, who will tour the nominated films internationally through their network of offices in 110 countries.

The UK-wide rollout of BAFTA Shorts 2014 begins with a special screening at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London on Friday 28 February, attended by the nominated filmmakers.

The 124 minute show will be made up of the following shorts:

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Thomas Brodie-Sangster in Orbit Ever After ZOOM

ORBIT EVER AFTER
 Life in space isn’t easy. And living in orbit, indefinitely, with only your close family for company is even worse. A science fiction romance where two star - crossed lovers overcome all probabilities and sacrifice all they have in order to spend one perfect moment together.


Dir: Jamie Stone | UK | 2013 | 20 mins
Cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Mackenzie Crook, Bronagh Gallagher, Bob Goody

Director Jamie Stone on
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3833743/?ref_=fn_al_nm_4
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user3150081 

More about Orbit Ever After on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrbitEverAfter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrbitEverAfter
Tumblr: http://orbiteverafterfilm.tumblr.com/

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Sarah Woolner in Sleeping with the Fishes ZOOM

SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES
Sonja lives a lonely life as a fishmonger, more at ease with her fish than her customers, until one day a delivery man turns up who looks like a rainbow trout.


Dir: Yousif Al-Khalifa | UK | 2013 | 9 mins

Director Yousif Al-Khalifa on
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4502701/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user14214398

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Nat Luurtsema in Island Queen ZOOM

ISLAND QUEEN
Mim has lived her whole life on a little island with her best mate Danny. Her life is idyllic but going nowhere and she fears she’s left it too late to grow up. She makes the impetuous decision to have a baby – surely a one-way ticket to adulthood? Not in Mim’s case, as she finds herself embroiled in a deeply unpleasant situation that no one could have foreseen.


Dir: Ben Mallaby | UK | 2012 | 16 mins

Director Ben Mallaby on
his website: http://benmallaby.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mallaby
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4264418/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/mallaby

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Eloise Smyth in Sea View ZOOM

SEA VIEW
Jess and Jason meet at the bus station in a seaside town, seeing each other in daylight for the first time. What at first seemed exciting, forbidden, and divinely careless, soon threatens to be a regretful experience for both. This is not how things were meant to be...


Dir: Jane Linfoot | UK | 2013 | 24 mins
Cast: Eloise Smyth, Ciaran Griffths

Director Jane Linfoot on
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2121557/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

More about Sea View: http://www.sigmafilms.com/films/sea-view-short/

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Everything I Can See From Here Sam Taylor Bjorn-Erik Aschim ZOOM

EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HERE
In a desolate part of England a game of football comes to a standstill as the ball mysteriously goes missing. When a lonely stranger returns it the players have to decide whether or not to let him join in their game.

Dir: Sam Taylor, Bjorn-Erik Aschim | UK | 2013 | 7 mins

Directors Sam Taylor | Bjorn-Erik Aschim on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/samtaylor_anima | https://twitter.com/bjornerix
IMDB: Sam Taylor | Bjorn-Erik Aschim
Vimeo: Sam Taylor | Bjorn-Erik Aschim
Tumblr: http://samtayloranimation.tumblr.com | http://bjornsblog.com
Blog: http://samtayloranimation.blogspot.com/ | http://bjornsportfolio.com/
London based animation collective The Line -  http://www.thelineanimation.com/

More about Everything I Can See From Here: http://www.thelineanimation.com/work/#/eicsfh/

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Maxine Peake, Geoff Bell, Adeel Akhtar in Keeping Up With The Jonses ZOOM

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONSES
The impeccable wife of an MP confronts the imprisoned reality of her life after being taken hostage by two of her husband’s ‘business associates’.

Dir: Michael Pearce | UK | 2013 | 28 mins
Cast: Maxine Peake, Geoff Bell, Adeel Akhtar

Director Michael Pearce on
line: http://www.michael-pearce.com/
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3705960/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/michaelpearce

More about Keeping Up With The Jonses: http://www.michael-pearce.com/keepingupwiththejoneses.html

BAFTA SHORTS 2014 Moody Mackenzie Crook in I Am Tom Moody ZOOM

I AM TOM MOODY
A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing. I Am Tom Moody is a film about the creative struggle, it is about self-doubt, and striving to overcome our past.


Dir: Ainslie Henderson | UK | 2012 | 7 mins
Cast: Mackenzie Crook

Director Ainslie Henderson on
Tumblr: http://ainslieanimation.tumblr.com/
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1327113/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/ainslie
http://monkeyloveexperiments.tumblr.com/

ROOM 8
A prisoner makes a fantastical discovery when thrown into a cell with a terse and unsettling inmate; but in an audacious endeavour to escape his captors, he unearths a malevolent trick and the secrets of the cell are fully revealed.


Dir: James W. Griffiths | UK / Poland | 2013 | 7 mins

Director James W. Griffiths on
line: http://www.jwgriffiths.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesWGriffiths
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3973501/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/jameswgriffiths

More about Room 8: http://www.independ.net/directors/james-griffiths/


The Establishing Shot: THE BAFTA SHORTS 2014 RELEASE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED KICKING OFF IN LONDON 28 FEBRUARY - FILM FESTIVAL