British of Shorts 1, Fri 26th Feb

Fri 26th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation  8.30pm     Tickets now available here.

BEST OF BRITISH SHORTS 1 (15)

There are intimations of mortality, fumbling attempts at romance, racial tensions, and urban alienation in the first of our British selections.

No Strings

Dir / Wri: Eion Maher, Prod: Liam Creighton

UK (2015), 23 min, Cert 15

Recently moved to London. Bryn is finding it difficult to cope with his new surroundings. Seeking a distraction he invites Sean, an intrusive extrovert over for no strings sex…

Since We Last

Dir / Prod: Ben Grady, Wri: Josh Pappenheim

UK (2015), 12 min 11 sec, Cert 15

Harry must put her life (and her bike) back together after the loss of her partner.

Winged Warriors

Dir/ Wri/ Prod: Evy Barry

UK (2015), 12min 18, Cert 12

A story of war, fear, courage and leadership from the First World War front line when the survival of the last of a platoon of soldiers who reach the enemy trenches depends on their messenger pigeons.

Love Me Tinder

Dir: Sami Abusamra Prod: Prudence Beecroft, Tom Lorcan, Neil Gordon, Wri: Alistair Donegan

UK (2014) 11 min, Cert 15

A dark comedy that explores how technology can reduce us to our basest form, as two strangers connect on a lonely evening…

Patriot                         NORTH WEST Premiere

Dir / Wri: Eva Riley, Prod: Michelangelo Fano

UK (2015), 14 min 53 sec, Cert 12

Against the backdrop of simmering racial tensions within a rural English community, the life of eleven year old Hannah changes forever when she meets a boy from a forbidden part of town.

S T U T T E R R E R

Dir / Wri: Benjamin Cleary, Prod: Serena Armitage & Shan Christopher Ogilvie

UK (2015), 12 min 54 sec, Cert 15

An online relationship helps a lonely typographer mask his acute speech impediment…

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