Event 15

Best of British Shorts

Presented by 3rd Festival of British Cinema

 – Parish Hall, Hay
Francine Stock introduces a programme of British short films curated by Aradhna Tayal.

The Lost Thing
Director: Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan
UK 2010. 15 minutes
The Oscar winning short animation from Passion Pictures, starring Tim Minchin.

Happy Ending
Director: Ken Loach
UK 2006
Part of the Chacun son Cinéma collection commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. Loach was one of thirty six acclaimed directors invited to express 'their state of mind of the moment as inspired by the motion picture theatre'.

My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117 (15)
Director: Chris Morris
UK 2002. 12 minutes
Morris’ BAFTA-winning directorial debut marked the launch of the multi-award winning Warp Films, who went on to produce features from Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine.

Home (15)
Director: Morag McKinnon
UK 1998. 11 minutes
This BAFTA-winning short was commissioned for the Channel 4 short film series Short & Curlies.

Doodlebug (U)
Director: Christopher Nolan
UK 1997. 3 minutes
Nolan made this short as a student with the University College London Film Society. He collaborated with actor Jeremy Theobald, who later starred in Nolan’s debut feature Following.
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Best of British Shorts