PARALLEL SECTION
ORIGINAL VERSION SUBTITLED IN SPANISH. BAFTA SHORTS 2018
WITHOUT BORDERS
Friday Oct. 5th 20:00h.
Assembly hall, Culture Centre. PONFERRADA.
The BRITISH COUNCIL, as a cultural partner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), once again presents the BAFTA SHORT FILM 2018, a program dedicated to the promotion of the best British short films. The UK has a long tradition in the production of short films and both the British Council and BAFTA are aware of the importance of seeking new audiences to support the diversity and talent of British filmmakers.
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Dirección/Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Producción/Production: Final Cut for Real and Nakba Filmworks
Intérpretes/Cast:
15’ (United Kingdom)
“Alone and far from home, The Kid wanders through a strange city looking for how to survive that day. Surrounded by predators, he is forced to make a series of concessions in order to survive, so his life in exile goes on for another day.”
Dirección/Director: Paloma Baeza
Producción/Production: National Film and Television School
Intérpretes/Cast:
12’ (United Kingdom)
“In a bleak Arctic landscape a lonely and hungry polar bear has to decide whether a naive Canadian brown bear will become her food or her friend.”
Dirección/Director: Aneil Karia.
Producción/Production: SGO Productions
Intérpretes/Cast: Jasmine Breinburg, Taurean Steele, Carl Prekopp, Matthew Jure, Yvonne D'Alpra, Caius Duncombe, Renaee-Mya Warden, Kieron Jecchinis, Jamie Alderson, Sue Chrispin, Coral Amiga, Kirsty Curry, Nick Waters, Imogen Daines, Katie Akerman, Woodrow Hughes and Cedar Johnson.
12’ (United Kingdom)
“Jess is eighteen years old and lives in London weighing her responsibilities as a daughter with her career ambitions in dance. Until during a trip to work he faces the cold and unfair reality. Your perspective on the world then begins to change.”
Dirección/Director: Colin O’Toole
Producción/Production: Third Rail Films
Intérpretes/Cast: Sam Spruell, Steve Evets, Christine Bottomley, Dylan Naden and Matt Raikes.
25’ (United Kingdom)
“It tells the meeting of a vagabond, with a hustler and a con man in the suburbs of Manchester.”
Dirección/Director: Will Anderson
Producción/Production: Will Anderson
Intérpretes/Cast:
12´ (United Kingdom)
“True icon of the internet culture, the GIF is a tool that many use daily in their mobile. But what is the life of those GIFs trapped in a continuous loop?”
Dirección/Director: Ben Steer
Producción/Production: Blue Zoo Animation
Intérpretes/Cast:
6’ (United Kingdom)
“Mamoon tells the story of a mother who, together with her young son, is forced to leave home when mysterious mysteries obscure surrounding the light they exist in. As her own light begins to fade she is forced to use a mysterious red light to save his son.”
Dirección/Director: Vika Evdokimenko
Producción/Production: Vika Evdokimenko and Emma Stone
Intérpretes/Cast: Alan Asaad, Jasmine Blackborow, Samia Rida, Ako Ali, Arian Rashid and Fahan Salman
16’ (United Kingdom)
“Aamir, aged 13, is abandoned in the largest refugee camp in Europe. When he meets Katlyn, a loving volunteer, she becomes his last hope of salvation.”
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