The final selection of the best British BAFTA-nominated short films of the year will return for the seventh consecutive year to Spanish screens with a special premiere at the Conde Duque Madrid Cultural Center (September 17) which will be screened all over Spain until June 2020. More than 10,000 people saw last year’s selection which offered a contemporary look at many current issues including the refugee crisis, sexual violence, euthanasia or love and friendship in times of war.
PROGRAMME:
73 COWS
A beef farmer battles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter. He knows he must make a change. (15 mins)
Nominees: Alex Lockwood - Director
BACHELOR, 38
An enduring love story of one man’s time in London. (16 mins)
Nominees: Angela Clarke – Producer and Director
THE BLUE DOOR
A kind and caring nurse, Clare, is opening the door to her new job, but maybe some doors are best left shut... (9 mins)
Nominations:
Ben Clark – Writer and Executive Producer
Megan Pugh – Writer and Executive Producer
Paul Taylor – Director
THE FIELD
Between the cornstalks of Shahzadpur — in the realm of the senses. (19 mins)
Nominations:
Sandhya Suri – Writer and Director
Thomas Bidegain – Producer
Balthazar de Ganay – Producer
WALE
Can you make a fresh start in a world this rotten? (20 mins)
Nominations:
Barnaby Blackburn – Writer and Director
Sophie Alexander – Producer
Catherine Slater – Producer
Edward Speleers – Producer
I’M OK
Inspired by the life and art of artist Oskar Kokoschka, I’m OK explores the wounds of heartbreak and trauma. (6 mins)
Nominations:
Elizabeth Hobbs – Director and Producer
Abigail Addison – Producer
Jelena Popović – Producer
MARFA
An existential journey to a West Texan town. (8 mins)
Nominations:
Greg McLeod - Director and Animator
Myles McLeod – Director and Writer
ROUGHHOUSE
When three teenage friends meet a charismatic stranger, their loyalty is torn apart with terrifying consequences. (16 mins)
Nominations:
Jonathan Hodgson – Writer, Director and Producer
Richard VanDenBoom - Producer
Boom - productor