The BAFTA Shorts are making their way back to Centre Flassaders in Palma de Mallorca. This year, our touring film programme in collaboration with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) includes a selection of live action and animation short film nominees, as well as the winners in each category, from the 2023 BAFTA awards. They represent storytelling that reveals the breadth and diversity of UK society. Together with world class artistic and technical flair, the BAFTA 2023 Shorts also feature some of the UK’s finest acting talents.
Join us for two sessions full of the best of British film and enjoy this year's diverse selection! Stop by the Centre Flassaders on 14 May at 19.00 hs for Session 2. On this occasion, the screening will be followed by a debate session that forms part of Centre Flassader's weekly Conversation Club in English.
Access will be free of charge, with registration required.
PROGRAMME
Session 1
- Bazigaga (2022), 26 mins.
Director: Jo Ingabire Moys (UK/France).
1994, Rwanda. As the genocide rages on, a pastor and his young daughter take shelter in the hut of a feared shaman: Bazigaga. Hunted by the militias and trapped with the strange woman sorcerer, Karembe seeks a way out. - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022), 34 mins.
Directors: Peter Baynton and Charlie Mackesy (UK/US).
Follow a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy’s search for home. In addition to the BAFTA for Best British Short Animation, the film also won the Academy Award for Best Short Animation. - An Irish Goodbye (2022), 23 mins.
Directors: Tom Berkeley and Ross White (UK).
In rural Northern Ireland, a pair of estranged brothers reunite following their mother’s untimely death. In addition to the BAFTA, An Irish Goodbye also won the Oscar for Best Live Action short film in 2023 – and its star, James Martin, is the first actor with Down Syndrome to star in an Academy award-winning film.
Session 2
- Middle Watch (2022), 12 mins.
Directors: John Stevenson and Aiesha Penwarden (UK).
As World War Two draws to a close, a sailor aboard ship in the Indian Ocean must do his duty. Watch must be kept, the horizon scanned for enemy craft and the bubble trails of deadly torpedoes fired from stealthy submarines. Haunted and scarred by conflict and the loss of fellow shipmates, our sailor’s task is the Middle Watch, or the graveyard watch, as old mariners call it. But, as he goes about his duties, in the small hours of the morning, his routine is shattered by an encounter that could tip the balance of his delicate state of mind. - Bus Girl (2022), 11 mins.
Director: Jessica Yu-Li Henwick (UK)
The story of June, an aspiring young chef, as she navigates the cutthroat world of high-end cooking. - Your Mountain is Waiting (2021), 8 mins.
Director: Hannah Jacobs (UK).
Martha has stopped listening to her intuition and her life begins to suffer. After a strange encounter, she starts to reassess and begins her journey of self-discovery.
AGE GUIDANCE
We would suggest a 12+ rating for this programme of films according to UK certification guidelines.