British Council

  • News

    BAFTA 2020: The Short Film winners

    Sunday night saw the latest winners of the British Short Film and the British Short Animation BAFTA's announced

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    Documentary Ellen Evans

    Motherland

    After a lifetime in Britain, three men are sent "home" to Jamaica. Far from their families and friends in the UK, they must construct new lives from nothing.

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    Drama Simon Ellis

    Soft

    Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.

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    Horror Paul Holbrook & Sam Dawe

    Hungry Joe

    A single mother struggles to hold on to her sanity as she's forced to turn to extreme measures to satisfy her son's increasingly inhuman appetite.

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    Drama Rachna Suri

    Our Lad

    As one of 500 Muslim soldiers in the UK, Ali stands out. Returning home from duty in Afghanistan unexpectedly, he faces tensions from his brother and community.

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    Drama Paddy Considine

    Dog Altogether

    A man on a violent path of self-destruction may have found a glimmer of redemption in the compassion of charity-shop worker Anita.

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    Drama Aaron Dunleavy & Joseph Ollman

    Throw Me to the Dogs

    A troubled teenage boy is stripped of his dignity as his father abandons him for the outside world which he is trying to retreat from. A gritty British short entirely improvised using street-casted, non-professional actors by Aaron Dunleavy & Joseph Ollman

  • Filmmaker Update

    Filmmaker Updates: March 2021

    With the 2021 festival season now underway and annual awards starting to be handed out, we take a look at what some of our previously featured filmmakers have been up to over the last couple of months.

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    Adventure Dylan White

    Yowie and the Magpie

    A son recounts the legend of his father, an avid hunter whose collection lacked only one mythical beast...

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