Director Lewis Arnold joins us to discuss his path from Short Film to Television and offer advice for anyone looking to follow in his footsteps
Lewis Arnold returns to S/W to discuss the 'Directors Now' project - an inspiring resource sharing the breakout stories of over 100 directors.
With his latest short Charlie Says having just featured on SotW and its simple yet powerful narrative still resonating through our minds, we spoke to director Lewis Arnold about basing a film on his own childhood experience, shooting on 35mm and releasing a 24-minute short online.
17-year-old Caroline breaks down after receiving a phone call delivering some tragic news, but her reaction soon reveals there is more to this call than first appears.
A young boy's naive lie threatens to wreck the calm of a family holiday.
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - The 2003 Oscar winner, this film is a searing and intimate portrait of a single-mom and her 4 children in contemporary Britain.
Find out what some of our previously featured filmmakers have been up to recently - as we take a look at projects in development, distribution deals and awards in our 'Filmmaker Updates' series.
Arnold the bear feels like the world he inhabits is a lie. Is he mad, or the victim of a great prank?
After a two-year absence and a recent stint in rehab, Fran (Tatiana Maslany) returns home. Struggling to live soberly, she must face the emotional fallout of her disappearance and make amends with the fiancée and the brother she left behind.
Beginning life back in 1995, when it was originally envisioned as a one-off short film event, the Encounters Short film and Animation Festival has developed into one of the world's leading lights in showcasing short films and their talented creators. A qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and a gateway to the BAFTAs and the Cartoon d'Or, if you're a short film buff and within reach of Bristol in the UK, then Encounters is a gathering you'll certainly want to be a part of.
