Category: Awards Season

Awards Season, Film Festivals, Films

Richard Raymond’s Souls of Totality wins Best Grand Jury Prize and Hollyshorts and is selected for the Best UK Short at Raindance Film Festival 

British Director Richard Raymond’s ‘Souls of Totality’ was filmed during an actual solar eclipse and is uniquely powerful and intense short film about the sacrifices we make for love. The film stars EMMY winner Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, Stronger), Tom Cullen (Knightfall, Downtown Abbey) and after a successful New York premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival has the film was selected for Palm Springs and recently won the Grand Jury Prize at Hollyshorts. Now, … Continue reading Richard Raymond’s Souls of Totality wins Best Grand Jury Prize and Hollyshorts and is selected for the Best UK Short at Raindance Film Festival 

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Marcus Markou’s topical film Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times has racked fifty film festival selections

Marcus Markou’s Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times touches on the topical issues of racism and poverty. This must-see film has been selected for numerous high profile film festivals and won many awards. This live-action short stars Laurence Spellman (Ready Player One), Sargon Yelda (C.B. Strike), Dimitri Andreas (Tyrant) and Alistair Cameron (Silent Witness). Alistair and Samir meet five different times, but it is only when they meet … Continue reading Marcus Markou’s topical film Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times has racked fifty film festival selections

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Award-winning film ‘The Overcoat’ to screen at Aesthetica Short Film Festival and the Arena Cinelounge in LA 

The Overcoat, adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s short story and directed by Patrick Myles, has an all-star cast including the BAFTA-winning actor Jason Watkins (W1A, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies), Tim Key (Gap Year, Alpha Papa), Vicki Pepperdine (The Windsors, Getting On),(Trollied, Upstart Crow) and Alex Macqueen (Peaky Blinders, The InBetweeners). Having recently started its festival run, this wonderful film has already won Best Comedy at LA Shorts … Continue reading Award-winning film ‘The Overcoat’ to screen at Aesthetica Short Film Festival and the Arena Cinelounge in LA 

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Lisa Rideout’s insightful documentary ‘One Leg In, One Leg Out’ selected for LA Film Festival

Award Winning Documentary filmmaker Lisa Rideout’s One Leg In, One Leg Out is an honest portrayal of a transgender woman who is forced to become a sex worker and grapples with making a career change. Having just begun its festival run, this eye-opening short is already winning awards and being selected for high profile film festivals.  A lively, strong-willed sex worker struggles to move from the streets and into a … Continue reading Lisa Rideout’s insightful documentary ‘One Leg In, One Leg Out’ selected for LA Film Festival

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Nessa Wrafter’s Early Days selected for Raindance Film Festival

Writer/Director Nessa Wrafter and Producer Clancie Brennan’s Early Days tackles the difficult subject of postnatal mental health, based on the experience of anxiety and trauma that the director personally suffered with after the birth of her child. Having just begun its festival run, the film is already being selected for high profile film festivals including Cannes Shorts Film Corner, Galway Film Fleadh, Raindance Film Festival and Aesthetica Short Film Festival. The production was … Continue reading Nessa Wrafter’s Early Days selected for Raindance Film Festival

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