2005
short ямБlms from WALES
CATALOGUE
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6 9 Welcome to the new catalogue of short films distributed by Sgrîn Cymru Wales in 2005. For further details on any of these films, please contact Sgrîn Cymru Wales, The Bank, 10 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5EE, Wales, UK Theatrical Distribution in Wales Rhian Iolo, Exhibition Manager +44 (0)29 2033 3301 rhian@sgrin.co.uk
International Theatrical Manager Gwion ap Rhisiart, International Marketing Manager +44 (0)29 2033 3317 gwion@sgrin.co.uk UK Theatrical Distribution Hannah Raybould, UK Marketing Manager +44 (0)29 2033 3313 hannah@sgrin.co.uk Our Partners:
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screen gems FIVE All available for screening on: 35mm print, DVD Compilation All rights available (excluding UK) All productions made possible by the Screen Gems 5 initiative run by Sgrîn/ACW Lottery/ITV 1 Wales
1 The Boy With Blue Eyes (4' 03") 2004
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Director & Writer – Catherine Lindstrum Producer – Boda Cyf Synopsis – Daisy hides from her father but it’s not her father she’s scared of. It’s the grinding man. He’s always there, with the grey stone dust on his hands and the sound of his foot on the stairs. Always there. Until Daisy meets the boy with blue eyes. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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2 Work in Progress (3' 29") 2004
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Director & Writer – Matt Brown Producer – Boda Cyf Synopsis – A contemporary, visceral portrayal of lust and desire, alienation and one of the most elementary of human needs… touch. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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Director & Writer – Jonathan Tappin Producer – Those People Productions Synopsis – A fatally-wounded British soldier is confronted by the horror of D-Day, but a vision of the future allows him to see that his death will have been worth the sacrifice. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
4 The Glossy Mag (4' 13") 2004
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Director – Georgi Banks-Davies Writers – Georgi Banks-Davies & Alex Carolan Producer – Boda Cyf Synopsis – Suzy wants to be like her older sister Kate, everything she has is better: her hair, her clothes, her music, her magazine. So Suzy does what any 6 year old would do to get it – annoys Kate to breaking point! Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
5 Bang Bang I Love You (4' 18") 2004
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Director – Shreepali Patel Writer – Paula Brooks Producer – Boda Cyf Synopsis – The dominant laws of physics prevent Evans, a tragic and endearing character from forming a relationship with Emma, leaving them both to resort to desperate measures. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
6 To the Wall (3' 27") 2004
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Director & Writer – Siân Price Producer – Those People Productions Synopsis – A swimmer battles against her demons, doubts, overbearing coach and the other competitors in a bid to win the race of her life. Tension & surrealism in an underwater world. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
7 Two Dragons (3' 20") 2004
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Director – Emma Jane Richards Writer – Matthew Fletcher Jones Producer – Those People Productions Synopsis – Under Newport soil, Two Dragons are locked in a bloody battle. But the locals have better things to worry about... Has Dilys missed her Glyn Williams bus? Should Tiffany dump Merlin? Will Dean ever get a light for his spliff? Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
8 Re-Run (3' 30") 2004
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Director – Stephen Hanks Writer – Sarah Ellis Producer – Those People Productions Synopsis – ‘Re-Run’, follows Jack, a young boy involved in a desperate bid to evade capture by a gang of miscreants. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
9 They Walk By Day (3' 16") 2004
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Director – Sally Pearce Writer – Nimrod Jones Producer – Those People Productions Synopsis – A mock-documentary about a homeless man who believes aliens live among us, but can he convince the camera crew following his every move? Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
10 The Divine Eugene Hicks (3' 40") 2004
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Director & Writer – Anthony Hurley Producer – BODA Cyf Synopsis – Eugene has it all. The looks. The career. The expensive apartment and the fast cars. He has what every woman wants in a man and Eugene just loves to share the secret of his success. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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animated GEMS All available for screening on: 35mm print, DVD Compilation All Productions made possible by the Animated Gems Initiative run by Sgrîn/ACW Lottery/S4C
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digital visions THREE All available for screening on: DVD Compilation All productions made possible by the Digital Visions 3 Initiative run by Sgrîn Cymru Wales/BBC Cymru Wales/UK Film Council
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Director & Writer – Cathy Snelling Producer – Siriol Synopsis – A woman’s masturbatory fantasy becomes a bizarre folk tale of a voracious vagina that cannot be silenced. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
12 Shadows and Reflections (3' 30") 2004
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Director & Writer – Stephen Whittle Producer – Siriol Synopsis – Most children ‘want the Moon’ but one little girl is determined to get it… ‘Shadows and Reflections’ is a gentle, evocative animated tale of childish obsession. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
13 Omni (3' 55") 2004
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Directors & Writers – Ben Jones & Rob Cawdery Producer – Siriol Synopsis – Alone in his bedsit, a hooded D.J. takes a mesmerising musical journey into a noirish city of night… Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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14 The Women of Mumbles Head (4' 33") 2004 TBC Writer/Director – Lisa Ann Jones Producer – Siriol Synopsis – Two sisters brave the fury of a great storm to rescue drowning sailors from a broken lifeboat Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
19 First Sign (4' 56") 2004
Director & Writer – Leanne Rahman Producer – Tornado Films Synopsis – Based on true events, Why Me? is a poetic short film that delves into the emotional world of an eleven year old, known only as Boy as he goes through a painful awakening when he discovers that there is no such thing as the ‘perfect’ family. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
Director & Writer – Matthew Humphreys Producer – Forget About It Film & TV Synopsis – A child’s first word is a special moment in a parent’s life. In the life of a deaf couple with a hearing child we witness that moment through the world of sign. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
16 Living Hell (7' 30") 2004
animate IT Available for screening on: 35mm print, DVD Compilation Made possible by the Animate IT Initiative run by Sgrîn/ACW Lottery/S4C
15 Toll (9' 47") 2004
15 Why Me? (6' 13") 2004
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Writer/Director – Sean Vicary Producer – Creative Mwldan Synopsis – Something menacing stirs in the countryside, casting its shadow across the landscape and awakening figures from Welsh folklore who band together to try and set things right. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
Director & Writer – Mandy Carpenter Producer – Tornado Films Synopsis – A visual montage of everyday life in the city against a soundscape of familiarity and actual experience of domestic abuse. Reflections of life shadowed by the blight of our society. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
17 The Absents (7' 30") 2004 Director & Writer – Patrick Jones Producer – Tornado Films Synopsis – A father struggles to cope when he’s denied the right to see his son. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
18 Veiled (9' 20") 2004 Director & Writer – Lynda Myer-Bennet Producer – Tornado Films Synopsis – Seven sinful diary entries take us on an intensely personal and sometimes deeply painful journey into adulthood. Some things a young person can’t hide from. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
20 Home (10' 00") 2004 Director & Writer – Michael Barnes Producer – Forget About It Film & TV Synopsis – A poignant drama about homelessness and missing people, set over 24 hours in the city of Cardiff. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
21 Life Before Death (10' 00") 2004 Director & Writer – Helen Illes Producer – Forget About It Film & TV Synopsis – When a filmmaker’s Mum is diagnosed with cancer, it sends her on a journey of discovery. How can we prepare for death? Travelling through faith, afterlife and creativity, can we arrive at acceptance? Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
22 Touched (7' 30") 2004 Director & Writer – Alison Carvalho Producer – Forget About It Film & TV Synopsis – Menna Jones wants to feel again but she is fractured by a brutal memory of love – a complex, personal drama. Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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lottery SHORTS All available for screening on: 35mm print, DVD Compilation These films were made with the support of the National Lottery Fund through the Arts Council of Wales
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25 Penny Collectors (8' 30") 2003
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Director – Georgi Banks Davies Writer – Louise Adlam Producer – Those People Productions Synopsis – Two children with nothing much to do and no one else to play with meet on a beach one summer’s day and decide to go on a quest for pennies, to buy sweets, to try and make themselves sick. Sales – All territories available
26 Say It With Flowers (11' 50") 2004
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Director – Wyn Mason Writer – Chelsey King Producer – Green Bay Synopsis – Down on her luck Leila is surprised to receive special deliveries of flowers which she thinks are from an unknown admirer. Sales – All territories available
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Directors & Writers – Zoë and Christabel Gingell Producer – Twosome Productions (christabelgingell@ntlworld.com) Synopsis – ‘Featherman’ is an intimate study of a solitary man and an obsession. What begins as an intense fascination gains symbolic strength through a series of epiphanies, building to a final, dramatic conclusion. Sales – All territories available
24 Decidedly Bloody Dodgy (9' 30") 2004
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Director & Writer – Craig Osbourne Producer – CRO Productions Synopsis – When asked if he'd like to score some gear, Wideboy’s curiosity gets the better of him. He's bitten off more than he can chew when he realises he's being set up for his cash. Only his instinct, his streetwise wit and lightning quick thinking can save him now. Sales – All territories available
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Distributed theatrically in Wales by Sgrîn Cymru Wales Please contact Production Company for international sales and distribution All available for screening on: 35mm print unless otherwise stated 29 Amser Chwarae (Playtime) (10' 00") 2004
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Director & Writer – Arwel Gruffydd Producer – Unnos Productions (arwel@unnos.co.uk) Synopsis – Somewhere in the South Wales valleys, schoolteacher Gareth Evans, burdened by his sense of identity and duplicitous life-style, is about to discover that sometimes, the most valuable lessons are to be learnt at ‘playtime’! Sales – All territories available
30 Chicken and Egg (9' 38") 2004
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Director & Writer – Suzanne Phillips Producer – Forget About It Film & TV (suzannne@forgetaboutit.tv) Synopsis – Billy suddenly stops speaking after his grandma has a stroke. What will get him talking again? Sales – All territories available
Director – Shreepali Patel Writer – Anthony Hurley Producer – Fiction Factory Synopsis – As the city awakes and their mother sleeps, two children take advantage of a rare and fleeting moment of freedom. By the morning’s end, their freedom, innocence and dreams will be shattered for ever. Sales – All territories available
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Director & Writer – Ieuan Morris Producer – Fiction Factory (post@fictionfactoryfilms.com) Synopsis – A groundbreaking interactive event combining the cinema experience with SMS text messaging technology. A series of mobile phone messages are sent to a lost telephone and has an unexpected effect on the recipient’s life – and love. Mobile phone essential for viewing! Sales – All territories available
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Writer & Director – Steve Judge Producer – Wordley Productions Synopsis – How can you tell if someone is cheating on you? Michael is about to find out. ‘Terminal’ is a short film about infidelity, studying illusion and deceit in all its forms. Sales – All territories available
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Director & Writer – Daniel Mulloy Producer – Spectre Films (info@spectrefilms.com) Synopsis – A 14-year-old boy of Chinese decent, the desire to belong overwhelms Richard. One dark winter’s morning on the school bus Richard’s routine is disrupted and his instincts are forced to take over. His actions will have unexpected consequences. Sales – All territories available
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32 Textual Attraction (12') 2003
33 Winner Takes All (5' 45") 2004
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Director – Helen Grace Writers – Machico Bros & Helen Grace Producer – Little Dragon Films (film@email.com) Synopsis – A stranger walks into a rowdy bar and tries to win a pot of money. Sadly, he fails to listen to the rules of the challenge properly. The tale is told in rhyme. Sales – All territories available
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CATALOGUE For full details of Sgrîn’s short film back catalogue go to sgrin.co.uk
animated shorts from WALES
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All available for screening on: 35mm, VHS Compilation
All available for screening on: 35mm print, VHS compilation All Productions made possible by the Screen Gems 4 initiative run by Sgrîn/ACW Lottery/ITV1 Wales
All productions made possible by the Animated Shorts initiative run by Sgrîn Cymru Wales/S4C/ACW Lottery 34 Fragment (6' 35") 2003 Director – Michael Coles Writers – Michael Coles & Jonathan Edwards Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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35 Love Is Strange (6' 48") 2003 Director & Writer – Phil Mulloy Sales – All territories available (excluding UK)
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36 The Separation (9' 30") 2003 Director & Writer – Rob Morgan Sales – All territories available (excluding UK, France)
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37 Violet & Turquoise (12' 56") 2003 Director & Writer – Joff Winterhart Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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38 Adagio (4' 00") 2002 Director & Writer – Clive Walley Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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39 The Allotment (3' 35") 2002 Director & Writer – Dan Williams Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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40 Entrance (3' 35") 2002 Director & Writer – Rosie Pedlow Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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41 Secret Love (3' 30") 2002 Director & Writer – Paul Bush Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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42 Iota Hor B (3' 35") 2002 Director & Writer – Paul Coombs Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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43 Waiting/Aros (3' 43") 2002 Director & Writer – Lucy Lee Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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44 Peek (3' 43") 2002 Directors & Writers – Zoë Gingell and Christabel Gingell Sales – All territories available (except UK)
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45 Bitch (3' 08") 2003 Director – Cristina Raad Writer – Emma Jones Producer – Forget About Film & TV
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46 The Hairy Fairy (3' 20") 2003 Director – Armando Garcia Writers – Sara Fletcher and Armando Garcia Producer – Boda Cyf
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47 Half-Life (3' 30") 2003 Director – Luke Jacobs Writer – Tim Rhys Producer – Forget About Film & TV
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48 If I Could Only (3' 20") 2003 Director & Writer – Marc Jones Producer – Forget About Film & TV
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49 Monster of 11 05 (3' 11") 2003 Director & Writer – Mark Loughman Producer – Boda Cyf
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50 Natural Cures For Common Ailments (3' 10") 2003 Directors – Zoë and Christabel Gingell Writer – Sian Hughes Producer – Boda Cyf
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51 The Measure of My Days (3' 17") 2003 Director – Caradog James Writer – Matt Walters Producer – Boda Cyf
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52 The Seller (3' 18") 2003 Director – Mathew Humphreys Writer – Marc Walters Producer – Forget About Film & TV
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53 The Shoe Collector (2' 54") 2003 Director – Justin Smith Writers – Emyr Glasnant and Justin Smith Producer – Boda Cyf
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54 Time and Space (3' 25") 2003 Director & Writer – Michael Barnes Producer – Boda Cyf
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