Best of British 4



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HUNGER

Directed by Stephen Johnson
United Kingdom, 2008, 15 minutes 00 seconds
Drama

Stranded for the night in a foreign city, Saul retreats into its labyrinthine backstreets, where a chance encounter with a mysterious and seductive woman seems to offer an escape…but the woman it seems, has quite different plans for him.

WORLD PREMIER
Produced by Scott James Bassett
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WASHDAYS

Directed by Simon Neal
United Kingdom, 2009, 10 minutes 30 seconds
Drama

Kyle is a bedwetter. His mum thinks washing his own sheets will cure him, but it only makes him late for school. When she writes a note stating the unvarnished truth, he bunks off in search of his own solution. Written by: Graham Lester George

Produced by Dan Cleland
Also screened in Children's Jury Award - Live Action
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BECOMING INVISIBLE

Directed by Andy Glynne
United Kingdom, 2009, 15 minutes 00 seconds
Animation

Violent nightmares, suicidal wishes and an inability to live in your own skin. This film explores the dynamics that can drive young people to develop eating disorders beyond talks of the Size Zero culture and peer pressure. Nicole wanted to reduce her size not to ‘look good’ or fit smaller clothes. Feeling alone and disconnected from everything and everyone around her, she became severely anorexic because she wanted to ‘occupy less space in the world’, become invisible and ultimately disappear.

Produced by Andy Glynne
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GIRL LIKE ME

Directed by Rowland Jobson
United Kingdom, 2009, 12 minutes 59 seconds
Drama

Lucy is young, Lucy is damaged, Lucy likes to play. Everything changes for 13 year old Lucy when she text messages an unknown boy and arranges a date.

EUROPEAN PREMIER
Produced by Zoe Webster
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LAST TRAIN

Directed by David Schofield
United Kingdom, 2009, 10 minutes 08 seconds
Drama

Jay and Vicky's dull wait for the train is interrupted by some boisterous teenagers. Jay slowly grows paranoid by their presence questioning if there is a threat from the boys or if he is overreacting.

WORLD PREMIER
Also screened in Teenage Jury Award, Online Award
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TRANSGRESS

Directed by Leanne Welham
United Kingdom, 2009, 12 minutes 00 seconds
Drama

Driving home one night in London, a woman hits a man who shouldn't be there...

Produced by Rebecca Frankel
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MARKER

Directed by Susanna Wallin
United Kingdom, 2009, 11 minutes 46 seconds
Drama

An inner journey of a young girl catching reindeer in the twilight expanses of the Far North.

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WAYFARING STRANGER

Directed by Richard West
United Kingdom, 2008, 10 minutes 42 seconds
Drama

When he is released from a young Offender’s Institute, Bobby Brewer a wayward 16 year old, is forced to take to the road with his errant troubadour father, Ronnie.

Produced by ben pullen