BAFTA 2020

Runtime: 113 min.
Age: 16+
The BAFTA 2020 Shorts programme includes a selection of the live action and animation short film nominees selected in 2020. The programme represents storytelling that reveals the breadth and diversity of British society, together with world class technical flair, and features some of our finest acting talents. This programme is the perfect package to develop international audiences and showcase the UK's on-going tradition of producing world class short film.

Azaar
Azaar

Year: 2019
Country: UK
Director: Myriam Raja
Genre: short
Language: Urdu
Runtime: 21 min.
A tribe of women await the return of their men from war. Azaar, one ofthe last girls in the village, is intertwined between her mother. grandmother and the rest of the tribe. as she comes to learn the true cost Of womanhood.

Qızıl balıq
Goldfish

Year: 2020
Country: UK
Director: Hector Dockrill
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 18 min.
In the aftermath of her older brother's death, 11-year-old Viola is struggling to process her grief. With only her mother and precious pet goldfish for company, her rosy View ot the world is turned upside down until she finds a letter from a stranger that changes everything.

Kamali
Kamali

Year: 2018
Country: UK, India
Director: Sasha Rainbow
Genre: short
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 24 min.
Kamali is the only girl skateboarder in a fishing village. Her timorous mother, Suganthi takes a pilgrimage in a quest for self-discovery. Separated for the first time, they must find freedom in a man's world.

Tələ
The Trap

Year: 2019
Country: UK
Director: Lena Headey
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 32 min.
When a reclusive woman falls in love, it's easy to fall With her in this tender and sensual story of shocking self-discovery

Romantik baba
Grandad was a Romantic

Year: 2019
Country: UK
Director: Maryam Mohajer
Genre: short, animation
Language: English
Runtime: 4 min.
My grandad was a romantic. He once saw a picture Of my granny and realised that she was the love Of his life, One day he decided to go meet her.

Onun çəkmələrində
In Her Boots

Year: 2019
Country: UK, Austria
Director: Kathrin Steinbacher
Genre: short, animation
Language: English, German
Runtime: 8 min.
Heidi is experiencing strange things. While her granddaughter is visiting. she suddenly embarks on a hiking journey to the deepest parts Of the Alps, revealing the reason for her devoted attachment to her hiking shoes.

A story about Heidi's attempt to retain her identuty and autonomy. 

Sehrli qayıq
The Magic Boat

Year: 2019
Country: UK
Director: Naaman Azhari
Genre: short, animation
Language:
Runtime: 6 min.
An intimate insight into the relationship between a mother and her son in the midst of the most dangerous journey ot their lives.

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