Saturday 4 March 2020 – 10:30
84 mins
Certificate: DFF 15
Venue: Dorking Halls
The Dorking Film Festival asked filmmakers in Surrey, the South-East and the rest of the UK to send us their short films. Here are ten of the best from young filmmakers in higher education or aged eighteen years or younger. Neighbours go to war when two weddings take place on the same street at the same time, an eccentric father goes on the run after his son installs a mysterious app on his phone and a daughter is forced to confront her father when scandal erupts. Prizes will be awarded to the best films in each young adult category at the end of the session.
Young Adult Short Film Programme
18 or younger
Fox in the Snow
Director: Emily Beck. UK, 2019, 5 mins.
When parents argue they aren’t the only people affected. A young girl seeks an escape from her parents’ volatile relationship in this heartbreaking drama.
Learner
Director: Rachel Jessett, Matthew King & Ben Sibbitt. UK, 2019, 9 mins.
Emily wants independence and her mum can’t let go. So when they both wantto go out for the evening things come to a head.
Memories
Director: Alys Roberts. UK, 2019, 4 mins.
A woman visiting her mother in hospital endures the pain of not beingrecognised. The mother, meanwhile, struggles to remember the face of herdeceased husband.
Steps
Director: Frank Hammond. UK, 2019, 4 mins.
An eccentric father goes on the run after his son installs a mysterious appon his phone. This short from Sutton FilmMakers was shot in Banstead.
The Cloud
Director: Zachary Hill. UK, 2019, 4 mins.
Love, loneliness and the difficulty of making genuine connections in the modernworld abound in this stop-motion animation.
The Ice Knife
Director: Jasmine Nugent. UK, 2019, 8 mins.
When a woman attempts to commit the perfect murder it’s left to twodetectives to find the truth in an imperfect world in this murder mystery.
Who Is Bob Eisman?
Director: Nikolas Harris. UK, 2019, 12 mins.
When retired celebrity chef, Bob Eisman, is accused of sexual offences, hisdaughter is forced to confront both him and herself in this drama for the MeToo era.
Higher Education
Closed Doors
Director: Harry Binstead. UK, 2019, 14 mins.
Neighbours often compete but what are the changes of two Sikh weddings taking place at the same time on the same street?! Proud father Channu rises to the challenge in this comedy-drama.
Grounding
Director: Oisín-Tomás Ó Raghallaigh. UK, 2019, 8 mins.
Teenager Sarah finds the courage to open up about the abuse she sufferedfrom her mother while attending an appointment at a mental health clinic.Director Oisín-Tomás Ó Raghallaigh returns to the Dorking Film Festival afterHindsight in 2019.
Portsdown Park
Director: Eren Kaplan. UK, 2018, 15 mins.
Life is freefall as teenager Natasha copes with his the imminent demolitionof her home. Brutalist architecture, social realism and a coming of age dramameet.
Image from the Ice Knife showing in Young Adult Short Films.
