Graduate Shorts 2022

We are proud to announce this year’s Graduate Shorts Commissions. Once again we partnered with Falmouth University’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab to support six short films whose stories are deeply rooted in Cornwall. The fund was created to help students and alumni transition from university into industry. Previous successful applications have gone on to be co-funded by BFI NETWORK and achieved festival success. The commission has continued to grow with this year being the most competitive one yet. We wish all our filmmakers the best with their projects.

 

Alumni Scripted 

THE WEIGHT
After returning from a failed space mission, a Commander struggles to connect to the world around her. Alone and in the absence of hope, she is forced to make a decision that will affect all humanity.

Director – Susan Lay
Producer – Klara Chmelarova

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Alumni Scripted – Development Grant

A PORTRAIT OF CORNWALL IN THE MORNING
Observing the beauty and monotony of the morning routine

Writer / Director – Ella Turner
Producer – Jonny Dry

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Alumni Scripted – Mentoring and in-kind support

KING HENRY
Teachers at a Cornish secondary school are playing catch up to the 21st Century as two teens are elected prom king and king.

Director – Harry Faint
Writer – Natalys Willcox 

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Graduate Shorts – Animation

COMMON GROUND
A sole survivor of a spaceship crash and a curious lone alien must work together in order to survive the denizens of an unforgiving planet

Writer / Director – Ryan Imbierski

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Graduate Shorts – Scripted

PILLOW TALK
Horror in hyper-colour

Writer / Director – Lydia Jenkins
Producer – Saga Ytterholm 

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Graduate Shorts – Documentary

THE COFFEE SHOP
Have we lost the ability to communicate without the use of technology?

Director / Producer - Robert Oliver