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SHORT FILMS

Here are a selection of short films written and/or directed by Me. 

LOCKDOWN SHORTS

THE PAIN AU CHOCOLAT DIARIES (DIR. Matt Prendergast)

FIENDS WITH BENEFITS
​(DIR. David Whitney)

A short play
written for the Corona Virus Theatre Club. 

A man in lockdown is beginning to lose his grip.
The people flouting the social distancing rules,
the panic buying,
the Zoom parties all are too much.
But nothing has hit as hard as the lack of quality baked goods. In particular the Pain au Chocolat.
How long can he last without one?
​And what will he do to get his fix? 

Starring and Directed
by
​Matt Prendergast. 
Poor old Lucy can't live his flat due to Covid and his idle hands are feeling frisky. He needs something to do. So what better than a Zoom wank with God's first woman, Lilith.  But even this may be beyond our dark prince.
Starring and Directed by David Whitney
​
​WINNER - Best Covid Film - Stockholm City Film Festival
WINNER - Best Covid Film - Direct Monthly Online Film Fest
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT - Best Comedy - MLC Film Awards
Honorable Mention - Best Covid Film - Accord Cinefest
Honorable Mention - Willachen Comedy & Satire Film Festival
Nominee - Best Writing - Horrors4u Film Festival 
Nominee - Best Mobile Short - Accord Cinefest
Nominee - Best Comedy - Quarantini Film Festival
Nominee - Best Writing - Independent Horror Movie Awards 
Nominee - Best Actor - Diabolical Horror Film Fest
Semi-Finalist - Short Horror - Lit laughs Comedy Festival
Official Selection - Horror Unleashed Film Festival 

STAINED (DIR. PHIL HAINE)

starring
​MIke Shephard, chris spyrides & fiz marcus

Running out of toilet paper was only the beginning of Harris' nightmare.
​He must embark on a dark odyssey to rescue himself. But sometimes true darkness comes from within.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

WINNER - MOST SHOCKING FILM - San Francisco Comic Con 2017
WINNER - BEST HORROR - Cotswolds International Film Fest 2021

WINNER - BEST HORROR - The Pennine Film Festival 2016
WINNER - MOST ENTERTAINING SHORT - Middlesbrough Int. Film Festival 2016
WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR  - Horrorquest Film Festival 2016
WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR -  South Texas Underground Film Fest 2017
WINNER - BEST HORROR - The Best Film Festival 2016
3RD - FUNNIEST SHORT - Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2016
​WINNER - BEST COMEDY - Hope Film Awards 2017
​WINNER - Most Imaginative Villain - Horror Hullabaloo 2017
HONORABLE MENTION - Tabloid Witch Horror Awards 2016
WINNER - BEST SUPP. ACTOR (Chris Spyrides) - Tabloid Witch 2016
WINNER - BEST MAKE UP - Tabloid Witch Horror Awards 2016
Nomination - Best Foreign Short - Macabre Faire Film Festival 2018
​Nomination - Best Comedy - Macabre Faire Film Festival 2018
​Nomination - Best Short - Limelight Film Awards 2016
​Nomination - Best Screenplay - Terror in the Bay Film Festival 2017
Nomination - Best Int. Short - Frostbiter: Iceland Horror Film Fest 2016
Nomination - Best Bizarre Film - Optical Theatre Horror Fest 2016
Nomination - Best WTF Short - GenreBlast Film Festival 2016
Nomination - Best Film - Skyline International Film Festival 2016
Nomination - Best Screenplay - Skyline Int. Film Festival 2016
Nomination - Best Short Film - Sanford Int. Film Festival 2016

Nomination - Best Comedy Short - Comedy Cluj Int. Film Fest 2015
AWARD OF MERIT - Headline International Film Festival 2016
​FINALIST - BEST COMEDY - London Story First Int. Film Festival 2017

CORINTHIAN (2014)

VIMEO
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Two people fight for more than glory in the illegal world of underground bareknuckle boxing. 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

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BEST FILM - LONDON CINEFEST - 2019
BEST FILM - INDIEBURGH FILM FESTIVAL 2014
BEST DIRECTOR - READING FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL 2014
COMMENDATION - CANADA SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2015
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - SW LONDON INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST 2015
SPECIAL MENTION - BEST DRAMA - WINCHESTER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2015
SPECIAL MENTION - IFILMMAKER INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2015

SHORT LISTED - ISLE OF MAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
SHORT LISTED - MAKING WAVES FILM FESTIVAL 2014


BEST SHORT FILM - CANADA'S WORLD INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2017
BEST SCORE - CANADA'S WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST 2017
BEST SHORT - GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016
BEST FOREIGN FILM - GOLDEN GATE INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2016
BEST SHORT FILM - CAYMAN ISLANDS INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2015
BEST SHORT - THURROCK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015
BEST SHORT UNDER 5min - WINCHESTER SHORT FILM FEST 2015
 SLAMMIN SHORT - BROKEN KNUCKLE FILM FESTIVAL 2015
​FINALIST - HOPE FILM AWARDS 2017
​SEMI FINALIST - HOLLYWOOD SCREENINGS FILMS FESTIVAL 2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION - LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2015

STALKER (Dir. Phil Haine)

An award winning short film starring David Whitney and Jenny Harrold.  Produced by Camilla Wren

WINNER - BEST ACTRESS - Van D'Ors 2011
OFFICIAL SELECTION - RAINDANCE 2011


somebody To Love (Dir. Phil haine)

Starring Alex Hughes and Natasha Staples

WINNER - BEST FILM - The Film Blood Awards 2013

Somebody To Love from frederic fournier on Vimeo.

'If you are a psychological horror fan you should seek this out' - Twisted Central
'11 minutes of articulated discomfort' - Left Hand Horror
'A fantastic short with a warped heart.' - The Bleeding Dead
Left Hand Horror Review
Bleeding Dead Review
T.C. Review

BEARD (Dir. Phil Haine)

A hirsute comedy about man's relationship to his own face.
Starring Matt Prendergast and David Whitney.  

OPEN WINDOW
​(Dir. Mark A. C. BrowN, Matt Prendergast, Fred Fournier)

A short comedy noir about fear and desperation
Starring Matt Prendergast.

A Political Life (Dir. Mark A. C. BRown)

An existential comedy about the absurdity of nothing. 
Written by Mike Shephard.  
Starring Mike Shephard & Jack Baldwin
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