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
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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 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 Mobile Film - Prague Monthly Int. Film Fest Nominee - Best Actor - Independent Horror Movie Awards Nominee - Best Writing - Independent Horror Movie Awards Nominee - Best Humour - Independent Horror Movie Awards Nominee - Best Actor - Diabolical Horror Film Fest Semi-Finalist - Best Quarantine Short - Alt Film Fest Semi-Finalist - Short Horror - Lit laughs Comedy Festival |
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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.
He must embark on a dark odyssey to rescue himself. But sometimes true darkness comes from within.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
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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 WINNER - 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 WINNER - BEST SOUND DESIGN - Skyline International Film Fest 2016 WINNER - WINTER SECTION - 515 Film Festival 2016 AWARD OF MERIT - Headline International Film Festival 2016 FINALIST - BEST COMEDY - London Story First Int. Film Festival 2017 SEMI FINALIST - Hollywood Screenings Film Festival 2016 SEMI FINALIST - Bloody Horror International Film Festival 2016 SEMI FINALIST - Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival 2016 SEMI FINALIST - Frame By Sound Film Festival 2016 |
Nomination - Best Actor - Mike Shephard - Dead of Night Film Fest 2020
Nomination - Best Foreign Short - Macabre Faire Film Festival 2018 Nomination - Best Comedy - Macabre Faire Film Festival 2018 Nomination - Best Supp. Actor - Macabre Faire Film Festival 2018 Nomination - Best Supp. Actress - Macabre Faire Film Festival 2018 Nomination - Best Cinematography - Tampa Bay Comic Con 2017 Nomination - Best Short - Limelight Film Awards 2016 Nomination - Best Screenplay - Terror in the Bay Film Festival 2017 Nomination - Best Supp. Actor - 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 Actor - Skyline International Film Festival 2016 Nomination - Best Short Film - Sanford Int. Film Festival 2016 Nomination - Best Int. Short - Sanford Int. Film Festival 2016 Nomination - Best Acting Ensemble - Sanford Int. Film Festival 2016 Nomination - Best Music - Sanford International Film Festival 2016 Nomination - Best Comedy Short - Comedy Cluj Int. Film Fest 2015 |
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CORINTHIAN (2014)
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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 FESTIVAL 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 EDITING - THURROCK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 BEST SHORT UNDER 5min - WINCHESTER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2015 SLAMMIN SHORT - BROKEN KNUCKLE FILM FESTIVAL 2015 FINALIST - HOPE FILM AWARDS 2017 SEMI FINALIST - COPENHAGEN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 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
WINNER - BEST ACTRESS - Van D'Ors 2011
OFFICIAL SELECTION - RAINDANCE 2011
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somebody To Love (Dir. Phil haine)
Starring Alex Hughes and Natasha Staples
WINNER - BEST FILM - The Film Blood Awards 2013
WINNER - BEST FILM - The Film Blood Awards 2013
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'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
'11 minutes of articulated discomfort' - Left Hand Horror
'A fantastic short with a warped heart.' - The Bleeding Dead
BEARD (Dir. Phil Haine)
A hirsute comedy about man's relationship to his own face.
Starring Matt Prendergast and David Whitney.
Starring Matt Prendergast and David Whitney.
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OPEN WINDOW
(Dir. Mark A. C. Brown, Matt Prendergast, Fred Fournier)
A short comedy noir about fear and desperation
Starring Matt Prendergast.
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
Written by Mike Shephard.
Starring Mike Shephard & Jack Baldwin
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