Short Film & Short Animation

16 January 13

BAFTA's Short Film and Short Animation categories at the EE British Academy Film Awards celebrate and reward innovative and experimental short fiction films and animation.

BAFTA Shorts 2013 - Screening Dates

Working closely with specialist distributor the Independent Cinema Office (ICO), this is the first time that BAFTA has organised a theatrical release, and marks a significant development in the way that BAFTA champions British-based talent. The nominated filmmakers will attend selected screenings to share their insights into the filmmaking process.

BAFTA Shorts 2013 will open on Friday 12 April at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, followed by a UK-wide roll-out. All theatrical bookings are being handled by the ICO.

The UK release is being supported by the British Council and Shooting People.

Logos for Shorts

Bradford
National Media Museum
Mon 22 April 2013
Sun 28 April 2013
Thu 2 May 2013

Bristol
Watershed
Sun 21 April 2013

Dundee
Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema
Thu 25 April 2013

Farnham
Farnham Maltings Bridge Square
Tue 7 May 2013

Glasgow
Glasgow Film Theatre
Sun 21 April 2013

London
Riverside Studios
Thu 2 May 2013

ICA
Fri 12 - Thu 18 April 2013

Greenwich Picturehouse
Sun 21 April 2013

Maidenhead
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Sun 16 June 2013

Milton Keynes
Independent Cinema MK
Fri 19 April 2013

Norwich
Cinema City
Sun 28 April 2013

Nottingham
Broadway Cinema & Media Centre
Fri 19 - Thu 25 April 2013

Stockton on Tees
ARC
Mon 13 May 2013

Tunbridge Wells
Trinity Theatre & Art Centre
Wed 12 June 2013

Films included in the BAFTA Shorts 2013 release

	GOOD NIGHT Director/Writer: Muriel d’Ansembourg, Producer: Eva Sigurdardottir Two teenage girls find themselves pushed to extremes on the streets of London when the boundaries between innocent play and dangerous seduction start to blur.
	SWIMMER Writer/Director: Lynne Ramsay, Producer: Peter Carlton, Producer: Diarmid Scrimshaw The film enters the mind of an endurance swimmer on a journey through Britain's waterways, using sound and images to penetrate his thoughts, feelings, dreams, nightmares, memories, escape.
	THE CURSE Director: Fyzal Boulifa, Producer: Gavin Humphries Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a small boy, all she wants to do is go home.
	TUMULT Writer/Director: Johnny Barrington, Producer: Rhianna Andrews A tribe of Norse warriors traipse across a barren land after battle. Bloodied and wounded, their chief is near death. He is about to hand over power to his son when an army of a completely different kind descends upon them.

Here To Fall

HERE TO FALL
Director/Writer: Kris Kelly, Co-Writer/Producer: Evelyn McGrath

When a girl receives a call from her father she is set on a frantic journey through a chaotic world.

I'm Fine Thanks

I'M FINE THANKS
Eamonn O'Neill

Are you okay?

The Making of Longbird

THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD
Writer/Director: Will Anderson, Co-writer: Ainslie Henderson, Producer: Donald Holwill

A behind-the-scenes look at an animator as he struggles with his character.

BAFTA and Shorts

The Academy recognises that it is essential to reward and nurture the immense diversity and talent demonstrated by filmmakers producing short film and animation. Shorts offer both new and established talent alike the chance to create experimental and innovative films and, by rewarding excellence within these fields, BAFTA aims to raise the profile of these talented individuals and of shorts in general. The best film in each category receives a BAFTA Award, presented at the EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony.