BAFTA is partnering for the second year with specialist distributor The Independent Cinema Office (Ico) to bring film fans the BAFTA Shorts Tour 2014, the theatrical release of BAFTA’s 2014 animated and live short nominees. Ranging from the weird to the wonderful, this year’s nominees showcase up and coming British talent, showing what they can do when time is not on their side.
Orbit Ever After (2013)
Directed by Jamie Stone
This is a sci-fi comedic short starring Thomas Sangster, known for his roles in Love Actually and Nanny McPhee, as youngster Nigel. Having spent his life in space under the watchful eye of his cautious parents (Mackenzie Crook and Bronaugh Gallagher), he finds himself falling in love with a girl orbiting Earth the wrong way. Regardless of his overprotective parents, Nigel soon decides to sacrifice everything to be with the one he loves. Sweet and amusing, its bittersweet ending does little to diminish its charm.
Orbit Ever After (2013)
Directed by Jamie Stone
This is a sci-fi comedic short starring Thomas Sangster, known for his roles in Love Actually and Nanny McPhee, as youngster Nigel. Having spent his life in space under the watchful eye of his cautious parents (Mackenzie Crook and Bronaugh Gallagher), he finds himself falling in love with a girl orbiting Earth the wrong way. Regardless of his overprotective parents, Nigel soon decides to sacrifice everything to be with the one he loves. Sweet and amusing, its bittersweet ending does little to diminish its charm.
- 3/2/2014
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
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