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HighTide celebrates some of the best short films from the most exciting emerging filmmakers to arrive on the festival circuit in the last few years. Following a selective submission process with an emphasis on high quality and future potential, the selected filmmakers are invited to attend and participate in the greater spirit of the unique HighTide festival
Audience members are invited to vote for their favourite short of the festival, and the winning filmmaker will be awarded the Silver Pebble Award.
HighTide Short Films One: Friday 2nd May// 16.30 // Ticket Price: £7/£5 Book Tickets >>
HighTide Short Films Two: Saturday 3rd May // 10.30 // Ticket Price: £7/£5 Book Tickets >>
Leading Directors: Short Films: Sunday 4th May // 14.00 // Ticket Price: £7/£5 Book Tickets >>
HighTide Short Films Three: Monday 5th May // 11.00 // Ticket Price: £7/£5 Book Tickets >>
HIGHTIDE SHORT FILMS 1: Friday May 2nd, 4.30pm
Honeymoon | Dir Miranda Bowen | UK Fiction | 30 mins
A bride seemingly abandoned in a motorway service station begins to wonder how well she really knows her new husband.
What do I know Dir Sejla Kameric | Bosnia-Herzegovina Fiction | 15 mins
In a house and around it, love stories interlace. The ghosts of love remain to seek the answer to the same question: "What do I know about love?"
Lady Margaret Dir Deborah Haywood | UK Fiction | 10 mins
Danny and Joe drive Sadie into the woods, where things go wrong for all three of them.
HIGHTIDE SHORT FILMS 2: Saturday May 3rd, 10.30am
Antonio's Breakfast Dir Daniel Malloy | UK Fiction | 15 mins
Unable to dress, eat, move or breathe on his own Antonio's father depends on him for everything.
City Paradise Dir Gaelle Denis | UK Animation | 6 mins
When Tomoko arrives in London, she has no idea that soon she will discover a mysterious secret hidden beneath the city.
Mercy Dir Candida Scott Knight | UK Fiction | 5 mins
What would you do if you were an eleven-year-old boy in a bad situation? How far would you go to save yourself?
The Girls Dir Sebastian Godwin | UK Fiction | 10 mins
A late autumn afternoon. Two sisters are playing in the garden when their late father returns. As dusk falls the atmosphere darkens.
LEADING DIRECTORS: SHORT FILMS: Sunday May 4th, 14.00
HighTide will be screening a selection of short films made by now-established names in British cinema, including Lynne Ramsey, Mike Leigh and Christopher Nolan.
HIGHTIDE SHORT FILMS 3: Monday May 5th, 11am
True Colours Dir Barney Elliott | UK Fiction | 10 mins
A social drama about a loving father with a propensity for violence and his struggle to earn his family's trust.
One Hundreth of a Second Dir Susan Jacobson | UK Fiction | 5 mins
Kate is a talented photojournalist. She risks her life to deliver powerful images to the waiting world until a photograph of a Girl changes her life forever.
Youth Dir Jane Linfoot | UK Fiction | 20 mins
Youth is comprised of three observational vignettes. Filmed in a naturalistic style, this short focuses on the minutae of adolescence.
Peter and Ben Dir Pinny Grylls | UK Documentary | 10 mins
Man and sheep 'leave the flock' and form an unusual and lasting friendship.
Soft Dir Simon Ellis | UK Fiction | 14 mins
A father rediscovers his fear of confrontation, at the worst possible time.
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| One Hundredth of a Second |
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