Short films are to the feature films what the short story is to the novel. By that I mean they are often more distilled, embryonic and rounded. Their briefness is at once a strength and a weakness, as a single theme can be explored with great clarity but the viewer is often left wanting more. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing as most directors cut their teeth in shorts before progressing to features, which could probably be said of most novelists.
After stumbling across a link to this BBC-funded, Oscar-nominated short in an interesting Guardian article, I had a watch. The director is apparently a current director of soap Casualty, which clearly shows. Nonetheless, I thought it was great: funny, warm, surreal and very British. Have a look and see what you think.
