Classic and award winning British short films
Cinema16: British Short Films
This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past and present. It includes films from Britain's most exciting new talent alongside early shorts from it's most successful filmmakers' amongst them Chris Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien), Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies) and Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours). 01 About a Girl - Brian Percival 02 Boy & Bicycle - Ridley Scott 03 Dear Phone - Peter Greenaway 04 Doodlebug - Christopher Nolan 05 Eight - Stephen Daldry 06 Gasman - Lynne Ramsay 07 Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith 08 Home - Morag McKinnon 09 Joyride - Jim Gillespie 10 Inside Out - Tom & Charles Guard 11 Je TΒaime John Wayne - Toby Macdonald 12 The Sheep Thief - Asif Kapadia 13 The Short & Curlies - Mike Leigh 14 Telling Lies - Simon Ellis 15 UK Images - Martin Parr 16 WhoΒs My Favourite Girl? - Adrian J. McDowall
Top Cast
Stephen Daldry
Self - Commentary, Eight (voice)
Simon Ellis
Self - Commentary, Telling Lies (voice)
Jon Finn
Self - Commentary, Eight (voice)
Jim Gillespie
Self - Commentary, Joyride (voice)
Peter Greenaway
Self - Commentary, Dear Phone (voice)
Charles Guard
Self - Commentary, Inside-Out (voice)
Thomas Guard
Self - Commentary, Inside-Out (voice)
Asif Kapadia
Self - Commentary, The Sheep Thief (voice)
Angus Lamont
Self - Commentary, Joyride (voice)
Mike Leigh
Self - Commentary, The Short & Curlies (voice)
Toby MacDonald
Self - Commentary, Je t'aime John Wayne (voice)
Adrian McDowall
Self - Commentary, Who's My Favourite Girl ? (voice)
Morag McKinnon
Self - Commentary, Home (voice)
Luke Morris
Self - Commentary, Je t'aime John Wayne (voice)
Christopher Nolan
Self - Commentary, Doodlebug (voice)
Martin Parr
Self - Commentary, UK Images (voice)
Brian Percival
Self - Commentary, About a Girl (voice)
Luke Ponte
Self - Commentary, Je t'aime John Wayne (voice)
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