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United Kingdom2018fiction17'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2018)
How are Poles perceived on the British Isles? A small town in Wales at the turn of June and July 2016. The Welsh football team gets to the EURO Championships semi-finals and the UK decides to leave the EU. Emotions reach an all-time high and some people mistake racism for patriotism. Alicja runs a Polish shop and her daughter Kasia makes extra money cleaning streets. A group of local teenage girls does not like it. But Kasia is not afraid – she is hiding a secret and it is better not to push her boundaries. Harry Lighton, whose earlier picture "Wren Boys" was a BAFTA nominee for the best short film, combines austere social cinema with magic realism.
- directed by
- Harry Lighton
Screenwriter and director from London. His short films have been screened in competitions of international festivals, such as Sundance, SXSW, Aspen Film, the London Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival. His short film "Wren Boys" (2017) has been nominated to the BAFTA Award
- cinematography
- Diana Olifirova
- script
- Harry Lighton
- cast
- Angharad Berrow, Julia Krynke, Rosie Sheehy
- music
- Paddy Fletcher, Dan Baboulene, James Shirley
- sound
- (halo Post Production)
- editing
- Julie Buckland
- production
- Luke Walton (Reel Issue Films), Jackie Sheppard (Footprint Films)
- Photo
