Cinema at The Museum - Nominees for British Short Film & British Short Animation (BAFTA) awards

A Drowning Man MAHDI FLEIFEL, France, 2017 (15 min.)
Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.

Poles Apart PALOMA BAEZA, UK, 2017 (12 min.)
In a harsh Arctic landscape, a hungry and solitary polar bear has to decide if a naïve Canadian grizzly bear is her food or her friend.

Work ANEIL KARIA, UK, 2017 (13 min.)
A teenage ballerina's perspective of the world around her begins to shift as she is confronted with its capacity for injustice.

Have Heart WILL ANDERSON, Poland, 2017 (13 min.)
A looping GIF has an existential crisis.

Cowboy Dave COLIN O’TOOLE, UK, 2017 (25 min.)
Cowboy Dave is a story that charts the coming together of a drifter, a war party and a hustler.

Wren Boys HARRY LIGHTON , UK, 2017 (11 min.)
On the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest from Cork drives his nephew to prison. 

Mamoon BEN STEER, UK, 2017 (6 min.)
The story of a mother who, along with her infant child, is forced to leave her home when mysterious dark shadows envelope the light in which they exist. As her own light begins to fade, she is forced to use the mysterious red light to save her child. 

Aamir VIKA EVDOKIMENKO, UK, 2017 (17 min.)
13-year-old Aamir is stranded alone in the largest unofficial refugee camp in Europe. When he is befriended by Katlyn, a thinly stretched volunteer, she becomes Aamir's last hope for salvation.