BRIDGE Short Film
Logline: A young receptionist forms a coincidental bond with a patient over the phone, who helps her reconnect with the world and her place in it.
Tara Aghdashloo’s second short film, premiered at the BAFTA and BIFA qualifying Norwich Film Festival and continues its festival journey with 17 nominations and 7 wins so far:
Best European Short Film (winner, Catania Film Festival), Best Director and Best Actress (winner, Alessandria Film Festival), Best International Director and Best International Short film (winner, Contemporanea Festival), Best Narrative Short and Best Actress (winner, I Will Tell Festival), Best Supporting Actress (nominated, I Will Tell Festival), Best International Short Film (nominated, Afrodite Festival), Best Short Film, Best Casting and Best Screenplay (nominated, Tweetfest Film Festival), Best Short Film (nominated, HB Festival), Best UK Short (nominated, Unrestricted Festival), Best Drama (nominated, Southport Festival), Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score (nominated, Mansfield Festival). It was produced by Kusini Productions for BBC with Nina Georgieff and Cat White. The film is an adaptation of an award-winning poem by Gemma Barnett who also stars in it.
Festivals: Catania Film Festival, This is England Film Festival, Afrodite Shorts Film Festival, Alessandria Film Festival, Leiden International Film Festival, Contemporanea Film Festival, Job Film Festival, KIN Festival, Norwich Film Festival, TweetFest Film Festival, Lichtspielklub Short Film Festival British Shorts, Unrestricted View Film Festival, Southport Film Festival , Mansfield Town Film Festival, MoliseCinema International Film Festival, Bardi Film Festival, I Will Tell International Film Festival, HB Film Festival, North East Film Festival.
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Directed by Tara Aghdashloo
Written by Gemma Barnett
Script by Gemma Barnett & Tara Aghdashloo
Production Company Kusini Productions
Produced by Nina Georgieff & Catherine Joy White
Executive Producer for BBC Emma Blacklay-Piech
Associate Producer Anais Ferrato
Director of Photography Kia Fern Little
Editor Joan Gill Amorim
Production Designer Set Sisters (Millie Wilkie, Liberty Scarlett)
Costume Designer Cecile Mai
Casting Director Shakyra Dowling
Original Score by Hollie Buhagiar
1st AD Top Tarasin
2nd AD Alec Simmons
Script Supervisor George Pritchard
HMU Designer Emily Guyon
Art department assistant Katya Hudson
Movement Director Flora Grant
Runners Beth Collins, Natalya, Georgieff, Seb Kidson
1st AC Laura Flack, Oli Robertshaw
2nd AC Louise Tse, Colleen Lee
Grip Lowell Bass
Camera Trainee James Street
Gaffer Bill Rae Smith
Sparks Harry Rae Smith, Meg Sharp, Tomé Ferreira
Tracking Vehicle Ronin Ronnie Miles
Tracking Vehicle Driver Kai Newton
Sound Recordist Adam Chestnutt
Mental Health & Well-being Officer Laura White
Unit Photographer Anastasia Arsentyeva
Chaperone Asia Nowicki
Colourist Jonny Tully
Sound Design Alex Huebner
Sound Mix George Elliott
Titles Anastasia Di Modugno
Offline Edit Producer Phoebe Armstrong Beaver
Post Producer Emily Davies
Bridget – Gemma Barnett
Kirsty – Bianca Beckles-Rose
Oli – Sam Landon
Jenny – Pauline Tomlin
Dee – Phoenix Nowicki
Stephanie – Patricia Jones
Richard – Alexander James Simon
Anthony – Kerry Frater
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