This year’s fresh crop of BAFTA shorts feature some outstanding productions in both live action and animation, with some exceeding all expectation in both direction, acting and producing stakes. Offering a mixture of live action and animated productions, BAFTA has surpassed itself once again with a shortlist which is worthy of admiration and praise. Here are just a few of the best and most notable nominees.
Related: The full list of 2019 BAFTA winners and Red Carpet Interviews
Barnaby Blackburn’s Wale (★★★★) presents an exhilarating crime thriller starring Raphel Famotibe and Jamie Sives. The film tells the story of 18-year-old Wale (Famotibe), a reformed young criminal turned mechanic trying to get his life back on track. Things take a dark turn when Wale finds himself implicated in a serious crime after a chance meeting with a smooth talking businessman (Sives).
One of the stand-out shorts this year is a slow-burning...
Related: The full list of 2019 BAFTA winners and Red Carpet Interviews
Barnaby Blackburn’s Wale (★★★★) presents an exhilarating crime thriller starring Raphel Famotibe and Jamie Sives. The film tells the story of 18-year-old Wale (Famotibe), a reformed young criminal turned mechanic trying to get his life back on track. Things take a dark turn when Wale finds himself implicated in a serious crime after a chance meeting with a smooth talking businessman (Sives).
One of the stand-out shorts this year is a slow-burning...
- 2/12/2019
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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