WIN: Tickets to National Film and Televison School and ODEON cinemas’ Best Short Films of the Year competition

HERE’S your chance to win tickets to a showcase of the next generation of talented filmmakers’ work.

We’ve got three pairs of tickets up for grabs for the ‘Best Short Films of the Year’ events in Glasgow and Edinburgh on January 17th 2017 at 8pm.

The event is hosted by The National Film and Television School, which has partnered with ODEON cinemas to display a selection of seven NFTS students’ short films, the majority of which have won or been nominated for major awards.

The live action, documentary and animation films will be simultaneously screened in 16 ODEON cinemas across the UK, with audiences asked to get involved and ‘watch, judge and decide’ to pick their favourite film.

To be in with a chance of winning tickets, simply comment your preferred cinema (Glasgow or Edinburgh) on our video posted on Facebook (see below) for a chance of winning!

Tickets are also on sale via the Odeon website.

Please note – Certificate TBC – not suitable for children.

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This is the first time that these films have been shown to the general public and ODEON is the only major European cinema chain to support new filmmakers in this way. A specially commissioned trailer will be shown at ODEON cinemas across the UK from Monday 21^st November featuring a voiceover by Ashton Smith whose voice is synonymous with global feature film campaigns from the likes of Fox and Sony.

Ian Shepherd, Chief Commercial Officer of ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group says: “We are proud to be supporting the NFTS – a global leader in developing film talent – and delighted that we can offer our guests the opportunity to enjoy the stunning early work of these talented filmmakers and vote on their favourite!

“We expect to be showing their future work in our cinemas for decades to come, and celebrating as they win more awards, so we’re very honoured to give this carefully selected programme of short films their first big screen exposure across the UK.”

Nik Powell, NFTS Director, says: “We are excited to be launching this new film competition with ODEON, our platinum cinema sponsor and whose long-established brand is synonymous with British cinema.

“No other film school in the UK is able to offer students the chance to see their films screened in 16 major cinemas. It is a resounding endorsement of our students’ talent and an unprecedented opportunity for our films to reach new audiences.”

The competition is part of a partnership between the NFTS and ODEON, which has become the School’s first platinum cinema sponsor. ODEON is working with the school’s Board, tutors and students to support the school in a wide variety of new initiatives including an annual student scholarship.

The films

Present (Fiction: Director & Co-Writer, Meg Campbell; Producer Ser En Low)

With her sister slowly succumbing to early-onset Alzheimer’s, Beth struggles to balance her responsibilities as a carer and a mother, whilst dealing with her own fear of developing the genetic disease.

 

The Alan Dimension (Animation: Director & Co-writer, Jac Clinch; Producer, Millie Marsh)

The divine gift of precognition has been bestowed to a human. That human…is Alan. But Alan’s gift isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – he can barely foresee what’s for breakfast. And now the only person on earth who understands Alan is packing her bags to leave – Wendy has had enough of being married to ‘mankind’s next step in cognitive evolution’. Will Alan realise in time that seeing the future has blinded him to his present?

 

Sweet Maddie Stone (Fiction: Director/ Co-writer, Brady Hood; Producer, Jake Riley-Hunte)

15-year-old Maddie Stone rules her school yard under the protection of her family name. But after discovering her notorious father has been arrested, she has to make his bail money or lose the yard. The more Maddie fights, the more her world spirals out of control – and the closer she gets to becoming the man she’s trying to save.

 

Patriot (Fiction: Director/ Writer, Eva Riley; Producer, Michelangelo Fano)

Hannah loves her Dad and always wants to be seen next to him. But during the preparations for an anti-immigration protest at her house she is pushed out, being seen as too young. Hannah meets a teenage Romany boy and does her best to push him away but the boy won’t leave her alone, leading to consequences which turn her world upside down.

 

Fishwitch (Animation: Director, Adrienne Dowling; Producer, Helene Sifre)

Tooega is a witch who ekes out an isolated existence on an iceberg. It’s a miserable lot, and in Tootega’s case, misery hates company! Derek is a merman – more fish than man really – who spends his days joyously rollicking around the ocean, oblivious to the fact that his dreadful singing is the very reason he remains friendless. Fishwitch is the story of what happens when these two unlikely characters come together…

 

A Love Story (Animation: Director, Anushka Naanayakkara, Producer, Khaled Gad)

Two creatures fall in love, weaving a colourful world together. But when darkness threatens to consume one of them, the other must fight to stay together, or risk being torn apart.

 

Ferris & The Fancy Pigeon (Documentary: Director/ Writer, James Gardner; Producer, Helene Sifre)

When Ferris, a teenage boy with a passion for fancy pigeons, leaves school, his father finds him a job at the local factory. Ferris goes along with his father’s plan until the day the school bully he thought he’d left behind confronts him. Ferris abandons his post and the punishment his father exercises forces Ferris to finally face up to some difficult home truths.