LONDON – Home, the short film co-produced by Black Sheep Studios, BBH London’s in-house production unit, Somesuch, and DokuFest, the Kosovan film festival, was last night awarded the BAFTA for Best British Short Film.
The powerful 20-minute short film, supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched in 2016 to address the refugee crisis. Starring Jack O’Connell and Holliday Grainger, Home was shot in three countries – the UK, Kosovo and Albania.
As thousands of men, women and children attempt to get into Europe, the film sees a comfortable English family experience a life changing journey of their own. The film presents a less common route of using an entertainment format to communicate a message, rather than a traditional commercial format.
Written and directed by BAFTA-winning director, Daniel Mulloy (BABY, ANTONIO’S BREAKFAST, DAD), Home aims to remind the viewer that refugees are just like you or I – fathers, mothers, sons and daughters – for whom the meaning of the word “home” has undergone a traumatic re-evaluation.
The film was funded and produced by Black Sheep Studios, Somesuch and DokuFest, with donations from Open Society Foundation-London, United Agencies in Kosovo, USAID and the film’s cast and crew, among many others. Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal and Wiley all donated music for the soundtrack.
Credits:
Production Company: Black Sheep Studios / Somesuch / Dokufest
Director: Daniel Mulloy
Writer: Daniel Mulloy
Executive Producer: Anthony Austin, Davud Karbassioun, Sally Campbell, Arta Dobroshi, Eroll Bilibani, Andre des Rochers
Producer: Chris Watling, Tim Nash, Scott O’Donnell, Shpat Deda, Afolabi Kuti
DoP: Victor Seguin / Paul Mackay
Post Production: The Mill
Editor/Editing House: Phil Currie / Homespun
Associate Editor: Elena de Palma
Sound: Jon Clarke @ Factory Studios
Media Agency: PHD Media
PR Agency: Freuds
Music Supervision: The Most Radicalist Black Sheep Music
