ANERIS WOMEN
BLACK OR WHITE?
BLESSED ARE THE CHILDREN
WOULD LIKE TO MEET
BRING ME JOY
Completed: July 2007
Running time: 9:45 min
Genre: Comedy
Format: Digital – Mini DV
Synopsis
Sophie longs to be happy. She passes an amazing white sofa in a shop window
and falls in love with it. But instead of bringing her the joy she sought,
she experiences nothing but frustration and disaster.
Tag Line
If I sit on you will you make all my dreams come true?
Sophie White – Blue Merrick
Sadie – Kate Wood
Jonathan – Tim Hibberd
Geraldine – Susan Mitchell
Alison – Denise Kennedy
Meena – Jasmine Givnan
Isaac – Sonny Givnan
Delivery Man – Steve Haythorne
Main Crew
Written and Directed by Debbie Howard
Co-Produced by Debbie Howard and Kayleigh Cruickshank
Associate Producer Sheffield Independent Film
DOP - Mark Cohen
Editor - Christopher Hall
Sound Design – Grant Bridgeman
Sound Recordist – Rowan October
Gaffer – Alex Veitch
Graphics – Bird&Bee
Original Music
The Lovers (RAK publishing), Sara Hawley, The Wizards of Twiddly
This film was made with an enormous amount of help and collaboration from many people and companies who contributed time, talent, money and goods. A huge thank you to all of them. A special mention of thanks to: Jake Arnott, Keith Simpson Upholstery, Don Valley Self Drive, VTR Leeds, Boots and Lembas.
Festivals and screenings to date:
Premier screening Showroom Cinema 8th September 2007.
Kent Film Festival, Canada, March 2008
Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico, 2008
Stamford Short Film Festival, London 2008
Final Cut Film Festival, Brighton, 2008
Canary Wharf Film Festival, London, 2008
Swansea Bay film festival 2008
CAN Leicester (cat C) 2008
International Film Festival England 2008 – Tamworth 10 – 13
June
Buffalo Niagra Film Festival - Cananda - 2008, and
Wood Green Film Festival, London, 2008.
End of the Pier Film Festival.
NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS
Won Best Comedy at Wood Green International Short Film Festival,
London, 2008
Nominated for Best Comedy at End of the Pier Film Festival, Bognor, 2008
Nominated for Best Narrative Short at Swansea Bay Film Festival, Swansea,
2008
ANERIS WOMEN
Completed July 2007
Genre: Documentary
Format: Digital Mini DV
Approx Running Time: 13.36 mins
This is a documentary about women working in the arts. We interviewed many women, most of which belong to the arts collective Aneris, at their launch event at Peace In The Park, in Sheffield, June 2007. We asked several women about their art form, and what it is like for women working in their professions, what they love, what holds them back, what they’d like to change. We also asked many people, both male and female how they would describe a strong woman. We also covered several of their performances.
Cast
Many women from Aneris collective
Crew
Written, Directed and Produced by Debbie Howard.
Camera/Sound – Debbie Howard
Editor – Debbie Howard
With thanks to SHIFT and editing mentor Neil Fergusson.
Festivals and screenings to date:
Currently submitting to festivals
Showroom, Sheffield, Cinema 28 November 2007
BLACK OR WHITE?
(CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS FILM)
Completed: October 2006
Running Time: 3:36 mins and 1:00 min version also available
Genre: Documentary
Format: Digital Mini DV
Synopsis
We asked a list of ‘either/or’ questions to a huge cross section
of society, with fascinating results. How does a three year old white girl
relate to the same simple questions as a black male asylum seeker or a middle
aged homeless woman? Will they conform to stereotypes or surprise us with
their answers?
Tag Line
What would you choose?
Cast
Almost fifty people interviewed around Sheffield.
Crew
Written, Directed and Produced by Debbie Howard.
DOP – Mark Cohen
Editor – Jonathan Charles
Production Assistant – Greg Vyce
With thanks for SHIFT and SIF for use of edit suites and facilities.
Festivals and screenings to date:
One min version
Hyde Park Picture House – Leeds
BBC Big Screen Leeds and Bradford
Three min version
The Lescar benefit night - 3 December 2006
Sheffield Independent Film - 19 December 2006
Deep Fried Film Festival – July 2007 – Scotland
Remote Control Sheffield
Shortwave – 93 Feet East – 11th Feb 2007
Flat Black Digigtal Arts exhibition at the Workstation, Sheffield 10 –
13 Feb 2007
University of Hull’s Scarborough Campus film night – 19 April
2007
East End Film Festival – Rio Cinema – 24 April 2007
Cannes short film corner – May 2007
Girls on Film – Manchester
Rotoreliefs, Shoreditch – April 2007
Visions at the Nunnery – art exhibition, Bow, London 18 – 20
May 2007.
Appledore Film Festival - 31st May 2007
Camden Green Fair solar experience – 3rd June 2007
Shields Event Sheffield – June 2007
Third Angel Film night Sheffield – 17th July 2007
Tabor Film Festival – Zabok, Croatia, July 2007
Portobello Film Festival London 1 – 22 August 2007
Angel Film Festival, Kings Head, Islington – 15th September 2007
The Green Room Ultra Indie Film Festival – Edinburgh, August 2007
Canary Wharf Film Festival, London September 2007
Get Bent Festival Manchester 31st August 2007 Contact Theatre
Shorts and Shots, London, December 2007
End of the Pier Film Festival, 2008
BBC Big Screen, Bradford, Rotherham and Manchester
Now showing on the BBC Filmnetwork
End of the Pier Film Festival
Hull Film Festival, 2008
Stamford Short Film Festival, London, 2008
Final Cut Film Festival, Brighton 2008
Now screening on Propeller TV
NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS
1 min version
Won Best Scripted Piece in One Minute Wonders Competition – Leeds 2007
3 min version
Nominated for Glimmer Short Film Award – Glimmer Film Festival,
Hull 2008
Nominated for Best Experimental Film – End of the Pier Film Festival,
Bognor 2008
Nominated for Best Short Film – Angel Film Festival, London, 2007
Won a ‘Special Mention’ for Outstanding Film in Documentary
section at Canary Wharf Film Festival, London, 2007
BLESSED ARE THE CHILDREN
Completed: November 2006
Running Time: 1:00 min
Genre: Documentary
Format: Digital Mini DV
Synopsis
Take a class full of children aged ten and look at their similarities and
differences.
Tag Line
We are ten.
Cast
Twenty children from Hunters Bar Junior School in Sheffield.
Main Crew
Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by Debbie Howard
Executive Producer – Bridget Kelly
DOP – Jonathan Charles
Editing Mentor – Neil Fergusson
Production Manager – Rob Nevitt
Sound Recordist – Jacqui Bellamy and Ronin Barkshire
Original Music
The Hat Band
With thanks to SHIFT and Hunters Bar Junior School.
Festivals and screenings to date:
Currently submitting to festivals.
WOULD LIKE TO MEET
Company: Screen Yorkshire
Completed: January 2006
Running Time: 5:36 mins
Genre: Comedy
Format: Digital Mini DV
Synopsis
Ever speed dated? Its overrated, lonely hearts – sad old farts. All
of those fish in the sea – but how far do you have to go to find your
soul mate? Sam and Julia begin the ordeal, which is the video dating game,
only to discover love is just a heartbeat away.
Tag Line
How far would you go to find your soul mate?
Cast
Julia – Susan Mitchell
Sam – Chris Clarkson
Crew
Director – Debbie Howard
Writer – Lois Greaves
Producer – Alex Woodward
DOP – Quentin Budworth
Camera – Jonathan Green
Editor – Liam Fitzpatrick
Sound – Sam Haward
Production Assistant – Tom Gladstone
This film was made for Screen Yorkshire as part of Caught Short Focus. This was the first film Debbie directed, before setting up Big Buddha Films. With thanks to everyone at Screen Yorkshire
Festivals and screenings to date:
Remote Control - Showroom
MMIP Bradford
2 Shots Festival Sheffield - Showroom
Projector, Sharrow Film Festival
Lescar benefit night – 3 December 2006
Deep Fried Film Festival – Scotland – April 2007
Love Science at The Cube Cinema, Bristol – 24 Feb 2007
Rotoreliefs, Shoreditch – March 2007
Girls on Film – Manchester – 4th April 2007
Cannes Short Film Corner – May 2007
Portobello Film fest 1 – 22 August
Sefton Short film festival, 2007
