SAFE
When Anne, an office cleaner, finishes work in the evening, all she wants is to get the bus home in time to put her daughter to bed. Instead, she’s pursued and harassed by a man at the bus stop, leaving her with a dilemma whether to get on the bus or face a long walk home in the dark.
Safe is a BFI Network funded short film
from Big Buddha Films and Wellington Films
Starring Laura Bayston and James Nelson-Joyce
Writer/Director - Debbie Howard
Producers - Rachel Robey and Al Clark
Exec Producers - Ben Taylor, Debbie Howard and Laura Bayston
Cinematographer - Gabi Norland
Sound Recordist - Adam Fletcher
Editor - Julie Buckland
Sound Designer -Emma Butt
Production Designer - Elly Langlois
Costume - Sally Hodgson
Make up and Hair Designer - Catherine Burdett Smith
Safe is funded by BFI Network with National Lottery funding
With support from The Violence Reduction Unit at South Yorkshire Police and Lush
Film Festivals
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2023 - Awards - Best Director, Best Screenplay
Norwich Film Festival 2023
225 Film Club 2023
Leeds International Film Festival 2023
Bright Film Festival 2023
Northampton Film Festival 2024
Jacksonville Film Festival 2024
Short Stack 2024
Sevilla Indie Film Festival 2024 - Awards - Best Actor James Nelson-Joyce
Sunderland Short Film Festival 2024
Ignite Film Festival 2024
