Funding & Talent
PULSE 2008 Awardees
The Park
Writer/Director: Destiny Ekaragha; Producer: Tamana Bleasdale
The Park is a coming of age tale about teenage friendships. The stories they tell one another belie the truths they just can’t bear to share.
I Do Air
Writer/Director: Martina Amati; Producer: James Bolton
A young girl overcomes her fear by discovering a new underwater world.
Andrew
Writers/Directors: Giles Ripley and Jonny Ensall; Producers: Guy Fuhrer and Paul Butterworth
For a sleeping cat, Andrew can be very demanding.
Cowboys
Writer/Director: Matthew Murdoch; Producer: Yoko Lytle
A gang of disgruntled builders are gripped by road rage in the wild west of England.
Jenny and the Worm
Writer/Director: Ian Clark; Producer: Megan Stuart Wallace
A pair of young punks find a huge singing earthworm with which they try to seduce the girl next door.
Heat
Writer/Director: Debbie Tucker Green; Producers: Kate Norrish and Polly Leys
Donna has a secret but can she confide in her family…and who would believe her?
A Family Portrait
Writer/Director: Joseph Pierce; Producers: Mark Grimmer
A portrait session threatens to go horribly wrong as jealousy and suspicion begin to surface in front of the photographer's unflappable gaze.
Also greenlit through PULSE PLUS* in 2008 were:
Morning Echo
Writer/Director: Hope Dixon Leach; Producer: Geraldine Patten
Today it's Christmas everywhere but not in the Moffatt household.
Love Hate
Writer/Director: Dylan Ritson; Producer: Scott Jacobson
A sweet-natured charity worker finds his life turned upside down, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Supported by BBC Films
Another World
Writer/Director: Tom Shkolnik ; Producer: Dan McCulloch
Kasha came to London to work. At a house party she meets Jamie, an unemployed musician. We watch the two as they find the courage to let another into their lives.
Supported by BBC Films
* PULSE PLUS is a more ambitious award for directors who have previously made a PULSE digital short or similar. PULSE PLUS has now been replaced by a 2 year programme, Digital Nation, the deadline for which was November 2008.
Related Links
- Principal photography has started on Ben Drew's (aka Plan B) Film London Microwave feature debut, ill Manors http://ow.ly/2Bgip
(13 hours ago)
