Project Detail

Facing It

Synopsis

As Sean waits anxiously in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will leave him changed forever.
Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Graduation Short Film Competition
Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Animated Shorts Competition

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 mins 30 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Sam Gainsborough
Producer
Jimmy Campbell - Smith
Editor
Mdhamiri A Nkemi
Screenwriter
Louisa Wood
Director of Photography
Bruno Grilo
Production Designer
Fiona Guest
Sound
Adam Woodhams
Composer
Jack Newton
Principal cast
Daniele Bertolucci, Myra Ford, Basil Pruveneers, Edward Aczel, Cathy Walker

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
141 Station Rd
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
141 Station Rd
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A crooked angle close up of an animated character looking angrily into the distance. Lola has black messy hair and grubby pale skin. She has large green eyes and wears broken dungarees. Meat

Director: Gemma Rigg

Year: 2026

A feral child befriends a stray dog in a lonely post-apocalyptic world, but at what cost? A stop motion animation set in a post-apocalyptic abandoned village where survivors forage for food through rubble and ruins. Amongst them is Lola, a lonely feral orphan. Her life is changed forever when she detangles a starving stray dog from a plastic bag. Her new friend fills her world with fleeting warmth and she shares what little food she has. But it’s not for a dog, even a starved one. His his tummy rumbles as he sleeps by her side. The dog is gone by morning, leaving a broken-hearted Lola to search all day for her new friend. She finally discovers the disloyal lurcher munching eagerly on a rival survivor's fresh meaty finds. Lola's sweet revenge is served warm, on a silver platter, to the grateful mutt. But what is the true price of this loyalty?

Two girls underwater: one blows bubble rings while the other reaches out to pass through them Deep End

Director: Puzhen Zhang

Year: 2026

One summer in early 2000s China, a shy preteen girl confronts her fear of water — and human connection — when she forms an unexpected, magical bond in the deep end of the pool.

toledo and heavenly body by the pool Niceland

Director: Julian Gallese

Year: 2026

Heavenly Body is old, and seeks a calm time away from fans to reflect before his last show. As his long-awaited presence descends upon Niceland, a gloomy tropical town where everyone is obsessed with him, its flawed but endearing inhabitants struggle to get tickets. Just before the show, an unlikely friendship leads up to a tragic miracle.