Film Programme
Hammerhead
fiction , Thu, 20:00
UK, 2008, 14 min
Director: Sam Donovan
Synopsis: Oddball Boris tries to reunite his parents on a shark-spotting trip off the North Yorkshire coast. Only, his biggest enemy is along for the ride… his mother’s girlfriend, Lilah. Only once Boris accepts Lilah can he unite his family in his own unique way, through his obsessive love of sharks.
Director: Sam Donovan
Director of 2 award-nominated short films, King Ponce and Unite. Hammerhead is his third short film with Cinematographer Fabian Wagner and second with writer Andrew Yerlett. The UK Film Council commissioned King Ponce went on to screen at over 200 venues worldwide, as part of the Manhattan Short Film Festival and was selected in the Best of British category at the Encounters Short Film Festival in 2007. Unite was one of 15 national 60 second shorts to be selected for the BAFTAs in 2008, and is now touring global festivals.
