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Exclusive: Filmmaking duo Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton, best known for their Oscar-winning short The Silent Child, have set a new slate of projects at their UK-based production company Slick Films.

The slate includes Isla Solidad, created by Omar Deneb Juárez and Camilo Gutiérrez Galván of Sauce Negro Films, Chris Overton’s In Too Deep, starring Shenton and Stephen Wight, and Gregg Chilingirian’s George. All three films will screen at Hollyshorts this August.

Isla Solidad is the tale of a single mother who loses the custody of her son and struggles to make amends for her past mistakes. She pleads for a chance to bring him back home. To do so, she must overcome her financial strains and the complicated care of her sick grandmother. In Too Deep tells the story of a grieving father who goes to extreme measures, using AI technology to relive their fondest memories. George...

“Doctor Who” star Peter Capaldi and Raindance founder Elliot Grove have been honored at the first ever British Short Film Awards.

Capaldi was given the Icon Award while Grove was handed the Impact Award

The British Short Film Awards, in partnership with the HearArt Project, were hosted by presenter Alex Zane on Friday evening. The event streamed on YouTube due to pandemic restrictions.

The jury, who deliberated across 35 categories, were made up of Aimee Lou Wood (“Sex Education”), Samuel Adewumni (“The Last Tree”), Tom Rhys Harries (“White Lines”) and Elizabeth Lail (“You”) as well as Oscar-winning patron Rachel Shenton (“The Silent Child”).

Awards founder and short-film director Tommy Clark said in a statement: “Short films have been an incredible launchpad for some of the industry’s biggest actors and filmmakers today, yet there is no standalone awards ceremony in their honour. The British Short Film Awards aim to recognise, inspire...

Why you gotta be so mean? That's the question Taylor Swift fans are asking one reporter who told the singer she needed a shower during an on-camera interview. After performing a six-song set at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend in Swansea concert — where humidity was at 80 percent — radio DJ Greg James hinted the pop star needed to rinse off. "I think you need to have a shower now," he jokingly told Taylor, who took the brutally honest advice in stride. "I’m not offended that you said that. There’s a lot going on and none of it’s good here." While Taylor was able to laugh off the ~rude~ comment, many of her most loyal fans took to Twitter to drag the BBC reporter. #TaylorSwift has her first recorded interview after years of not doing them and she's told that she needs a shower...

Are you ready to return to Shay Mountain? Below, watch a teaser for the second season of the Outsiders TV show, premiering on Wgn America, Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Wgn America will present Outsiders season two at New York Comic Con, on Sunday, October 9th.A drama featuring the Farrell Clan, Outsiders is created and written by Peter Mattei, who executive produces with Peter Tolan, Michael Wimer, Paul Giamatti, and Dan Carey. David Morse, Thomas M. Wright, Ryan Hurst, Gillian Alexy, Kyle Gallner, Christina Jackson, Joe Anderson, Francie Swift, and Rebecca Harris star.Read More…...

The Outsiders will resume their tussle with the townsfolk on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, Wgn America announced, while also releasing the above trailer prior to the show’s appearance at this week’s New York Comic-Con.

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In Season 2, the struggle for power and control continues in the rugged hills of Appalachia as the conflict between the clan and the town escalates with the Farrells becoming more isolated than ever before. The uneasy truce that had generally existed between the two factions came to an end as Big...