THE PITCH | Director - Vanessa Perdriau
A 22min short film, written and directed by Vanessa Perdriau. The film was funded by the Pitch Film Fund, a prestigious competition in the UK, in which filmmakers pitch ideas to a panel of industry professionals to secure 30K to make their film. Vanessa was the recipient of the grand prize and her short film "The Widow's Last" is the Pitch winning film.
Longline: Ireland, 1847. A destitute young widow desperate to save her dying son, must make a choice, but is the cost of survival worth the price of her humanity?
AWARDS
WINNER The Pitch Film Bursary
WINNER 'Best Short Film' Edinburgh Indie Film Festival
WINNER 'Best Production Design' Birmingham Film Festival
71st BAFTA AWARDS 'Best Short Film' Longlist
IN COMPETITION 'Best Short Film' Flickers: Rhode Island Film Festival
IN COMPETITION 'Best Short Film' Galway Film Fleadh
IN COMPETITION 'Best Short Film' Irish Film Festival London
IN COMPETITION 'Light in Motion Award' Foyle Film Festival
Official Selection LA Shorts Fest
Official Selection Rhode Island Film Festival
Official Selection Savannah Film Festival
Official Selection Portland Film Festival
Official Selection Brooklyn Film Festival
Official Selection Toronto Shorts Int. Film Festival
Official Selection Dingle Film Festival
Official Selection Toronto Irish Film Festival
Official Selection Chicago Irish Film Festival
Official Selection London Lift-Off Film Festival
Official Selection Cinema in the Smokies Film Festival
Official Selection Disappear Here Film Festival
CAST
Kathryn: Charlotte Peters
Edmund: Matthew Wolf
Sean: Damien Hasson
Michael: Sam Hardy
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