Ella

ELLA

Teaser trailer

A chilling tale of hide and seek between Father and Daughter begins after a death in the family.

(2011 - UK - 08:54)
WRITERS - James Driver & Dan Gitsham 

DIRECTOR - Dan Gitsham PRODUCER - Sophie Mair

Cast: Anthony Head & Lisa Backwell

 

Funded by the UK FILM COUNCIL'S 'DIGITAL SHORTS SCHEME'.

REVIEWS 

'A perfect mix of blood and pathos, the destruction of the nuclear family has never been more
perfectly illustrated (and married to Little Red Hiding Hood tropes!) than in Ella.'
Angie Driscoll, WSFF
 

'...a gloriously messed up Red Riding Hood tale.'
Torontoist

'...9 minutes of haunting beauty...'
FlickFeast

 

'...a nearly wordless and intense subversion of the Red Riding Hood story.'
Critizise This

 

'...quite possibly one of the more perverse re-imaginings of Little Red Riding Hood I’ve seen'
Final Girl Project

AWARDS
Limelight Film Awards 2012 (UK) winner BEST HORROR 2012
Cabbagetown Short Film Festival 2012 (CANADA) winner BEST SUSPENSE 2012
Killer Film Fest 2012 (USA) winner BEST SHORT CINEMATOGRAPHY & ACTOR 2012
Horror Film Festival Molins De Rei 2012 (Spain) winner BEST SHORT ACTOR 2012

SCREENED AT OVER 20 FESTIVALS INCLUDING:

 

Worldwide Short Film Festival 2011 (Canada)
Puchon Fantastic Film Festival 2011 (Korea)
A World of Shorts 2011 (Canada)
Concorto Film Festival 2011 (Italy)
MotelX – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival 2011 (Portugal)
Lund Fantastic Film Festival 2011 (Sweden)
Calgary International Film Festival 2011 (Canada)
Screamfest 2011 (USA)
Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival 2011 (Belgium)
Sitges Fantasy Festival 2011 (Spain)
Puerto Rico Horror Festival 2011 (USA)
Mayhem Horror Festival 2011 (UK)
Encounters Short Film Festival 2011 (UK)
Abertoir Horror Festival 2011 (UK)
Two Short Nights Teaser 2011 (UK)
South African Horror Festival 2011 (South Africa)
Reggio Film Festival 2011 (Italy)
London Short Film Festival 2012 (UK)
British Shorts Film Festival 2012 (Germany)
British Short Film Week 2012 (Romania)
Dead by Dawn 2012 (UK)Limelight Film Awards 2012 (UK) winner BEST HORROR 2012
Cryptshow Festival 2012 (SPAIN)
ARTMania Festival 2012 (Romania)
Minneapolis Underground Film Festival 2012 (USA)
Cabbagetown Short Film Festival 2012 (CANADA) winner BEST SUSPENSE 2012
A Fright to Remember 2012 (UK)
Abertoir Halloween Cardiff 2012 (UK)
Killer Film Fest 2012 (USA) winner BEST SHORT CINEMATOGRAPHY & ACTOR 2012
Horror Film Festival Molins De Rei 2012 (Spain) winner BEST SHORT ACTOR 2012
XIV International Short Film Festival La Boca (Spain)
Filmets - Badalona Film Festival (Spain)
Showroom Shorts 2012 - (UK)