MISH + GRAHAM - short film - 12 mins. Spoken English & British Sign Language, with captions
It’s 2032. The Connect App has changed everything: it could be the answer to the social care crisis or the beginning of the commodification of care. An unlikely friendship between two strangers in four meetings, moving between BSL and spoken English. Ready to Connect?
DIRECTOR Nathan Crossan-Smith SCREENPLAY Thea Gaijic and Rebecca Saffir PRODUCERS Judith Hibberd & Jem Wall for Hydrocracker; Royal and Derngate Northampton EXEC PRODUCER David Westhead FEATURING Rhiannon Jones and Jem Wall, with Connie Edgington and Judith Phillips EDITOR Correll Johnson DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tom Turley SOUND DESIGNER AND COMPOSER Matt Huxley COLOURIST Jax Harney for X LDN PRODUCTION DESIGNERS Alexander Greenhill and Ju Ro Farr SOUND MIX Reuben Vick CONNECT APP DESIGN John Hunter BSL INTERPRETERS Caroline Barnes, Phoebe Hussey BSL CONSULTANTS Jenni Dawkins and Brian Duffy BSL TRANSLATION & CAPTIONING Sam Arnold
SCREENINGS / AWARDS
Manchester
United Kingdom
September 28, 2022
Audience Vote Award (top two)
Little Wing Film Festival
London
United Kingdom
October 9, 2022
Best Actress (Nominated)
Sunderland Short Film Festival
Sunderland
United Kingdom
October 22, 2022
Cincecity Film Festival
Brighton
United Kingdom
November 15, 2023
Official Selection
Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
May 11, 2024
Selected: Best UK Short Film
Vienna
Austria
September 4, 2024
European Premiere
