Red Hill
Directed and produced by LAURA CARREIRA
With the participation of
BILLY MACK, LORRAINE MCCANN
Written by LAURA CARREIRA & RAMÓN DURMAN
Director of Photography KARL KÜRTEN
Assistant Camera MICHAEL NEAL
Sound Recordist ERIC BACA
Sound Designer ERIC BACA
Editor LAURA CARREIRA
Colorist STEPHEN C. HORNE
POSTER
Jim, an isolated ex-miner who works as a night-shift security guard faces his last day at work before retirement. He spends the night patrolling the slag heap of a former coal mine - a remnant of Scotland's industrial past. The film explores the intrinsic relation of an individual to work and asks what's left when, at the end of a lifetime of labour, a man loses his purpose.
Winner of the New Visions Award 2019 - Edinburgh International Film Festival
Winner of the annual Best First Work Award 2019 - Shortcutz Ovar
Nominated for Best Short Film - 2019 BAFTA Scotland Awards
Long listed for Best British Short Film - 2019 BIFA Awards
Shortlisted for The John Bryne Award for Community and Society 2019
FESTIVALS:
Underwire Film Festival 2019 - Nominated for Best Director
London Short Film Festival 2019 - Nominated for Best British Short Film
Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival 2019 - International Competition
BFI Future Film Festival 2019 - Nominated for the New Talent Awards - Writing Category
Signes de Nuit 2019, FR - International Competition
International Festival Films de Femmes 2019, FR - International Competition
L'Europe autour de l'Europe 2019, FR - International Competition
Braziers Mini Indi Film Festival 2019, UK
International Short Film Festival Curtas 2019, PT - National Competition
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019, UK - Winner of the New Visions Award
New Renaissance Film Festival 2019, UK
Norwich Film Festival 2019, UK
Inverness Film Festival 2019, UK
This is England Film Festival 2019, FR - International Competition
Shortcutz Ovar 2019, PT - Winner of the annual Best First Work Award
SCREENINGS:
CinemaAttic Screening 'Mujeres' - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Dundee
Northern Exposure Screening - Newcastle
Espinho Cineclub Screening
BBC Scotland 'The Next Big Thing' Series
MEDIA:
> Sight & Sound - Clermont-Ferrand 2019: seven of the best short films
"This is a slow and richly rewarding work thanks to the confident direction of Carreira, who combines documentary style realism with a lyrical beauty, alongside a breathtaking performance from Billy Mack in the lead role."
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> Interview with Laura Carreira - Take One Cinema