Screening Films

Browse our collection of 124 short films Screening at the 2024 edition of the BIFA Qualifying Sunrise Film Festival.

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Our 2024 Nominees
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Introducing our Nominees & Judges for the 2024 edition of Sunrise Film Festival!
Black Samphire

Black Samphire

Runtime 13:50

When Mari, an overworked journalist and her girlfriend, Isla take a weekend away in West Sussex, they stumble across a strand of strange samphire, contaminated by the water pollution in the area.
With Isla developing an obsessive addiction to the poisonous plant Mari is catapulted into a super-natural confrontation against her lifelong partner, in which she must face the consequences of ignoring the signs.
 

Credits:

  • Ishtar Currie-Wilson
    Key Cast
    "Isla"
    The First Omen, Lockwood and co
  • Cathy Wippell
    Key Cast
    "Mari"
  • Stephen Fry
    Key Cast
    "Mari's Boss"
    Gosford Park, Wilde, Blackadder
  • Alexander Vanegas - Sus
    Director
    A Whole Host
  • Cathy Wippell
    Writer
  • Cathy Wippell
    Producer
  • Richard Priseman
    Producer
    Brutal, Nome and the Worm
  • Joseph Archer
    Executive Producers
    Dog Run, On in 15
  • James Wallace (on behalf of River Action UK)
    Executive Producers
  • Joao Faria
    Cinematographer
  • Lucy Martin
    Production Designer
  • Kate Williams
    Makeup
  • Chiara Mallardo
    Makeup
  • Jameliah Adekunle
    Costume
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