Ugly Duckling Shorts
At Ugly Duckling Films, we are passionate about finding new voices and supporting emerging talent. Occasionally, we will develop short films with filmmakers who we find inspiring and wish to accompany on their journey through to feature filmmaking.
Rosemary and Basil
The darkly twisted short film from acclaimed theatre director Max Gill, starring Anna Wilson-Jones (Victoria, Black Mirror) and Jordan Waller (Victoria, Their Finest) -- in production.
Old Town
Dir. Jacob John Harmer
In a bygone fishing community, Joey is struggling to deal with the resentment and anger he feels as his dreams lie in tatters. His father, having lost the family boat at sea and thereby robbing Joey of his chance at being captain, is ostracised after claiming a giant serpent sank the boat.
Now a skipper to his uncle Captain Mark, Joey harbours this humiliation while contending with a growing animosity between his cousin Sammy and himself.
Old Town marks commercials director Jacob John Harmer's first foray into narrative filmmaking. Des Hamilton is casting.
Mercy
Dir. Max Gill
Mercy is a wry, playful, and visually adventurous modern fairy tale, inspired by a story in Boccaccio’s The Decameron and reset in London's Nigerian community.
Mercy will be the third short by emerging writer/director and theatre director Max Gill.
Emily Brockmann is casting, with music composed by Nathan Klein (Butterfly Kisses, Sleep).