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The British Short Film Awards

The British Short Film Awards

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The Darkest Blue โ€“ Award-Winning British Short Film | Directed by Andrew Steggall

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Award-Winning Short Film | British Drama | 13:45 mins

Not bad!

โ€” @Rico-Willems

The Darkest Blue received multiple nominations at the British Short Film Awards for its cinematography, direction, and powerful performances.

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the "friends" are bloody idiots! they should tell her NO and not go along with this idiocy. after she died the idiot destroyed her paintings just due to his guilt feelings and egoism nothing else!

โ€” @benyamin1059

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where can i find the music of this film?

โ€” @jlkatee

๐ŸŽฌ Synopsis

Convinced that an artist is only truly appreciated after they die, a struggling painter plans to fake her own death โ€” but not all goes to plan.

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โ€” @tobioshoyo192

Cast

Brit Thomas โ€” Fanta Barrie

How cool I see them as aliens collectively trying to steal my shit

โ€” @TFrancis-ev1lo

Lee Hudson โ€” Joseph Phelps

Director: Andrew Steggall

Gripping๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

โ€” @triciahollingshead9971

Producer: Samantha Whitehouse

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i doubt she wanted to fake her dearh...

โ€” @MrsCatacla

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Directorโ€™s Statement

โ€œAt its heart, this film has a simple theme: you need to give 100% of yourself to your craft. Like Brit, Iโ€™ve often wondered if I could succeed in such a tough, unforgiving industry. This film is for anyone balancing bills with big dreams.โ€

Such a rash decision is never the answer. She should have thought of the risks too...besides her ill, helpless mother.

โ€” @indesrpringles5356

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Why would he trash her work? I'm thinking the last thing you would do is destroy the stuff the person you love, loved. I don't care what the circumstances.

โ€” @glen7228

Winner Fights the Moon โ†’ https://youtu.be/7t06WcEKWFQ

The Nun Slayer โ†’ https://youtu.be/FevPNvznxzc

I don't know but i feel like Brit knew what she was doing. Maybe she wasn't faking her death. She had an ill mother and was suffering financially...Couldn't it be possible that she was dreading an escape and actually wanted to die?

โ€” @AalmasFatima

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https://thebritishshortfilmawards.co.uk

So they watched her go into the sea and then walked offโ€ฆdidnโ€™t they notice sheโ€™d got into difficulty? Itโ€™s this that ruined it for meโ€ฆ

โ€” @johncooney417

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Wow! This is a short film that elicits a lot of emotion! Wow. Great film. Thank you.

โ€” @robnee3313

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oh, Sadness - your woes as you pursue into the unknown ... there is but nought to pursue ... "Be Still ..." (That is how deeply i may say thank Youse for this movie xxx the waves that come in from the huge gravity of it all does need me to be a calm shoreline, however silly i may seem)

@RaineCarosin
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Excellent movie but sad that artists and others ARE often only famous after they die. However, it was selfish of her to involve her friends in her plan. Even if she had survived, they would have had to "lie" to the police.

@michelleives6344
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OMG. I'm depressed and all the videos that Iโ€™ve been watching are sad. Itโ€™s like the algorithm knows meโ€ฆ
This is a very, very good film

@roxanarosado8706
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one of those BS woke movie.

@DenaGreer-fm4jx
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Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š

@suebradford5758
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This short film is a piece of ART โค

@CraftsmenFilmProduction
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Brit wasn't painting for any other reason than to make money.
She could have pursued her art while still holding down a job.
The plan to fake her death to make her work more valuable was cynical and manipulative.
She would do better working for a gallery.Hyping art to the public was her real talent.
Her paintings were mediocre.

@renzo6490
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As an AI researcher, one of the things I am most worried about is AI models replacing creatives. We should build AI responsibly. Have them automate repetitive tasks not as an option or alternatives to creatives. Any thing created especially by an LLM is not truly new or creative it is simply sampled out of all that it has been fed

@godswilldave9263
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Bad low quality!

@gentianvandewerken929
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Exquisite.

@katrinakole2077
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Ever since I discovered Max Richter I notice now lol

@katrinakole2077
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Who did the music? Pkease.

@katrinakole2077
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Accomplished!

@Paul-dorsetuk
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Makes me wonder if she really intended to come back.

@MarblesEdna
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I think she committed suicide. Life just wasn't worth it anymore.

@VetteX57
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Wonderful and sad too ,God the great creator ,bless all people who create art ,its a gift from him and you and whilst you are painting you are pleasing him and you are free of any problems if only temporari.y ,๐Ÿ˜Š

@steventyreman3642
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This is what capitalism does.

@annedinan8749
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Well done. As a painter, I have felt these things..

@thedawneffect
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This was so well made and relatable in so many ways. So glad that it came to my attention on YT.

@monowarabegum2954
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This days to keep a good attention for 15 minutes, represents an eternity. Brilliant work.

@lasedadelsilencio
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Wow

@megancarroll
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It's a inconceivable that an artist does not feel valuable unless their art is valued.... I consider myself an artist... Have sold a few works when I needed to so I could pay for necessities....otherwise I don't care if no one even sees my work.... I paint because I have to.... I must create.... I breath creativity.... I believe the guy loved her... He had no idea a creative person cannot exist without creating..... Doing a nine to five doesn't allow a person much room to be creative... I can't have a work schedule.... So I swapped money for being creative.... I've moved so many times I can hardly count... In a tent, car, camper etc.... I Love my freedom .... You are an artist despite others opinion.... This broke my heart....๐Ÿ˜ฐ

@rolflaprete1849
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This is insanely good.
It makes me think about some of the rubbish that we watch on streaming services and things like this just go totally under the radar. I miss proper art!!

@EdemJansen
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No way that easel would remain standing in the face of that gale with a stonking great square-rigged canvas propped at the top, even with a couple of half-hearted stomps of its feet into the sand.

@B_Ruphe
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Britt traumatized her friends, that guy especially ๐Ÿ˜ข

@DivineMessagesFromBeyond
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Dya think that rip was where she died. Never swim in black water.

@MsAlien911
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The painting is beautiful. Too bad tragedy sells

@debbiefaithwalker9777
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Heart breaking story. We live in a cruel society. Extremely depressing.

@MercedesGallese
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Thank you.

@knightofthesun1738
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I'm a 74-year-old artist with hundreds of great paintings. I quit selling them as artists are treated horribly. I found this movie very moving.

@JustinsDreamArt
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There you go . Have a story !

@Zofishanbintnoon
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She seems so into herself that she can't see what she is putting others through. Selfish

@jean4186
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That gallery woman is full of sh...

@pascalgrinberg5530
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The Darkest Blue - look at the painting 'unveiled' at the very end.
3 dark dots not far from shore. Imo, the 3 'friends' drowned her.
Their cover up story was that she wanted to 'fake her own death'.
Imo, she did know that her worth would be more if she wasn't alive, and so did the 'friends'.
One of those friends did actually care, and therefore destroyed all of her work knowing that she was indeed dead.
But, one painting was left - and that was 'not for sale' because the artist knew what her friends were planning - and it provided proof.

@lillybullen5374
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The ignorant language is unnecessary.. put me off immediately.

@Sunny25611
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This grabbed me. 8-(

@FollowTheJohn
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Not a good show to people who might be thinking of suicide.

@garyabello-rs4em
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Some things are valued after its lost..am from india, pity fr brit๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜”team๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

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