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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1

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Eight short films from British filmmakers presented in partnership with BBC Film Network, including award-winning animations, comedies and dramas.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - Fables of Forgotten Things

Short film. A mysterious drifter and his young friend must save a frightened, forgetful old lady from a memory-eating ghost.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - I Stood Up

Giving up your seat on your daily commute to somebody who is less able is seen as common courtesy. But what if this simple act becomes a matter of life and death?

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - Missed

Short film. Will is surprised when his colleague Emma passes a café window, as he'd been told that she'd died while on holiday.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - Pop Art

A year after his mother's death, Toby is in limbo and angry about it, but he's still just a kid at school. Into his life comes Art, who shares a different outlook on life.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - Round

Shot entirely using hand shadow performance, this short film highlights man's position as a footnote in the Earth's very long story. Music by XX Teens.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - The Rain Horse

A father takes his two young children on holiday to Wales, where they are attacked by a wild horse in the torrential rain. Adapted from Ted Hughes' short story, The Rain Horse.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - This Way Up

Oscar-nominated British animation short in which two funeral directors go on a hellish journey trying to bury a woman's coffin.

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BBC HD Film Shorts - Series 1 - Would Like to Meet

A single mum looks for love in the lonely hearts pages. Unbeknown to her, someone has decided to play Cupid - her eight-year-old son. His methods, however, are somewhat unorthodox.

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