Cautionary Tales - Teaser

A short film written & directed by Us - cautionary-tales.co.uk
WATCH FULL FILM - vimeo.com/252209946
"A bizarre incident as a young boy left Aaron with an unusual facial disfigurement that has plagued him all his life. Isolated and vulnerable, Aaron seeks comfort in the friendship and understanding of an unexpected group of outcasts"
AWARDS
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BEST FILM 'Liechtenstein Short Film Festival' Liechtenstein
BEST SCRIPT 'Maniatic Int'l Film Festival' Spain
SPECIAL MENTION 'Manchester Film Festival' UK
STAFF PICK 'Vimeo'
SHORT OF THE WEEK 'shortoftheweek.com'
2017
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Official Selection 'Short Shorts Film Festival' Japan- Oscar®
Official Selection 'Flickerfest' Australia - Oscar®
Official Selection 'Foyle Film Festival' Northern Ireland - Oscar®
Official Selection 'LA Short Film Festival' USA - Oscar®
Official Selection 'Edinburgh Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'San Diego Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Bolton Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Fancine Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'Fantastisk Film Festival' Sweden
Official Selection 'This Is England Film Festival' France
Official Selection 'Kino Fest' Romania
Official Selection 'Orlando Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Lusca Fantastic Film Fest' USA
Official Selection 'Kerry Film Festival' Ireland
Official Selection 'Kinsale Sharks' Ireland
Official Selection 'Chiddingly Chillerama' UK
Official Selection 'Catacumba Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'Colchester Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Hollywood North Film Festival' Canada
Official Selection 'Winchester Short Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Soria International Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'San Sebastian Fantasy Film Festival' Spain
Official Selection 'Red Rock Film Festival' USA 2017
Official Selection 'Weyauwega Int'l Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Make It Short Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Duhok Int'l Film Festival' Iraqi
Official Selection 'White Whale Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'NEO International Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'CSIFF' - India
2018
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Official Selection 'Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival' USA
Official Selection 'Four Seasons Film Festival' UK
Official Selection 'Artfools Int'l Film Festival' Greece
Official Selection 'British Shorts Film Festival' - Berlin
Official Selection 'Arkansas Shorts' - USA
Official Selection 'Landshuter Kurz Film Festival' - Germany
Official Selection 'CSIFF' - Venezuela
Official Selection 'Malatesta Short Film Festival' - Italy
Official Selection 'Kontrast Filmfest' - Germany
Official Selection 'Meme Pas Peur' - Reunion
Official Selection 'SHORT to the point' - Romania
Official Selection 'MBIFF' - USA
CREDITS
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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Us
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Academy Films
PRODUCER
Medb Riordan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Lizie Gower & Simon Cooper
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sebastian Winterø
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Francesca Di Mottola
CASTING
Hammond Cox Casting
EDITOR
Sam Rice-Edwards
EDIT HOUSE
Assembly Rooms
MUSIC BY
Half Moon Run
SOUND STUDIO
Wave Studios
SOUND DESIGNER
Jonny Platt
COSTUME DESIGNER
Rebecca Hale
HEAD OF PROSTHETICS
Matthew Smith
GRADE
Jason Wallis
POST PRODUCTION
Electric Theatre
DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
Fieldwork Facility
ILLUSTRATOR
Giulia Ghigni
CAST
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AARON
Ross Hatt
MARK
Anthony Barton
JENNY
Abigail Davies
TERESA
Michele Whitehead
NORMAN
Andrew Murton
SARAH
Laura Evelyn
STEVE
Selom Awadzi
KID ON BUS
Lucas Salem
GALE
Skye Bennett
FULL CREDITS - cautionary-tales.co.uk/portfolio/credits