Home (2016 British-Kosovan film)

Home is a British-Kosovan drama short film about refugees. The film, which stars Jack O'Connell and Holliday Grainger, was written and directed by Daniel Mulloy. The film, which was made in association with the United Nations, was released in UK cinemas on World Refugee Day 2016.[1] It was Nominated for the European Film Academy Award [2] and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.[3]

Home
Directed byDaniel Mulloy
Produced byAfolabi Kuti
Shpat Deda
Scott O'Donnell
Tim Nash
Chris Watling
Written byDaniel Mulloy
StarringJack O'Connell
Holliday Grainger
Zaki Ramadani
Tahliya Lowles
Music byColdplay
Dizzee Rascal
Alexander Bălănescu
Wiley
Production
company
Bartle Bogle Hegarty
Black Sheep Studios
Dokufest
Somesuch
Release date
  • 12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) (SXSW Film Festival)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryKosovo
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Arabic
Macedonian

Plot

Thousands of men, women and children struggle to get into Europe as a comfortable English family leave, on what appears to be a holiday.

Cast

Production

Daniel Mulloy, wrote the screenplay after spending time living with refugees who were facing deportation:

"We began chatting and I learned that their clothes had been donated to them by nuns and their son had just been operated on after falling ill sleeping on the floor of a Hungarian jail cell. We were in Kosovo and they were being returned to a nightmare that they had risked their lives to escape. I left them feeling sickened and disturbed. I then returned to the UK, billboards were up on streets that were overtly racist and our politicians were dehumanising those fleeing war zones, referring to them as ‘swarms’ and living in ‘jungles’. The film grew out of the fact that wanted to respond.'' [4] Daniel Mulloy from Dazed interview by Trey Taylor

Release

Home premiered at the 2016 South by Southwest.[5] All proceeds from the film’s global screenings went to the United Nations #WithRefugees Coalition.

Awards
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References
  1. "Short of The Week: HOME" Short of The Week Website, JUNE 20, 2016 (Retrieved 14 April 2017)
  2. "EFA: Nominees" European Film Academy Website, 18 July 2016 (Retrieved 14 April 2017)
  3. "BAFTA: Winners" BAFTA Website, 10 January 2017 (Retrieved 14 April 2017)
  4. "DAZED: This film shows what it’s really like to be a refugee" DAZED Website, June 2016 (Retrieved 14 April 2017)
  5. "SXSW: HOME" SXSW Website Premieres, MARCH 12, 2016 (Retrieved 14 April 2017)
  6. "AD WEEK: Deputy ECD of BLACH SHEEP STUDIOS BBH Anthony Austin discusses the gold Lion winner" AD WEEK Website, June 2017 (Retrieved 27 June 2017)
  7. "BRITISH ARROWS Website: 2017 Winners" BRITISH ARROWS Website, June 2017 (Retrieved 27 June 2017)
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