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Night Terror

On her first night in a new home, 20-year-old Lily wakes to the sound of breaking glass and hides under her bed as an intruder searches the house.


Produced for the National Film and Television School Prime Video Directors Workshop.

Coming to the festival circuit shortly.

© NFTS

Starring Isis Hainsworth & Tsion Habte

Featuring Pauline Tomlin

Credits

Director - Adura Onashile

Writer - Adura Onashile

Producer - Jack Pollington

Cinematographer - Lami Okrekson

Production Designer - Syd Brown

Production Manager - Nell Brunton

Editor - Chloe Hardwick

Sound Recordist - Andrew Ford

Sound Editor/Dubbing Mixer - Joseph Field Eccles

Composer - Darren Sng

VFX Artist - Savani Mohite

Online Editor & Colour Grader - Ivan Michael

Duck Press

When Frank, a man with a big frame and a bigger heart, hosts his 65th birthday lunch his son, Charlie, arrives home early to broach a subject that will threaten the success and tranquillity of the day - Charlie's found out that his father has terminal lung cancer and, critically, he’s decided not to have any treatment. 

As a loving son, Charlie wants his father to admit to the illness and seek medical help. Frank just wants to make the most of every second he has left, starting with his birthday.

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Written & Directed by Cian Llewellyn

Produced Jack Pollington

Starring Matthew Marsh & Jordan Scowen

SHORT FILM COMING 2025

Small Gods

A co-production with Soverign Films and Scala Productions.

When Florence, a starving single mum, meets Bizimana, a charismatic street performer, she gains a new sense of hope. By joining his performing troupe, Florence is able to sing for international tourists, enabling her to feed her young son. As she rehearses and performs with Bizimana, the two fall in love. But when Bizimana decides to angle for a fair cut of the revenue, the troupe’s fixer quickly fires him and Florence. Soon they are thrust back into the painful cycle of poverty. Can their love survive it?

The feature is inspired by the lives of its two protagonists and lead actors, Florenz Mariserena and Bizimana Hussain. The Batwa have been evicted from their ancestral forests in the name of conservation so, to eke out a living, many perform their cultureʼs songs, stories, and dances for tourists – the same tourists whose presence has led to their evictions.

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Directed by Asher Rosen

Produced by Ian Prior, Dan Wechsler, Andreas Roald and Jack Pollington.

Filmed on location in Kisoro, Uganda.

More information coming soon.

Nosepicker

Georgie is a withdrawn 8-year-old schoolboy with a nasty habit of picking his nose. Bullied by his classmates, unhelped by his frustrated parents and ineffectual authority figures, Georgie retreats into himself and his habit, with shocking, otherworldly results.

Nosepicker is a tale of the unexpected drawing influence from the likes of Roald Dahl’s short stories, Stephen King’s Carrie, Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive and The Stuff, the body-horror flicks of David Cronenberg and both the 1958 and 1988 versions of The Blob, among many other works of fiction and indeed the human experiences of outsider isolation and pre-pubescent growing pains.

Co-Production with Sligo Pictures.

Written & Directed by Ian Mantgani

Produced by Jack Pollington

Starring: Leo Adoteye, Chloe Hinxman, Mark Garfield, Abi Corbett, Bridgette Amofah, Simon Bubb, Myles Perry, Joe Barker & aMax Bace.

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FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS

Worldwide premiere on the 19th August 2023 at H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2023, in Providence, Rode Island, USA.

UK premiere at Fright Fest on Monday the 28th of August 2023 at The Cineworld in Leicester Square, during ‘Short Film Showcase 3’.

Other screenings:

GENREBLAST, Winchester, VA, USA

GRINDFEST, Christchurch, Dorset, UK

Beyond Fest, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Toronto Indie Horror Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bolton International Film Festival, Bolton, Manchester, UK

Bushwick Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY, USA

TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest, Torino, Italy

HorrorFest International, St George, UT, USA

Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN, USA

Splat! International Fantastic Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland

Film Quest, Provo, UT, USA

Austin Film Festival, Austin, TX, USA

Lund Fantastic Film Festival, Lund, Sweden

Belfast Film Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland

St Louis International Film Festival, St Louis, MO, USA

BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival, Bogotá, Colombia

Weyauwyga Film Festival, PSYCHOFEST Shorts Programme, WI, USA

Results Day

Results Day follows the lives of teenage best friends Curtis (17, Book-smart) and Jordan (17, Street-smart) on the biggest days of the academic year… A-Level results day.

Curtis and Jordan arrive at Handsworth Park on their bikes. As they banter about their future we learn that Curtis dreams of escaping the concrete jungle of Handsworth for sofmewhere far away where he can have a better life.

But Jordan dreams of staying in Handsworth and amassing money, power and status so he can rule it. Both of them are caught between the dreams of childhood and the hard reality of adulthood. On the count of three they open their A-Level results. And in that moment the bitter-sweet reality of their fates set in…

Supported by BFI Network and Film Hub Midlands.

Written & Directed by Omari McCarthy

Produced by Jack Pollington.

Starring: Orion Martin & Tobias Martin-Clarke

Festivals and Screenings

World Premiere at Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2023

Flatpack Film Festival, 2023 / 2024

Birmingham Film Festival, 2024

St Andrews Film Festival, 2024 (winner of the Jan Němec Award for Best Debut )

Wolverhampton Film Festival, 2024

Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2024)


The Fool's Mate

“A couple’s relationship is at a cross roads - as Fred attempts to break up with Holly, she thinks he’s about to propose. But will an impromptu chess game finally force the truth to come out?”

In 2021 Fancy a Jam Pictures teamed up with writer / director Cian Llewellyn to produce The Fool’s Mate - a short comedy about love, heartbreak and chess. Shot on location in ‘the most eccentric pub in London’: The Nags Head.

Written & Directed by Cian Llewellyn.

Produced by Jack Pollington.

Starring: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Nell Barlow and Syrus Lowe.

OFFICIAL SELECTION:

St Andrews Film Festival 2022

Bolton FIlm Festival 2022

Birmingham Film Festival 2022

Oxford Film Festival 2022

Cambria Film Festival 2023

Dorking Film Festival 2022 (Audience Award Winner)

SHORT To The Point 2022

New York Comedy Film Festival 2022

The Gogs Film Festival 2022

Indie -Clips Film Festival 2022

New York City Short Comedy Film Festival 2022

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Muse

“1980. Bright young photographer George arrives at art school, eager to learn and become a great artist. It is here he meets unorthodox teacher Lindsay. Among Lindsay's radical ideas, wrapped up in charm, he tells his students that to be a truly great artist one must experience life trauma. As well as making George face up to his traumatic past, Lindsay gives him a special ‘gift’ - he seduces him and then betrays him. Will George’s trauma make him the great Artist (with a capital A), or destroy him completely?”

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Produced for the National Film And Television School Masters course 2021.

Written & Directed by Lisa Clarkson.

Produced by Jack Pollington.

Starring: Laurie Kynaston, Gerald Kyd , Hannah Khalique-Brown, Jake Dunn, Kat Ronney, Kimani Arthur, George Greenland & Jo Ball.

© NFTS 2021

A Film about a Pudding

After Ronin neglects to clear up her dropped groceries, they start to mix and bubble, transforming into a small pudding. Whilst this initially seems odd, for Ronin, it is easily ignorable. Over the next few days, the pudding grows bigger and bigger. As it threatens to engulf the entire city how far will she, and the other inhabitants of her city, go to continue ignoring it?

Animation Graduation Film Produced for the National Film And Television School Masters course 2021.

Directed and Animated by: Roel Van Beek

Story by: Roel Van Beek, Julie Nørgaard Bonde Jensen and Jack Pollington

Produced by: Jack Pollington

Premiered on Short of the Week 2022

Longlisted for a BAFTA Short Animation Award 2022

Official Selection at Annecy International Film Festival 2021

Nominatied for an Anney Award 2022

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Guanajuato IFF 2021

BFI London film festival 2021

Leeds International Film Festival 2021

POFF Shorts 2021

Anim'est International Animation Film Festival 2022

Taichung International Animation Festival 2021

Rotterdamn Film Fest 2022

LIAF 2022

Piccolo Festival Animazione 2022

3D Wire Fest 2021

Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2022

Animateka 2021

London Short Film Festival 2022

Poiters Film Festival 2022

Anima 2022

Kaboom (KLIK x HAFF) 2022

Manchester Film Festival 2022

Go Short 2022 (Award Winner)

Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’ Short Film Festival 2022

51st Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2022

Hallucinations Collectives Festival 2022

Animator UNSCREENED 2022

Anibar 2022

Cardiff Aniation Night 2022

Court Métrange 2022

Linoleum Festival 2022

KIKI film festival 2022

Wigan & Leigh Film Festival 2022

8th edition of REX Animation Festiva 2022

Kortfilmfestival 2022

As Seen, The Passion of Phil Smith

Meet Phil Smith, the face of Amazo tape. Beloved by millions, the commercials have made the actor a household name, his face plastered around supermarkets and on billboards all over the country. After years of soul-draining work for the brand that helps provide for his family, Phil dreams of moving on to better things, to a career as a dramatic actor. As he completes his 100th commercial, a new contract from Amazo lands on the doorstep - with Phil facing a critical choice on this fateful day.

Produced for the National Film And Television School Masters course 2020.

Official Selection at London Lift Off Film Festival 2020.

Directed by Luis Zeferino, Produced by Jack Pollington. Starring Michael Matus and Jasmine Hyde.

Cotton Socks

A lap dancer is forced to reconsider her role after her besotted client discovers she is a mother.

Produced for the National Film And Television School Masters course 2021.

Written & Directed by Lisa Clarkson,

Produced by Jack Pollington.

Starring: Holly Murten & Tom Padley

Official Selection Little Wings Film Festival 2022

© NFTS 2021

Sleep Tight

What’s lurking under your bed when you turns the lights out…

Watch the film below! With thanks to Omeleto for the feature.

in 2018 Fancy a Jam Pictures worked with Writer/Director Lewis Taylor to bring the comedy horror short “Sleep Tight'“ into production. After a successful crowdfunded campaign the film shot in December. The finished short premiered at the prestigious Frightfest in August 2019. It has since received official selections at: ‘Horrorhaus’ (where it received the audience award), Leeds International, ‘Nightmares’ Film Festivals, Atlanta Comedy Fest, Hollywood Blood Horror, One-Reeler Short Fest, Anaheim Film Fest and Los Angeles Cinefest. Among many others…

Full festival list and awards below

Frightfest 2019

Nightmares Film Festival 2019

Leeds International Film Festival 2019

Horror Haus Film Festival 2019

Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2019

Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 2019

Anaheim International Film Festival 2019

Los Angeles Cinefest 2019

One Reeler Short Film Festival 2019

London Independent Film Festival 2020

Cleveland International Film Festival 2020

Portland Horror Film Festival 2020

Cordillera International Film Festival 2020

Global Indie Film Festival 2020

Toronto International Spring of Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2020

A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2020

Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest 2020

ME Film Festival 2020

WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival 2020

Atlanta Horror Film Festival 2020

HorrOrigins Film Festival 2020

Sacramento Horror Film Festivals 2020

Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival 2020

Bonebat “Comedy of Horrors” Film Festival 2020

Nashville Film Festival 2020

TOHorror Fantastic Film Festival 2020

Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival 2020

Hellifax Horror Film Festival 2020

FANtastic Horror Film Festival 2020

New York City Horror Film Festival 2020

Monster Fest 2020

Soho Horror Film Festival 2020

Fractured Visions Film Festival 2020

Love Horror Short Film Festival 2020

Dead and SudBuried Film Festival 2020

Pittsburgh Film Festival 2020

Anchorage International Film Festival 2020

Monsterflix Awards Festival 2020

Nosferatu Film Festival 2020

Toronto Film Channel 2020

Hollywood Blvd Film Festival 2020

Toronto Independent Film Festival (CIFT) 2021

JellyFest Film Festival 2021

River Run Film Festival 2021

NOT Film Festival 2021

Awards:

'Audience Choice Award' - Horror Haus Film Festival 2019

'Honorable Mention Award' - One Reeler Short Film Festival 2019

'Best Fantasy Award' - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2019

‘Remi Award for Best Fantasy / Horror Award' - WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival 2020

“Honorable Mention Award’ -Toronto Independent Film Festival 2021

MIO | 'So What Do We Do Now?'

A four-part EP love story for Island Records/UMG

In 2018 Fancy a Jam Pictures teamed up with ‘The Trash Factory’ to produce a 4 part EP film for up and coming Sweedish pop-producer MIO. Commissioned by Island Records the full 15 minute film (comprising 4 music videos) tells the story of teenage love and heart break.

Press links

Clash Magazine

Spindle Magazine

Hunger TV

I Dream of Zombies

A young man prepares for the inevitable un-dead invasion. One morning, he wakes up to find his dreams have come true, with a hoard of the walking dead outside his house. Unable to contain his glee, he suits up and comes outside with an assortment of weapons to meet the zombies only to realise not everything was as he expected. 

This short film stars Game of Thrones Actor Joseph Altin and was funded by Screen South Ignition Network for Channel 4's Random Acts platform. It premiered on Thursday 10th of November as part of the second series of Random Acts TV Programme, hosted by Jordan Stephens. It was subsequently featured in comedy reaction show Gogglebox. The short has been released online by Channel 4 through the Random Acts site.

The short also had a successful festival run featuring in Encounters, London Comedy Festival, Austin Comedy Festival, Bonebat Comedy Horror Festival and Indie Flicks. The short was the subsequently theatrically screened at Electric Cinemas before the film Free Fire in April of 2017.

Ballerino

Set in a topsy-turvy world where football is only for girls and ballet is the manliest pursuit there is, Ballerino follows one working class boy as he defies society and his father’s wishes for him to be a ballerina in favour of his repressed fascination with his sister's sport; football.

The short had its premiere at the Manchester International Film Festival in March 2019. It has since been screened at Dorking Film Festival, Oxford International Film Festival, Lanzarote Film Festival and was awarded a ‘Best Local Short’ award at the Newbury Film Festival. Ballerino was also awarded a ‘Short of the Year' prize by Promofest.

Ballerino Premiered online in August of 2019 via the Youtube channel ‘Omeleto’. You can watch the film below.

Screen South, Arts Council England and Genera Films Funded

See the film and BTS photos below.

Belle and Bamber

Belle and Bamber are inseparable friends. She, a 10 year old girl with a thirst for adventure; he, an imaginary blue monster. When Belle’s Mother tires of Bamber’s influence, she pressures her daughter to grow up. Unfortunately, Bamber isn’t planning on going anywhere. As Belle is trapped between her Mother’s pressure and her increasingly homicidal imaginary friend, she has to make an impossible decision.

Belle and Bamber was made with the support of Creative England and the BFI.NETWORK through the iShorts scheme. The project was also part supported through a successful campaign on Crowdfunder. The film stars up and coming young actress Amelia Crouch as Belle and Emily Joyce as her strict but caring Mother. The cast also includes Alex Babic as the voice of the vindictive and manipulative Bamber.

Belle and Bamber had it's UK festival premiere and  it's first public screening in January of 2017 as part of the London Short Film Festival. It had a USA festival premiere in 2017 as part of the Atlanta Film Festival. It has been subsequently screened at Encounters in Bristol, Aesthetica in York, Dragon Con, Crystal Palace Film Festival, Birmingham Film Festival, Beeston Film Festival and Norwich Film Festival.

See more Behind the Scenes photos here.

Sunday Dinner with the Morgans

Meet the Morgans: A snapshot of the perfect family. Ian, An authoritative patriarch, His doting wife, Cassandra the quintessential housewife. Their children, Jenna, musically gifted and well mannered and Timmy, Smarter than the average 10 year old, often seen but never heard. You are invited to Sunday Dinner with the Morgans, Join us in delicious food and delectable depravity. It is going to be one hell of a meal.

Completed in 2014 the short played at over 20 festivals in 6 countries winning various awards including a Southern Royal Television Society 2015 award and a Best Undergrad award at the Learning on Screen 2015.

No Trace

A young man plays a game of wits with his robotic nanny program after she gets between him and the thing he wants most.... 

Shortlisted for the Sci-Fi LDN 48hr Film Challenge 2015.

The Absurdities of Life

"Life is absurd as you've probably discovered and it's the absurdities which make people laugh."

A short portrait documentary about Frank Dunster, a man who lives on his lifeboat, rescuing stranded sailers for free.

Hey Are You Okay?

Fancy a Jam Pictures partnered with music production studio Tailored Rhymes to create this awareness campaign for Storm CIC that was launched online during world suicide prevention day.

STORM® Skills Training CIC is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing training for staff in self-harm and suicide prevention. 

---------- Credits ------------
Featuring - Christian Foley Mica Bernard
CEO & Co-founder Storm CIC - Dr Gill Green
Produced by Georg Seiler, Jack Pollington
Music Composition - Thomas Lydon, Dustless Digital Audio
Music Production - Danny Cross
Lyrics - Georg Seiler, Christian Foley
Film Director - Jack Pollington
Director of Photography - Matt Gillan
Editor - Chloe Alexandra Hardwick
Production Designer - Yasmin Williams
Assistant Camera - George Phull
Gaffer - Adam Grasso
Make Up Artist - Anna Kelly
Production Assistants - Brett Wilcock, Luisa Gaviano, 
Location - Jack Seaman, Michael Macias, Shipwright London
With Special Thanks to National Film and Television School

Music Production: http://www.tailoredrhymes.com

Storm CIC: https://www.stormskillstraining.com

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The Clash

Never mind the bollocks when it comes to dating - A young man attempts to woo a girl, using her taste in music and his last 20 quid. 

Starring Michael Ayiotis and Tasha Marks.

Second Impressions

A short spin off to Sunday Dinner with the Morgans. Waking up to an empty flat after a one night stand, Jenna Morgan lets her curiosity take over. 

Starring Ellysha Eglon-Smith as Jenna Morgan and Zitky Adams as James.

COAP - "We're all in the same Boat"

Entry into KODAK's annual advert competition. Shot on super 16mm Film.

Lanes Closed

A swimmer takes a relaxing break. Entry into Chanel 4's 10 second film contest.

Night Terror

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Duck Press

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Small Gods

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Nosepicker

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Results Day

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The Fool's Mate

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Muse

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A Film about a Pudding

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As Seen, The Passion of Phil Smith

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Cotton Socks

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Sleep Tight

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MIO | 'So What Do We Do Now?'

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MIO - Lost (Official Video)

I Dream of Zombies

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Pyp from GoT killing zombies | I Dream of Zombies by Alex Forbes & Jack Pollington | Random Acts

Ballerino

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Ballerino (2018)

Belle and Bamber

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Belle and Bamber | Short Film | Creative England iShorts

Sunday Dinner with the Morgans

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Sunday Dinner with the Morgans

No Trace

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No Trace | Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge 2015

The Absurdities of Life

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The Absurdities of Life.

Hey Are You Okay?

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#HeyAreYouOK? | Storm CIC

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