THE SUIT
        
       ​ New work! Test commercial for HSBC I wrote and directed. Produced by Rebecca Bourke of Assembly. Thanks so much to              everyone involved. Full credits list on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/173367685
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         STUTTERER

         Here is the trailer for the short film Stutterer. Written, directed & edited by Ben, starring Matthew Needham and Chloe Pirrie.                        Stutterer has won an Academy Award for best live action short film! See below for details on official selections and awards. A 
         huge thanks to all of the superb cast and crew involved. Check out stuttererfilm.com for details and follow us on Twitter here. 

          Winner - BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - 88th Academy Awards 2015
          Winner - BEST SHORT FILM - Kinofilm Manchester International Film Festival 2016
          Winner - AUDIENCE AWARD at the Landshut International Film Festival 2016
​          Winner - BEST SHORT FILM - London Critics Circle Awards 2016
          Winner - BEST FOREIGN FILM at LA Shorts Fest 2015 
          Winner - AUDIENCE AWARD at the DC Shorts Film Festival 2015
          Winner - AUDIENCE AWARD and JURY SPECIAL MENTION at OFFLine Film Festival 2015
          Winner - SPECIAL JURY AWARD at the Savannah Film Festival 2015
          Winner - AUDIENCE AWARD at Kerry Film Festival 2015
          Winner - BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM at Kerry Film Festival 2015
          Winner - SECOND FICTION PRIZE at Fesancor Chile International Film Festival 2015
          Winner - BEST ACTOR for Matthew Needham at Fesancor Chile International Film Festival 2015
          Winner - BEST DRAMA at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2015
          Nominated - BEST SHORT FILM - Irish Film and Television Award 2016
​          Nominated - BEST SHORT FILM - Empire Awards 2016

          Official Selection 2015: 
         
          Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, UK (Sept)                    
          Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, (Sept)
          Vancouver International Film Festival, CAN (Sept) 
          Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA (Aug)
          DC Shorts Film Festival (Washington DC), USA (Sept)                        
          Galway International Film Fleadh, IRL (July)
          Edmonton International Film Festival, CAN (Oct) 
          Savannah Film Festival, USA (Oct)
          Heartland Film Festival, USA (Oct)
          Leeds International Film Festival, UK (Nov)
          London Short Film Festival, UK (Jan)
          Aesthetica Film Festival, UK, (Nov)
          Seminci: Valladollid Film Festival, ESP, (Oct)
          Bend Film Festival, USA, (Oct)
          Kerry Film Festival, IRL, (Oct)
          Offline Film Festival, IRL, (Oct)
          Tallgrass Film Festival, USA, (Oct)
​          Show Me Shorts Film Festival, NZL, (Nov)

          Lots more - list will be updated soon. 

          LOVE IS A STING

          Trailer for a short Benjamin wrote.  A hyper-intelligent mosquito with miraculous genes, has literally been the fly on the wall for 20             years, but has never managed to communicate with a human. She will attempt to do so now, even if it kills her. Qualified to the                   long-list for an Oscar after winning best drama at the Cork International Film Festival 2015. Nominated for an IFTA 2016! 

          Directed by Vincent Gallagher. Starring Sean T O Meallaigh. Produced by Ian Hunt Duffy and Richard Boland for Failsafe Films.

 
        THE GREAT FALL 

        Some stills from a short animation Ben wrote about a nervous young raindrop's first fall to earth. It was awarded funding
       with Zink Films under the Irish Film Board 'Frameworks' scheme and is currently in the final stages of post production.
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