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Running time:1hr 23 mins

Seating: Reserved

For the past year, the Tees Valley International Film Festival has been inviting independent filmmakers from all over the world to submit their short films for inclusion in the festival. From the hundreds of entries we received, the following films have been nominated for the Best Drama Award.

Pay Back

A wealthy property developer goes to the top floor of an art gallery to pay the ransom for his kidnapped son. But when the lift mysteriously stops halfway up the building, he must quickly work out if the young man he is trapped with is just an innocent tourist…or the kidnapper.

Dir: Steve Ramsden

Burnt Toast and Cigarettes

Kicked out of school, Abi has two paths ahead. One leads nowhere but trouble. The other, a glimmer of hope but can she accept her past?

Dir: Paul Stainthorpe

I Just Wanted to See You

A grieving mother kidnaps a group of teenagers to find out who killed her son.

Dir: Yordan Harasimov

Pricks

Misnderstood since her childhood diagnosis, Jade must embark on a journey of self-discovery to confront her past and accept what it truly means to live with Type 1 Diabetes.

Dir: Toby kearton

Waving

An unflinchingly honest portrayal of the devastating reality behind the misunderstood anxiety disorder of OCD. His worst fears seemingly realised; a distraught father takes one last walk through his ruined world. Waving explores the anguish of a father in self-imposed exile to shield his family from his obsessive-compulsive disorder and the emotionally destructive thoughts he cannot escape.

Dir: Rolfin Nyhus, Steven Brumwell

You can see all these films back-to-back in this block showing of the Tees Valley International Film Festival Best Drama Award-nominated short films.

Total running time: 1hr 23 mins

You can see the other films nominated for this year’s Best Drama Award in Screening of TVIFF Short Film Selections – Drama (Block 2)