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Michael Pearce

Rite

As a boy becomes a man, acceptance and compromise is needed to reconnect a father and a son.

2010 / 17 min / RED One
Film London / UK Film Council / Digicult

Credits

Cast: Martin Herdman, Bradley Hall
Writer-Director: Michael Pearce
Produced by: Ross McKenzie & Paul Welsh
Cinematographer: Benjamin Kracun
Editor: Maya Maffioli
Sound Designer: Dario Swade
Art Director: Tim Gibson
Music: Kylie Earl & Daniel Padden

Festivals & Awards

BAFTA FILM AWARDS – NOMINEE, BEST SHORT FILM
BIFA FILM AWARDS – NOMINEE, BEST SHORT FILM
Vendôme Film Festival
Almería Short Film Festival - WINNER BEST FILM & ACTOR
Gijón International Film Festival
Berlin Interfilm Festival
Message to Man Film Festival - WINNER BEST FICTION
Magma International Short Film Festival
Cork Film Festival
EU Short Film Festival Budapest
Festival of European Cinema – LE PRIX DE LA REALISATION
Leeds International Film Festival
Brest European Short Film Festival
Helsinki Short Film Festival
Medina Del Campo Film Festival - 2nd PRIZE BEST FICTION
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival
Cinemagic International Film Festival
Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Bristol Encounters International Film Festival
Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Portobello Film Festival
Hull International Film Festival
New York Children's Festival
Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona
Soho Rushes Festival – WINNER BEST FILM LONG FORM
Curtas Vila Do Conde Film Festival
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Tampere International Film Festival
London Short Film Festival
London Film Festival
European Film Festival of Lille – DIRECTING PRIZE

 

Top: Stills taken from the film.
Below: The promotional poster.