Date: June 4, 2024 (Tue) - June 17, 2024 (Mon), Online venue: April 25, 2024 (Thu) - June 30, 2024 (Sun)

Good Boy

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Starring Ben Whishaw (Paddington). Shortlisted, 2024 Academy Awards, Best Live Action Short Film, produced by Emma Thompson.

Danny's attempt to rob a bank with his overbearing mum is scuppered by the appearance of their family doctor. With his mum in the back of his van, and a dead pigeon on the passenger seat, Danny has a growing sense of desperation. But as more and more figures arrive to disrupt his day, we begin to sense that everything is not as it seems...

Director
Tom Stuart
Time
0:16:01
Country
United Kingdom
Genre
Drama
Year
2023

Awards Nominations

Shortlisted, 2024 Academy Awards, Best Live Action Short Film
Qualified, 2024 BAFTA Film Awards, Best British Short Film
Finalist, Istanbul Nartugan Film Festival 2023
Finalist, Norwich Film Festival 2023 - Best British Short Film
Official Selection (World Premiere), Leeds International Film Festival 2023 Official Selection (International Premiere), P?FF Shorts 2023
Official Selection (U.S. Premiere), Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 Official Selection, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, (Turkish Premiere) Izmir International Short Film Festival 2023 Official Selection, Director’s Notes
Official Selection, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2024
Official Selection & Global Spotlight Award nominee, Short Shorts Film Festival Japan 2024

Director

Tom Stuart

Tom’s first feature film as a writer. MAINSTREAM, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, 2020. It was also officially selected by Telluride and Mill Valley film festivals. Directed and co-written by Gia Coppola, it stars Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, and Jason Schwartzman. It secured distribution with IFC and Universal and was released in 2021. Tom is developing several original TV and feature film projects. His first play I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS was an adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s New York Times bestselling memoir. It was produced by Fuel and directed by Nick Bagnall. It received great reviews at the Edinburgh Festival and secured a tour of the UK, which included the Liverpool Everyman, MAC in Belfast and Shoreditch Town Hall in London. His second play AFTER EDWARD was commissioned by Shakespeare’s
Globe and received a full production in their Sam Wannamaker Theatre in 2019: “A forceful and fanciful drama by a fresh new talent” - The Telegraph. Tom has worked extensively as an actor for the past 20 years. GOOD BOY is his directorial debut.

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Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
Omotesando Hills Space O2024.06.09 [Sun] 11:20-13:10 (Screening80min+Q&A30min)

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Grand Theater2024.06.01 [Sat] - 06.30 [Sun]

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