Baby (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Daniel Mulloy |
| Written by | Daniel Mulloy |
| Produced by | Ohna Falby |
| Starring | Arta Dobroshi Daniel Kaluuya Josef Altin |
| Cinematography | Lol Crawley |
| Edited by | Dan Robinson |
Production company | Sister Films |
| Distributed by | Film Four |
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Running time | 26 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English & Bosnian |
Baby is a Brixton set drama short film, written and directed by Daniel Mulloy. Baby premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win multiple awards including the coveted British Independent Film Award.
Plot
A young woman (Arta Dobroshi) witnesses another woman being robbed, on a bustling London street. She watches and realizing no one else will intervene the young woman tries to stop the mugging. She bravely confronts the thief (Daniel Kaluuya) only to find that he follows her home. As their journeys continue each is revealed to be struggling with their own issues of pain and intimacy.[1]
Development
Baby is Daniel Mulloy's follow up to his highly successful trilogy of short films that include BAFTA Award winning Antonio's Breakfast, European Film Award Nominee Dad and Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury winner Son.[2]
Baby was commission by Film Four and the British Film Institute as the last in their successful Cinema Extreme short film strand.[3][4]
The film was based on an event Mulloy witnessed:
"I travel routinely on the subway and get off at the same stop every day. I then walk a hundred meters to the bus stop. Like most people, I keep to myself, comfortable in my own world. I was in this routine when I saw a woman being pick-pocketed. I interrupted the thief just as Sara does in Baby. It turned out to be a crew working together - they pulled out knives. The bubble of my routine was popped. I wanted to put my lead character into a similar scenario, then watch as she is followed onto the bus by one of the guys."'.[5] Daniel Mulloy Short Shot Sundance
Casting
"The producer, Ohna Falby, told me to check out a clip on YouTube. It was from a film she had seen in Cannes. I watched the beginning of the clip and within seconds I knew that the actress I was watching would be perfect for the part. The actress was Arta Dobroshi and the clip was from Lorna's Silence in which she gives a devastatingly amazing performance."[5] Daniel Mulloy Short Shot Sundance
Reception
Baby premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival[6] to international critical acclaim and in the UK it went on to win the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards. And received positive critical acclaim:
"Mulloy, a three time BAFTA award winner for his shorts work, is one of the world’s most well regarded short filmmakers, but he may have outdone himself with this one; Baby will haunt you well after its final frame goes dark." [7]Filmmaker Magazine by Brandon Harris
Baby was ranked third most successful international short film in the world for the year 2011 by Short Film Magazine. [8]
Accolades
- premiered Sundance Film Festival 2010
- Best Short Film British Independent Film Awards
- Golden Dragon for Best Director Kraków Film Festival[9]
- Grand Jury Award Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Best Film Cork Film Festival
- Best International Film Flickerfest
- Festival Prize Kansas City FilmFest
- Best Short Film St. Louis International Film Festival
References
- ^ European Film Promotion - BABY Retrieved January, 2013.
- ^ Daniel Mulloy - Awards - IMDB Retrieved January, 2013.
- ^ [films.http://www.film4.com/reviews/2010/baby Film Four website] Retrieved January, 2013.
- ^ Cinema Extreme Green Lit Projects - The Burea Retrieved January, 2013
- ^ a b Daniel Mulloy : Short Shot Sundance(Jan 27, 2011) Retrieved January, 2013 poster by Landon Zakheim.
- ^ Landon Zakheim, "Short Shot: Daniel Mulloy", Sundance Institute, 27 January 2011 (Retrieved January, 2013)
- ^ Filmmaker Magazine by Brandon Harris Retrieved January, 2013
- ^ Review of award-winning short films in 2011 a brief appraisal ll 18/03/2012, Short Film magazine (Retrieved December, 2014)
- ^ Access Cinema Retrieved January, 2013.