The Substitute (2015)
- Directed by
- Nathan Hughes-Berry
- Genre
- thriller, fantasy, horror
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A girl endures the isolating and strict rules of boarding school. She faces a difficult and troubling situation with a teacher that changes her experience.
anxioustenseoppressivemelancholicquietuneasyunsettlingcold
What happens
The Substitute is a 2015 short film written by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and directed by Nathan Hughes-Berry. The film is inspired by Sims-Fewer's experience of life at boarding school and was shot on location at St Angela's Ursuline Catholic School in East London. The film made its UK premiere at London Short Film Festival and has gone on to pick up nominations at Fantasporto, Imagine Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival where it competed for the Silver Melies, Dresden Filmfest where it competed for the Golden Horseman and Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. The film was chosen to screen at the Cannes Film Festival as part of Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent programme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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