Locked In
Award-Winning Short Film
Based on a true events, this 15 min socio-
political drama explores the hardships of
asylum seeking process in UK detention centres.
The journey of a couple: their arrest and time in a detention centre waiting for an uncertain future. Inside British cell, their trauma from the past incarceration in their home country foreshadows the hardships they may expect if sent back. With the clock ticking, where does their future lie?
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Cast & Crew Members
Writer, Producer, Co Director: Nadira Murray
Director: Pavel Shepan
Co Producer: Chris Robb
Associate Producer: Bianca Herold
Editor: Rebecca Lloyd
Sound: Dominique Devoucoux
Music: Vanessa Lorena Tate
Production Designer: Marcel Beranek
DOP: Steve Cardno
Festivals
Aesthetica, Short Film Festival | UK, 2018 [BAFTA & OSCAR qualified Festival]
34th IINTERFILM International Short Film Festival | Berlin 2018 [BAFTA & OSCAR qualified Festival]
Rajasthan International Film Festival, India | 2018 WINNER Best International Short Film; Best Director For International Short Film
21st LA Shorts International Film Festival | Hollywood, 2017 [BAFTA & OSCAR qualified Festival]
ISFFB (International Short Film Festival Bengaluru) | WINNER International Top 1
London Independent Film Awards | 2017 Grand Jury Award | Best Short Film.
23rd Sacramento International Film Festival | USA 2018
Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival | 2018
Blueprint Official Selection, in Association Glasgow Short Film Festival | 2018
Euro Shorts International Film Festival, UK | 2017
Montaż Film Festiwal, Poland | 2017
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