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    "A Cake for Mabel" - Short Film

    Starring Sally Mortemore, Benjamin Whitrow, Carolyn Tomkinson and Sylvia Syms

     

    Written & Directed by Jane McGee

    Produced by Barbara Healy

     

    Production Company: Kream

    Length: 15 minutes

    Year: 2013

    Synopsis:

    Meet Susan; an idiosyncratic 50 year old, reconciled to a life of spinsterdom. At the wake of her dead mother, Susan finds herself confronted by an elderly gentleman with more than mourning on his mind.

     

    But Susan has it all under control. She has baked the perfect cake. 

    Nominations & Awards:

    WINNER: Best Performance (Sally Mortemore) at Thurrock International Film Festival

    WINNER: Best Direction (Jane McGee) at Thurrock International Film Festival

    Nomintated for Best Fiction at Thurrock International Film Festival

    Short-listed for Best UK Short Film at the East End Film Festival

    Nominated in the Producing section of Underwire Film Festival

     

     

    Press:

    One of The London Film Review's Top Ten Short Films of 2013

    5 STARS in The London Film Review, September 2013

     


    Festival Official Selection:

    Palm Springs Shortfest (USA) June 2013

    East End Film Festival (UK) July 2013

    Isle of Wight Film Festival (UK) August 2013

    LA Shorts Fest (USA) September 2013

    Underwire Film Festival (UK) November 2013

    Edinburgh Short Film Festival (UK) June 2014

    Portobello Film Festival (UK) August 2014

    Thurrock International Film Festival (UK) September 2014

     

     

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    WINNER

    Best Director

    Thurrock Int'l

    Film Festival

    2014

    WINNER

    Best Perfromance

    Thurrock Int'l

    Film Festival

    2014

    Nominated

    Best Producing

    Underwire

    Film Festival

    2013

    Short-listed

    Best UK Short Film

    East End

    Film Festival

    2013

    Distribution:

    Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia