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The Banker
Hattie Dalton
average rating from 47 members 
       
comedy | 2005 | London | 12 min
Published 06 Dec 05
A black comedy about a quirky loner who works in a sperm bank and is obsessed with a fertility clinic's nurse.
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synopsis
The Banker is efficient at his job – obsessively collecting, storing and delivering deposits at the sperm bank. Each day the banker delivers the donations to his beloved nurse at the fertility clinic – proud to see her satisfied with the daily quota.Crippled by fear, he lacks the courage to ask her out. A tale of unrequited love on a grand scale.
short fact
Hattie Dalton wrote The Banker after discovering a close friend, desperate to get pregnant, was making regular, expensive trips to a fertility clinic. In between visits she tried the Do-It-Yourself conception route by using her gay friend’s semen and a turkey baster.

The whole experience got Hattie’s mind racing and she and some friends chatted at a dinner party about how far this business of procreation could go.

It’s a short, black comedy about a quirky loner, The Banker, who works in a sperm bank. He’s border-line obsessed with the nurse who works at the fertility clinic across town. He goes to enormous, rather disturbing lengths to prove his love for her.

It’s a little tale of unrequited love on a grand scale.
crew
  • director Hattie Dalton
  • writer Hattie Dalton
  • producer Kelly Broad
  • editor Jon Harris
  • director of photography Martin Hill
  • sound Becki Ponting, Paul Hamblin, Graham Headicar
  • music Ilan Eshkeri
  • production designer Jason Synnott
  • executive Producers Trudie Styler & Michael Sheen
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    cast
    • Michael Sheen
    • Jane Robbins
    • Kieran O'Brien
    • Chris Coghill
    • Amerjit Deu
    • Iain McKee
    festivals, awards and screenings include:
    awards
  • Winner - Short Film Category, British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2005
  • Finalist, TCM Classic Shorts 2005

    • screenings
  • Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia 2006
  • Emden International Film Festival, Germany
  • Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA
  • Chicago International Film Festival, USA
  • Montreal Festival de Film du Monde, Canada
  • High Falls Film Festival, USA
  • Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium
  • Seagate Foyle International Film Festival, Ireland
  • Imago Film Festival, Portugal
  • Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
  • Braunschweig Film Festival, Germany
  • Rushes Soho Shorts, UK
  • Best of Best International Short Film Festival, France
  • Brief Encounters, Bristol
  • London Australian Film Festival
  • Birds Eye View Film Festival, London
  • Cambridge Film Festival
  • Newport Film Festival, Rhode Island
  • Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
  • Manhattan Short Film Festival
  • Hollywood Film Festival
  • Molodist, Ukraine
  • Welsh International Film Festival, Cardiff
  • Best of European Shorts, Brest
    • format
    digital
    © 2005 Hattie Dalton & Memory Box Films

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    comment by Mark  Thorpe
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    posted May 31, 2007

    Congrates. A slick twist in the tail. Liked it. Made me smile.
    Just out of interest, what camera was you using?
    comment by lexx  farrel
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    posted Jun 24, 2006

    what can i say it was simply fantastic just great, as the story begins you you laugh at whats goging on behind the closed doors of such a place and wonder about what this banker feels for this woman and how he will show his love for her and at the end after seeing "the bankers" intriguing and very mysterious behaviour you realise how everyday of his life is spent showing his love for this woman in quite a crazy yet remarkably out of this world way 5/5.
    comment by Matthew  Hobbs
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    posted Mar 23, 2006

    Hi Hattie! Congratulations on THE BANKER. A great story, and a thoroughly enjoyable film.

    Matthew  Hobbs is President of Firefly and a member of Film Network's Industry Panel.
    comment by Jesse  Malone
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    posted Mar 22, 2006

    lovely gem of a film that sustained my interest from start to finish - funny but also touching - thanks -
    Jesse  Malone is Casting Director and a member of Film Network's Industry Panel.
    comment by Joe  Bentley
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    posted Feb 20, 2006

    I thought this film was witty and engaging and really, really funny. Congratulations!
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