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Dazzle Short Film Label  
Dazzle Short Film Label
Dazzle Short Film Label specialise in the distribution, exhibition and sales of short films. Dazzle films represents award-winning shorts from the UK (and around the world) and is run by the Creative Director Dawn Sharpless.
www.dazzlefilms.co.uk 
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name | rating | duration | genre | published date | place
6 Goats
Monika Dutta | animation | Scotland | 1 min
published 17 Nov 05
       
 average rating from 23 members
An ephemeral travelogue tracing outlines of the memory of all things passed.
6.6.04
Simon Hook | comedy | South East | 5 min
published 07 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 76 members
Five minutes of incredible human drama unwittingly captured on a camcorder.
A Fitting Tribute
Daniel Cormack | comedy | London | 13 min
published 10 Feb 09
       
 average rating from 19 members
A novice local news reporter gets more than he bargains for from the grieving mother of a teenage boy.
Abigail
Tony Comley | animation | London | 6 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
As the gap between the ground and a burning airplane gets smaller, one passenger has other things on his mind...
About A Girl
Brian Percival | drama | North West | 9 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 47 members
As a girl relates stories about her ordinary teenage life, there is an uncomfortable sense of sadness underlying her easygoing tales.
Aqua Gym
Simon Warwick Green | experimental | Yorkshire & Humber | 4 min
published 11 Jun 07
       
 average rating from 14 members
A ballet that takes place above and below water.
Belly Button
David Hewitt | drama | London | 10 min
published 21 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 34 members
Six strangers are drawn together at one moment, and their lives are changed forever.
Big Girl, Little Girl
Amelia Hann | drama | London | 10 min
published 19 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 13 members
Seven-year-old Lucy is in love with her uncle. Then, one evening he brings an unexpected guest to dinner: his girlfriend.
Bus Root
Hannah Holland | drama | London | 12 min
published 19 Jun 07
       
 average rating from 9 members
The universal experience of riding the top deck of a London bus unfolds through the lives and eyes of South London school kids, rude boys and appalled from middle England.
Chrysanthemum's The Word
Toby Roberts | comedy | South East15 sec
published 24 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 31 members
Love, conflict, deception and sex...all in 15 seconds
Collision
Max Hattler | experimental | London | 2 min
published 05 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 16 members
Islamic patterns and American quilts and the colours and geometry of flags as an abstract field of reflection.
Dead Flies are No Good
Charles Hendley | comedy | London | 7 min
published 21 Jun 07
       
 average rating from 2 members
One man's attempt to freeze and revive a fly.
Dumping Elaine
Peter Lydon | comedy | London | 9 min
published 19 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 39 members
1 café, 2 customers, 2 waitresses, 3 weeks and a lot of coffee. Service is not included and neither is Elaine.
Everything Turns
Max Hattler | experimental | London | 1 min
published 26 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 6 members
"Unrelenting bleakness" (Dazed and Confused)
Evol
Chris Vincze | experimental | London | 5 min
published 02 May 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
Love in a backwards world.
Five O'Clock Shadow
Malcolm Lamont | animation | London | 8 min
published 15 May 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
A stop motion animated short film about a bearded lady.
For Your Blossom
Gaku Kinoshita | animation | London | 5 min
published 16 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 41 members
A boy finds his own path.
Free Speech
Ben and Chris Blaine | comedy | South East | 5 min
published 23 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 32 members
Dirty water, dirty minds...
Guy 101
Ian W Gouldstone | animation | London | 8 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 30 members
A man hears a story about a hitchhiker from the other side of the internet.
Highrise
Gabrielle Russell | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 4 min
published 19 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 35 members
A woman, a baby, a sacrifice.
Hotel Infinity
Amanda Boyle | drama | London | 10 min
published 28 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 27 members
What happens when an hotel of infinite rooms suddenly becomes full?
How Mermaids Breed
Joan Ashworth | animation | London | 10 min
published 15 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 26 members
Exploring the secret reproductive cycle of the mermaid.
How To Tell When A Relationship Is Over..
Tony Roche | comedy | London | 2 min
published 13 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 115 members
Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl. Girl gets sick of boy. Boy gets sick of girl. Big Fight. The End.
Kamiya’s Correspondence
Sumito Sakakibara | animation | London | 7 min
published 02 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
A girl sets out to write a letter about her family members, the Kamiyas.
Le Cheval 2.1
S. Scott-Hayward & A. Kirkland | comedy | South West | 2 min
published 27 Jul 05
       
 average rating from 111 members
The dreams of a man who has always wanted to be a horse...
Little Clumps Of Hair
Jim Hosking | comedy | London | 11 min
published 15 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 21 members
An innocent afternoon drink in the pub with friends soon turns quite hairy.
Little Things
James Twyford | comedy | South East | 4 min
published 14 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 33 members
Everything’s a game when you’re four. Until you get caught.
Looters
Farren Blackburn | drama | London | 14 min
published 03 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 33 members
Only when faced with death does 16-year-old Craig begin to contemplate life.
Milk
Peter Mackie Burns | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 18 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 19 members
Bath time fun turns serious for Nan and reluctant granddaughter.
Mother
Christoph Steger | animation | London | 6 min
published 03 Apr 09
       
 average rating from 7 members
An animated documentary about a life devoted to the dead.
Nachtmaschine
Max Hattler | experimental | London | 4 min
published 06 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 4 members
Night vs. light, music vs. motion, figuration vs. abstraction.
Nine And A Half Minutes
Appignanesi & Manson-Smith | comedy | London | 10 min
published 10 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 38 members
Two busy Londoners on a blind date end up fantasizing a whole relationship – meeting, sex, the split – in only nine and a half minutes.
Nits
Harry Wootliff | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 10 min
published 18 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
Seven-year-old James has nits and wants his mum to check his head, but his mum has other things on her mind.
No Deposit, No Return
Dallas Campbell | comedy | South East | 11 min
published 15 Jul 05
       
 average rating from 41 members
A desperate woman holds up a sperm bank.
Non-Fat
Oliver Manzi | comedy | London | 1 min
published 22 Nov 05
       
 average rating from 39 members
Exploring the cult of slimness, the perils of too much customer choice, and the clash of coffee cultures.
Perfect
Rankin | drama | London | 13 min
published 20 Dec 06
       
 average rating from 17 members
A thriller/love story set in a perfect world.
Pocket
James Pilkington | comedy | London | 9 min
published 19 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 31 members
Spoiled by his parents, Bryan's curious obsession leads to an unnatural infatuation with other people's pockets.
Procrastination
Johnny Kelly | animation | London | 4 min
published 26 Mar 08
       
 average rating from 20 members
Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two-dozen other things first
Rare Books And Manuscripts
Bruce Webb | comedy | London | 12 min
published 17 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 77 members
Book titles spell out declarations of love from a shy young woman to a gorgeous reader in the British Library.
Round
Justin Edgar | comedy | West Midlands | 13 min
published 29 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 12 members
If you love someone, set them free.
Run
Peter Mackie Burns | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 28 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 19 members
A sad young woman runs every day to escape the confines of her dreary job in a newspaper kiosk. This is the day she stops.
Screen Kiss
Steven Sander | comedy | London | 1 min
published 15 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 15 members
Behind the scenes of a movie snog.
Shelf Life
Charles Hendley | comedy | London | 3 min
published 23 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 4 members
A mysterious assailant has a deathwish...
Siu Siu
Matthew Cooper | animation | London | 6 min
published 04 Jun 08
       
 average rating from 11 members
A swarm of hairy caterpillars deliver wish fulfilment to a lonely computer worker in love.
Skin deep
Yousaf Ali Khan | drama | London | 13 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 20 members
Romo, a mixed race boy, has to confront his identity when his skinhead gang target a young Asian boy.
Sleep With The Fishes
Belle Mellor | animation | London | 4 min
published 04 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 11 members
A flotilla of intricately imagined vessels glide across a bright blue sea, struggling to stay afloat.
Songbird
Sean Wood | drama | London | 10 min
published 02 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
A youth is humiliated for dropping litter. Unable to get revenge on his persecutor he finds a victim closer to home.
Spin
Cath Le Couteur | drama | London | 10 min
published 24 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
Polysexual tension and intrigue are uncorked during a game of spin-the-bottle at a teenage party.
Stiffy
Jacqueline Wright | comedy | London | 3 min
published 25 Apr 06
       
 average rating from 68 members
Who said romance is dead?
Sweet
James Pilkington | comedy | London | 10 min
published 18 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 70 members
The pressures of an invisible girlfriend can put things in perspective.
The Commuter
Martin Pickles | experimental | London | 2 min
published 20 Jul 05
       
 average rating from 35 members
A Surrealist film in which an office-worker shaves off his face in order to blend in with other commuters on their way to work.
The End
Tim Clayton & Rob Crowther | comedy | London | 1 min
published 19 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 76 members
You have 90 seconds to live... all of you!
The Other Man
D R Hood | drama | South East | 15 min
published 19 Dec 08
       
 average rating from 3 members
These are good days for Sean until the phone call...
The Silent Treatment
Peter Lydon | comedy | London | 9 min
published 09 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 30 members
One talks the other doesn’t.
The Sofa
Marcus Shepherd | comedy | London | 11 min
published 19 Dec 08
       
 average rating from 7 members
It's seven days before Christmas and eight-year-old Barry Harris is about to do something very, very bad indeed.
The Sound of Silence
James Appleton | comedy | South East | 6 min
published 27 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 62 members
A restless writer's concentration seems lost forever - until he finds an old vinyl record with magical powers.
The Space Between Us
Magali Charrier | drama | South East | 10 min
published 29 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
Anita loves Paul. As she falls deeper and deeper in love with him, she begins to worry about their relationship, but she soon realises that love is more than just a measure of the space between us.
The Time Travellers Of 1908
Martin Pickles | experimental | London | 8 min
published 08 Aug 08
       
 average rating from 5 members
'The Time Travellers Of 1908' is a home-movie about London in the 21st Century made by two explorers from 1908.
Virus
Simon Hynd | drama | Scotland | 6 min
published 04 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 32 members
A short thriller about the latest victim of a dangerous virus.
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Dawn Sharpless (Dazzle Films)
Dawn Sharpless
is the Creative Director of Dazzle Short Film Label. Dazzle films specialise in the distribution, exhibition and sales of short films.
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