Daddy's Girl is a short film, the only British film in any
Cannes category, directed in 2001 by Irvine Allan and written by John Maley, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd is Producer, Bert Eeles is Editor. Gerry Clark, Music Starring Heather Keenan, Annie George and
Russell Hunter
Adam Russell Hunter (18 February 1925 – 26 February 2004) was a Scottish television, stage and film actor. He played Lonely in the TV thriller series ''Callan'', starring Edward Woodward, and shop steward Harry in the Yorkshire Television ...
it tells the darkly humorous tale of a young girl Teenie left outside a Glasgow pub by her father. Daddy's Girl won the Naples IFF Premio Europa Corto Circuito, Paris IFF Prix de Jury Courte Métrage, Media Wave, Best European Film,
Telluride Film Festival- Filmmaker of Tomorrow, Sponsor Larry Simpson Productions, Avanca IFF Portugal, Best Short Film, Capalbio IFF Italy Best Direction,
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti.
The festival opened with ...
short film Jury Prize. Allan's partner Annie George (who plays a Good Samaritan in the film) was expecting their baby, so he didn't appear in person to collect the award.
It is a 10-minute film and was made with the help of
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
and
Scottish Screen.
References
External links
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5MByvgAb2I
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2001 films
British short films
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