''Inferno'' is a 2001 28-minute-long sci-fi film directed by Paul Kousoulides, featuring UK cult actress/presenter

Emily Booth Emily Katherine Booth (born 26 April 1976), also known by her stage name Emily "Bouff" Bouffante, is an English actress and television presenter. Early life Booth was born 26 April 1976 in Chester, Cheshire, growing up in Hastings, East Susse ...

Plot

Set inside a " Quake" like video game, one of the game's cannon-fodder grunts falls for the

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-inspired heroine and, in a constantly looping game level, tries time and again to catch her attention before she can "chain gun" him.

Cast

Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and as the star of the sitcom '' The Kumars at No. 42''. ...

: "Jaz" *

Nitin Ganatra Nitin Chandra Ganatra (born 30 June 1967) is a Kenyan-born British actor. He is known for portraying Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders''. Early and personal life Ganatra was born on 30 June 1967 in Kenya. Both sides of Ganatra's ...

: "Naz" *

: "Laura" * Alan Talbot: "Mr. Bonecrusher"

Prizes

Commissioned by the UK's

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

, Inferno won the Silver

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...

at the 2002

Chicago International Film Festival The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp ...

, ''Best Short Film'' at the 2002 London Sci-Fi Film Festival. It was also nominated for a BAFTA for '' Best Short Film'' in 2002.

External links

* 2001 short films British short films Films about video games Films about firefighting 2001 films 2001 science fiction films 2000s English-language films {{Short-film-stub