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6 days ago
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Guernsey short film qualifies for British Independent Film Awards
A short film partly shot in Guernsey has qualified for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).Whispers of Freedom, written and directed by Guernsey filmmaker Brandon Ashplant, tells the story of Chris Gueffroy, a waiter who tried to flee East Germany after he discovered he was being conscripted to the world premiere was held at the Sunderland Shorts Film Festival in May, a qualifying event for BIFA, with an upcoming premier at Worcester Film Festival in a post on social media, production company Golden Goat Films said securing official selection at both of the BIFA qualifying festivals "paved the way" for the film to qualify for the 2025 BIFA's. It said: "Per the BIFA rules, a short film must secure official selection into at least two qualifying festivals on the BIFA category B list to be eligible."Exciting times ahead."The film was supported by both Guernsey Arts and the DDR Museum in team behind the production said "it beat off several thousand other international short films to win a spot in the official selection line-up".Mr Ashplant previously said local actors and crew worked alongside international names on the project including former Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston, and Oscar nominee Jonathan Tammuz."There are too many names to mention. One-hundred-and-forty-eight in total, and around 70% them are local. I cannot thank them enough," Mr Ashplant said.
BBC News
07-04-2025
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- BBC News
Guernsey film to premiere at national festival
A short film partly shot in Guernsey is due to be screened at the Sunderland Shorts Film Festival. It will be the world premiere of Whispers of Freedom, written and directed by Guernsey filmmaker Brandon film tells the story of Chris Gueffroy, a waiter who tried to flee East Germany after he discovered he was being conscripted to the film was supported by both Guernsey Arts and the DDR Museum in Berlin. The team behind the production said "it beat off several thousand other international short films to win a spot in the Official Selection lineup".The Sunderland Shorts Film Festival is also a qualifying event for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).After permission was granted to re-tell the story of Chris Gueffroy by his family, work started on the script in Golden Goat Films then produced it the following year, with the cast and crew on location in both Guernsey and Berlin. 'Too many to mention' A number of well known Guernsey locations feature, including the Old Government House hotel and Guernsey Water's Kings Mill site, which was transformed into part of the Berlin Ashplant said local actors and crew worked alongside international names on the project including former Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston, and Oscar nominee Jonathan Tammuz."There's too many names to mention; 148 in total, and around 70% them are local. I cannot thank them enough," Mr Ashplant premiere is due to take place at the Omniplex in Sunderland on 16 May.
