Still of the short film by Reuben Hamlyn Bitter Weeds.
Still of the short film by Reuben Hamlyn Bitter Weeds.
Still of the short film by Reuben Hamlyn Bitter Weeds.
Still of the short film by Reuben Hamlyn Bitter Weeds.
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Bitter Weeds

UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES / 13 MIN. / 2024 / FICTION / DCP 2K / 1.66:1 / 5.1 / COLOR

Subtitles in EN, ES, IT & FR

SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS® 2024

Mischievous Liam (16) is sent to look after his dementia-suffering grandmother Pat who unravels as she mistakes him for her cheating late husband. It’s a weird, dark twist on the coming-of-age drama about caring for the ailing, generational trauma, and the cruelty of immaturity

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Festivals & Awards

Student Academy Awards 2024 (USA, 2024) – Semi-Finalist

Nashville Film Festival (USA, 2024) – Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

New Hampshire Film Festival (USA, 2024) –– Academy Award® Qualifying Film Festival

Bolton Film Festival (GBR, 2024) – BAFTA Qualifying Film Festival

Curtocircuito International Film Festival (ESP, 2024) – ‘Teenage Riot’.

Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (ESP, 2024)

Que du Feu – Festival du film émergent de Lyon  (FRA, 2024)

Yellowstone Film Festival (IND, 2024)

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starring

Oliver Finnegan, Eileen Davies

written and directed by

Reuben Hamlyn

produced by

Mary Catherine Harvey, Cary Mason, Kweku Panti-Amoa, Max Keegan

1st AD

Cary Mason

casting by

Georgia Topley

cinematography by

Theo Greay

art direction

Marianne Auvinet-Gould

costume design

Giulia Gallon

make up

Annabel Smith

editing

Reuben Hamlyn

sound design

Ai Miyatake

original music

Alexandra Funes

distribution and sales

reuben's bio

​​Reuben Hamlyn is an Emmy and BIFA-nominated New York-based writer/director & editor from London. His first feature, ANOTHER BODY, was selected for the Sundance’s Catalyst lab and Hot Docs Dealmaker and awarded internationally. As an editor, his work has been selected to premiere at Venice and San Sebastian film festivals. Reuben is a current candidate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Film Programme, having been awarded a TSOA Scholarship and a W.T.C Johnson Fellowship to attend.