INNOCENCE
Outside a care home a man bleeds to death. When Detective Sergeant Noble arrives at the scene a few hours later, she interviews suspect Dylan, a young man with Down syndrome living at the home.
17 minutes / 2019 / Drama
Written and Directed by Ben Reid / Produced by Tibo Travers
Starring:
Alice Lowe, Tommy Jessop, Laurence Spellman and Richard Glover
AWARDS
BAFTA long-listed, 2020
Don Quixote Award, Krakow Film Festival 2020
Best Ensemble Cast, Lift-Off Global Network Season Awards 2019
Best Actor - Alice Lowe, Lift-Off Global Network Season Awards 2019
Best Drama, Short to the Point, Bucharest 2020
Best Short Film, London Lift Off 2019
Light In Motion Award (nominated), Foyle Film Festival 2019
Golden Dragon (nominated), Krakow Film Festival 2020
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Aesthetica Film Festival, York 2019
Cambridge Film Festival 2019
Foyle Film Festival, Derry 2019
Manchester International Film Festival 2020
London Lift-Off Festival 2019
Lift-off Global Season Award 2019
Lille European Film Festival 2020
Krakow Film Festival 2020
British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin 2020
Breakout Film Festival, Edinburgh 2020
Salento International Film Festival 2020
British Independent Film Festival 2020
Literally Short Film Festival 2020
European Film Festival Integration You and Me 2020
Bolton International Film Festival 2020
Norwich Film Festival 2020
Tirana International Film Festival 2020
Tripoli Online Film Festival 2020
Kerry International Film Festival 2020
Southampton International Film Festival 2020
Short to the Point 2020
Winchester Film Festival 2020
Rolling Ideas Film Festival 2020
Together! Disability Film Festival 2020
International Film Festival - Cannes -France 2021
Superfest International Disability Film Festival 2021
The Extraordinary Film Festival 2021
Suffolk Shorts 2021
ENTR'2 MARCHES International Film Festival 2021
51st Annual USA Film Festival's International Short Film & Video Competition 2021
Innocence was funded by the Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association.