Shorts Showcase: Stuart Gatt
Stuart Gatt is an Award-Winning British Filmmaker of mixed Asian descent whose films are often influenced by social themes. His films have screened at Festivals such as Cannes, Clermont Ferrand, Oberhausen and The London Short Film Festival. His penultimate project, MY BEAUTIFUL WHITE SKIN, tackled skin lightening amongst the British-Asian diaspora and his last film THE DEAD SEA, starring Sope Dirisu and Joan Iyiola, deals with the horrors of the ongoing Refugee Crisis and is supported by Medecins Sans Frontiere and Human Rights at Sea.
Website: www.6thif.com
My Beautiful White Skin
Parita, a talented British-Indian girl, desperately tries to lighten her skin in time for a Bollywood Audition.
Cast: Ritu Arya, Natasha Atherton, Rehka John-Cheriyan, Fabian Spencer, Hassan Khan, Javed Khan, Liam Evans, Jodie Bennet, Polly Watson, Mark Griffiths, Marcus Massey, Elizabeth Menezes, Jennie Jethwani, Jodie Fenwick
Director: Stuart Gatt
Year: 2015
Length: 19 min, 38 sec
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Rating: 12
Audio language: English
The Dead Sea
After almost reaching Europe by boat, Emmanuel and Olu are returned to Libya and incarcerated in one of its infamous migrant detention centers.
Cast: Joan Iyiola, Sope Dirisu, Yasen Atour, Fayez Bakhsh, Hassan Khan, Mass Nokhas, Harman singh, Maia Watkins, Peter Bankole
Director: Stuart Gatt
Year: 2016
Length: 15 min
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Rating: 15
Audio language: English/Arabic/Yoruba
