Blank Slate

About

Blank Slate is a UK-wide digital short film scheme supporting the next generation of cutting-edge black, Asian and minority ethnic filmmaking talent, resulting in an exciting and eclectic range of work. It also acts as a springboard for some of the best talent to progress to features. Now going into its seventh year with Slate 2010, Black Slate is part of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund Digital Shorts Scheme. Blank Slate is produced by B3 Media in partnership with the UK Film Council and Arts Council England.

2010 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

You can re-view the 2010 guidlines here.

The 2009 Slate:

LOST PARADISE

Dir: Waleed Akhtar
Country: UK Year: 2009
Running Time: 12 mins 46 secs
Prod: Rajita Shah

Synopsis: Ismat once saw a future and now she only sees a past. Can she get back something that is lost without losing who she has become?

MANALI CREAM

Dir: Navdeep Kandola
Country: UK    Year: 2009
Running Time:  15 mins 30 secs

Prod: Clare Cooke and Mahesh Mathai

Synopsis: Three twenty-somethings on the Indian dance party scene search for the elusive Manali Cream. But along the way, Indian Karma has a lesson for each of them. Nothing is ever as it seems.

BIG TINGZ

Dir: Mustapha Kseibati
Country: UK    Year: 2009
Running Time: 12 mins 39 secs
Prod: Michael Berliner

Synopsis: Two teenagers accept a mission to become part of the local gang but find themselves over their heads in a confused and dangerous world, with both tragic and comic results.

JUBILEE

Dir: Doug Rao
Country: UK    Year: 2009
Running Time:  15 mins 00 secs
Prod: Rajita Shah
Synopsis: A by-the-book right-wing politician takes to the campaign trail in the company of a young hard-liner.  An encounter with an Asian woman from his past muddies the political waters…

OUR TIME ALONE

Dir: Gurchetan Singh
Country: UK    Year: 2009
Running Time:  14 mins 59 secs
Prod: Hank Starrs

Synopsis: Harpreet is struggling with her father's mental illness. The burden of his condition leaves Harpreet feeling lonely and desperate. When she confronts her fears she is left with a terrifying conclusion.

MY DAD THE COMMUNIST

Dir: Lab Ky Mo
Country: UK    Year: 2009
Running Time:  17 mins 24 secs
Prod: Michael Berliner

Synopsis: Tony is a teenager whose enigmatic Chinese dad has a near-death experience in a car crash. Tony yearns to break down the cultural barriers between him and his Dad before it's too late.

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

Dir: Nina Duttaroy
Country: UK Year: 2009
Running Time: 08 mins 59 secs
Prod: Jerome Redfarn

Synopsis: A documentary looking into the age-defying life of 97-year old Feauja Singh, the fastest over-90s marathon runner in the world, who gets quicker every year.