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Spirited, determined 12-year-old Jacob embarks on a search for missing dog Buster, encountering wacky townsfolk along the way. A frenetic, fun and energetic comedy with an unexpectedly heartfelt ending.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10306308/
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🏆'Winner - Best International Film: First Place' - Fresh Int'l Film Festival (Ireland, 2020)
🏆'Winner - Best Young Filmmaker (Male)' - Indie Short Fest (USA, 2020)
🏆'Winner - Best Young Filmmaker' - Screentest National Student Film Festival (UK, 2019)
🏆'Winner - Best Young Filmmaker' - Dirigo International Student Film Festival (UK, 2020)
🏆 'Winner - Best Young Motion Picture: First Place' - Ufa Youth Short Film Festival (Russia, 2020)
🏆 'Winner - Best Young Director' - Ufa Youth Short Film Festival (Russia, 2020)
🏆 'Winner - Ready~Action!18 - Magic Film Award' - Busan Int'l Kids & Youth Film Festival, (South Korea, 2020)
🏆'Winner - Best Drama Film' - McGuffin Film Festival (Russia, 2019)
🏆'Winner - Audience Choice Award' - Walthamstow International Film Festival (UK, 2019)
🏆'Winner - Favourite Youth Film' - Film Only Film Festival (UK, 2020)
🏆'Winner - Special Jury Award for Fiction Film' - Sakhalin 'Light Play' Film Festival of the Future (Russia, 2019)
🏆'Winner - Best Entry 16-21 Age Category' - British International Amateur Film Festival (UK, 2020)
🏆'Winner - 5 Star Award' - British International Amateur Film Festival (UK, 2020)
🏆'Winner - Third Award, European Section 17-20' - Camera Zizanio (Greece, 2019)
Nominated - 'Best Children's Film' + 'Best Young Performer (Will Jacobs)' - Oxford International Short Film Festival (UK, 2020)
Official Selection - Academy Award® Qualifying Traverse City Film Festival, USA
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Official Selections:
2020
• FINALIST - Barnes Film Festival, UK
• FINALIST - Fresh Film Festival, Ireland
• SEMI-FINALIST - Couch Film Festival, Canada
• SEMI-FINALIST - Ufa Youth Film Festival, Russia
• Indie Short Fest, USA
• San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival, USA
• Nextwave: Youth Film Competition (Minneapolis St Paul Int'l Film Festival), USA
• Oxford Int'l Short Film Festival, UK
• Dirigo Int'l Film Festival, UK
• British Int'l Amateur Film Festival, UK
• Busan Int'l Kids & Youth Film Festival, South Korea
• Figari Film Fest, Italy
• Maine Student Film Festival, USA
• Swindon Independent Film Fest @Swinge 2020, UK
• Super International Teenager Film Festival, Romania
• NIFF LONDON - New Indie Film Festival of London, UK
• Baghdad University Int'l Film & TV Festival, Iraq
• Doc Sunback Film Festival, USA
• KINOLUB Int'l Film Festival for Children and Youth, Poland
• FIFES Comedy Film Festival, Croatia
• Il Cachinus de Cine, Space
• mice, Spain
• Film Only Film Festival, UK
• Rushes National Film Festival, India
• Kosice Int'l Monthly Film Festival, Czech Republic
2019
• SEMI-FINALIST - Sunday Shorts Film Festival, UK
• SEMI-FINALIST - International Moving Film Festival, Iran
• Academy Award® Qualifying Traverse City Film Festival, USA
• INDIs Film Awards, UK
• Walthamstow Int'l Film Festival, UK
• Screentest National Student Film Festival, UK
• up-and-coming Int'l Film Festival Hannover, Germany
• Sakhalin 'Light Play' Film Festival, Russia
• McGuffin Film Festival, Russia
• Camera Zizanio, Greece
• Moroccan Youth Film Festival, Morocco
• EMERGE Microcinema, USA
• CineShots (June), UK
• Forest Film Club (June), UK
• DYTIATKO Int'l Children's Media Festival, Ukraine
• Lift-Off Global Network Sessions (June)

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CREDITS:

CAST
Jacob....... Will Jacobs
Sophie....... Beatrice Wilson
Buster....... Monty the Cockapoo
Biff Cashier....... Louisa Owen
Dog Walker....... Marianne McKiernan
Potato Peter....... Samuel Dix
Brad....... Emmanuel Li
Angelina....... Ellie Fitzpatrick
Jacob's Dad....... John Fitzpatrick
Paranoid Paul....... Will Smith
Socks....... Socks the Dog

CREW
Written and Directed by....... Emmanuel Li
Produced by....... Emmanuel Li & Ethan Ross
Edited, Colour Graded and Sound Designed by....... Emmanuel Li
Camera Operated by....... Emmanuel Li
Sound Recorded by....... Will Smith
Lola Light
Isaac Li
Emmanuel Li
Ethan Ross
Dog Trainer/Handler....... Naima Slany-Clarvis

MUSIC
Original Score Composed and Arranged by....... Emmanuel Li & Alice Ashmall
Flute....... Louis Waplington-Haine
Violin I....... Jackie Zhang
Violin II....... Amira Campbell
Viola....... Deniz Tanritanir
Cello....... Alice Ashmall
Piano....... Emmanuel Li

SPECIAL THANKS
Maia Lincoln
Biff Burrows
Naima Slany-Clarvis
Marianne McKiernan
John Fitzpatrick
Tamara Littleton
Paul Jacobs
Karen Smith
Sonia Slany
Paul Clarvis
Min Li
R.S. Li
Nicola Kelsall
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