Title: Cry For Bobo
Duration: 10 mins
Director: David Cairns
Production: A Forged Films production for BBC Scotland/Scottish Screen's Tartan Shorts scheme
Synopsis
Spare a tear for the most wretched of God’s creatures, the lowly clown.
Driven by grinding poverty and stupidity, Bobo and Coco commit a daring but dumb robbery. Fingered by a treacherous bucket vendor, Bobo and Coco fall into the clutches of clown-hating copper D.I. Martineau and are slung into the slammer.
A distressed Bobo then discovers that his wife Betty and son Joey are fed up with his antics and plan to run off and join the Civil Service. Can Bobo escape from clown prison and find his family in time to stop them? Probably not
Use this film in teaching human rights.
Crew
Director: David Cairns
Writer: David Cairns
Producer: Nigel R. Smith
Editor: Bert Eeles
Director: of photography Scott Ward
Sound: Angus McPake
Music: Haftor Medboe
Production Design: Tom Sayer
Costume design: Alison Mitchell
Make-up/hair: design Stephen Murphy
Production Manager: Angela Murray
Sound Design: John Cobban
Cast
Bobo: Mark McDonnell
Coco: Steven McNicoll
Betty: Tracey Robertson
D.I. Harry Martineau: Gavin Mitchell
Shopkeeper: James Bryce
Joey: Lewis Read
Prison Warden: J. William Andrews
Festivals, awards and screenings include:
best completed short film, taps writer of the year awards, london, uk, 2001
royal television society award, royal television society awards, london, uk, 2002
best narrative short, athens (ohio) film festival, athens, ohio, usa, 2002
jim poole award for best scottish short, cameo cinema, edinburgh, uk, 2002
audience favorite, palm springs film festival, palm springs, usa, 2002
jury diploma, message to man film festival, st. petersburg, 2002
golden star award (nomination), marrakesh film festival, marrakech, morocco, 2002
federazione italiana cinema d’essai award, napoli film festival, naples, italy, 2002
melies d'argent best european fantasy short film award, sitges film festival, sitges, spain, 2002
best short film director (nomination), bafta scotland awards, glasgow, scotland, 2002
best fiction award, evora international short film festival, evora, portugal, 2002
special jury mention, international fiction section, chilean international short film festival, santiago, chile, 2002
prix du public award, bruxelles international fantasy film festival, brussels, belgium, 2003
audience choice award, down under film festival, darwin, australia, 2003
audience award, night of the living shorts, termoli, italy, 2003
audience award - narrative short, dahlonega international film festival, georgia, usa, 2003
audience choice award, portland international short shorts film festival, oregon, usa, 2003
monkey d'or best of festival gold award, can short film festival, leicester, uk, 2003
golden bear award, ebensee festival of nations, ebensee, austria, 2003
golden oosik for best super short film, anchorage international film festival, alaska, usa, 2003