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FERN

A woman loses her husband, and finds a houseplant.

An unlikely friendship between a lonely woman (Monica Dolan) and a household plant turns ugly in FERN, a darkly comic short film from Johnny Kelly.

  • Johnny Kelly
    Director
    Procrastination
  • Johnny Kelly
    Writer
  • Greet Kallikorm
    Producer
  • Monica Dolan
    Key Cast
    Pride, Sightseers, Kick-Ass 2
  • Frank Bourke
    Key Cast
    Hugo, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Mr. Nice
  • Helena Jinx Jones
    Key Cast
    The Two Faces of January, The Harsh Light of Day
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 20, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Encounters Film Festival
    Bristol
    United Kingdom
    September 21, 2017
    British Premiere
  • Leeds International Film Festival
    Leeds
    United Kingdom
    November 1, 2017
  • Foyle Film Festival
    Londonderry
    United Kingdom
    November 17, 2017
  • Irish Film Festival London
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 29, 2017
  • London Short Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 12, 2018
  • Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    January 12, 2018
  • Santa Barbara International Film Festival
    Santa Barbara
    United States
    February 8, 2018
    North American Premiere
  • Dublin International Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    February 24, 2018
  • Florida Film Festival
    Maitland
    United States
    April 6, 2018
  • East End Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    April 19, 2018
  • Fastnet Film Festival
    Schull, Cork
    Ireland
    May 23, 2018
  • RiverRun International Film Festival
    Winston-Salem
    United States
    April 19, 2018
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Providence, Rhode Island
    United States
    August 7, 2018
    First Prize / Best Comedy Short
  • Calgary International Film Festival
    Calgary
    Canada
    September 19, 2018
    Canadian
  • Naples International Film Festival
    Naples
    United States
    October 24, 2018
  • Brest European Short Film Festival
    Brest
    France
    November 6, 2018
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival
    York
    United Kingdom
    November 14, 2018
Distribution Information
  • Johnny Kelly
    Country: United Kingdom
Director Biography - Johnny Kelly

Johnny is an Irish director living in London. His work spans live action, stop frame animation, CGI and lots between.

A graduate of the Royal College of Art, his short lms (including ‘Procrastination’) have been screened on BBC, ARTE, PBS and been programmed and awarded at lm festivals around the world including Palm Springs, Clermont-Ferrand and Edinburgh international lm festivals.

Johnny is based at Oscar-nominated Nexus Studios, in London. The stop motion advertisment he directed for Chipotle, ’Back to the Start’, won the Film Grand Prix at the Cannes Advertising Festival.

He likes plants, but tends to kill them.

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