2025 Best British

BLACKOUT

When a young man living in a high-rise is disturbed by domestic violence in the flat next door, he comes to realise that violence isn’t always on the outside – sometimes it’s with us all along.

DIRECTOR:

Chris Urch (He/Him/His)

PRODUCER:

Solomon Golding

WRITER:

Chris Urch

RELEASE YEAR:

2024

UK, 15 mins

Pan mae dyn ifanc sy’n byw mewn adeilad uchel yn cael ei aflonyddu gan drais domestig yn y fflat drws nesaf, mae’n sylweddoli nad yw trais bob amser ar y tu allan – weithiau mae gyda ni drwy’r amser.


Chris Urch is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. He has worked in television and film, and his second feature, Homecoming is being produced by Blueprint Pictures and Film 4. BLACKOUT, starring Mawaan Rizwan, is his directorial debut and has been selected for LSFF and BFI FLARE, as well as the Iris Prize Best British Short.


Mae Chris Urch yn ddramodydd a sgriptiwr arobryn. Mae wedi gweithio ym myd teledu a ffilm, ac mae ei ail ffilm nodwedd, Homecoming, yn cael ei chynhyrchu gan Blueprint Pictures a Film 4. BLACKOUT, gyda Mawaan Rizwan yn serennu, yw ei ymddangosiad cyntaf fel cyfarwyddwr ac mae wedi’i ddewis ar gyfer LSFF a BFI FLARE, yn ogystal â Gwobr Iris am y Ffilm Fer Gorau Ym Mhrydain.


2025 Best British Shortlist

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