Best Before

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 14mins
Year: 2024

Helena and Lainie head into their final round of IVF treatment and the stresses of the unknown begin to put pressure on their idyllic farm life. With their chicken, Shakira, laying eggs every day Helena decides to make it a competition.

FILM CREW:
Director: Lisa Service
Producer: Adam Wilkinson, John Carlin, Phillip McGonigle
Writer: Heather Brown
DOP: Angus Mitchell
Editor: John Carlin
Sound Design: Dan McCabe
Composer: Tony Wright
Production Design: Louise Kealey
Costume Design: Ciara Wilkinson
Hair & Makeup: Hannah Davison
Casting: Mike Hooley

Cast: Tara Lynne O'Neill, Claire Rafferty, Andrea Irvine, Mabel Nelson-Brown


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Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage May 2026
Tees Valley International Film FestivalNovember 2025
HollyShorts Film FestivalAugust 2025
IFTUK Pride Film FestivalJuly 2025
Out Film CT (Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival)June 2025
Fastnet Film FestivalMay 2025
Geelong Pride Film FestivalMay 2025
Poppy Jasper International Film FestivalApril 2025
Toronto Irish Film Festival March 2025
UPTilt Film FestivalMarch 2025
Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film FestivalFebruary 2025
Dam Short Film FestivalFebruary 2025
Yountville International Short Film FestivalJanuary 2025
North East International Film FestivalNovember 2024
Foyle Film FestivalNovember 2024
This Is EnglandNovember 2024
Aesthetica Film FestivalNovember 2024
Belfast Film FestivalOctober 2024
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San Jose International Short Film Festival October 2024
Kerry International Film Festival October 2024
Disappear Here Film Festival October 2024
Heart of Gold International Short Film FestivalSeptember 2024
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film FestivalSeptember 2024