Antonio's Breakfast

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| director = Daniel Mulloy

| writer = Daniel Mulloy

| producer = Howard Stogdon
Amber Templemore-Finlayson

| starring = George Irving
Doreen Mantle
Dominique Chambers
Daniel Campbell
Kurt Burgess
Romell Holness
Derion Adams

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| cinematography = Robbie Ryan

| editing = Dan Robinson

| studio = Sister Films

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|1|19|Sundance Film Festival}}

| runtime = 16 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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Antonio's Breakfast is a 2006 Brixton set drama short film written and directed by Daniel Mulloy. It premiered in Sundance Film FestivalLandon Zakheim, [http://www.sundance.org/festival/article/short-shot-daniel-mulloy/ "Short Shot: Daniel Mulloy"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925053219/http://www.sundance.org/festival/article/short-shot-daniel-mulloy/ |date=25 September 2012 }}, Sundance Institute, 27 January 2011 (Retrieved 10 January 2013) and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.[http://www.bafta.org/awards-database.html?year=2005&category=Film&award=Short+Film BAFTA Awards database] (Retrieved 18 October 2012)

Premise

Antonio, a young black teenager, is woken by his father's (George Irving) rasping breaths. It soon becomes clear that the young Antonio is his paralyzed father's primary care giver. As Antonio's friends arrive Antonio is forced to choose between a life lived for his father or one in which he makes his own way. His ultimate decision is one laced with uncertainty and guilt.

Production

Mulloy held castings around the Brixton and Peckham areas of London. He spent a year work-shopping with the chosen young cast members, several of whom would appear in his later films. The story of Antonio's Breakfast is built around Mulloy's childhood experiences of growing up in Brixton.

"When writing, I have a strong sense of what needs to be communicated. I then work with the artists in rehearsals until they have made the performances their own. In Antonio’s Breakfast this meant that the young guys spent time working out what they thought would feel natural for them to say and I trusted them implicitly and went with it."[http://files.meetup.com/264672/Shorts%20Book.pdf Get Your Short Film Funded, Made and Seen: The Shooting People Shorts Directory by Tricia Tuttle (quote from page no.4) (Nov 15, 2007)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829181217/http://files.meetup.com/264672/Shorts%20Book.pdf |date=29 August 2008 }} Retrieved January, 2013. Daniel Mulloy from Get Your Short Film Funded, Made and Seen by Tricia Tuttle

Reception

Antonio's Breakfast premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival to international critical acclaim and in the UK it went on to win the 2006 British Academy Award.

Accolades

premiered Sundance Film Festival 2006
Winner 59th British Academy Film Awards Best Short Film 2006
Winner Grand Jury Prize Aspen Shortsfest
Winner Indianapolis
Winner FilmFest Kansas City
Winner Melbourne
Winner Indianapolis
Special Mention Jury Award Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

References

External links

{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130101225717/http://danielmulloy.com:80/}}
{{IMDb title|0493390|Antonio's Breakfast}}