HANGING ON

doc | 10 mins | 2021

An experimental doc that spotlights the strength of a community when faced with eviction. HANGING ON reminds us about the struggles of people who are slipping through the cracks of society and what it means to have a home.

awards
GRIERSON AWARDS - shortlist for BEST DOC SHORT FILM
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS (BIFA) - longlist for BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD NOMINEE (ESFAA)
ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL - BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM & UK AUDIENCE AWARD
AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - BEST OF FEST & BEST DOCUMENTARY
SONY FUTURE FILMMAKER AWARDS - shortlisted for BEST NON-FICTION
UK FILM FESTIVAL - BEST DOC SHORT FILM
KINSALE SHARK AWARD - shortlist for BEST DOC SHORT
INDEPENDENT CINEMA OFFICE (ICO), part of the SHORTS selection 2022

"it’s hard to see Hanging On making the same kind of
impact without its incredible visual approach" - Short Of The Week

official selection
*WORLD PREMIERE* Sheffield Doc Fest 2021
*INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE* TIFF 2021 *NOMINEE
Encounters FF
BFI LFF, Find Me Here
Uppsala SFF *NOMINEE
Raindance FF, Burning Passions
Aesthetica Short FF
Norwich IFF *NOMINEE
INTERFILM Berlin International SFF *NOMINEE
Leeds IFF, British Shorts *NOMINEE
Folkestone Doc FF
UK Film Festival *NOMINEE
London Short FF 2022
Tampere FF *NOMINEE
Aspen Shortsfest FF *NOMINEE
Clermont-Ferrand International FF
Go Short International FF
Brussels Short FF
+ more

"Barker employs harnesses and special effects to
powerfully depict the act of hanging on" - NOWNESS

cast RESIDENTS OF LS26
director ALFIE BARKER
producer HOLLIE BRYAN
executive producer LISA MARIE RUSSO
production manager HANNAH BUSH BAILEY
director of photography BEN G. BROWN
sound recording, design & mix ROB WINGFIELD
edited by ALFIE BARKER
vfx artist OWAIN STREET
colourist CAROLINE MORIN
production assistants BETHANY GOODE, JACK KING
composer BENJAMIN SQUIRES

location manager PAUL COVERDALE
location assistants JAMES POULTER, ESTELLA HARROWING
stunt co-ordinator JUSTIN PEARSON
stunt rigger & asst stunt coordinator MATT SHERREN
stunt rigger assistant BARRY GREEN
telehandler operator MATT SHERREN
stills photographer ANASTASIA ARSENTYEVA

funded by BFI DOC SOCIETY
a COSMOSQAURE FILMS production