Screenwriter & Filmmaker
The Cleaner
Stefan is an emigrant cleaner at a London hospital, who is asked to translate for a badly injured foreign man. But Stefan recognises the patient as a brutal warlord form his former war-torn homeland.
Awards:
Festival du Film de Strasbourg (winner Best Director).
Euroshorts (winner Best Director).
The London Short Film Festival (winner Time Out London Award).
Festival du Cinéma de Paris (winner Best Film).
New York Short Film Festival (winner Best Screenplay).
Portobello Film Festival (winner Best Film).
41st Annual Worldfest(winner Platinum Remi Award).
Canary Wharf Film Festival (winner Best Film).
Waterford International Film Festival (winner Best Film).
Wimbledon Film Festival (winner Audience Choice Award).
Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona (winner Best Art Direction).
Golden LionFilm Festival (winner Best Actor).
The Short Film Festival of Los Angeles (winner Best Actor).
1st runner-up in Moving Pictures Magazine (LA) Worldwide Shorts Competition and released on DVD with the September issue of magazine.
Festivals with Official Selection:
Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Palm Springs International Film Festival.
LA Shortsfest.
Canary Wharf Film Festival.
Golden Lion Film Festival.
Northern Lights Film Festival.
Waterford International Film Festival.
BFI Beautiful South.
Euroshorts.
The London Short Film Festival.
European Independent Film Festival.
ShortShorts Asia Film Festival.
Newport Beach Film Festiva.
41st Annual Worldfest.
Delray Beach Film Festival..
Jackson Hole Film Festival.
Swansea Life Film Festival.
Festival du Cinéma de Paris.
Wimbledon Film Festival.
New York Short Film Festival.
Rome International Film festival.
New York Short Film Festival.
Portobello Film Festival.
Marbella International film Festival.
Shnit Open 08 International Film Festival.
Curtocircuito International Film Festival.
28th Atlantic Film Festival.
Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona.
British Film Festival Los Angeles.
Cast:
Stefan Miskovich
Yuri Stepanaov
Commander Stolski
Rad Lazar
Doctor Lucas
Dan Robb
Doctor 2
Lawrence McGrandles Jnr
Nurse 1
Gemma Robinson
Nurse 2
June O’Donovan
Old woman
Mrs Choat
Soldier 1
Shaban Arafi
Soldier 2
Simon Rhodes
Peasants
Brian Kearns
Teresa Kearns
Harry Willison
Charles Smith-Ruddick
Francis Thomas
Crew:
Writer/Director
Noel Kearns
Director of Photography
Charlie Grainger
Art Director
Rob Thomas
Camera Operators
Mathew Choat
Jack Sewel
Sound Recordist
Guy Willison
Audio Post Production
Stuart Newman
Soundtrack
Yuri Stepanov
Colourist
George Kyriacou
Production managers
Mathew Choat
Nadia Mathews
Production Assistant
Kevin Nathaniel
VT Editor
Noel Kearns
Make-up
Helen Shearcroft
Armourer
Will Wright
With thanks to:
Rebecca Horn
Colin Johnson
Joan Kearns
Laura Pye
Dan Merry
Chris Longman
(Dave Joseph)
(Ian Hughes)
Asquith & Horner
Buckinghamshire County Council
Film Medical
Space City Productions
Bruce Dunlop & Associates
Producer
Noel Kearns