CLIP FROM TRACKS
T R A C K S 2014 / 12 mins WATCH ONLINE
Tracks is a short film about a father and son whose relationship is challenged on a hunting trip. It explores the weight and expectation of tradition and our relationship with nature.
Starring Gordon Brown (Only God Forgives) and John Bell (The Hobbit, Outlander), Tracks was commissioned by Rankins’ Collabor8te scheme. The script was developed with Tristan Goligher from The Bureau. The film premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival, 2014.
Producer: Emily Morgan
Cinematographer: Rob Hardy
Editor: Chris Roebuck
Composer: Isobel Waller-Bridge
Sound Designer: Tom Lock-Griffiths
Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb
Costume Designer: Sara Sensoy
Production Designer: Claire Oakley
A W A R D S
BEST DIRECTOR, Underwire Film Festival, 2014 - WINNER
CHANNEL 4 AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING, Glasgow Film Festival, 2015 - NOMINATED
SHORT FILM PRIZE, Shuffle Film Festival, 2015 - NOMINATED
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR, London Short Film Festival, 2015 - SPECIAL MENTION
R E V I E W S
"A very accomplished piece of filmmaking, showing vision, humanity and originality." UNDERWIRE FILM FESTIVAL
"A strong, beautiful and warming story, that cleverly uses landscape as character." LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
"A poetic and pensive piece" THOMAS HUMPHREY, CINEUROPA
I N T E R V I E W S
"Tracks saw her pick up the Best Director at the Underwire Festival." FEMALE FIRST
"We talk with Claire Oakley about Tracks and James" HUNGRY EYE
"Catching up with Underwire Alumni: Claire Oakley" UNDERWIRE FILM FESTIVAL
"Short films made for the big screen" DAZED
"Claire Oakley one year on from winning Best Director at Underwire 2014" DIRECTORS UK
"Commissioned Collabor8te writer Claire Oakley speaks about 'Tracks'." COLLABOR8TE








F E S T I V A L S
Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2014
Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2014
Austin International Film Festival, USA, 2014
Leuven Short Film Festival, Belgium, 2014
Underwire Film Festival, UK, 2014
London Short Film Festival, UK, 2015
Tehran Short Film Festival, Iran, 2015
Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK, 2015
Goldsmiths University, UK, 2015
Birds Eye View #girlsonfilmclub, UK, 2015
Go Short Film Festival, Netherlands, 2015
Madeira Film Festival, 2015
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2015
Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK, 2015
Shuffle Film Festival, UK, 2015
Oval Space, Hackney, UK, 2015
International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő, Hungary, 2015
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, 2015
The Book Club, Shoreditch, UK, 2015
Inverness Film Festival, UK, 2015
Aesthetica Film Festival, UK, 2015
This is England Festival, France, 2015
British Shorts Film Festival, Germany, 2016
B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S