Reiff Gaskell

On her first day on the job, a young maid must survive the sudden collapse of a household in post-Civil War Spain.

Best Director at the Aesthetica Film Festival 2025
Best British Film at the Foyle Film Festival 2025
Silver Award Winner at the Young Director Award, Cannes Lions 2025

Currently nominated at the Royal Television Society’s National Student Television Awards 2026.
Best Student Film Nominee at Norwich Film Festival 2025
Nominated for The Casarotto Ramsay Directing Award & The London School of Trust Screenplay Award at the Watersprite Film Festival 2026
Best Drama Nominee at the Aesthetica Film Festival 2025
Nominated for In the Making: Best Short Film at the 1.4 Awards, 2026
International New Talent Nominee at the Venice TV Awards 2025 (Honourable Mention)
International Best Student Film Nominee at the International Film Gala 2025 (Honourable Mention)

World Premiered at the Evolution Mallorca Film Festival this October. UK Premiered at the BAFTA & BIFA qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival where it won Best Director and was nominated for Best Drama. It then screened at Norwich Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Student Film. It’s mainland Spanish Premiere was at the Goya Qualifying Zaragoza Film Festival before it’s Northern Irish premiere at the Oscar Qualifying Foyle Film Festival where it won Best British Short. It’s Central American premiere was at the Ibero-Shorts Qualifying International Short Film Festival of Panama.

Written and Directed by Reiff Gaskell.

A feature film adaption in the works at Torino Film Lab supported by Creative Europe Media.

Electronic Press Kit here.

Interview with the DoP of Cuerpos Ola Mesmer at British Cinematographer | https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/ola-mesmer-cuerpos/

Foyle Film Festival Announces the Winners of the 38th edition. https://foylefilmfestival.org/news/foyle-film-festival-reveals-2025-light-in-motion-competition-award-winners-at-nerve-centre-ceremony