"One highlight from this year is SAFETY, the critically acclaimed film directed by Fabrice Joubert. Adapted from the short story by Lydia Fitzpatrick, it centers around a small town boy trapped in his school gymnasium as gunfire erupts. The short has been sweeping the festival circuit and has Oscar buzz written all over it." - Miami Short Film Festival
AWARDS
- PEAK CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: won BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM - Fabrice Joubert
- LOS ANGELES LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL: won BEST SHORT FILM
- LOS ANGELES FILM AWARDS: won BEST DRAMA, BEST DIRECTOR - Fabrice Joubert, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Pavel Brenner, BEST CHILD ACTOR - Garrison Griffith and BEST SCORE - Mathieu Alvado
- PARIS LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL: won BEST SHORT FILM
- IN FOCUS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: won BEST SHORT FILM (both Audience & Jury), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Pavel Brenner) and BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Garrison Cahill Griffith); also nominated for BEST DIRECTOR (Fabrice Joubert), BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Gattlin Griffith), and BEST ACTOR (Rob Nagle)
- WOODPECKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: won BEST SHORT FILM
PRESS
SCREENINGS
Premiered at the 59th Krakow Film Festival, Poland - May 27, 2019
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan - June 9, 2019
Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA - August 8, 2019
Summer in the South Film Festival, USA - September 1, 2019
FIMUCINEMA, Spain - September 23, 2019
Peak City International Film Festival, USA - September 20, 2019
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival, USA - September 25, 2019
In the Bin Film Festival, Australia - September 28, 2019
Los Angeles Film Awards, USA - September 2019
Awareness Film Festival, USA - October 5, 2019
Reel Recovery Film Festival, USA - October 17, 2019
Hollywood Silver Screen Festival, USA - October 13, 2019
Marina del Rey Film Festival, USA - October 19, 2019
Abuja International Film Festival, Nigeria - October 22, 2019
Paris Lift-Off Film Festival, France - October 30, 2019
Ojai Film Festival, USA - November 2 & 10, 2019
Miami Short Film Festival, USA - November 8, 2019
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK - November 7, 9 & 10, 2019
Hollywood North Film Festival, Canada - November 9, 2019
Jacksonville Film Festival, USA - November 16, 2019
Woodpecker International Film Festival, India - November 30, 2019
Borrego Springs Film Festival, USA - January 17, 2020
Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina - February 1, 2020
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan - June 9, 2019
Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA - August 8, 2019
Summer in the South Film Festival, USA - September 1, 2019
FIMUCINEMA, Spain - September 23, 2019
Peak City International Film Festival, USA - September 20, 2019
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival, USA - September 25, 2019
In the Bin Film Festival, Australia - September 28, 2019
Los Angeles Film Awards, USA - September 2019
Awareness Film Festival, USA - October 5, 2019
Reel Recovery Film Festival, USA - October 17, 2019
Hollywood Silver Screen Festival, USA - October 13, 2019
Marina del Rey Film Festival, USA - October 19, 2019
Abuja International Film Festival, Nigeria - October 22, 2019
Paris Lift-Off Film Festival, France - October 30, 2019
Ojai Film Festival, USA - November 2 & 10, 2019
Miami Short Film Festival, USA - November 8, 2019
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK - November 7, 9 & 10, 2019
Hollywood North Film Festival, Canada - November 9, 2019
Jacksonville Film Festival, USA - November 16, 2019
Woodpecker International Film Festival, India - November 30, 2019
Borrego Springs Film Festival, USA - January 17, 2020
Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina - February 1, 2020
Except where indicated, all content below from the Safety short film Instagram feed - #safetyshortfilm2019
SAFETY | For Your Consideration - Best Live Action Short Film - The lives of a young boy, his classmates and their gym teacher are shattered forever by the presence of a shooter in their small-town elementary school. Watch it on YouTube
SCRIPT to SCREEN - Based on the acclaimed short story by Lydia Fitzpatrick - here’s an extract of SAFETY’s screenplay.
STORYBOARD TO FILM
Safety will be screened at the Borrego Springs Film Festival on January 17th at 7pm (Block E). Thank you, Borrego Springs Film Festival for this honor!
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@gattlingriffith
Reflecting on this short film we made nearly 2 years ago, I can’t suppress a grin of gratitude. Yesterday the Oscar Shortlist came out, and Safety was not on it. Although we would’ve loved for it to have had that platform, to reach more people and to create more awareness, I am so happy to see how well it’s done in its film festival life. The feedback it has received and the conversations it has ignited give me hope that we can imagine and MANIFEST a safer country for our children, one where stories like Safety don’t exist.
Firstly, I had the ABSOLUTE HONOR of working with Fabrice (@fabriceojoubert) as director. I’ve never met someone so considerate, thoughtful, and heartfelt. To be on his set is to be guided, with gentle, gracious hands.
This was my first time getting to work with my younger brother, Garrison. To see simple, real acting (untainted by all the hoopla and ego we so often adopt and embrace with the craft as we get older) come from someone so close to you is special. And although our time together was short, I got to meet some other incredible talent, Mr. Nagle (@nagdoggie) and Ms. Mouté (@marie_moute).
As she has done many times in the past, Ricki (@rgmaslar) was the one to approach me with this gift. Her acts of love and kindness throughout my career have always been reminders of the goodness in the business. Thank you, Ricki ❤️
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Happy New Year to all our beloved supporters!!! To start 2020 with some good news, SAFETY has been selected at the 29th International Short Film Festival FlickerFest in Australia and will be screened on January 12th as part of their Best of International program. Thanks FlickerFest for this fantastic opportunity to share our film with the Australian audience!
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SAFETY won Best Short Film at the Woodpecker International Film Festival in New Delhi!!! Thank you Woodpecker International Film Festival!
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December 8, 2019: SAFETY just passed 2 MILLION views on YouTube Omeleto !!!
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December 2, 2019: SAFETY has reached ONE MILLION views in one week on YouTube!!! 27k likes, 4k comments
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SAFETY reached 100,000 views on YouTube in less than 2 days!!! + 5,000 likes! Go Omeleto Drama !
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SAFETY is now available on YouTube via the Omeleto channel
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KC Ifeanyi talks about SAFETY in Fast Company: "It’s a subject matter that, unfortunately, remains highly relevant: the Santa Clarita shooting marked the 38th shooting this year at an elementary or secondary school in the United States." #EndGunViolence
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November 16, 2019: SAFETY will be screened today at 5:30pm at the Jacksonville Film Festival. Thank you, JFF, for the honor!
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November 13, 2019: Happy Birthday, Gattling Griffith !!!
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SAFETY wins the Best Short Film Award at the Paris Lift-Off Film Festival! As a result, Safety will be screened at Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival later this month. Thank you again, Lift-Off Global Network
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SAFETY makes 60,000 VIEWS in 1 week on Vimeo!!! Thank you so much everyone for your amazing support and please keep sharing the film!
SAFETY will be screened this Friday November 8th at the amazing MIAMI Short Film Festival!!! Thank you Miami Short Film Festival for the honor.
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SAFETY is now a STAFF PICK on VIMEO!!! Check it out!
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November 4, 2019: SAFETY is now available to watch on VIMEO! ⭐️ LINK in BIO ⭐️ Please share the link and spread the word to help our film be seen!
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November 3, 2019: SAFETY online tomorrow! Stay tuned…
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Great News! SAFETY will be released online for a limited time on Monday November 4th, 2019, as part of our 2020 campaign. Please spread the word!
SAFETY has been selected at the Ojai Film Festival 2019 and will be screened this Saturday Nov 2 at 1pm. Thanks Ojai Film Festival !!!
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Mark your calendar! SAFETY will be available to watch online for a limited time starting on Monday November 4th, 2019.
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The lives of a young boy, his classmates and their gym teacher are shattered forever by the presence of a shooter in their small-town elementary school.
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L.A. friends! SAFETY has been selected at the Marina del Rey Film Festival and will be screened on Saturday October 19th at 6pm. Thank you, Marina del Rey Film Festival.
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What a week! Another award for SAFETY, which wins Best Short Film at the Los Angeles Lift-Off Festival! As a result SAFETY will be screened at Paris Lift-Off Film Festival this October and has also picked up a Lift-Off Season Awards nomination for Best Short Live Action Narrative, which will take place in January 2020 at the world-famous Pinewood Studios in the UK. Thank you so much, Lift-Off Global Network!!!
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Congratulations to Mathieu Alvado for winning Best Score Award at the Los Angeles Film Awards and thanks. London Symphony Orchestra.
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Congratulations to Pavel Brenner for winning Best Cinematography Award at the Los Angeles Film Awards | photo by Francisco Cortinas
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Congratulations to Garrison Griffith for winning Best Child Actor Award at the Los Angeles Film Awards.
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SAFETY wins 5 awards at the Los Angeles Film Awards!!! Best Drama, Best Director - Fabrice Joubert, Best Cinematography -Pavel Brenner, Best Child Actor -Garrison Griffith, Best Score - Mathieu Alvado. Congrats to the team and thank you, Los Angeles Film Awards!
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Fabrice Joubert wins the Best Director Award for SAFETY at Peak City International Film Festival!!! | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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SAFETY will be screened tonight, September 25th, at the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival!
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SAFETY has been selected at the Los Angeles Film Awards! The winners will be announced on October 2nd, 2019. Thank you, LAFA!
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Another selection for SAFETY at the 10th annual Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles, Oct 3-13, 2019. The film will be screened on October 5th at 5pm. Thanks, Awareness Festival!
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SAFETY will screen as part of the Red Carpet Gala Awards on Friday September 20th at the 5th annual Peak City International Film Festival. Thanks, Peak City International Film Festival, for this amazing honor!
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SAFETY will be screened at the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival on Wednesday September 25th at the Raleigh Studios Theater as part of the International Shorts 2 program! Thanks Lift-Off Film Festival
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SAFETY has been selected at the Miami Short Film Festival Nov 4-9, 2019!
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Fimucité film music festival has selected SAFETY's score for this year's competition! □ Congrats to composer Mathieu Alvado and the London Symphony Orchestra
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SAFETY has been selected in the Drama category at the @asffestival that will take place in York (UK) on November 6-10. This is super exciting! Thank you so much Aesthetica Short Film Festival
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Happy to announce that SAFETY has been selected at the Summer in the South Film Festival in Atlanta (Aug 30 - Sept 1). The film will be screened on Sunday Sept 1st.
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The US Premiere of SAFETY is today at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Thank you, RIIFF! (click image for festival website)
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SAFETY has been selected at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and will be screened on Thursday August 8th! This will be the film's North American and US Premiere. Thanks RIIFF for this great honor!
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We’re thrilled to announce that SAFETY has been selected at the 2019 Short Shorts Film Festival in Tokyo. Thank you, SSFF!
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Very excited to announce that SAFETY will make its World Premiere at the 59th Krakow Film Festival in Poland on May 27th, 2019. Thank you, KFF!
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Cannes Short Film Corner 2019 : before its World Premiere on May 27th & 30th in Krakow Film Festival, Safety will have a private screening at 4.30pm on May 23 at the Palais des Festivals
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November 13, 2019: Happy Birthday Gattlin Griffith !!!
SAFETY, a short film directed by Fabrice Joubert, based upon the short story by Lydia Fitzpatrick, Produced by Easter Moon Films and Composite Films. #safetyshortfilm2019
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Our wonderful young actor Garrison Griffith getting ready for his first scene in SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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On the set
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Extraordinarily talented actor Rob Nagle in SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Our amazing Executive Producer Matia Karrell, warming up with the children | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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From right to left: Cinematographer Pavel Brenner, Director Fabrice Joubert and Gaffer Francisco Cortinas | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Setting up... | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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#safetyshortfilm2019 | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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The best gym teacher Rob Nagle | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Garrison and Gattlin Griffith on the set of SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Executive Producer Matia Karrell with Garrison Griffith and Noah Whitlock | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Cinematographer Pavel Brenner with producer/director Fabrice Joubert and actor Garrison Griffith | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Garrison Griffith | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Sound editing session with Samy Bardet
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Recording the music for SAFETY with the London Symphony Orchestra and composer Mathieu Alvado
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Sound mixing with Thierry Lebon at Creative Sound Paris studio, with coproducer Sam F. Stein
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Color grading now in progress with Fabien Pascal at Silverway Paris
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From left to right: Line/Co-Producer Michael Caradonna, Executive Producer Matia Karrell, Producer/Director Fabrice Joubert, 1st AC Majd Mazin, 2nd AC Anatoliy Ogay, Actor Rob Nagle
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#safetyshortfilm2019 | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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On tracks with Pavel Brenner, Majd Mazin and Anatoliy Ogay | photo by Francisco Cortinas
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#safetyshortfilm2019 | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Garrison Griffith on the set of SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Thank you Costume Designer Jennifer Ingram (left) who did an amazing job on SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Cinematographer Pavel Brenner and 1st AC Majd Mazin | photo by Francisco Cortinas
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beginning! | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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On the set of SAFETY #indiefilmmaking | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Q&A following our Cast & Crew screening of SAFETY this week Raleigh Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles. From left to right: Matia Karrell (Executive Producer), Lydia Fitzpatrick (Author), Fabrice Joubert (Producer, Director), and actors Rob Nagle, Garrison Griffith and Marie Mouté
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At the cast & crew screening of Safety with actor Rob Nagle at Raleigh Studios | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Our wonderful cast of children: Garrison Griffith, Brooklyn Elise Harris, Aidan Ortega, Kayla Chavez, Lauren Cheung, Milana Jolie Pina, Ansley Kelleher, Nolan Kotev, Reed Schwieterman, Steven Weitz and Noah Whitlock | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Co-Producer Samuel François-Steininger is in Cannes to present SAFETY at the short film corner
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Actors Garrison Griffith and Rob Nagle on set | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Safety / World Premiere in beautiful and sunny Krakow ☀️!!
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On the set of SAFETY with our cast of children, DP Pavel Brenner and 1st AC Majd Mazin | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Director Fabrice Joubert with actor Rob Nagle on the set of SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Actress Marie Mouté on the set of SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Garrison Griffith in SAFETY | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Rob Nagle on set with the children | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Gattlin and Garrison Griffith on set | photo by Isabelle Ruen
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Recording the Score. Composer Mathieu Alvado and the London Symphony Orchestra
Watch more the behind-the-scenes HERE
Watch more the behind-the-scenes HERE