Wasp

Length: 26 Minutes

Wasp is a dramatic short film released in 2003 and directed by Andrea Arnold. The film has won many awards since it's release including the Short Filmmaking Award from the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in 2005.

Andrea Arnold then went on to make a feature length film (Fishtank) in 2009, which not shares its gritty style with Wasp, but is also about gritty urban life in Britain. This is a prime example of how an aspiring director will move into making feature length film after gaining success and recognition with a short. The fact that the two films share similar style and narrative also show how Wasp was probably a training process for Arnold and gave her a clearer idea of what she wanted to achieve with Fishtank.