A Screen Academy Scotland Production
Dir: Jagoda Tłok | Producer: Jess Kelly
Two care workers from different backgrounds face the challenges of the private British care system and rebel in a way they can afford.
‘Care’ (2023) written and directed by Jagoda Tłok is a short narrative drama based on her first-hand experiences as a care worker. The film showcases the pressures and lack of support that come with the job, alongside the brokenness of the private care sector which prioritises profit over the wellbeing of vulnerable people. The film is also a tale of finding solidarity in unexpected places and within seemingly different people.
‘Care’ is an undergraduate graduation film from Screen Academy Scotland and was shot in March 2023 across 6 days and was made for only £4000 (funds raised kindly through crowdfunding donations). The filmmakers also received words of encouragement from Unison – the union representative of care workers in the UK. A full video of our conversation with care workers can be found on the films and respective filmmakers’ social media pages.
The programmers of Leeds International Film Festival described the film – “the muted and inconsequential meeting of new co-workers gloriously builds into a splendid rebellion, in the subtle yet endearing Care.”
The Skinny Magazine wrote “Care isn’t just last year’s best Scottish student film, it’s probably the best short film made in Scotland that year, period.”
Festivals + Screenings:
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
Kerry International Film Festival 2023
Bolton International Film Festival 2023 – Nominated Best Student Short
Inverness International Film Festival 2023
Leeds International Film Festival 2023 – British Short Film Jury Special Mention
Ealing Film Festival 2023 – Winner Best Actress Award (Aleksandra Błaszczyk as Hania)
British Shorts Berlin Film Festival 2024
Cardiff Mini Film Festival 2024 – Winner Best Student Short
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024 – Winner Savalas Scottish Audience Award
Beeston Film Festival 2024
Shared Visions Film Festival 2024
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2024
QueensPark Arena x GSFF 2024
SHORT/AGE Portugal 2024
NOT Film Fest Italia 2024 – Special Mention for Writing
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2024 – Nominated Best Scottish Short
Ale Kino! Poznan 2024 – Youth Jury Special Mention for Best International Short Film
CILECT Prize Showcase Bergamo Film Meeting Italia 2025
Ennesimo Film Festival Italia World Wide Selection 2025
Refractive CIC Paisley Screen: Radical and Independent 2025
Skye Community Cinema x ESFF 2025
IX Festival INSULARIA – Islas del Mundo en Red 2025
Awards:
British Short Films Award 2023 – Longlist Best Director & Best Student Short Film
NAHEMI National Student Awards 2023 – Winner Best Overall Film
RTS Scotland Student Awards 2024 – Winner Best Drama
RTS Scotland Awards 2024 – Winner Best Student Production
RTS National Student Awards 2024 – Winner Best Writing Undergraduate Craft Award
BAFTA Scotland – Nominee Best Short Film Award 2024
Press:
Scotland on Screen: Jagoda Tłok on short film Care
Taking Care to the big screen: Edinburgh Napier film graduates land award success
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