WRITER | DIRECTOR
CHARLIE
TIDMAS
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OCTOBER 2024
Chickenshit has been longlisted for the ‘Best British Short Film’ award by the 2024 British Independent Film Awards.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Pillow Chocolate has been selected for a range of US festivals, including NewFest New York, Way OUT West, Fresno Reel Pride, and Baby Teeth NY.
AUGUST 2024
An upcoming short film project of Charlie's has been announced as a finalist in the Slick Films Fund. Producers: Spinster Films & Mountain Way Pictures.
JUNE 2024
Pillow Chocolate received a Short of the Week re-release for Pride on their YouTube channel, gaining 100K views within a week.
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JUNE 2024
Chickenshit has been selected to screen at Palm Springs International Short Fest in the Power Plays selection.
JUNE 2024
Pillow Chocolate has been selected to screen at Mansfield Town Film Festival in the LGBTQIA+ Voices selection.
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MAY 2024
Pillow Chocolate has been selected to screen at Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival in the F*ck the Pain Away shorts strand.
MAY 2024
The BFI Doc Society announced its latest slate of short film commissions, including one about TRUK United FC which Charlie is co-directing with Cameron Richards.
APRIL 2024
The Chickenshit teaser trailer has been released alongside the announcement that the short will compete at Atlanta Film Festival. The trailer can be viewed HERE.
MARCH 2024
Charlie was selected as one of 6 BFI Flare x BAFTA Mentees for 2024. He attended an intensive talent development lab at the festival and will be assigned an industry mentor.
FEBRUARY 2024
Charlie sat on the Beyond Stereotypes: Depicting Authentic Queer Characters On Screen panel at the BFI Future Film Festival.
DECEMBER 2023
Chickenshit has been selected to screen at the London Short Film Festival.
NOVEMBER 2023
Chickenshit has been selected to screen at Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
OCTOBER 2023
Ceremony has been selected to screen at Uppsala International Short Film Festival.
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OCTOBER 2023
Charlie sat on a panel at the BFI London Film Festival titled: Fade In - Emerging Writers in Conversation. The panel was sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter.
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OCTOBER 2023
Pillow Chocolate has been selected to screen at This is England Film Festival.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Pillow Chocolate has been selected for an online release by Short of the Week.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Pillow Chocolate has been selected to screen at Norwich Film Festival.
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JULY 2023
Chickenshit has been selected to screen at Bolton Film Festival.
JUNE 2023
Chickenshit was screened at BFI Southbank as part of a BFS Funding Futures event.
FEBRUARY 2023
Charlie has been awarded Early Development Funding by BFI NETWORK for a feature film project as writer-director.
OCTOBER 2022
Charlie has become a member of BAFTA via their new membership level, BAFTA Connect.
JULY 2022
Charlie's second short film of 2022, Ceremony, has wrapped.
JULY 2022
Charlie joined the reading team for Channel 4's TV Drama New Writers scheme.
JUNE 2022
Chickenshit, a short film written by Charlie and directed by Ellie Rogers, has wrapped.
MAY 2022
Charlie has joined the reading team for the Sharp Shorts development scheme for Short Circuit Scotland.
APRIL 2022
Charlie's debut narrative short film, Pillow Chocolate, which was commissioned by BFI NETWORK South East, has wrapped.
MARCH 2022
Charlie was invited to attend the 2022 EE BAFTAs at the Royal Albert Hall as a BAFTA Mentee.
MARCH 2022
Charlie was selected to pitch an upcoming short film concept at BFI Flare's Trans Film Pitch.
FEBRUARY 2022
Charlie was invited to join the industry panel of Watersprite Film Festival's Screenplay Competition.
JANUARY 2022
Charlie was hired by the BBC as a script reader for BBC Writersroom's Open Call.