''Black Pond'' is a 2011 low-budget independent film by British directors

Tom Kingsley Tom Kingsley is an English television and film director. He is best known for directing the three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom ''Stath Lets Flats'' (2018-2021), and the comedy series ''Ghosts'' (2019-2023). His debut feature film, '' Blac ...

and

Will Sharpe William Tomomori Fukuda Sharpe (born 1986) is an English actor, writer, and director. After writing for comedy shows and appearing in the medical drama ''Casualty'' (2009–2010), he made his feature directorial debut with '' Black Pond'' (2011 ...

, starring

Chris Langham Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC sitcom ''The Thick of It'', and as presenter Roy Mallard in '' People Like Us'', first on ...

. The film was nominated for the 2012 BAFTA Outstanding British Debut Award. It was nominated for the 2012

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for Outstanding British Debut.

Premise

''Black Pond'' is a black comedy in which a family is accused of murder after a stranger comes to dinner.

Production

''Black Pond'' stars

in his first acting role since he was convicted on child abuse imagery charges. The film cost £25,000 to make.

Release and reception

The film premiered at the

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, and was nominated for the Raindance Award at the

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as well as two ''Evening Standard'' Awards, for Best Debut and Best Comedy. It was nominated for the 2012

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Outstanding British Debut Award. The film was also shortlisted for the Guardian First Film Award in 2012.

References

External links

* 2011 comedy-drama films British comedy-drama films British black comedy films British independent films 2011 directorial debut films 2011 films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films English-language comedy-drama films English-language independent films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub