''This Little Life'' is a 2003 TV film drama starring Kate Ashfield, Peter Mullan and Linda Bassett. The story follows the life of a married couple following the

premature birth Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is betwee ...

of their son. The film was produced by Stewart Mackinnon ( Headline Pictures), directed by Sarah Gavron and written by Rosemary Kay who was awarded the Dennis Potter Award for the script and a

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for Best New Writer for the film. The film score was composed by

Dario Marianelli Dario Marianelli (born 21 June 1963) is an Italian composer. Early life Marianelli was born in Pisa, Italy. He studied piano and composition in Florence and in 1990 he moved to London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall Sch ...

Reception

Shown to critical acclaim at International Festivals, the film was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Debut Feature at the

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, won Best Film at the Banff TV awards, in Canada, and was awarded a special Prix Europa. At the 2004 Royal Television Society Programme Awards, it won Best Single Drama, while Kate Ashfield won Actor: Female and Sarah Gavron won Newcomer – Behind the Scenes. It was nominated for Best Single Drama for the BAFTA awards and was nominated for best film in the BFI Awards.

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