“You're a filmmaker - you want to show everything but you can't because people will get bored. One of my producers told me ‘one version is everything you want to tell, the other is what audiences want to see'” Samir Mehanovic, director/writer, Mouth of Hell

Making a short film short enough while telling the story you want to tell can be tricky. Some of this year’s BAFTA-nominated short filmmakers share the lessons they learned about staying realistic + taking constructive criticism on board.