Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
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CHRIS NEILAN
Prose:
Selected for New Writing Scotland #44 anthology for short fiction piece 'Hot Rice and Cold Water'
Aurora Prize 2025, short story 'All of Them' longlisted in short fiction category
Bridport Prize 2024, short story 'Hungry Ghosts, Berlin' longlisted for short fiction awards
Bridport Prize 2023, short story 'Ear Infection' shortlisted for short fiction awards
Selected for New Writing Scotland #41 anthology for short fiction piece 'Me As Me'
Best Small Fictions 2022, short story 'Teenage Actress' nominated by The Ilanot Review
Bridport Prize 2021, short story 'A Process of Becoming' shortlisted for short fiction awards
Best Small Fictions 2021, prose-poem 'The Punks Are All Crying At Toy Story 3' nominated by Philip Elliot of Into the Void
Pushcart Prize 2021, short story 'Star Creature' nominated by Krishan Coupland of Neon Books
Shirley Jackson Awards 2021, short story 'Star Creature' nominated by Krishan Coupland of Neon Books
Aurora Prize 2020, short story 'The Corpses' a shortlisted finalist
Bridport Prize 2017, short story 'Ends' awarded 2nd place for short fiction
Festival Selection:
Leeds International Film Festival 2026
Anatolia International Film Festival 2026
Berlin Kiez Film Festival November 2025
Paris Lift-Off Film Festival 2025
Mind the Indie Film Festival November 2024
Times In-Between Film Festival, British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) 2024
Cambridge Short Film Festival 2024
Pune Short Film Festival 2024
Luleå International Film Festival May 2024
Stockholm City Film Festival May 2024
Prague International Film Awards 2024
Political Film Festival April 2024
Alternative Film Festival Spring 2024
Manchester International Film Festival 2021
Demetera International Film Festival 2021
Long Story Shorts International Film Festival Nov 2020
Bucharest ShortCut CineFest Nov 2020
Bellaria International Film Festival 2020
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival 2020
Prague Monthly International Film Festival, June 2020
Kosice Monthly International Film Festival, May 2020
2020 Austin Indie Fest
Pinewood Studios Lift Off Sessions April 2020
Sunday Shorts Film Festival 2020
London X4 Seasonal Short Festival Spring 2020
Pinewood Studios Lift Off Sessions, June 2020
Oregon Cinema Arts Festival 2019
London X4 Seasonal Short Festival Spring 2019
Buenos Aires Film Festival 2019
Frostbite International Online Film Festival 2019
Derby International Film Festival 2016
Film:
Honourable Mention, Poekoko's Song, Berlin Kiez Film Festival November 2025
Winner: Best Short Documentary, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Luleå International Film Festival May 2024
Winner: Best Humanitarian Film, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Political Film Festival April 2024
Semi-Finalist, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Stockholm City Film Festival April 2024
Nominee: Best Short Documentary, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Prague International Film Awards 2024
Winner: Best Documentary Short, Long Short Category, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Alternative Film Festival Spring 2024
Shortlisted for the Sundance Development Track 2021, A Reverie, Sundance Film Institute.
Winner: Best Documentary Short, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Demetera International Film Festival 2021
Winner: Best Documentary, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Bucharest ShortCut CineFest Nov 2020
Winner: Best Documentary, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Prague Monthly International Film Festival, June 2020
Nominated for Best Documentary, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Long Story Shorts International Film Festival Nov 2020
Honourable Mention, Welcome to Thoo Mweh Khee, Kosice Monthly International Film Festival May 2020
Finalist: Best Documentary, Love & Border, 2020 Austin Indie Fest
Semi-Finalist, Love & Border, Sunday Shorts Film Festival 2020
Special Mention, Love & Border, London X4 Seasonal Short Festival Spring 2020
Special Mention, Meet Big Bird, London X4 Seasonal Short Festival Spring 2019
Finalist, Meet Big Bird, FrostBite International Online Film Festival 2019
Shortlisted for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2016, Meanwhile, Alaska, Sundance Film Institute.