This Little Life

{{Short description|2003 TV film drama}} {{italic title}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2023}}  '''''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 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 BAFTA for Best New Writer for the film. The film score was composed by Dario Marianelli.

==Reception== Shown to critical acclaim at International Festivals, the film was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Debut Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=622&from=section |access-date=2022-03-08 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230909/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=622&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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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Category:2003 films Category:2003 television films Category:2003 drama films Category:Films directed by Sarah Gavron Category:Films scored by Dario Marianelli