awards, festivals & press
Tribeca Film Festival 2021 - World Premiere
AWARDS
Bend Film Festival 2022 - Winner of Best Narrative Short Film Award (OSCAR® Qualifying)
Raindance Film Festival 2021 - Winner of Best UK Short Film Award
British Short Film Awards 2021 - Winner of Best British Short Film Award
British Short Film Awards 2021 - Winner of Best Supporting Actor Award, Tom Sweet
Norwich Film Festival 2021 - Winner of Best British Film Award
Aspen Shortsfest 2022 - Winner of Youth Jury Award
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021 - Winner Best Actor Award, Himesh Patel
British Society of Cinematographers - Winner Best Short Film Award 2021, Tasha Back
OFFICIAL SELECTION & IN COMPETITION
Tribeca Film Festival 2021 - World Premiere
Palm Springs International Short Fest 2021
Nashville Film Festival 2021
HollyShorts Film Festival 2021
Warsaw International Film Festival 2021
Calgary International Film Festival 2021
Naples International Film Festival 2021
Bermuda International Film Festival 2021
London Short Film Festival 2022
San Francisco International Film Festival 2022
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, 2022
'A tender, delicate film that doesn’t talk down to the depressive mentality, nor makes a spectacle of it either, Enjoy is an ironic title for a mind frame that’s heartbreaking to experience, but suitably fitting for a film that treats its subject with respect.’
THE AU REVIEW
'Patel has proven himself as an introspective and thoughtful actor, and when he discovers his own passions, his entire being changes. It’s a performance imbued with careful elegance. The film never wallows or holds our hand in a condescending way. It is refreshingly honest.'
AWARDS DAILY
'The direction and visual quality are brilliant, paired with terrific writing, the two go hand in hand superbly. Patel, Stewart and Sweet all give layered, touching performances that help to push the film’s atmosphere of honesty and understanding even further. It’s relatable, moving and sincere.’
FILM CARNAGE
‘Both genuine and heartwarming, while grasping themes of mental health, Enjoy triumphs in its small-life story… If there’s a Patel train, I’m jumping on right now.’
UK FILM REVIEW
‘Filmmakers aren’t always able to present the topic so elegantly… Enjoy is wonderfully constructed, it’s honest in its representation of struggle and depression, and it reminds viewers that even in the pain, there is beauty.’
BAIN'S FILM REVIEWS
SELECTED PRESS
Awards Daily
ENJOY Asks Us To Find What We Need to Survive
Film Business
2023 OSCAR® Predictions: Film Business Early Predictions for the Live Action Shortlist
Deed News
Saul Abraham's OSCAR® Qualifying short ENJOY tackles male mental health across different generations
Awards Daily
ENJOY director Saul Abraham and writer Callum Cameron on exploring the suppression of male anger and depression
Directors Notes
Saul Abraham deftly tackles the Friction Between Masculine Stereotypes & Male Mental Health
The New Current
Raindance 2021 Interview: Best UK Short Winner
Variety
Enjoy wins Best UK Short at Raindance 2021
Film News
Enjoy with Himesh Patel wins Best British Film Award at Norwich Film Festival
Variety
Enjoy wins Best British Short at British Short Film Awards
Film & TV Now
Interview Special: Saul Abraham: ENJOY
LRM Online
Saul Abraham addresses Mental Health Story in ENJOY at Tribeca 2021
BBC Radio London with Robert Elms
Maddy Hill on her role in short film ENJOY at Tribeca
The AU Review
Tribeca Film Festival - ENJOY is a delicate look at depression in men
Viddy Well
Learning To Show Vulnerability: Saul Abraham on his short ENJOY
Film Carnage
ENJOY Review from Tribeca Film Festival