BELLY BUTTON - DAVID HEWITT (2004)

Written and directed by David Hewitt, the comic short film Belly Button did well on the short film festival circuit. There are definitely echoes of the 1997 BAFTA-winning French short Majorettes In Space, especially as both note the fact that dogs lack an awareness of their own mortality, but Belly Button has a different, more personal tone. It does also cross several genres, being both comic and to some extent experimental. If one is British, one can play a fun game of actor spotting, figuring out from which TV series one knows several of the actors. Hewitt's company Satelllite Pictures continues to specialise in short films, especially for promotional and social content. If you like Belly Button please rate and share it!