
THE PEARL COMB is the only short film to be both Oscar short listed and BAFTA long listed for 2026. Cook’s directorial debut it has won over seventy five awards including the Coveted Melies D’Argent. It has also screened at nine Oscar qualifying festivals.
It follows Ali’s BAFTA long listed short, THE CUNNING MAN. It screened at 88 international film festivals and won thirty three awards. He’s also an actor. Credits include the BAFTA nominated & BIFA winning film KAJAKI (Dir. Paul Katis), MUSCLE (Dir. Gerard Johnson), HOW TO FAKE A WAR alongside Katherine Parkinson (Dir. Rudolph Herzog) and as series regular DCI Simmons in RAGDOLL for AMC/BBC1
- Year2025
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- GenreFantasy, drama, horror, social commentary
- DirectorAli Cook
- ScreenwriterAli Cook
- ProducerRoss Williams, Matthew James Wilkinson
- CastBeatie Edney, Ali Cook, Simon Armstrong, Clara Paget, Roxana Cook, Thomas Stocker
THE PEARL COMB is the only short film to be both Oscar short listed and BAFTA long listed for 2026. Cook’s directorial debut it has won over seventy five awards including the Coveted Melies D’Argent. It has also screened at nine Oscar qualifying festivals.
It follows Ali’s BAFTA long listed short, THE CUNNING MAN. It screened at 88 international film festivals and won thirty three awards. He’s also an actor. Credits include the BAFTA nominated & BIFA winning film KAJAKI (Dir. Paul Katis), MUSCLE (Dir. Gerard Johnson), HOW TO FAKE A WAR alongside Katherine Parkinson (Dir. Rudolph Herzog) and as series regular DCI Simmons in RAGDOLL for AMC/BBC1
- Year2025
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- GenreFantasy, drama, horror, social commentary
- DirectorAli Cook
- ScreenwriterAli Cook
- ProducerRoss Williams, Matthew James Wilkinson
- CastBeatie Edney, Ali Cook, Simon Armstrong, Clara Paget, Roxana Cook, Thomas Stocker