Independent filmmaker Mark Simon Hewis has just been shortlisted for the BBC Filmmaker Award. His short film, entitled 'The Chihuahua Messiah' will be shown as part of Brief Encounters Short Film Festival in November. 'The Chihuahua Messiah' is a live action/animated tale about Kitty and her mother who live o­n the moors. Kitty is o­n the brink of adulthood and is plagued by distant memories of her absent father and the special gift of a Chihuahua he gave her.