How I Ate Your Mother is an award-winning short film made by the Boom Shadows team in 2013. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, this sci-fi featured a unconventional look at how zombies lived in the future. In addition to winning 3 awards at the Exposure Filmmaker’s 48 hour Film Festival (Best Film, Best Editor, Best Screenplay), How I Ate Your Mother was also a Shooting People’s Film of the Month Finalist (May 2014) ending up in the final three short films for that month.

How I Ate Your Mother has also been screened at the Nightpiece Film Festival (as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and the Portobello Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Horror. It was also shortlisted for the Eastleigh Film Festival Short Film Competition.

How I Ate Your Mother was written, filmed and edited within 48 hours as part of the Exposure Filmmakers 48hr Film Challenge. This yearly event is one of the key events during Southampton Film Week.