Projects in genres: Woman Director

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Grace is a hybrid. At work she’s a diluted, no-worries-if-not girly. At home she’s strong, defiant and empowered, particularly when muttering fantasy comebacks into her pillow at 4am. As Grace prepares to confront her boss, she’ll finally unleash a version of herself.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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A woman’s life has been turned upside down ever since she noticed those strange floating strings in her sight.

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Two out of work actors attempt the impossible task of mounting a full production of Hamlet inside the ultra violent world of Grand Theft Auto, shot entirely in game.
It’s January 2021. The UK has just entered its 3rd lockdown and all theatres remain closed. For actors Sam and Mark, the future looks bleak. As the pandemic drags on Mark, who lives alone is increasingly socially isolated, while Sam is panicking about how he is going to support his family. They channel their midlife frustrations by immersing their avatars in the horrifically violent yet beautifully rendered virtual world of Grand Theft Auto online. They steal cars and shoot strangers, but also find moments of calm reflection walking through meadows of wildflowers. In one gaming session they stumble across a theatre and have an idea. Why not stage Hamlet inside the game? Well, there are several reasons why not, chiefly that most people in the game are intent on murderous destruction, not polite appreciation of a theatrical production. But wasn’t theatre just as dangerous and rowdy a business in Shakespeare’s time, and isn’t Hamlet, a play about revenge the perfect choice for this place?
Official selection SXSW 2024 - Documentary Competition - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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Having recently lost a close friend, a young woman explores her sexuality as a way of processing trauma, as well as joy. However, disrupting this life is a ghost haunting her home. In an obsessive pursuit to uncover the truth, Becca discovers something far stranger than she could have imagined.

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A romantic thriller set in the world of competitive body-building, fuelled by ego, desire and the American Dream.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2024 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - International premiere

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From the deep snow of the Belarusian forest to the heat of the reeds in the French Camargue, Mother Vera is the story of a young Orthodox nun; her turbulent past, and fragile future.
Revealed through spellbinding visual language echoing the rigid discipline of monastic life, we enter the enclosed, shadowy spaces of a convent outside Minsk. Sound and silence submerge us in the rhythm of the place.
At the monastery farm, two hundred men live in rehabilitation. They are a mirror to Vera’s old life. Faced with a life-changing decision, Vera must confront her past to find the freedom she desires.
Official Selection Visions du Réel 2024
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Documentary Competition

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Kira is an ambitious photographer who wants to exploit her 'exotic' Eastern heritage to gain recognition in the cutthroat art scene in London. Travelling back to her homeland for an art project, she ends up entrapped in the enigmatic heart of her ancestral homeland.

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A queer couple make a surreptitious visit to the lake where they first met for one more adventure.

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An animated exploration of bipolar disorder, based on testimonials.
An avalanche changes a polar bear's life, setting him on an adventure through the highs and lows of life on a fantasy planet.

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Tiptoeing the very fine line between comedy and horror, SYLVIA is a devilish dive into the 90s and the lives of a group of particularly nasty mean girls as they juggle puberty, heartbreak and superstition.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Panorama - European premiere
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024

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Exploring the intricate dynamics between two brothers in their early twenties as they attempt to navigate their divorced parents’ shortcomings, when Mum shows up uninvited to Dad’s birthday barbecue.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024