Projects in genres: Woman Director

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A modern day psychological horror. The chilling tale of one woman's efforts to steal her life back from her lonely female neighbour.

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An emotionally responsive, live action film, (with 3D immersive sound), which uses the player’s facial expressions to progress through a branching narrative and get through a riot alive.
Inspired by real events, 'Riot' represents the global sense of unrest.

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A young woman wanders through the building of an afterparty, meditating on her life. She searches for a way out of her ruined and solitary world but cannot escape confronting her destiny.

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A film exploring the subtle dynamics of brother and sisterhood. Cara, the first kid in the family to graduate, returns to a celebration in her honour. Older brother Nathan, forced to quit his degree after a life-changing injury, is conflicted. But for the accident, this should have been his party.

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Documentary exploring the recent rise of antisemitism in Europe.

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Following participants from the local Hindu, Sikh and Muslim community. Here they develop display panels for a touring Museum exhibition. They also access archive material previously unseen, and some not explored for 100 years or more. Reflecting on the involvement of the Indian Army during WW1 .

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An animation based on images, words and ideas taken from dreams about Donald Trump from people around the world.
Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Short Films Perspectives Competition

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Super close Mother LYN and daughter IONA (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes ‘best friends’ with KEELY, STACEY and CHELSEA. Used to being Iona’s bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with BELINDA, her neighbour. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, things aren’t going great for either of them. Iona struggles with the girls, who act more like frenemies than friends, and Belinda won’t give Lyn her stepladders back. Both Mother and Daughter retreat into fantasy and lies.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival Critics' Week 2017 - Opening Night Gala - World premiere
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018

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Summer 1997 in a small Scottish village, where each day seems like the last and nothing ever happens. A strange, cosmic event will disturb Julianne's monotonous daily life.

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An experimental narrative film that paints a portrait of Japanese performance artist Ayumi Lanoire.
The film opens as a telephone call between the subject and Person X, which meanders and leads the audience through the various layers that make up her persona leading one to question whether she is, in fact, a myth or reality.

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In a rural pub restaurant on a busy motorway, same-sex couple Brona and Alex await the arrival of a man named Karl.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Journey Strand - World premiere

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A short essay film by artist animator, Jessica Ashman. Using animation and recorded interviews of eight other women of colour artists, the film explores navigating the visual art and animation world as a black face in a white space.