Projects in genres: Woman Director

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“Hermitage Revealed" tells the story of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg - one of the largest and most visited museums in the world. Holding over 3 million objects and boasting more curators than any other museum, this special film investigates remarkable stories of dedication, devotion, ownership and ultimate sacrifice, showing how the collection came about, how it survived tumultuous revolutionary times and what makes the Hermitage unique today.

The film access the museum’s director, curators and historical eyewitnesses and feature significant objects from the Hermitage’s collection, whose stories thread throughout the film. The film reveals the workings of the Hermitage by going behind the scenes to observe the restorers, artists, archives and rare, hidden treasures not on show to the public in the world’s largest museum open storage complex. 

During its 250 year history, the Hermitage transposed from an Imperial Palace to a State Museum. Its story is Russia’s history in microcosm.

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Four young people flee from London and set up a polyamorous commune in the country- choosing total isolation as an opportunity for an emotional, intellectual, and political hiding place. Strange rules and rituals help to loosen their inhibitions as, fighting cynicism and ghosts from the past, they move towards a deeply unconventional joy.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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I May Be Some Time… is a short animated film about an old, grumpy man, Lawrence, who is forced on a journey to confront his inner self. Throughout the journey he grows younger and in the end of the film he is just a child.

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I May Be Some Time… is a short animated film about an old, grumpy man, Lawrence, who is forced on a journey to confront his inner self. Throughout the journey he grows younger and in the end of the film he is just a child.

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Krikelkrakel is a drawn 3D, stereoscopic CGI animation and while an experimental abstract work it suggests a struggle through a jungle of lines emphasising expressive and mesmerizing experiences of both space and motion. It is also challenging visual perception

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An epistolary feature film: a cinematic discourse between a British director Mark Cousins (the celebrated film maker and historian) and an Iranian actress and director Mania Akbari (famed for her work with Abbas Kiarostami and in her own right as a director) which extends the concept of "essay film" with startling confrontations in the arenas of cultural issues, gender politics and differing artistic sensibilities.
A unique journey into the minds of two exceptional filmmakers which becomes a love affair on film.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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There are small people wearing hats in the society.

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This film is a narrative about the process of my two characters - Jude (a pink bunny) and Momo (a blue man) who meet each other and become friends. They both have super powers, but their power is either useless or just harmful to them.

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A story about a rock climber, whose obsession about mountains becomes hatred after an accident. Strange things happen to his arm then, forcing him to face his past.

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Space, forms, colours and sounds symbolise a recognisable world. Do we shape as much as we are shaped? Do new beginnings put an end to familiar patterns?

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Copenhagen. A police station. A foreign woman, wearing a burqa, is there with her young son to file a complaint. Yet, it seems the translator is not willing to report what she is telling.

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"Walk With Me?" is a Guerrilla feature film shot according to 'the Guerrilla Filmmaker's Handbook' by Chris Jones. This film takes a surreal look into the life and mind of a writer who is healing after a car accident and suffering with Insomnia in London. She finds inspiration from the characters she meets in her dreams. Dreams and reality become blurred as her insomnia and sleeplessness fuel her writing.