Projects in genres: Woman Director

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When D and H decide to sell the home they have loved and lived in for two decades, they begin a process of saying goodbye to their shared history under the same roof. The upheaval causes anxieties to surface, and wife and performance artist D, struggles to control the personal and creative aspects of her life with H. Dreams, memories, fears, have all imprinted themselves on their home, which exists as a container for their lives and has played such an important role in their relationship.

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Telling the story of a girl, through the eyes of her older, wiser self. Shown in a daze of colour, she falls into a nightmarish state of mind. And through an audio-visual platform the narrative blurs and distorts into a new reality - revealing a burning new picture of truth.

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#1 and #2 are searching for their magnum opus, the one story that will bring them clarity, purpose. When they struggle to find inspiration in our world, they are ripped from it...but what happens when you lose control of the world you create? Forget the story. Meet the tellers.

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An intimate story of father and son reviving a family tradition in Barcelona. Two different generations and views on life provides us with confronting as well as humorous dialogue. Emilio, 90 year old cobbler and his ambitious son Daniel work together but the craftsmanship in Europe is slowly disappearing.

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Dawn O’Donnell a penniless lesbian in 1950s Australia stormed her way through Sydney’s gay underworld and built herself an empire of drag clubs, sex shops and real estate. The convent girl turned ice-skater was a ruthless business-woman but was she an arsonist, a brothel- keeper, was she a murderer?

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Adeline For Leaves explores nature, science and mythology through the eyes of an eleven-year-old botanical prodigy and her recently deceased, elderly mentor.

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An experimental short exploring the poetics of camouflage in everyday landscape, showing the subtle shift between place and character. Told in the style of moving tableaux.

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Anna (Jodie Whittaker) lives a hermit’s life in her Mum’s garden shed. She wants to stay there but her Mum has other plans.

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This piece, using a methodology diametrically opposed to Warhol's own, revisits stray elements that pass incidentally through that moment of monumental presence we experience in 'Empire'. Screenings include: 53rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA Experimenta 58th BFI London Film Festival, UK

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Basic dignity of queer people in India is under attack. An adorable Indian mother & her queer daughter spring into action by the Supreme Court's latest decision on anti-gay law, Section 377.

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Ana (40) suffers dwarfism and her mother (70), an elegant and sophisticated woman, has never accepted her condition. The muted taboos between the two women will echo more than ever when they prepare the house for Juan’s visit - the son and brother who lives far away from home.

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On an isolated beach, Sarah finally discloses to her beloved father Sean the pact she made with her mother when she was a child, but unbeknown to her the tragedy which was still to follow.