Projects in genres: Woman Director

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'Folie a Deux - Madness Made of Two' is a quintessentially English tale with a universal message. The story is prophetic, refreshingly humorous, and driven by Helen, a ‘love her, hate her, but you can’t ignore her’ character. Helen, a single mother of seven whom along with her new lover, risks bankruptcy and homelessness to fulfill a dream. Shot over five years and set in the oldest house in England. This film is an intimate portrayal of a large, bohemian family with all the ups and downs of daily life, an intriguing insight into England's history, and current obsessions. It’s a nail-biting journey through the economic crash and life's biggest gamble. However, unlike ‘The Queen of Versailles’, this is not a story of the conspicuous consumerism of billionaires; rather this is ‘our’ story, this is the human cost of the banking crisis.

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Shot in England and Nigeria this evocative film builds on the lives of African women living in the UK separated from their families. The stories are based on news reports and Joy's own life, including voicemails left on her answer-machine by the legendary singer Nina Simone, her self proclaimed ‘Spiritual Mother’.

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Violet wants magic but she's too scared to take a chance. She can't even bring herself to swap her dull, plain scone for something more indulgent. Until a gift that's altogether too delicious to resist is left on her doorstep, prompting her to embark on a mission into unexpected temptation.

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Over the course of a summer a 16 year-old makes a series of small films on her phone as she comes to terms with a pregnancy she knows she has to end...

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Nevada is the psychological portrait of two lovers who've grown to hate one another. Drawing inspiration from aspects of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller’s fated marriage, the film is a contemporary experimental study of the journey between sensitivity and war. Commissioned and featuring music by LAU.

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An experimental response to the epic contemporary composition, Prometheus, written by Brian Ferneyhough. Commissioned by The Royal Philharmonic Society as part of their Encore scheme. The film is an intimate physical portrait of two male boxers, and explores themes to do with provocation, endurance, saturation and repetition.

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Harriet has been on a long mission of self-destruction following a devastating loss. Bored at a party she meets James and sees an opportunity to score and have a more intoxicated evening. But she doesn’t count on such an instant, intimate connection with him. Can he help her?

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A dark fantastical tale in which a man enters into a pact with all the insect inhabitants of his rural cottage.dripping with honey,sex,flies,meat... and a very sticky end.

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A young Polish mother searches for her husband in England and finds that he has moved in with another woman. When she decides to stay at their house for one night, the three of them become swept up with memories, jealousy and desire.

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Savage Witches is a playful, poetic and experimental film about two teenage girls who want nothing but to play games, dress up and have adventures, but when they find themselves in conflict with the world around them they set out to transform it and break free! The film attempts to satisfy all their wishes for freedom. They are aided by a magic key, which unlocks the film allowing process to mix with its creation, artifice and reality to intermingle. But when Gretchen and Margarita are confronted with reality, it becomes clear that there is a vast gap between what they say they want and what they really want. Once the game has been set in motion they are swept along by the film’s momentum and must see it through to the end. Savage Witches is a colourful collage of sounds and images that has been created using all manner of processes and formats from VHS and Super 8 to drawn animation and hand-coloured frames, resulting in a bold and expressionistic exploration of the art of cinema.

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After the initial fun of trying for a baby starts to wear off and their failure to conceive start to put strain on the relationship, a woman in forced to question 'just what is so bloody brilliant about pregnancy and motherhood anyway? '

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SLEEP is a short film which observes the everyday, humdrum routine of a young girl coupled with a scientific, dry and factual narration regarding aspects of sleep. Sleep affects every moment of our daily and nightly life; and yet, half the time we aren’t aware of this.