Projects in genres: Woman Director

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Captured just before and during the Coronavirus outbreak and in the lead up to Brexit, DIVIDED BY LAW bears witness to binational families and couples trying to cope with the UK’s hostile immigration environment. From multiple locations across the world, we hear personal accounts of how the interviewees navigate their way through the UK family immigration regulations, encountering prolonged periods of separation from their partners and families with distressing consequences.

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A film about the therapeutic power of the natural environment and finding home in unexpected places.

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A surreal journey, shot on sumptuous colour 16mm, into a sinister realm of gender display and its consequences. Behind the red curtain of a theatrical stage, a masked woman in a nude bodysuit performs to an invisible but enthusiastic audience. By manipulating male puppets, she acts out the threat of sexual violence. The character manifests the tension between internal anxiety and external sensuality.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Experimenta

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While millions of migratory birds fly free in the skies above, a dynamic Palestinian refugee yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. She challenges her friend to find the ancient mulberry tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence, guided only by inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon.

Spanning fifteen years, this story of a friendship that stays connected across a fragmented land and a divided people, reflects on freedom of movement, exile and the hope of return.

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In this beautiful drama, a couple battle for a future where they can find a home and freedom that is not determined by where they’re from.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Your UK Or Mine?

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Rio 2016 was the first time athletes from the newly emergent nation of Kosovo were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. This film captures the behind the scenes struggles, hard graft and grit of the humble Kosovo Olympic Team as they prepare to make history on the world stage.

GO GO KOSOVO! is about triumphing over adversity and never giving up, no matter what. It’s the ultimate underdog story about hope and fighting for what you believe in.

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Among the narrow streets of contemporary Naples, HIDE AND SEEK follows four years in the life of nine-year-old Entoni and his grandmother Dora during a critical state crackdown on crime that threatens Entoni's future with forced removal and imprisonment.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Documentary Competition - World premiere

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From the confines of her home in England, a filmmaker embarks on a digital quest to track down an old friend who disappeared years ago in Japan. With the internet as her only resource, she stumbles upon ‘The Inquirers’, a website full of souls looking for lost people. As she gets closer to finding her friend, she finds herself wondering why it is so hard to forget about some people, and, equally, why is it often necessary to let them go. IN THE SPACE YOU LEFT is a film about the meaning of missed connections in the digital age.
Official Selection Sheffield Doc Fest 2021 - UK Competition - World premiere

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Using excerpts of films produced between 1990 and 2018, a split-screen video essay questioning the innocence of bags in post-revolution Iranian cinema.
Official Selection Vienna Shorts Film Festival 2022

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Imprisoned in child detention, Jacob finds himself alone and desperate to reach the outside world. Help from an unlikely source gives his predicament an even weirder twist.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Your UK Or Mine?

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In this British folk horror, three siblings in a rural town stumble upon a local community centre and family secrets are unravelled.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Weird and Wonderful World

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A cinematic insight into the world of Michelle Mansell, a cold, open-water swimming coach. Through her work Michelle gives people an effective way of regaining mental and physical health and shifting their perspective on how the world around them can heal.