Projects in genres: Woman Director

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A little girl’s love for her bedridden Papa inspires a town in lockdown to make music from their windows. Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023

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NOTHING COMPARES is the story of Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame, and how her iconoclastic personality would result in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on her prophetic and challenging behaviour from 1987 to 1993, the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer, through a contemporary feminist lens. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - World premiere

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Follows a South London family and sees how one red dress is the centre of their lives. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022 - World premiere Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - International premiere

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After 40 years of solitude, a spirited elderly hermit opens his life to young female director as he tackles ill health, a declining memory, and questions whether he can live out his last years in the wilderness he calls home. Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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Like her grandmother and her mother Jane before her, Wendy must escape Pan's hold on her and the promise he wants her to keep. As her daughter Berry comes into Pan's orbit, Wendy must fight to save her relationship with her daughter while reconciling her legacy.

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This film depicts the harrowing effect of climate change on the lives of girls and women globally, and features over 400 pieces of handmade artwork from 150 refugee and marginalised women in 17 Commonwealth countries worldwide and climate activists, these were created during ARTconnects workshops. The film calls for climate justice and presents personal accounts of how women and girls lives are directly being affected by climate change. The film raises awareness of the devastating impacts climate change has on the globe, as well as promote diversity and spark meaningful discussions on this human rights issue to promote cohesion. 

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All she wanted was a day to herself ... 1970s: A lonely divorcee, Nellie, meets widower Frank on a trip to the seaside. Nellie lets herself be swept away by the hope of connection. But as the seagulls circle overhead and Frank begins to ask too many questions, Nellie realises she will never be able to escape a monstrous family secret ...

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When their car breaks down on the way back to London, a young couple hitch a ride with a lorry driver. The journey slowly reveals the cracks in their relationship as three worlds collide in unexpected ways.

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A daughter explores her mother's past experiences of sexual abuse, the trauma that lies within, and the way it shapes their relationship and inherited fear. Official Selection DOK Leipzig Film Festival 2022

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Martha has stopped listening to her intuition and her life is suffering as a result. But a strange encounter forces her to see things a little differently, Martha must embrace the seemingly irrational as she embarks on a surreal journey of discovery to trust her gut instinct once again. BAFTA Film Awards 2023 - Nomination - Best British Short Animation

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After ten years apart, a Scottish filmmaker tries to reconnect with her closest cousin. Once so similar, their paths were separated by war. As they piece together memories of Syria, they begin to wonder - 'What happened to our family?' Official Selection Berlinale 2022 - Generation 14plus - Crystal Bear Award

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DAWTA has a power she is unaware of, until she is propelled through time and space to a utopian planet. Inspired by family history of trans-racial fostering and concepts of inherited trauma, DAWTA is a story of escaping the past through the imagining of an unknown future, an unknown hope.