Projects in genres: Woman Director

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An intimate portrayal of grief after the loss of a friend.

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The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past, but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep, threaten to overwhelm them. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2020 - World Premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020

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During a long hot summer in the forest, Child is forced to grow up. First her Dog becomes ill, then out of the blue her Mother returns with a new lover in tow. Child’s world is turned upside down. A coming of age story, set in an enchanted Russian wilderness.

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When a new family moves in next door to Laura and her family, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates her, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter, Josie, who died several years previously. Before long, Laura's memories turn to obsession as Megan’s unsettling behaviour begins to convince her of something supernatural. As Laura's determination to get to the bottom of it becomes all consuming, her family begins to fracture and the line between the extraordinary and the real becomes ever more obscured in this haunting story about a mother’s love. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2021 - Narrative Feature Competition - World premiere

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Made entirely in Unreal, during lockdown in the UK, in a week in which VE day celebrations collided with Black Lives Matter protests, this film questions the persistence of nostalgia as a form of social control.

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MEAN TIME considers photography as a product of looking at and thinking about, the world prefigured on separating or shuttering it. MEAN TIME is also the calculation of solar time and the experience of, or feeling about, a certain period of time as being troubled or unjust.

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Amy is 13 and has Aspergers, on the brink of suicide, she knows she is different, she knows she is more clever than her therapists, she is abused, she cant fit in, this is a slice of her fight to say what she is, a tiny triumph.

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Siobhan McSweeney (DERRY GIRLS) stars in this character study about a woman who becomes increasingly infatuated with her neighbour.

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A selfless vicar’s wife is possessed by a strange force, unlocking a mischievous (and pleasurable) side she never knew she had.

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A smart, meditative take on the gulf that emerges between ex-lovers. Official Selection BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival 2021

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A young girl carries the unassuming and turbulent force of grief with her, fashioned in a delicate glass jar. The James Horgan Award for Best Animated Short, Galway Film Fleadh, 2020

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In a deprived area of England's industrial north, a young mother is hit by a forklift truck at work and loses her leg. Based on the true story of Lisa Ramos, AMPUTEE follows the first year of mental and physical recovery from a limb amputation.