Projects in genres: Woman Director

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Gripped by a failing marriage and the responsibilities of having a young son, Lydia finds solace in her growing bond with the town’s recently returned female doctor Jean. But this is the 1950s in a post-WWII rural Scotland, and the womens’ relationship prompts raised eyebrows in their provincial circles. A heart-wrenching portrait of a love against all odds. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere

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A genre redefining film starring the ultimate leading lady, Athena, an elephant matriarch who will do everything in her power to protect her family when they are forced to leave their waterhole. Narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this epic story of love, loss and coming home is a timely love letter to a species that could be gone from our planet in a generation. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - TIFF Docs - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019

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A poor agricultural labourer leads a double life in the village's last remaining cornfield. But the harvest is approaching. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2018 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Winner, Short Cuts Award, Best International Short Film Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - International Short Film Programme BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Film

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By the 1920s Virginia Woolf has reached the apex of modern world literature with her landmark novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway', but nothing seems to soothe the darkness that plagues her. She is powerless over the mood swings that alternately lift her to manic creative heights and then crush her under suffocating melancholia, driving her deeper into seclusion... Poems and letters of admiration from Vita Sackville-West lead to a courtship that is hardly concealed from their respective husbands. Soon, Virginia is enthralled by Vita. She is everything Virginia is not – extroverted, direct, in possession of a strongly magnetic personality and, as Virginia notes, a pair of the most "amazing legs". Focusing on the period in 1927-8 during which Woolf wrote 'Orlando', the novel their relationship inspired, 'Vita & Virginia' is the long-gestating feature adaptation of actor and writer Dame Eileen Atkins’ play of the same name. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere

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Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna, daughter of a white German mother and a black African father meets Lutz, a member of the Hitler Youth ­- compulsory for all Aryan boys since 1936. They are bound by the realisation of the horrors being committed against the Jews, as Leyna tries to avoid the fate of black Germans at the time. Can she find an ally in Lutz, himself battling the fate laid before him? This is a coming of age story set in the most brutal of times. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere

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A mother daughter relationship in crisis, one hitting the menopause, and no use to anyone! And an 18-year-old leaving home bursting with independence. What's the point in having a kid!!

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The story about identity. A photograph of the filmmaker's husband from the time of his First Holy Communion at the end of 1950s in Poland became "the pretext", the beginning or the theme.

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After a young woman is responsible for a hit and run, strange and spooky things start to happen... A small thriller about people that are not always the best at making decisions. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Cult Strand - World premiere

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What does it take to change a child’s life? 'H is for Harry' is a coming of age story about Harry, a charismatic 11-year old boy, who arrives at secondary school in suburban London unable to read or write. With the help of Sophie, his extremely dedicated teacher, can he overcome the illiteracy ingrained across generations of his family? Against the backdrop of a Britain riven with debates around class, identity and social mobility, the film follows Harry over two years as he fights not only to improve academically but also to believe in a different future for himself.

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Acting a fool convinced you're a queen. LIVE A LITTLE taps into the pressures and the amounts of self-control that go into being a ”good woman” in a patriarchal society by celebrating women who decide to not care. Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - Short Film Competition

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In our turbulent times, silence seems like a necessary escape. This animated film evaluates this concept, looking in particular at one important figure in history who used this in an astonishing way to evaluate the world we live in. Official Selection VIS, Vienna Shorts Film Festival 2019

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Following animator JoAnne Salmon's story, from being 1 in 50,000 babies born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, to currently living her dreams as an animator. Winner, MOFILM Many Voices - Year of the Women Award 2018 Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - Perspectives Short Film Competition