Project Detail

Agnes

A medium close up of an older woman facing camera walking in an outdoor corridor at night

Synopsis

Under pressure from her adult daughter to move and become a live-in babysitter, 74-year-old Agnes finds agency in an unexpected place.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 11 min 16 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Leah Vlemmiks
Producer: Leah Vlemmiks, Priscila Gonçalves
Executive Producer: Ryan Bobkin, Walter Klassen, Lia Gomez-Lang, Heidi Lynch, Jefferson Mappin
Editor: Arielle Skolnik
Screenwriter: Leah Vlemmiks
Director of Photography: Naomi Amarger
Production Designer: Alice Medlock
Sound: We Are Audio, Ben Mason, Alex Gluch
Composer: Andy Pink
Principal cast: Eileen Davies, Clare Holman
Other Lead Creative(s): Costume Designer: Claudia Gusella

Genre

Drama Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

V4M Productions Ltd

Leah Vlemmiks
First Floor
6 Claremont Avenue
Bristol
BS7 8JE

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