Bluecollars and Buttercups

Director: Janis Pugh

Year: 2023

A film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory. <br /> It’s present day in industrial North Wales. Helen, in her late 30s, spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen. She lives in a small room in the house her clingy ex-husband shares with his dim-witted girlfriend and their new baby. Helen’s humdrum world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne. They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions. Encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings. As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past. Helen’s world is shattered when Gwen dies and Joanne’s painful memories cause her to flee. Separated and alone, both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance. Eventually, they find the courage to let go of the past and allow their love to win.<br /> Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere<br /> Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023

Director: Janis Pugh

Year: 2013

The experimental student film ’The Befuddled Box of Betty Buttifint’ examines the fractured memory of Betty, an elderly woman whose confused mind provides the framework for a journey through the vivid landscape of her past as she struggles to make sense of the symbolic stages of her life.<br /> Blurring the line between reality and memory, featuring ensemble performance, dance and song, the film seeks to explore the emotional fabric of which we are made. 'Befuddled' is ultimately a poetic reflection of the life, loves and losses in one woman’s fading world.

Director: Janis Pugh

Year: 2009

On her 16th birthday in a small factory town in North Wales, Tina dreams of escaping her inevitable blue collar destiny - the production lines of the local chicken factory.<br /> <br /> Frustrated by her lack of choices Tina yearns to raise her status above the expected. But will she fail? A poetic tale of the journey from childhood to adulthood.