Project Detail

HAG

Synopsis

Our story begins with our heroine breaking up with her obnoxious boyfriend; what should be a moment of liberation instead transforms her from a regular thirty-something into a hag with snakes for hair. Hag battles society pressures, inner longings, and the tick of her own biological clock. She searches for love and meaning in a hellscape of waning fertility, dating apps and the rotten stench of the patriarchy.
In this surreal South London, Hag's journey becomes mythical as her despair crystallises into a quest for answers, and she must face the ultimate test! In a world where being true to yourself makes you monstrous, what is the cost of compromise and repressing your authentic self?

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 17 min
Director: Anna Ginsburg
Producer: Becky Perryman
Co-Producer: Phoebe Sutherland
Executive Producer: Zoe Muslim
Editor: Michael Bel Gil
Screenwriter: Anna Ginsburg, Miranda Latimer
Sound: Jake Fielding
Composer: George Grinling

Genre

Comedy Fantasy Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Strange Beast

Niya Taylor
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

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