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Here Before

Synopsis

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

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 min
Director
Stacey Gregg 1st Feature
Producer
Julia Godzinskaya, Sophie Vickers
Co-Producer
Chris Martin
Executive Producer
Eva Yates, James Durrant, Pia Getty, Will Norton
Editor
Brian Philip Davis, Nick Emerson
Screenwriter
Stacey Gregg
Director of Photography
Chloë Thomson BSC
Production Designer
Patrick Creighton
Composer
Adam Janota Bzowski
Principal cast
Andrea Riseborough, Jonjo O'Neill, Eileen O’Higgins, Niamh Dornan

Genre

Action Northern Irish Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Rooks Nest Entertainment, Pia Pressure production.

An iFeatures project supported by Creative England, BFI, BBC Films and Creative Skillset, Northern Ireland Screen

Rooks Nest Entertainment

13 Tottenham Mews
London
W1T 4AQ

Pia Pressure

iFeatures

Sales Company

Bankside Films

Ashley House
12 Great Portland Street
London W1W 8QN

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