Project Detail

Mother Goose

A goose rests on a garden lawn next to a woman seated in a deckchair under a parasol.

Synopsis

After the death of her husband, Janet decides to distract herself by rearing a goose, which is to be the centrepiece of her Christmas dinner. However, as she grows ever more isolated from her daughter, Janet’s need to nurture the goose becomes an obsession: one which will cost her dearly.
A modern-day Grimm’s fairy tale about grief, isolation… and a goose.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 - Winner - Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Short Filmmaking Excellence
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2025
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 12 min 10 sec
Director: Joanna Vymeris
Producer: Bernardo Angeletti
Editor: Andy Sowerby
Screenwriter: Hugh Stubbins
Director of Photography: Toby Lloyd
Production Designer: Yujia Huang
Sound: Siim Skepast, Itzel Gonzalez Estrada
Composer: Umberto Gaudino
Principal cast: Sophie Thompson, Ralph Ineson, Lois Mackie

Genre

Comedy Horror Thriller Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Strange Question Productions

Bernardo Angeletti
2 Frederick Street
London
WC1X 0ND

+44 (0)7708 791061

Ofelia Pictures

Joanna Vymeris

+44 (0)7938 898427

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