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Split Ends

Woman leans against an opaque panelled door.

Synopsis

Inside this film’s carefully constructed dollhouse aesthetic lies a sinister moral, directly inspired by Victorian fables designed to scare children into obedience. A wistful, near-elegiac poem of a script, by writer/director duo Laura Hafes and Grace Cassidy, gives lyrical form to a narrated daydream that turns into nightmarish reality. Movement Director Araminta Wraith’s adept puppetry breathes life into a Medusa-like wig that overpowers its master. Each perfectly lit frame of Scarlett Gardner’s cinematography plays to the text’s theatrical nature, from a tracking shot through a hair-curtain opener to a final battle rendered in shadow and silhouette behind frosted glass.

Official Selection, Uppsala Short Film Festival 2026

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
3 mins 17 secs
Format
Super 8
Director
Grace Cassidy, Laura Hafes
Producer
Luke Flanagan, Ridley Cassidy
Executive Producer
Joe Paton
Screenwriter
Grace Cassidy, Laura Hafes
Director of Photography
Scarlett Gardner
Production Designer
Daniela Lozano
Sound
Mossie Cassidy
Composer
Mossie Cassidy
Principal cast
Grace Cassidy (Alice), Jake Cecil (Ben), Mirain Fflur (voice of narrator)
Other Lead Creative(s)
Movement Director / Puppeteer: Araminta Wraith, Costume Designer: Ophelia Bendle,
Gaffer
Leona Kramaric
BTS
Daniel Attoh
PA
Finney Cassidy
PA
Arthur Payne

Genre

Comedy Fantasy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Glance Films Ltd

Luke Flanagan
91a Brick Lane
The Bridge
The Old Truman Brewery

Sales Company

Glance Films Ltd

Luke Flanagan
91a Brick Lane
The Bridge
The Old Truman Brewery

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