British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Trust Me

Synopsis

In TRUST ME, a short documentary blending animation and live-action recreations, a young woman uses humour and compassion to reclaim the story of her bipolar diagnosis and a traumatic betrayal by family and friends, using film to pave her journey towards self acceptance and challenge everyday stigma.

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
19 min
Format
Digital and Animation
Director
Melanie Cura Daball
Producer
JIJO, Chloe Abrahams
Executive Producer
Hannah Bush Bailey
Editor
Kevin Corey
Screenwriter
Melanie Cura Daball, Anne Chataigné
Director of Photography
Natalja Safronova
Production Designer
Giorgia Lee-Joseph
Sound
Nick Bridge, Rory Cargill
Animation Director
Lisa Cruz

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Just be Nice Studios LLP

Contact: Jijo (Head of Content)

Made with support from the Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Fund, Kickstarter

Made in association with Bipolar UK

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A woman BFI Partner Funded Short Film

Director: Sarah Lutton

Year: 2026

BFI Partner Funded Short Film

Human Rights
The Archivist The Archivist

Director: Rob Curry, Tim Plester

Year: 2026

In a battle against time and technology, can Britain's greatest living folklorist find a home for his vast archive of irreplaceable audiovisual material?

Music Scottish Sport
An image from a microscope Hematology

Director: Ben Young

Year: 2026

The alien cosmos of microscopy becomes the setting for a posthumous dialogue: an exploration of the unspoken fallout of the pandemic years.

Biography Disabilities Experimental History