DIRECTOR: To be human

4 Feb

straight 8 began in london in 1999. it’s now a global filmmaking challenge that thousands participate in every year. This year, I decided to take on the challenge myself, with a film called: ‘TO be human’.

The competition:

to make a 3-minute original film on just one roll of super 8
editing only with each pull of the super 8 camera’s trigger, with no opportunity for retakes or postproduction
submitting an original soundtrack without even seeing the film
If chosen as a winner, the film is SCREENed aT cannes film festival and bfi imax london IN MAY

The film

As a storyteller, I find myself constantly circling the dynamics of morality, goodness and compassion. What does it mean to be ‘good?..’

So For this competition, I used puppets to tell a heartwarming (and breaking) story of adversity and triumph, whilst the narrator muses about the power of choice. In a world as unsettled as ours is, I felt that we needed a reminder of all we truly are and all that we could be.

I created all the puppets by hand and was absolutely over the moon to combine all my skills into one 3 minute long competition entry. Actress, writer, artist and director.

Cast and crew included: