Sleepyhead
(
2023)
Directed by: Milly Garnier
Written by: Charlotte Paradise
Produced by: Millie Marsh
Director of Photography: Jenni Suitiala
Produced with the National Film and Television School as part of Disney’s Star Imagine UK incubator scheme.
Logline:
In this dark comedy, sixth-former Rae is chronically ill and stuck at home with her glorious imagination and seething rage for company.
Relevant Links:
- Deadline: Disney & The National Film And Television School Launch $30,000 Short Film Initiative
- ScreenDaily: ’Under The Skin’ actor Adam Pearson among participants for UK’s NFTS, Disney shorts programme
- NFTS: National Film And Television School And Disney Unveil Six Talented Writer/Director Teams For Inaugural Disney Imagine UK Programme
- BTS Video: Sleepyhead - Behind The Scenes
- Trailer: Sleepyhead Trailer
Festivals:
- BFI London Film Festival 2023: Official Selection (World Premiere, BAFTA qualifying)
- Superfest Disability Film Festival 2024: P.K. Walker Innovation in Craft Award & Official Selection (BAFTA qualifying)
- Leeds International Film Festival 2024: Winner of Best British Short Film & Official Selection (BAFTA & BIFA qualifying)
- Women X Film Festival 2024: Official Selection and Winner of Best Producer and Best Editing, Nominated for Best British Film, Best Writer, Best Lead Performance and Best Sound (BIFA qualifying)
- Cambridge Film Festival 2024: Official Selection, In Competition (BAFTA & BIFA qualifying)
- Norwich Film Festival 2024: Official Selection (BAFTA & BIFA qualifying)
- Fish&Films 2024: Official Selection
- 225 Film Club 2024: Official Selection
- Inclús, Barcelona International Disability Film Festival 2024: Official Selection
Chronic (2022)
Directed by: Milly Garnier
Produced by: Lizzie Melbourne
Co-produced by: Antonia Salib
Written by: Charlotte Paradise
Director of Photography: Jamie MacLeod
Chronic is the story of a young couple, Sadie and Rob, who move in together but Sadie’s chronic illness complicates their plans and begins to govern their relationship.
Relevant Links:
ME Association
Podcast: Real Talk with Melody
Festivals (to date):
- Little Wing Festival 2022: Official Selection and Nominated for Best Female Actor and Best Male Actor (BIFA-qualifying)
- Sunday Shorts Film Festival 2022: Semi-Finalist
- Earl’s Court International Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
- London Lift-Off Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
- Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2022: Longlisted
- Two Short Nights Film Festival 2023: Official Selection
The Dinner Party (2020)
Directed by: Milly Garnier
Produced by: Chalkboard Productions
Co-produced by: 2EdsBetterThan1Ltd
Written by: Matthew Dorrell
Directors of Photography: Ed Weller and Ed Brooks
A dinner party for four. Whisky for two. One woman alone. A story told from the perspective of a woman with nothing left and those who care about her more than she will know.
Adelaide is holding a dinner party for her closest friends to mark a day she'd rather forget. Surrounded by the people who love her most, why is she still alone? As the party unfolds the world around the group seems to flicker and darken as strange occurrences punctuate the evening. An experimental short film exploring love & loss around one table.
Festivals:
- Northampton Film Festival 2021: Runner Up - Best Short Film
The Leaving Party (2019)
Directed by: Milly Garnier and Emily Bray
Produced by: Jenn Thomas
Written by: Helena Sutcliffe
Director of Photography: Jackie Teboul
In an overcrowded and ageing Great Britain, a heroic matriarch must escape a government-decreed death sentence before her eightieth birthday arrives.
The Leaving Party was funded by a £20,000 grant from the inaugural Bumble Female Film Force.
Festivals:
- Premiered at a private screening in association with the London Short Film Festival
- Underwire Festival 2019: Official Selection and Nominated for Best Screenwriting: (BAFTA-qualifying)
- Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF): Official Selection (BIFA-qualifying)
- Canada Shorts Film Festival: Award of Distinction
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