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KILL wins Best Director, Best Indie Short and Best Drama Short

12/6/2025

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KILL is cleaning up at festivals this year. It's been selected for 17 festivals, won 5 awards including Best Drama Short and Best Director, got into the finals of several competitions and received 3 Honourable Mentions. Huge thanks to our killer team! 
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Social Work England - Mini-doc

21/5/2025

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I directed this short documentary about the misconceptions around social work for Nowadays. It was a challenge to tell 4 stories in such a short film and we had to compromise on story a little as a result, but for me it was certainly an interesting window into a misunderstood profession.
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Parkinson's UK - Interview Direction

12/5/2025

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I directed the interviews with Shafaq and Nick in this documentary about the very real need for more Parkinson's nurses in the UK. With over a third of the sector due to retire in the next five years, even more people with Parkinson's are potentially facing a future without specialist help. I found meeting Shafaq genuinely inspiring. As a dentist with two young children who was diagnosed at 40, she had a very difficult time coming to terms with her new life, but she faced it with fearless dignity and has found new direction as a teacher and campaigner. Hats off to Artur Zaremba and Siena Bevan for this moving edit. 
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'KILL' Wins First Award

10/3/2025

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KILL has won her first award for Best Experimental Short at Five Continents International Film Festival.

It's still early days, but the short has already had an Honourable Mention at East Village New York Film Festival 2025 and Athens International Art Film Festival 2025, and has been Officially Selected for Liverpool International Film Festival 2025; Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival 2025; Short To The Point Film Festival 2025; Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival 2025; Anatolia International Film Festival 2025; Monocle Short Film Festival 2025; London Frames Film Festival 2025 and Global Indie Filmmaker Awards 2025.
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Ocean Star Nominated for Best Documentary at the New Delhi Film Festival 2025

8/1/2025

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Ocean Star got its first award nomination today, for the New Delhi Film Festival 'Best Documentary'. The whole team is buzzing for the film and hope it'll be the first of many nominations...
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Olivia Coleman and Coldplay Lend Talent to Choose Love Promo

8/12/2024

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I directed and edited this lovely little promo for Choose Love, voiced by screen legend Olivia Coleman with a soundtrack from Coldplay. Produced by Don't Panic London, the emotive script had the lot of us in tears and has had over 1m views on Instagram alone! 
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Choose Love Campaign in Piccadilly Circus

29/11/2024

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My first ever outdoor campaign went live today one the big screen at Piccadilly Circus. I directed, shot and edited this outdoor ad for Choose Love's Charity Department Store on Regent Street - open through December to raise money for refugees and displaced people across the world. An absolute honour to work with them. And I now know what a .HAP file is. Whoop! 
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Directing a Feature Doc In Mauritius

10/10/2024

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I've been working on a big old feature documentary set in a tropical paradise for the past 6 weeks and we are currently in the edit. Here's a bit about the film:
​OCEAN STAR is a feature documentary about young people in Mauritius, a beautiful tropical island known as the star of the Indian Ocean. Focusing on people between the ages of 16 and 25, with input from their mentors and senior educational, political, sporting and business leaders, OCEAN STAR explores the challenges and opportunities open to young people in the 21st century. 
Click the pic for the official website, including some slightly cringe BTS of me presenting to camera (I am not a natural presenter).
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And, why not, some behind the scenes photos from one of the shoot days last week with Nathaniel and our lovely crew. More info coming soon! 
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Bludfest!

11/8/2024

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Spent a delightful day filming with wonderful weirdoes at Yungblud's first ever music festival today.
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Art Directing a Series for Amazon Prime

31/7/2024

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Me and Lea Emmery designed and decorated a fun kitchen set for Tilly Ramsay's new cooking show this month.

​We transformed a very tasteful kitchen in muted Farrow and Ball into a very loud and youthful space which Gordon Ramsay said was "brilliant". High praise from the big man himself. 

Here's a little glimpse into the process...
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