Hats
Hats is a comedy-drama about a black, British woman who explores her relationship with her ailing mother in a care home, through an assortment of hats, revealing some culturally complex emotions.
Writer/director Michelle Pascal
Producer Euella Jackson and Ann-Marie McCormack
Production Company Fam Films Productions
Run time 10 Minutes
Michelle Pascal
Michelle is Bristol born and bred and currently works as BBC director making factual programmes. Before this Michelle trained as an onscreen journalist and reported on daily news at BBC Points West. Now she has written and will direct her first drama short.
Euella Jackson
Euella Jackson is an award-winning content creator and creative producer based in Bristol. In 2018, she wrote and directed her first short MARKED as part of the Channel 4 Random Acts scheme through Calling The Shots and supported GIMMIE ONE (2019) – a virtual reality documentary by Harry Silverlock funded through Arts Council England.
HATS (2022) was her producing debut, and she is currently producing a BFI Network funded short called WHAT THEY LEFT (2022) by Mevis Birungi and Blak Wave Productions. Euella sits on the board of Encounters Short Film Festival, focusing on platforming upcoming film-making talent and is a Co-Director at Rising Arts Agency, a dynamic, radical, youth-led social enterprise that advocates for young creative leaders.
Ann-Marie McCormack
Ann-Marie is an Irish producer, director and writer. She currently works for Troy TV, has written for BBC’s Doctors, Irish Film Board, directed ITV drama/documentaries and has been an EKRAN participant. Ann-Marie self-produces shorts under AmmA Films and Productions, presents a podcast series on BCfm, and is a senior lecturer at Bathspa University.
Image c/o Rod Gray
Image c/o Rod Gray
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