‘The Girl With Stories In Her Hair’ was my final student film at Central St Martins. It was made in collaboration with the National Gallery Education department, as part of a commissioned programme called ‘Transitions’, where we were asked to choose a painting from the permanent collection as inspiration for our final films. I chose Edgar Degas’ La Coiffure and focused on the contradictive nature of Degas’ voyeuristic, misogynistic manner through which the painting was conceived, juxtaposed with the conveyed warmth and intimacy of the painting itself, and also memories of my mother combing my hair as a child.

SCREENINGS
2009
Transcriptions - Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London
Norwich Film Festival – The Forum, Norwich
Bradford Animation Festival – National Media Museum, Bradford
Filmstock International Film Festival – The Hat Factory, Luton
2010
British Animation Awards Public Choice – Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast; AUCB, Bournemouth; National Media Museum, Bradford; Bristol Watershed, Bristol; Chapter Arts, Cardiff; QUAD, Derby; DCA, Dundee; Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter; The Poly, Falmouth; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow; Westminster University, Harrow; Lincolnshire University, Lincolnshire; BFI Southbank, London; FACT, Liverpool; UCCA, Maidstone; Cornerhouse, Manchester; Animex, Middlesborough; Cinema City, Norwich; Edge Hill City, Ormskirk; Peninsula Arts Cinema, Plymouth; Portsmouth University, Portsmouth; Showroom, Sheffield; Staffordshire University, Staffs; Dartington Arts, Totnes; Lighthouse, Wolverhampton
British Animation Awards – BFI Southbank, London
7th London Independent Film Festival – The Roxy Cinema, London
Rushes Soho Shorts – ICA, London; Soho Film Lab, London
Jersey Branchage Film Festival – as part of the Rushes LONDON selection, Jersey, Channel Islands
2011
Whistling In The Dark – curated by STOMPER, Shoreditch Town Hall, London

AWARDS
Distinction - Central St Martins 2D Character Animation Postgraduate Diploma
Best Student Film nomination – Bradford Animation Festival, National Media Museum, Bradford
Best Film nomination – British Animation Awards Public Choice, BFI Southbank, London
Best Animated Short nomination – Rushes Soho Shorts, ICA, London