Scarborough Film Festival: Oska Bright presents Wild Women (15)
An unmissable selection of short films, exploring the darkest realms of what freedom means. Curated by Oska Bright, the world’s biggest learning disability film festival.
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The McCarthy
1h 18m
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Let’s go on a wild ride; crazy, joyful and unexpected…
Wild Women are just that is an unmissable selection of short films, exploring the darkest realms of what freedom means.
With less than 5% of disabled people working in the UK film industry, Oska Bright Film Festival is driven to make change happen.
Working internationally with industry partners and funded by the BFI, they produce the BAFTA and BIFA qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival, promote accessible screenings, run training for venues and develop skills for aspiring filmmakers. Oska Bright Film Festival puts people with learning disabilities or autism where they should be - on the big screen.
Films in this programme include:
Dead Cat Film, Dirs. Josie Charles, Nathan Miller, 2022, United Kingdom, 5 min
A young woman becomes increasingly attached to the taxidermied corpse of her housemate’s cat. A dark comedy starring Will Gao (Heartstopper/Netflix), Josie Charles and featuring the voice of Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Notting Hill). The short was produced by Rasp Films who were BAFTA-nominated in 2021 for their short Lucky Break.
Content notes: Depiction of dead animal.
Ice Cream on Mondays, Dirs. Flo Gordon, Reggie London, 2023, United Kingdom, 3 min
F.witch is Flo Gordon, a classically trained singer from Brighton. Her music is described as psychedelic indie folk, and Flo describes it as being ‘a bit like a modern day Kate Bush.’
Out of Water, Dir. Georgia Kumari Bradburn, 2022, United States, 15 min
A female alien returns to earth with a charismatic scientist, however her security lies in the balance when she suspects that he is hiding something from her.
Content notes: Depiction of death.
Black Chalk, Dir. Julieta Tetelbaum, 2022, Argentina, 8 min
Julieta Tetelbaum ‘Black Chalk’ is a film about the intimacy of a woman with Down’s Syndrome who writes with black chalk a list of daily activities to organise her life. (English/Spanish/French/Italian Subtitles available)
Pripyat Horse, Dir. Sally Patricia Pearce, 2023, United Kingdom, 2 min
‘A sparrow flies swiftly in through one door of the hall, and out through another…. Even so, man appears on earth for a little while; but of what went before this life or of what follows, we know nothing.’ Bede A moment for mourning, for a friend, for the earth.
Forgotten/Hidden, Dir. Frida Stålkrantz Lindholm, 2021, Sweden, 3 min
‘Something is not what it seems in this basement. In here something, or someone, is hidden, forgotten by the passage of time. We enter a space in which strange voices are heard, and doors slam on their own accord. Suddenly, a door creaks open and a creature scarier than our wildest imaginations enters the stage. Do you dare to stay until the end?”
The Cunning, Dir. Alexandra Maher, 2022, United Kingdom, 13 min
A teenager with Down’s syndrome helps herself, and others, to escape from accusations of witchcraft.
1724 – Dolly is locked up in a cell with her mother, sentenced to be tarred, feathered and burned. Elizabeth, though, has a plan for escape…
Content notes: Depiction of dead animals, blood, imprisonment, religion, gun violence.
Mariee Siou: Circle of Signs, Dir. Samantha Shay, 2023, Iceland, 6 min
This film urges reflection on indigenous prophecies about The Great Shift—choosing between technology and reconnecting with the earth. Siou emphasises the lyrics’ challenge to address our destructive impact. Filmed in Iceland, Circle of Signs tackles climate grief and colonialism. Collaborating with 15-year-old Seraphia Behr, Shay explores California wildfires and youth voices, symbolising the struggle to reclaim nature and identity.
PU EKAW TNOD, Dir. Rebecca Culverhouse, 2023, United Kingdom, 7 min
A couple watching a horror film about a strangely familiar basement realise they’re dreaming when they suddenly find themselves in the very same basement. And that’s when it sees them… it knows they shouldn’t be awake…
Access notes: Flashing light, flashing imagery, distorted sound.
Bean Grenade, Dirs. Sophie Sparkes, Simon Glass, United Kingdom, 16 min
Alex can’t stop thinking about Laura. She’s even dreaming about her. She’s even dreaming about throwing beans at her. When Laura hosts a poetry-themed birthday party, Alex crashes it with a multipack of tinned beans. She comes across Laura, alone.
Alex decides the only way she can possibly tell Laura how she feels is through a poem – a poem about a bean grenade...
Curated by Oska Bright, the world’s biggest learning disability film festival.
English and Spanish audio with English captions.
Check out the full Scarborough Film Festival programme here.
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