Writer, Director & Producer – Karen Anstee
I am a writer-director and a professional musician. Originally trained as a violinist at the Royal Academy of Music, my experiences in the music industry inspired me to take up writing. My short story Symphony of Sighs was produced for BBC Radio 4 in 2015, starring Hugh Dennis and being named ‘pick of the week’ in both the Telegraph and Radio Times and my first novel, When the Fat Lady Thins, is currently available on Amazon.
I graduated from London Film school in 2012 with a screenwriting MA and have since written a number of feature length scripts, one of which I am planning to shoot in early 2019.
My first short, Rachel (2016) has screened at many festivals, including London’s Portobello Festival, the UK International Jewish Film Festival, St. Livrade Film Festival in France where it was programmed to accompany feature films Lucky and Carré 35, and at the SNOB New England Indie Fest, where it won Best Foreign Film.
My musical background has a strong influence on my approach to film making – music is a necessary part of my creative process and integral to my vision for every project I undertake. As a director I approach film as I do a musical performance – I see it as an act of true collaboration, where no one part is more important than the next. And, as a female director, I have started as I mean to go on, by ensuring that my team is diverse and at least 50% female.
In order to facilitate this I have launched my own production company -Precious Hack Productions.
Cinematographer – Gabi Norland
Gabi is a multi award-winning cinematographer with a wealth of experience in short film, music video, television and film. Her beautiful work can be seen on her website.
Editor – Trace Taylor
Music by Nicki Wells
Singer, songwriter and composer Nicki Wells AKA Turya followed her 1st class honours degree in Music touring as a featured vocalist in Nitin Sawhney’s band. She has performed in some of the world’s most prestigious venues from London’s Royal Albert Hall to the Sydney Opera House to even Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage. Her voice has contributed to a number of films including Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children, Renny Harlin’s The Legend of Hercules and was a major part of the score of the BBC The Human Planet series and other BBC documentaries like Wonders of Monsoon.
As a Composer in her own right, Nicki has scored for Tanika Gupta’s theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Howard Brenton’s play Drawing the Line, receiving critical acclaim. She co-composed the score to Khyentse Norbu’s feature film Vara – A Blessing and has also composed three of contemporary dancer Aakash Odedra’s shows, which have featured in venues like Sadlers Wells and the London Royal Opera House. Their most recent contemporary dance show Je Suis won the Amnesty International Award for Human Rights at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Nicki furthermore composed the evocative score to documentary film maker Koen Suidgeest’s: Girl Connected. A documentary about five young girls who bring about inspiring change in their communities around the world.
Her own much anticipated debut album of original songs , under her stage name TURYA will be released early 2018.
Maja Biton – Assistant Director
MAJA is an Israeli writer-director working in both Hebrew and English. During her twelve years in London she earned a BA in Film and Video from London College of Communications and an MA in Screenwriting at London Film School. Her short film Letter to God was screened at the BFI, ICA and festivals around the world. She currently has two feature scripts in development.
Maja moved back to Israel in 2015, where she is Production Manager for the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles. In 2015 she helped establish and build the first ever Israeli exhibition space at the American Film Market.
Focus Puller – Ravi Kang
2nd Assistant Camera – Inês da Costa Duarte
Grip – Malcolm Cooper
Boom Operator – Daniel Hawkes
Gaffer – Simon Battensby
DIT – Ewan MacFarlan
Script Supervisor – Juliette Wileman
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Storyboard Artist- Patrick Jackson
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Hair and Makeup – Becci Mapes
Yvanne Teo – Stills Photographer
Photographer and Designer, Yvanne works by observing and using her intuition, “finding the unseen quality” in both her images and in her design.
Her photographs are photojournalism by nature, aiming for the minimum of post processing, and using natural lighting whenever possible. With a wide range of focus and her ability to assess the requirements, she taps into the unspoken character and style of her subject matter, enticing her audience to stimulating, engaging and thought provoking images.
She has participated in several solo exhibitions as part of Photomonth – East London Photography Festival, with exhibiting subject matters like: Laughing Portraits (for a psychoanalysis centre); Landscape and Architectural Detail; and, Body Forms in Sport & Occupation.
In her design, she concentrates mainly on bespoke website design and desktop publishing. Understanding both the visual and the technical requirements makes her projects meet the expectations of the end user and the developers with a seamless integration of visual and technical skills.
Introduced over their mutual interest of Fencing, Yvanne was the Stills Photographer for Karen’s short film Rachel, for which she produced the production booklet, poster image, and website.
Her other interests include: Taiji as a martial art; Fencing as a sport; discovering different Cultures through travelling, interior design, and cuisine which she blogs on. She also divides her time between London and the Austrian Alps.
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VFX – Lexi Elven
Post Production Facilities – The Farm Group
Sound Mix – Jules Woods
