A reflection on the career of former three-time Czech National Boxing Champion Lenka Kardová.
This film aims to capture her passion, moments of glory, and the pain endured through training—leading to her ultimate downfall. This film explores the directors own fears of failure and how to overcome them. Even when things don’t go as planned, we must not be afraid to reach for our goals.

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Dur: 6:38

Jack is the story of a young boy and the pivotal role his uncle plays in influencing his imagination. Through his stories of adventure he provides an outlet of escape from an otherwise mundane world. Although eventually unmasked as a fraud, Jack was to shape the boy into the man he has become today.
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Dur: 11:32

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SEVEN is a group of seven-year-old children talking about their future birthdays.

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Annalise Davis producer, Abigail Burdess writer and Lesley Manning director came together to make SEVEN. Wanting to harness the power of stories and film to contribute towards the climate discussion. 

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Dur: 1:23

Directed and produced by Michelle Coomber, this lyrical and visually stunning documentary captures the reality and myths of grasshopper season in Masaka, Uganda. The night sky is punctured by eerie green light, the whine of electricity, and the relentless buzz of insects. Giant, exposed-filament bulbs drape perilously over scaffolding and iron sheets, luring swarms of grasshoppers into carefully rigged traps. The film explores the intersection of tradition, survival, and the mesmerising spectacle of nature in motion.

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Dur: 7:41

Prudence was put away in a mental hospital ‘for her own good’ in 1920. It's now 1965, and she tells her story to the walls every day while she struggles to stay sane.  

This short film was inspired by the pandemic. What could be worse that the lockdown? Being sane in a mental hospital. Written, directed and produced by A.D. Cooper.
 

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Dur: 10:42

A semi- autobiographical story of a mother and daughter, suffering the challenges of divorce and lonely teenagehood respectively. They only have each other, depend on each other too, but discover that their relationship is becoming mutually harmful. This is a complicated story of interdependence, and of trying to find a way to heal a destructive relationship. It is funny, sad and desperate. They cannot escape one other, so they must find a way to survive.

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Dur: 10:02

Experimental piece about periods.

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Dur: 2:10

Animation / Horror

When Julia is dumped by letter she stumbles on an unexpected opportunity for revenge, who knew origami could be so lethal.     

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Dur: 2:10

This film marks the second collaboration between Cinesister Writer/Director Annabel Vine and Illuminatrix Director of Photography Mary Farbrother.  It's a touching tale about  a dyslexic boy who unwittingly schools a local bully in the art of emotional intelligence, proving that loving your Grandad isn’t ‘soppy’ and that some of life’s most valuable lessons don't come from correctly written words."

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Dur: 10:11

Documentary about a woman's life after the abusive relationship she was in for 40 years.

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Dur: 9:58

During the Battle of Waterloo, a soldier’s wife searches for her missing husband in the nearby forest and resorts to desperate measures to survive.

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Written and Directed by Emma Moffat, the script for A Battle in Waterloo won the Bumble Female Film Force competition which funded the film. The film was made by a 95% female crew including Director of Photography Catherine Goldschmit, Illuminatrix founder member. A Battle in Waterloo enjoyed a successful festival run, playing at HollyShorts, Underwire, Santa Barbara International Film Festival and BFI Flare among others. 

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Dur: 11:03