The Iris Prize funds a new short film by the winning filmmaker. This programme presents three films all directed by women who have made short films with the £30,000 Iris Prize, sponsored by the Michael Bishop Foundation.
When Amy catches her husband in the act, she falls down a flight of stairs and wakes up with amnesia – believing she is 16 and that the year is 1999. Aside from the wrinkles on her face, Amy is a teenager again – outspoken, hormonal, obsessed with emo poetry and, crucially, fixated with tracking down her high school best friend Polly. Last Amy remembers, they were joined at the hip. But Amy quickly realises that Polly doesn’t want anything to do with her, and Amy just cannot remember why.
Full of comedy and human vulnerability, this is a story of recovery and the redemptive nature of love.
- Year2017
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- Rating15
- DirectorSusan Jacobson
- ScreenwriterKatie Campbell & Kayleigh Llewellyn
- CastEmma Pierson, Lisa McGrills,
- CinematographerScott Coulter
- EditorPani Scott
The Iris Prize funds a new short film by the winning filmmaker. This programme presents three films all directed by women who have made short films with the £30,000 Iris Prize, sponsored by the Michael Bishop Foundation.
When Amy catches her husband in the act, she falls down a flight of stairs and wakes up with amnesia – believing she is 16 and that the year is 1999. Aside from the wrinkles on her face, Amy is a teenager again – outspoken, hormonal, obsessed with emo poetry and, crucially, fixated with tracking down her high school best friend Polly. Last Amy remembers, they were joined at the hip. But Amy quickly realises that Polly doesn’t want anything to do with her, and Amy just cannot remember why.
Full of comedy and human vulnerability, this is a story of recovery and the redemptive nature of love.
- Year2017
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- Rating15
- DirectorSusan Jacobson
- ScreenwriterKatie Campbell & Kayleigh Llewellyn
- CastEmma Pierson, Lisa McGrills,
- CinematographerScott Coulter
- EditorPani Scott