Films
Typical?
Typical?
BUDGET: £20,000
GENRE: Social-issue drama
LOGLINE: Frustrated by how they are treated, a group of disabled individuals challenge the narrative that society has placed upon them.
Adapted from the successful Bedazzle inclusive Theatre Edinburgh fringe show, I'm Non-Typical, Typical by Matthew Hunt, and funded by the National Lottery, TYPICAL? aims to challenge societal misperceptions around neurodivergence and disability.
WRITERS: Sarah Leigh (screenplay); Matthew Hunt / BiT (stage play)
DIRECTOR: Sarah Leigh
PRODUCERS: Bedazzle inclusive Productions & Inclusivity Films
Full credits in trailer above and on IMDb
Audio Described trailer here
One for the Road
BUDGET: £12k
GENRE: Horror
Written by Sarah Leigh and based on the short story by Stephen King.
LOGLINE: A man seeks help from strangers when he is stranded on a country road with his young family, unbeknown to him that he has broken down in dangerous territory.
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Sarah Leigh
PRODUCERS: Inclusivity Films (Creative Producer); Bedazzle inclusive Productions.
“One For The Road” © (March 2002) Stephen King
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Heartbreak
BUDGET: £3.5k
GENRE: Micro-short / Horror
LOGLINE: A woman takes her long-term boyfriend on a date, little does he know that she plans to end things…
The Heartbreak script was part of the Official Selection at the One Minute Story Film Festival and the Micro Minute Film Festival.
SHOOTING LOCATION: Stevenage, UK
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Sarah Leigh
PRODUCER: Andy Caley, Curiouser & Curiouser Pictures
Tourettes & I
BUDGET: £1,500
GENRE: Social awareness drama
LOGLINE: On the day of an important job interview, a young man with Tourette Syndrome encounters discrimination and a lack of understanding from others.
Written by Jack RH O' Sullivan, TOURETTES & I is based on Jack's own experience of having Tourette syndrome. Told with authenticity and co-written by his Movie Making Media partner, Will Spires, TOURETTES & I follows a day in a life of Liam and his journey to interviewing for a job.
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Jack RH O'Sullivan
CO-WRITER: Will Spires
PRODUCERS: Will Spires, Movie Making Media;
Sarah Leigh (Creative Producer), Inclusivity Films
Trailer here
Film available now on DarkSky TV.
Image © Movie Making Media