It's Nothing
Directed by Anna Maguire
Genre | Fiction |
Country | Canada, UK |
Year | 2019 |
Length | 16 min |
Formats | DCP |
Sound | 5.1 |
Version | Original English Version |
Synopsis
Recent graduate, Robin, returns to her parents’ house and obsessively starts to dig a hole, encouraged by an impossibly perfect girl; but as she digs, she heads further down a path of self-destruction.
Themes
family relationships, human relationships, self harm, lonelyness, madness, fearBiography
Anna is British/Canadian writer, director and actress. Her directorial work has screened at festivals including TIFF, Palm Springs, POFF Black Nights and the BFI London Film Festival where she was nominated for Best Short Film with Your Mother and I in 2016. She has won awards at Rhode Island International Film Festival, The London Short Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Underwire Film Festival among others and was long listed for a BAFTA and nominated for Best Short Film at the London Critics’ Circle. As an actress, Anna recently performed in Kim Nguyen’s latest feature THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT alongside Salma Hayek, Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard. She is currently writing her first feature film.
Cast
Robin: Emily Piggford
The Girl: Cara Gee
Kelly: Niamh Wilson
Team
Production | Jessica Adams, Amanda Lo, Anna Maguire |
Script | Julia Lederer |
CINEMATOGRAPHY | Guy Godfree |
PRODUCTION DESIGN | Helen Kotsonis |
EDITING | Maureen Grant |
Sound | Peter Boivin, Martin Lee |
Music | Ben Fox |
Festivals
Toronto Int. Film Festival, Canada |2019| Official Competition