1909. Rural Lancashire. Patently awkward amateur entomologist Martha is on a mission to get in with the cool kids: the Women’s Suffrage Society North West Organising Committee.

Concept images include Criminal$ (dir. Frank Welch) and Grassland Drifters (Justine Kurland).

TEAM:
Writer & Director Clodagh Chapman
Producer Daljinder Johal
Production Company Little Stitch Productions

Developed on BFI NETWORK Film Hub North 2022 Script Lab.

Up until now, the list of people I’ve kissed in the dark has been comprised of two names. Both male. But with the witching season approaching, all that is about to change.

A kitschy, low-fi, bubblegum-sweet glance at queer intimacy.



OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
2022 London Short Film Festival | BIFA- & BAFTA-qualifying
2022 Hamburg International Short Film Festival | BIFA- & BAFTA-qualifying
2021 Scottish Queer International Film Festival | BAFTA-qualifying
2021 EFN Film Festival | BIFA-qualifying
2022 Women X Film Festival
2021 Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival
2021 Athens Digital Arts Festival
2021 Screen & Story Film Festival
Plus dozens of others worldwide.

REVIEWS & AWARDS:
“Startlingly inventive” - Irish Film London
“Every part of Chapman’s directing works in harmony. Too sweet to miss!” - Lesflicks, ★★★★★

Selected for the British Council’s UK Shorts & New Talent 2023 Catalogue.
Nominated for the Rising Star Award at WXFF.

TEAM:
Writer & Director Clodagh Chapman
Cast Wyn Turner
Thanks to Clare Packham, Aniqah Rawat & Ru Wormington

Festival attendance supported by a British Council x BFI NETWORK Short Film Travel Grant.