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​THE DIVINE VISIONS OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN   11 mins
The visions and music of German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen. Funded by the UK Arts Council and commissioned by charity entity and event Filthy Lucre.
2018   World Premiere / 24th February - Filthy Lucre: Lingua Ignota (Hackney Showrooms, London)
2019   Festival de Cine Experimental, CineAutopsia / Official Selection (Bogota, Colombia)
2019   The Hazel Eye Film Festival / Official Selection (online)
2019   Lift-Off Global Network Sessions 2019 / Official Selections (online)
2018   Lisbon Film Rendezvous / International Competitive Showcase (Portugal)
2018   Shaftesbury Avenue Filthy Lucre Fundraiser, live music / visual screening / Live Screening (The Stone Nest, London)
2018   Aquifer The Florida Review Online / Published (University of Central Florida, USA)

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LOST IN THE NAMELESS CITY   15 mins
​​Award-winning short documentary film mixing experimental video and photographs interpreting urban space in London combining black and white video and 135 film photography. 15 mins
2017   World Premiere - Artists Forum Festival of The Moving Image  /  Nominated Best Film (Manhattan, New York, USA)
2019​   Ginkgo Projects, NHS / on-demand platform in hospitals (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2018   Cinetekton International Film & Architecture Festival (Puebla, Mexico)
2017   Experimental Film & Music Video Festival / Out of Competition (Toronto, Canada)
2017   12 Months Film Festival / WINNER Experimental Award (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)​
2017   Geo Film Festival & ExpoCinema / Official Selection (Cittadella, Padova, Italy)
2017   Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival  /  Semi-Finalist (Turkey)
2017   Caribbean Film Festival & Market / Semi-Finalist (Freeport, Bahamas)
2017   DocFilm Festival / Official Selection (Leicester, UK)
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A FILM BY ABIGAIL   5 mins
Short documentary. A child discusses her new toy video camera she received for Christmas; leading her to create and explain the characters and plot of an intricate story for a film.
2012   WORLD PREMIERE  BAFTA Short Film Showcase / Opening Film (Princess Anne Theatre / London, UK)
2019   Bali International Short Film Festival, Minikino Film Week / Official Selection, "A Challenge" international program (multiple venues, Indonesia)
2019​   Ginkgo Projects, NHS / on-demand platform in hospitals (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2017   Exploding Cinema / Official Selection (The Horse Hospital, London, UK)
2017   12 Months Film Festival / Documentary Award 2nd Prize (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2016   Chinh India Kids Film Festival / Official Selection (New Delhi, India)

2016   Tea Break Film Festival / Official Selection (BBC / Hull, UK)
2016   Near Nazareth Film Festival / Nominated Best Short Documentary Award (Nazareth, Israel)
2016   International Kinodot Minimalist Film Festival / Nominated Audience Award & Jury Award  (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2015   Blackbird International Film Festival / Out of Competition (Cortland, NY, USA)
2015   Tirana International Film Festival / Nominated Best Short Documentary Award (Tirana, Albania)
2015   East Anglian Student Film Festival / Nominated Best Short Documentary Award (Ipswich, UK)
2015   Qabila Film Festival / Nominated Best Short Documentary Award (American University in Cairo, Egypt)
2015   Summer Cinema / Official Selection (Surface Gallery in Nottingham, UK)
2015   Videofocus Biennial Edition / 10-Page Magazine Feature, Interview & Images (Online; France, Germany & Italy)  Read Article
2015   New Orleans International Children's Film Festival / Closing Film of Programme (via invitation at New Orleans Public Library, USA)
2014   Doc Lounge Aarhus / Doc Lounge Family / Shared For Online Competition (Aarhus, Denmark)
2014   Trispace Shorts / Official Selection (Trispace Gallery in London, UK)
2014   San Diego Comic-Con - San Diego International Children's Film Festival / "Best of Fest" Official Selection (USA)  exclusively announced by Travelling Man
2014   Vortex Cinema Club / Official Selection (Doopo Doopo Art Gallery & Boutique, London, UK)
2014   25. Internationales FilmFest Emden-Norderney / Opening Film of 'London Shorts Special' presented by London Short Film Festival director Philip Ilson (Emden, Germany)
2014   WonderCon Anaheim International Children's Film Festival / Official Selection (Anaheim Convention Centre, USA)
2014   Bradford International Film Festival / Screening + Q&A at Filmmakers' Weekend at National Media Museum (Bradford, UK)
2014   London Short Film Festival / Nominated Best Low-Budget Short Award & Official Selection (Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, UK)  Read Article
2013   Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival at (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA)
2013   This Is England - English Short Film Festival of Rouen / Nominated Special Prize of RNC (Rouen, France)
2013   DocFilm Festival / Official Selection (Phoenix Art Cinema in Leicester, UK)
2013   The Short Cinema Film Festival / Opening FIlm (Phoenix Art Cinema in Leicester, UK)
2013   RATMA International Film Festival / 2nd Place Documentary Award (Keighley, UK)
2013   Elysion Shorts - Short Film Showcase / Official Selection (Manchester, UK)
2013   Eat My Short Shorts III / Official Selection (High Wycombe, UK)
2012   Sleepwalkers International Student & Short Film Festival / Nominated Best Student Film Award (Tallinn,Estonia)
2013   Royston Arts Festival / Official Selection (Royston, UK)
2013   Bradford Festival / Outdoor Event Screening (Bradford, UK)
2013   Epiphany Children's Film Festival / Out of Competition Art Curriculum Inclusion (Epiphany School in New York City, USA)
2012   Bradford International Film Festival / Preview Screening at Filmmakers' Weekend (National Media Museum in Bradford, UK)
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Rå​JBERG MILE MIGRATES   2 mins
​Bodies dwell on the migrating sands of Råbjerg Mile in Denmark. Listening to the northern wind, they accompany the landscape transitioning. Short dance film.
2017   World Premiere - The Play Space at The Flying Dutchman / Official Selection (London)

THE BODY CANVAS   20 mins
A painter, drawer, filmmaker and dancers move through a series of structured meetings, developing communication and expression. The culmination of months of laboratories and mixing dance on screen with documentary with performers from London Contemporary Dance School. Co-directed by Paul Vernon & Danish choreographer / dancer Julie Schmidt Andreasen.
2013   World Premiere - Zealous X / Art Exhibition (Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank, London, UK)
2016   Art Video International Film Festival of Cannes / Catalogue Invitation & Inclusion (Cannes, France)
2015   ikonoTV 24hr Video Dance Digital Event / Global Broadcast On Multiple Platforms Across Europe & MENASA Region (Berlin, Germany)
2015   Young Choreographers Festival at Haut / Official Selection (Huset KBH, Copenhagen, Denmark)
2015   Kaleidoscopic Arts Platform at Wandsworth Fringe Festival / Official Selection (London, UK)
2015   The Dancer Magazine / Advertisement Featured (Online, UK)
2015   Greensboro Dance Film Festival / Official Selection (Greensboro, USA)
2013   Toothache Duets at Performance Space (Excerpt) / Installation Screening (London, UK)
2013   London Contemporary Dance School at The Place / Installation Screening; preview version / double screens, no sound (London, UK)

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BRANCHES & BONES   8 mins
Black and white video document of a dance workshop interacting with nature devised and choreographed by Julie Schmidt Andreasen, mixing together untrained performers from the public and professional dancers. Shot on location at the rarely captured Vallø Castle in Denmark. Danish title: GRENE OG BEN.
2015   World Premiere - Store Heddinge Bibliotek / Hårlev Bibliotek / Rolling Library Screenings (Stevns, Denmark)
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THE NEXT ROOM   12 mins
Le Collectif Des Improvisateurs prepare and perform their interactive show "The Next Room" at the Barbican Centre in the Pit Theatre LAB.
2014   World Premiere - DocFilm Festival / Closing Film of Showcase Programme (Doc Media Centre, Leicester, UK)
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MARS-II   11 mins
Science fiction short film about four scientists taking part in a simulation of the journey to Mars. When complications occur in the simulator, it becomes apparent all may not be what it seems and the crew are forced into making choices from conflicting facts and beliefs; choices that could mean life or death, Earth or Mars.
2013   World Premiere - 38th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival / Official Selection (Boston, USA)
2014   Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival / Official Selection (Richland, USA)
2014   DetCon1 Film Festival / Official Selection (The 2014 North American Science Fiction Convention - Detroit, USA)
2014   RADCON - Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention / Official Selection by invitation (Pasco, USA) February 2014
2013   Monsters & Martians Science Fiction Film Festival / Opening Film (Toronto, Canada)

2013   The National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards / Nominated Best Film Award (Dublin, Ireland)
2013   Celludroid Film Festival / Official Selection (Cape Town, South Africa)
2013   Snake Alley Festival of Film / Nominated Best Science Fiction Film Award (Burlington, USA)
2013   Hush Hush Film Night / Official Selection (Leeds, UK)
2013   A Short Evening With Films / Official Selection, Q&A (Hyderabad, India)
2013   Oblong Cinema / Official Selection (Leeds, UK)
2013   Eat My Short Shorts III / Official Selection (High Wycombe, UK)

2012   PREVIEW SCREENING [UNFINISHED VERSION] (Hyde Park Picturehouse, Leeds, UK)
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THE ICE CREAM MEN   41 mins
An ice cream man attempts to make it through the winter followed by a documentary crew. Along the journey of illness, an estranged Father and corporate nemeses; Neville descends deeper into an obsessive sugar-coated world of his own making and may never be the same come the summer... if he gets there. Mockumentary, 41 mins
2013   World Premiere - DocFilm Festival / Official Selection (Phoenix Arts Cinema, Leicester, UK)
2013   Film Of The Day - #FilmOfTheDay / Brett Gerry Films (Independent Film Blog - Online, UK)

EDUCATION SPECIFIC SCREENINGS

2014 - 2020   De Montfort University screenings annually to media students of A Film By Abigail (Leicester, UK)
2015   Sahar International Short Film Festival / Youth groups screenings of A Film By Abigail (Oldham, UK)
2014   Bradford International Film Festival / Screenings of MARS-II and A Film By Abigail + Q&A at Filmmakers' Weekend at National Media Museum (Bradford, UK)
2014   Leeds Beckett University, The Northern Film School screenings of The Body Canvas during lectures (Leeds, UK)

2013   Epiphany Children's Film Festival / Out of Competition, A Film By Abigail used in the school art curriculum (Epiphany School in New York City, USA)
2013   This Is England - English Short Film Festival of Rouen / A Film By Abigail screened to primary school children at multiple schools (Rouen, France)

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