Ayesha Casely-Hayford. Ian Findlay Photography
With all the news of migrants migrants migrants and advice to lock your doors before they sneak onto the back of your lorry…“Samba” is necessary gorgeousness. “Samba”, co written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is the story of Samba Cisse, a Senegalese migrant, and his fight to remain in France. He meets […]
Father-daughter relationships are complicated. I hate it when they are introduced in films but never really explored and ultimately neglected. I watched two films last month with father-daughter relationships. One was “Belle”, the other was “Begin Again”. The young women (Belle, played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Violet, played by Hailee Steinfeld) are treated very differently […]
It’s been a bitsy “what’s happening now?” week. Our short film “Silent Disco” unfortunately didn’t make the shortlist for the Virgin Media Shorts and I had some auditions cancelled due to re-scheduled filming dates. On more active news, the new school term at Morley College has started so my tap and ballet lessons begin again. […]
Well, actually Belgian…this week my mama and I saw “Our Children” directed by Joachim Lafosse. You know this from the start of the film so it is not spoiling it to say – the film tells of a mother who kills her four children. Inspired by a true event but in no way a story […]
I dream of one day dueling to the death, for honour, for valour… Last night I attended an incredibly inspiring Masterclass session hosted by Equity registered fight director Philip D’Orleans. Needless to say, my fighting urges were fueled further but I also learnt much about the creative genius that lies behind making stage combat […]
