MASCFeature Film, 2026, Drama
Writer/Director: Bertil Nilsson
Co-Writer: Joshua Griffin
Executive Producer: Joanne Michael
Cast: Joshua Griffin, Tega Alexander, Reece King
Synopsis: Nilsson’s debut feature is a tender, unflinching portrait of self-performance, identity, and learning to exist as oneself in an often prescriptive world. The film draws on the filmmaker’s experiences as a neurodivergent gay man navigating the contradictory demands of masculinity.
World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival
THE PIGEON
BLIND SPOTShort Film, 2023, 15mins, Comedy
Director: Soph Webberley
Producer: Joanne Michael
Writer: Nathan D’Arcy Roberts
DOP: Jomar O’Meally
Cast:
Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown), Ozioma Ihesiene, Howard Gossington, Sunil Patel, Sonja Doubleday
Synopsis:
In this coming-of-age parable, an overconfident father imparts his unfounded wisdom on his sulking teenage daughter as they drive around the city.
Supported by Film Hub Midlands as part of BFI NETWORK and by our generous Kickstarter backers
INterlude
Short Film, 2015, 5mins, Sci-Fi/Drama
Director: Savvas Stavrou
Producer: Joanne Michael
Writer: Nathan D’Arcy Roberts
DOP: Edgar Dubrovskiy
Cast: Bryan Tynan, Ruby Thomas, Robert Hoare Nairne, Neve Hughes
Synopsis:
An inventor on the brink of fulfilling his life's work finally faces the truth behind the machine he is building.
The film was produced for the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge, where over 300 UK filmmakers were provided with a brief (a prop, a title and a line of dialogue) and given 48 hours to conceptualise, write, shoot edit and deliver their film. INTERLUDE won the Challenge with the Best Film Award for 2015.
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Festivals
2015 - WINNER - Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge
2016 - London Short Film Festival - In Competition
2016 - Bucheon International Film Festival - In Competition
2016 - Alcine Film Festival - In Competition
2015 - Cyprus International Short Film Festival
2015 - Comic-Con Cyprus Film Festival - In Competition
2016 - San Francisco Greek Film Festival - In Competition
foxes in the underground
Short Film, 2025, Comedic Drama
Director: Chloe Culpin
Producers: Katie Sinclair, Joanne Michael, Stephanie Faucher
Writers: Charlotte Beaumont and Chloe Culpin
Cast: Charlotte Beaumont
Synopsis: When a pigeon breaks into Frances’ flat and refuses to leave, she starts to believe it could be her sister reincarnated. Finding temporary comfort, Frances fully commits to this ideology and lives with the bird in harmony before facing the stark reality that it could, indeed, just be a pigeon.
Festivals
2025 - Les Arcs
2026 - Edinburgh International Film Festival
2026 - Indy Shorts
2026 - Bolton Film Festival
2026 - Women X Film Festival
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Short Film, 2009, 15mins, Comedic Drama
Director: Daniel Nickson
Producer: Joanne Michael
Writer: Alan Forbes
DOP: Tom Sugden
Cast: Jonathan Hyde, Neil McCaul, Jeremiah O’Connor
Synopsis:
1981. The producer and director of a small regional news room are forced to go live on the national news with the story of a bank heist irrespective of its authenticity.
Festivals and Awards
2009 - WINNER - Best Script, Best Comedy Screentest Awards
2009 - Nominee - Royal Television Society Awards - Best Fiction
2009 - Filmstock - Official Selection
2009 - Salford Film Festival - Official Selection
2010 - Shanghai International Film Festival - Official Selection
2010 - Seattle's National Film Festival for Talented Youth
2010 - Cannes Short Film Corner
Selected to be stored at BFI's National Film Library
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