The horror of Jen's past catches up with her when she takes her autistic son to a birthday party in her hometown. This short film was awarded the Méliès d'Argent award to the best European short film in TerrorMolins 2023.

Festivals, awards and nominations

Women X Festival - nominated for Best Director and Best Leading Performance
Norwich Film Festival
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival
The Shortest Nights Festival
This is England

director
Helen Simmons & Julia Cranney
cast
Callie Cooke, Rebekah Murrell, Lydia Rose Bewley, Otto Emberson, Lexi Lancaster, Angus Imrie
country of origin
United Kingdom
production year
2023
language
English
runtime
13
Picture of Helen Simmons & Julia Cranney

Helen Simmons & Julia Cranney

Julia and Helen have been writing and directing together since both having babies during the pandemic. They love to bring a dark genre twist to knotty social issues. Their debut short film as co-directors, MEASURE, was supported by BFI Network and has been selected at a number of BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festivals. They have a number of original TV shows in development together and further directing projects in the pipeline.

Filmography

MEASURE - 2023

Crew

ScreenwriterHelen Simmons & Julia Cranney
ProductionCat White - catherine@kusiniproductions.com