Bridget and Iain

Bridget, a tough but caring mother, finds the courage to take charge of her life.

Bridget and Iain is the story of a mother’s love for her adult son.

Bridget, who tries to do everything ‘right’, learns the limits of her power to manage others. Her son Iain is charming, funny, and at times kind. He’s also an addict. Worried sick, Bridget finally gets support to make the changes that need to happen.

The film charts the shifting relationship between Bridget and Iain as it reaches crisis point. It’s about maturation, change, and the struggle of trying to help someone you love while possibly enabling the very behaviour you see as destructive.

Bridget and Iain will resonate with anyone who has experienced the impact of any form of addiction in their lives or who have family members with mental health problems, or challenging relationships.

Inspired by and adapted from the play Bridget and Iain by Norelle Scott.

 

Bridget and Iain

Directed by Leah Patterson
Written by Norelle Scott
DP Senda Bonnet
Editor David Coulson
Production Design Kate Bergh
Composer Catherine Joy
Sound Design String and Tins
Executive Producer Adriane Scott-Kemp
Producers Debbie von Ahrens, Diana Zollicoffer
Assistant Director Joy Dabbs

With Vivienne Powell, Damian Sommerlad, Sala Baker

WE ARE MOVING STORIES Interview with Writer Norelle Scott “I have always been interested in character and the potential of people to be more than they initially appear to be”

INQUA MAGAZINE Best of Fest Catalina Film Festival “emotional performances. Love it, love it, love it”

UK Film Review “potent and well-crafted cinema that has two of the best performances of the year”

The Nerdy Girl Express “Not only does Patterson’s direction create an emotional tone throughout, but Vivienne Powell is heartbreaking as a mother who cannot find a way to save her son”

Short+Sweet “Awards: People’s Choice presented by the City of Los Angeles, Best Director, Best Play”

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Les Romantiques

Two lovers find an unexpected connection.

This short film explores a kindling romance, moments of surprise and joy, when two strangers connect for the first time.

The concept started by exploring how we might reconnect after living through the isolation of the pandemic, discovering the possibility of adventure in someone else when two strangers, two old souls living in a city, connect.

Inspired by Godard’s Breathless and other French New Wave filmmakers who used techniques that were revolutionary at the time, taking film out of the controlled environment of a sound stage, using natural light, the urban habitat, and soundscape of the city. Inspired by Medicine for Melancholy by Barry Jenkins. Using the city and the environment as inspiration that shapes the narrative as two new lovers navigate a day together.

A clip from the test shoot. Testing camera, locations, light, story points.

 

Les Romantiques

Written and directed by Leah Patterson
With Joy Dabbs and Sala Baker
Song by Tom Davidson

Happy Anniversary

Sometimes in a relationship, what is left unsaid will change everything.

A comedy written by Elissa Vallano.

Happy Anniversary trailer

 

Happy Anniversary

Directed by Leah Patterson
Written by Elissa Vallano
DP Paris McCoy
With Amy Waller and Damian Sommerlad Produced by Joy Dabbs
Composer by Seán van Doornum

Happy Anniversary was made according to straight 8’s strict rules: on one cartridge of Super 8mm cine film with no post-production or editing.

Namaste, Nancy!

A woman deals with a rival at work in her own unique way.

Written by Jacqui Rathner.


Namaste, Nancy!

 

Namaste, Nancy!

Directed by Leah Patterson
Written by Jacqui Rathner
Sound by Seán van Doornum
With Kym Wilson, Chantelle James, Alicia Blasingame, Frank Bond, Doug Long, Linda S. Wong, J.D. Higham, Dwalu Thomson, Oscar Peña

Namaste, Nancy! was made according to straight 8’s strict rules: on one cartridge of Super 8mm cine film with no post-production or editing.