Private Project

Mother

Lara has always lived in the shadow of her mother. That is, until the morning of one life-changing decision that Lara knows, must be made alone.

  • Marc Hardman
    Director
    We Are What We Drink
  • Jumaan Short
    Writer
  • Reine Issa
    Producer
    Job's Dinner, City Island, Wahdon
  • Jumaan Short
    Key Cast
  • Miriam Margolyes
    Key Cast
    Babe, Romeo & Juliet, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Age of Innocence
  • Luca Zizzari
    Executive Producer
  • Ruaraid Achilleos-Sarll
    Director of Photography
  • Aaron Trinder
    Assistant Director
    Mr Torquay's Holiday
  • Livia Serpa
    Editor
    Boogaloo and Graham
  • Zoe Sailsman
    Associate Producer
  • William Simpson
    Associate Producer
  • Graham Smith
    Art Direction
  • Emily Harwood
    Set Decoration
  • Anna Cash
    Make-up artist
  • Sarah Panigada
    Assistant make-up artist
  • Ben Metsers
    Sound
  • Emmet O'Donnell
    Sound editor
  • Ross Bain
    Second Assistant Camera
  • Peter Banks
    Gaffer
  • Pete Blakemore
    Grip
  • Ustun Canga
    Still Photographer
  • Glenn Lewis Smith
    First Assistant Camera
  • Ainy Naim
    Costume and Wardrobe
  • Chris Francis
    Colourist
  • Toby Warren
    DIT
  • Simone Khoury
    Production Assistant
  • Farinaz Nikbakht
    Production Assistant
  • Meriel Rosenkranz
    Production Assistant
  • Georgia Winters
    Cast
  • Terry Scotchmer
    Cast
  • Marco Aponte
    Cast
  • Geraldine Brennan
    Cast
  • Aron Trausti
    Cast
  • Marie Rabe
    Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 37 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 46th ANNUAL USA FILM FESTIVAL 2016
    DALLAS
    United States
    April 23, 2016
    World Premiere
    FINALIST for International Short Film Competition USA Film Festival 2016
  • AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2016
    YORK
    United Kingdom
    November 3, 2016
    EUROPEAN PREMIERE
    SELECTED FOR 2017 ASFF FILM TOUR
  • WOMEN'S ONLY ENTERTAINMENT FESTIVAL 2016
    Los Angeles
    United States
  • WOMEN'S VOICES NOW 2016
    Los Angeles
    United States
    April 1, 2016
    WINNER OF THE JUDGES' VOTE & AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
  • S.O.U.L CELEBRATE CONNECT FILM FESTIVAL 2017 BFI SOUTHBANK
    London
    United Kingdom
    March 3, 2017
    London Premiere
  • ST ALBANS FIlM FESTIVAL 2017
    St Albans
    United Kingdom
    July 9, 2017
    Jumaan nominated for Best Actor Award
  • REVOLUTION ME FESTIVAL 2017
    New York
    United States
    August 11, 2017
  • WOMEN OVER 5O FILM FESTIVAL 2017
    Brighton
    United Kingdom
    September 16, 2017
  • FISH EYE FILM FESTIVAL 2017
    High Wycombe
    United Kingdom
    October 21, 2017
    Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Sound Design
  • LONDON CITY FILM FESTIVAL 2017
    London
    United Kingdom
    October 26, 2017
    Best Film
Director Biography - Marc Hardman

Marc Hardman is a freelance Motion Designer, Film Director and Writer with 15 years experience in the television and film industry. In his broadcast career he has created work for some of the worlds most respected brands (MTV, Nike, Nokia) at some of the UK’s leading broadcasters and design agencies (English&Pockett, Lambie-Nairn, BBC, Discovery Channel).

Marc's short comedy film ‘We Are What We Drink’ made the official selection at the 54th London Film Festival 2010. It played at festivals around the world picking up multiple nominations and awards along the way. It was also ‘Long-Listed’ to the final 15 in voting for the BAFTA for Best Short Film of 2011. Marc founded Luckycoin Films in 2011 through which he is producing further short films, music videos, internet comedy content and developing comedy-drama television pilots and feature film scripts.

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Director Statement

Director Statement

'Mother' shows us a moment within a relationship between a mother and a daughter that alters their dynamic irreversibly. Maria, the forceful mother has always dominated her timid, insular daughter Lara. It is subjectively, through Lara, that we experience a build to the critical point where Lara must stand her ground.

My approach to this film was that I wanted the audience to live inside Lara's head as she herself does. To experience her own angst. Very few of us ever truly 'live in the moment'. We often find that we are constantly replaying the past or imagining the future in order to help us make our decisions or come to our conclusions. This idea helped us form our narrative structure that jumps in time as Lara reflects on moments and fantasises outcomes as she prepares to make her final, all important call.