Daisy
Daisy depicts the last days of a thirteen-year-old girl Daisy (Hattie Gotobed), who suffers from severe Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) and by chance meets Stinky aka Peter (Max Brown), a British Iraq war veteran who suffers from drug addiction. Like Peter Pan, Stinky is stuck in Neverland and like Wendy; Daisy inspires him to change his ways. She helps him learn to appreciate life, find home, but most importantly find love, something that she will never experience.
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Nancy PatonDirectorchoke
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Nancy PatonWriter
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Nancy PatonProducer
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Farhan KhanProducer
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Max BrownKey CastAgent Carter, Sleepy Hollow, The Tudors
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Hattie GotbedKey CastGames of Thrones, Snow White and the Huntsman
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Lucy RussellKey CastWorld War Z, Following, Batman Begins
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Runtime:22 minutes 18 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2016
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Production Budget:60,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Student Project:No
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Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2016Idyllwild
United Kingdom
May 9, 2016
North America Premiere
Best Foreign Featurette -
World Fest Houston International Film Festival 2016Houston
United Kingdom
April 16, 2016
Texas Premiere
Platinum Remi Award Shot Film -
London Independent Film Festival 2016London
United Kingdom
April 14, 2016
UK Premiere
Best UK Short Film -
New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2016Los Angeles
United States
March 15, 2016
California Premiere
not yet announced -
Sunscreen Film Festival 2016St Petersburg
United States
May 2, 2016
Florida Premiere -
Near Nazareth Film FestivalNazareth
Israel
May 24, 2016
Israel Premiere
Best Short FIlm (less than 40minutes) -
Southend On Sea Film FestivalSouthend On Sea
United Kingdom
May 30, 2016 -
Rendezvous Film FestivalAmelia Island
United States
June 3, 2016 -
Colossus Rodos Film FestivalRodos
Greece
June 26, 2016
Greek
Best Short Film -
Marbella International Film FestivalMarbella
Spain
September 28, 2016
Spanish Premiere
Best Actress Hattie Gotobed -
Haryana International Film Festival 2016Haryana
India
September 8, 2016
Indian Premiere
Best Film, Best Director Nancy Paton and Best Actor Max Brown -
Laughlin International Film FestivalLaughlin
United States
October 15, 2016
Best International Short Film -
Bahamas International Film FestivalBahamas
Bahamas
December 5, 2016
Bahamas -
SOUQ Film FestivalMilan
Italy
November 4, 2016
Italy
Nancy Paton is an Australian filmmaker residing in Saudi Arabia. Soon after finishing the award winning short film Daisy which she wrote, produced and directed, she starred in the award winning short film Postpartum which she also wrote, produced and directed. She has just completed the short film Choke for the 48 Film Project, two music videos and two documentaries; Maisy and the Making of Daisy and The Black Abaya. She is in-development on two feature films Touched and In Her Shoes.
EB is a genetic condition where the skin breaks at the slightest touch, causing excruciating pain, open blisters and wounds. EB is likely to affect 1 in 17,000 live births and it is estimated that there are currently 5,000 people with the condition in the UK. EB can mean a life of extreme pain and disability. At its worst, EB can cause infant fatalities. Even if EB sufferers do grow past infancy, they are likely to contract a fatal skin cancer and die in their teens.
Whilst working at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital I came across a young inspirational girl called Maisy with this rare skin condition. She was only 4 when I first met her but for someone living with a terminable incurable condition, that causes excruciating pain everyday, she had a spirit so strong and powerful I knew that she had the power to change people’s perceptions.
I wrote Daisy and then featured Maisy and other children with EB in the film as a way to help raise awareness for EB but also to encourage the film industry to offer more opportunities in the future for children and adults with disabilities and diseases.