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Gibberism

Eve and her best friend, Gandalf The Egg, embark on a quest to find the meaning of some strange and unusual words she keeps hearing. The discovery of the new words will open her world up in unexpected ways.

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  • Maria Moss
    Director
  • Maria Moss
    Writer
  • Siona Davis
    Producer
  • Maria Moss
    Producer
  • Danni Vears
    Key Cast
    "Eve"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    drama, racism, adventure, surreal, asian, live action, age
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 14 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 25, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    4,500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Maria Moss

Maria Moss is a filmmaker born and raised in Manchester, UK and is now back forth from Manchester to London. Maria was part of the BFI Future Skills Trainee in 2017, landing her first job on a film set, Han Solo: A Star Wars Story in the AD department. Ever since she has been working from project to project, on major motion pictures to indies, building up for her knowledge in development, production, and post, assisting Directors like Phillipa Lowethorpe and Gil Kenan. Her latest work is Assistant Producer on Netflix's Hit show Sex Education S3 Episode 7 and 8. From all of her experience, she’s stepping into writing and directing to share stories she cares about making sure in front and behind the camera is inclusive.

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Director Statement

Gibberism explores a child's pov of understanding racist words for the first time. I wrote and directed this film based on my own experiences being half Filipino and half English. Growing up in a working-class/council state area in Cheadle (A small town in North West of the UK) there were very few people of colour living in my neighbourhood. My family, unfortunately, had to endure years and years of abuse from the kids/teenagers/neighbours on our street because we were 'different' and experienced microaggressions at school. So through storytelling with film, I wanted to unpack those experiences that I went through, with a child's lens on.

One of the biggest challenges making this film was shooting it, as filming took place after the first covid lockdown, I feel incredibly fortunate for all the crew and cast involved going above and beyond to make sure we filmed this safely, keeping to all the guidelines.