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Girls' Night

Uptight Gemma has returned to her small town roots from a high flying city job to spend a "perfect birthday" with old school friends. With the arrival of one uninvited guest, teenage rivalries resurface as girls gather to get ready in Gemma's childhood bedroom. A secret is revealed and her plans for a perfect evening unravel.

  • Peter Marsh
    Director
  • Freddie Main
    Writer
  • Peter Marsh
    Writer
  • Peter Marsh
    Producer
  • Peter Sladen
    Producer
  • Freddie Main
    Producer
  • Francesca Mallett
    Key Cast
  • Phoebe White
    Key Cast
  • Lucy Corona
    Key Cast
  • Rosemary Foster
    Key Cast
  • Heather O'Donnell
    Key Cast
  • Emma Thornton
    Key Cast
  • Grace Ward
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Drama
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 23, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 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:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Peter Marsh

Peter Marsh is a British writer and director. Starting out making trailers for plays, Peter worked as a freelance filmmaker and wrote and directed two short films "The Love of Your Life" 2018 and "A Passing Presence" 2020. Peter's work finds the joy and humour in the ordinary mundanity of life. "Milk in and Other Stories" is his latest project; a series of short films all set in one small British town. Peter wrote this series of shorts alongside comedian Freddie Main. "Girls' Night" is the first in this series.

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Director Statement

Girls' Night is a film written about issues close to my heart, getting older, identity and also about losing your hair. Through my freelance work I worked with women with alopecia and medical hair loss. Hearing their stories made me want to represent the reality of what it is like losing this part of your identity. As a man also losing my hair, I can only partly empathise, however, I was determined to make a film that represented this in the right way. The idea of the group of friends came from a writing exercise. We had already written a short film centred around a group of school kids and we took two of these characters and asked, where would they be at the end of their twenties? The character of Sally became the perfect character to represent what it's like at the starts of alopecia. The question of identity also became prevalent in the writing, with what identity one presents to others versus what they are truly like underneath.