Nails & Beauty
A teen girl blossoms after her transformative day with a beautiful bearded builder. Nails & Beauty is a love letter to butch womxn.
Feeling unconfident after once again being excluded by her girl gang, teenage Lucy resolves to visit 'Nails & Beauty' salon.
However, Lucy discovers that 'Nails & Beauty' is a filthy workshop staffed by butch, bearded builders; headed by Glaswegian hunk Louisa.
In a subversion of the stereotypical makeover trope, Lucy gets a rough and tough makeover involving building materials and power tools instead of cosmetics and beauty gadgets.
Lucy is enamoured with her new look - and with Louisa. As their relationship blossoms, so does Lucy. Through this radical transformation, Lucy discovers a new mode of womanhood and a space where she belongs.
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Rhona FosterDirectoralice__alice
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Rhona FosterWriter
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Tuli LitvakProducer
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Libby MaiKey Cast"Lucy"
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Jodie MitchellKey Cast"Louisa"
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Lucy GarnerKey Cast"Mum"
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Kemah BobKey Cast"Leigh"
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Jacqui BardelangKey Cast"J"
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Elouise FarleyProduction Designer
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Beatriz Delgado MenaDirector of Photography
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Frances HeapCostume
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Rachael PhilipComposer
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Ed GuySound Design
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Adam ShuttleworthSound Design
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Comedy, Coming of Age, LGBTQ, Experimental
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Runtime:10 minutes
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Completion Date:August 1, 2021
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Production Budget:20,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2:35
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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GAZE International LGBTQ Festival 2022Dublin
Ireland
October 1, 2022 -
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2022London
United Kingdom
September 23, 2022 -
Lesflicks Lfest Film Festival 2022Llanduno
United Kingdom
July 23, 2022 -
Cambridge International Film Festival 2021Cambridge, UK
United Kingdom
November 24, 2021 -
Underwire Film Festival 2022Online
United Kingdom
March 12, 2022
Best Production Design -
Brighton Rocks Film Festival 2022Brighton
United Kingdom
March 12, 2022 -
Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival 2022Ramsgate
United Kingdom
June 4, 2022 -
Women X 2022Darlington
United Kingdom
September 3, 2022
Rhona Foster is a filmmaker originally from Edinburgh now based in Margate. Rhona graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2017.
Rhona developed Nails & Beauty through the Film Hub South East BFI NETWORK Short Film Development Programme.
Rhona made her first narrative short film with a commission from arts organisation The Newbridge Project (Newcastle upon Tyne) in 2018. In 2019 she created her short alice__alice with BBC Scotland & LUX for Now & Next: Artists Film Commissions and her first BFI NETWORK short Me & My Friends.
Thematically, Rhona’s films explore social issues of class, identity and gender. Rhona’s films have screened at ASFF, LSFF, BBC Arts, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery and EMBASSY Gallery.