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Salt

When Georgie visits Stockholm for a business conference she agrees to meet an old classmate for a drink - a decision she'll regret when he takes advantage of her kind and trusting nature for his own nefarious means.

  • Alexandra Redwood
    Director
    Blue Hour
  • Alexandra Redwood
    Writer
    Blue Hour
  • Alexandra Redwood
    Producer
    Blue Hour
  • Nadia Parkes
    Key Cast
    "Georgie"
    Kidnapped, Doctor Who, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
  • Freddie Dennis
    Key Cast
    "James"
    Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Nevers
  • Peter Mokrosinski
    Director of Photography
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
  • Matilda Bådagård
    Music Composition
    Glaciär
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 9, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada, Sweden
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Amira
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • LA Femme International Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 27, 2024
    USA
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival

    Nominee Best Drama
Director Biography - Alexandra Redwood

Alex is a dual Canadian Dutch citizen and a multi-award-winning screenwriter, director and independent filmmaker. She studied film in Sweden and began her career directing commercials and music videos.

Alex’s latest achievement includes winning the Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Competition with her pilot script for her new drama series The Gift.

Her feature screenplay Redacted was among the top 10% of all entries in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship Competition 2023 and was a finalist in The Golden Script Competition 2023.

Alex also wrote, directed and produced her second short film Salt – a 23 mins. film about the all-too-common problem of drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). Salt stars UK talents Nadia Parkes and Freddie Dennis and earned nominations for Best Medium-Length Film and Best Drama at the Lonely Wolf International Film Festival in 2025.

Alex’s curiosity of the human condition and search for ecstatic truth gives her an emotive and unique voice as a writer/director.

Alex’s children’s book Rafa Was My Robot is internationally published.

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Director Statement

SALT aims to bring more awareness to the all-too-common problem of drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). My goal was to create a film that portrays DFSA in a realistic way. I believe we do ourselves a disservice if we always portray people with nefarious intentions as socially inept, or outwardly unattractive. Just because someone's motives are unattractive does not mean they are.

I hope the film will inspire all victims to break their silence and seek help if they've been a quiet victim, and/or awaken others who have yet to connect the dots about their experience. I think many women and men will relate to this story because it has so many of the telltale elements of what usually happens: it’s a person you know, it's someone who made you feel safe, your memories are fractured, and you question yourself, and if it even ever happened.

We live in a society that continually questions sexual assault victims and survivors, and tries to find reasons why their stories aren't true. I hope we can change that - one film, one story at a time.