Private Project

The Ferryman

The Ferryman is a short film created by three women exploring the time before death. In this film we seek to express both the turbulence and stillness of one of life’s most significant moments: the transition from life to death.

  • Naomi Evans
    Director
  • Savvy Clement
    Writer
  • Jamie Melrose
    Producer
  • Jamie Melrose
    Key Cast
    "Rosie"
  • Savvy Clement
    Key Cast
    "Frances"
  • Naomi Evans
    Key Cast
    "Gertrude"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Fantasy, Family, Death
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 14, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,042 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Distribution Information
  • Jamie Melrose
Director Biography - Naomi Evans

Our film was created by all of us (three women from Scotland, England, and America), with no one role or individual given more weight than the other. As women, our creative process was open, kind, collaborative, professional, intense and fair. For efficiency, we divided the work within the roles of production, writing and directing. In working this way we committed some of our deepest and rawest emotions to film. We hope it brings something to all those we share it with.

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Director Statement

The Ferryman is a short film about what happens in the moments leading up to death. Usually portrayed as a time we are desperate to forget. We look at life before death and beyond it but rarely at it, but in those final moments beauty can be found. In The Ferryman, we acknowledge the importance of these seminal moments - the moments of transition from life to death.