Tiffs of Ordinary Madness

Two childhood friends from London’s Eastend, face a frightening and uncertain future; as one of them is diagnosed with dementia. They say it takes a village to raise a child. So it will definitely take an entire community, friends, and family to help her navigate through the broken NHS system. To come to terms with the diagnosis, loss of memory and an unscrupulous son-in-law. Can friendships and family weather the storm? Or will illness and greed defeat them?

  • Jay Oliver Yip
    Director
  • Lucy Miller-Sheen
    Writer
  • Hyunjee Kim
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jay Oliver Yip

Jay is an award-winning filmmaker and actor who creates quirky, edgy and heartfelt understated comedy about lost souls who yearn to discover themselves. Jay began his artistic career in performance and theatre before moving into producing scripted online content and short films. Jay was co-director of Wolfpack Productions before embarking on a solo creative journey. Jay is a B3 Media associate artist and Pact Diversity & Inclusion Scheme recipient. Amongst other projects, Jay has begun exploring introducing XR into his storytelling repertoire and is currently developing a VR film.

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Director Statement

n light of the anti-immigration riots in early August 2024, TV & Film Charitiy CEO and Journalist, Marcus Ryder, tweeted: “How we understand our society is more often through drama than news...While there’s been an increase in ‘positive non-white characters’ on screen there hasn’t been an increase in positive representation of non-white community.”

I’m excited to share Tiffs of Ordinary Madness as it’s a story about community - with British-East Asians at its heart - and features female protagonists over the age of 60. Two demographics under-represented on UK screens.

TIFFS is about friendship, survival and the triumph over injustice.
Despite dementia being a sensitive subject matter, and with undercurrents of racism and coercive behaviours...

I wish to lean into my own understated quirky style of humour and light-hearted emotional truth. Using laughter to allow us to connect with sadness and pain.