GARDENING

In the aftermath of sexual assault, a woman retreats into the garden of her mind. Searching for answers and struggling to do 'the right thing', she realises that she must regain her voice and find new paths to healing, before she and her garden are destroyed completely.

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CAST

Evanna Lynch — Leonora
Speech Debelle — Imani
Freddie Fox — Quillan
Chetna Pandya — Rita
Simon McBurney — Detective Danforth

CREW

Director — Sarah Beeby
Producer — Jo Lewis
Screenwriter — Louisa Wood
Story — Sarah Beeby & Louisa Wood
Storyboards — Sarah Beeby
Storyboard Clean Up — Ash Wu
Editor — Emil Joseph
Script Supervisor — Ludo Smolski
Lead Animators — Sara Frias, Freya Hotson, Michael Schlingmann, Amanda J Holm, Rebecca Perrone
Animators — Bryony Evans, Gemma Roberts, Giulia Raniolo
Additional Background Design — Liam Cobb Additional
Background Painting — Laura N Tamara

MUSIC & SOUND

Music — Die Hexen
Sound Design — Louis Morand
'Perfume Equinox' and 'Hotdog Factor' — Skillbard
'Siamese' — Die Hexen
Voice Over Recording — Adrian Walter at Fitzrovia
Post Re-Recording Mixer — Helen Miles at Molinare

PRODUCTION

Casting Directors — Gilbert and Covell
Crowd Scene Voices — Mark Burman, Susan Kyd, Josh Lacey, Dylan Mason, Tim Morand, Eve Norris
Production Consultant for Hipster Films — Abigail Addison
Production Accountant — Joanna Emmitt
Accounts Assistant — Alex Kaltsoyannis
Post Production Manager at Molinare — Anna Maros Colourist at Molinare — Vicki Matich

FOR THE BFI
Production Consultant — Helen Brunsdon
Executive Producer — Phoebe Sutherland
Script Consultant — Anna Seifert-Speck
Head of Production Finance — Ian Kirk
Production Executive — Charley Fox
Business Affairs Manager — Vicky Skea

SPECIAL THANKS Sharon, Emily, and Mike Beeby, Jesse Moynihan, Megan Morass, Amy Thompson, Angela Stemple, Julia Pott, J Mcaray, Anna Bunting Branch, Alfred Thirolle, Richard Lewis, Patrick Cannon

This film was supported by Rooftop Films and by the Open Workshop department of The Animation Workshop. Made with the support of the BFI's Filmmaking Fund.

© 2024 The British Film Institute and Hipster Films Limited