Annabel Moodie

Friends on the Outside (2023)

DURATION: 10 MIN    CATEGORY: PERSONAL, SHORT   OPPORTUNITY: BRIDGING THE GAP

Team

Director/Editor/Cinematographer:Annabel Moodie

Producer: Lea Luiz de Oliveira

Executive Producer: Sinead Kirwan and Flore Cosquer

Edit Consultant: Lindsay Watson

Synopsis

Friends on the Outside tells the story of an incarcerated man called Jamie who finds joy and comfort inside by foraging for weeds and caring for birds. It questions why the UK prison system is currently in its biggest expansion in more than a century, exposing naturalising language around this expansion.

Highlights
WORLD PREMIERE – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2023
Inverness Film Festival 2023
Slamdance Film Festival 2024