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Annabel recently directed the BBC commissioned TRUE LOVE AND WORMHOLES, written by Dave Florez and starring Anjana Vasan and Corey Mylchreest. The film can be watched HERE.
She was commissioned to write the feature film, OAK, about the birth of environmental direct action. The completed screenplay is currently seeking production finance.
Her writing includes grounded scifi BOTANICA, female-led comedy SISTER CIRCLE, time-travel comedy BEDTIME STORIES, sitcom THE DISRUPTORS and a bitcoin true crime comedy BITCOIN BANDITS.
Her short films have screened at multiple BAFTA, BIFA, and OSCAR qualifying Film Festivals, winning sixteen awards and an additional 28 nominations.
Annabel is a BFI network, BAFTA Connect and DDPTV member, a full WGGB member and was selected for the Directors UK mentorship program in 2019. She is a Core Member of Cinesisters, who campaign for increased visibility of women directors.
Annabel is represented by Steven Russell of Collective Talent.
She was commissioned to write the feature film, OAK, about the birth of environmental direct action. The completed screenplay is currently seeking production finance.
Her writing includes grounded scifi BOTANICA, female-led comedy SISTER CIRCLE, time-travel comedy BEDTIME STORIES, sitcom THE DISRUPTORS and a bitcoin true crime comedy BITCOIN BANDITS.
Her short films have screened at multiple BAFTA, BIFA, and OSCAR qualifying Film Festivals, winning sixteen awards and an additional 28 nominations.
Annabel is a BFI network, BAFTA Connect and DDPTV member, a full WGGB member and was selected for the Directors UK mentorship program in 2019. She is a Core Member of Cinesisters, who campaign for increased visibility of women directors.
Annabel is represented by Steven Russell of Collective Talent.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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OAK
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Drama feature. |
A withdrawn teen drops school to join environmental activists fighting to protect the woods near her home. An explosive, life-changing adventure ensues, where she discovers how far she will go to save the landscape of her childhood.
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BOTANICA
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Sci-fi TV drama. |
A plant geneticist discovers that plants have a chemical language, she becomes determined to understand and communicate with them, soon she finds herself being influenced by their subtle messages.
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THE DISRUPTORS
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Sitcom. (Web series script available.) |
When radical campaigner and disruptor FLAX (he/him), along with his fellow activist and partner in capitalist crime prevention BOBS (she/her mostly!), decide to promote their extreme lifestyle online, THE DISRUPTORS is born. From their squat in Mitcham, they hope to grab the attention of the world with their TikTok videos, live streams and podcasts about living outside of 'the system.' Their so-called moneyless manifesto is proving to be as unsustainable as fossil fuels. But now they've gone public, and they must try to stand by their openly expressed but not always entirely well-thought-out ideals.
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THE GIRL IN THE TREE
(writer/director) |
Pre-production
Short film. |
A young girl climbs high into a tree to get away from her evil father. She declares she will never come down. With help from her brother, she manages to keep her word.
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BEDTIME STORIES
(writer/director) |
IN DEVELOPMENT
Comedy feature. |
An antique bed transports a romantic dreamer away from her uptight husband back in time to a more opulent and sexually fulfilling Tudor reality.
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DEAF SPACE
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Short film. (Commissioned as a one-shot film by Little Northern Light and Makelight Productions as part of their LOVE IS HARD WON feature film anthology.) |
A deaf architect student discovers she is pregnant. She wants to keep her baby but is desperate to complete her studies and design buildings with the deaf community in mind. Her boyfriend helps her see that she have her cake and eat it.
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CREDITS
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TRUE LOVE AND WORMHOLES
(director) |
Indefinite Films/
BBC writersroom. Shortform comedy drama. |
Maggie is from the West Country; Craig is from the future - and together they might just save the planet. Should she take a chance on the handsome man with the far-out backstory, or is she just desperate for a connection? As their bond deepens, the danger escalates, smashing the boundaries between reality and delusion, science and possibility, betrayal and true love... (2025)
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FED UP
(writer/director) |
Wax Films.
Short film. |
Homeless and hungry, Seymour finds he has a secret benefactor. Filmed for Straight 8. (2021)
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THE LAST OAK
(writer/director) |
Wax Films.
Short film. |
The only surviving soldier of an eco-security force must overcome his inexperience and complete an important mission that will guarantee his future in more ways than one. (2020)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FILM |
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GRANBAD
(writer/director) |
Wax Films.
Short film. |
A young dyslexic boy inadvertently shows another it isn’t ‘soppy’ to love your family and like spending time with them. (2018)
CLICK TO VIEW THE TRAILER |
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SKIP GIRL
(writer/director) |
Wax Films.
Short film. |
A disempowered man stalks an unconventional woman who is taking his stuff from a skip outside his house. What value has she found in the things that his finicky wife has rejected? (2018)
CLICK TO VIEW THE TRAILER |
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LETTERBOX
(writer/director) |
Wax Films.
Short film. |
A Muslim girl hitchhikes to Glastonbury Festival to keep a promise to her brother, but why is she wearing her mothers ill fitting niqab? (2014)
CLICK TO VIEW THE TRAILER |
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SPIDER ISLAND
(writer/director) |
Wax Films.
Short film. |
Estranged identical twins fight over a mystical white diamond in this children’s action adventure film that flips between imaginative play and real action. (2011)
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BILLY CONNOLLY: TWO NIGHT STAND
(writer/director) |
Universal Pictures.
Live film. |
The 'Big Yin' performs in front of a live audience for the first time in three years, with footage taken from two gigs during his expletive-littered tour, that casts his usual eye over life, sex and dachshunds. (1997)
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