Film
SOLD OUT Reclaim the Frame: Pin Cushion (15)
British writer-director Deborah Haywood’s first feature Pin Cushion tells the story of a unique mother-daughter duo: two glittering misfits who are knitted together in a relationship that is as kitsch and comforting as it is suffocating.
Together, Iona (played with startling screen presence from newcomer Lily Newmark) and her eccentric single mum Lyn (Joanna Scanlan on top form) move to a new town in the Midlands. Iona is determined to reinvent herself at school and quickly jumps through hoops to befriend the popular girls. Meanwhile, Lyn, used to being her daughter’s best friend, feels left out and attempts to woo their neighbour Belinda by lending her a ladder. But Belinda really isn’t interested in making new friends…
Dir. Deborah Haywood, UK, 2017, 85 mins.
Cast. Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan
This film is part of a series of ongoing events for Birds Eye View’s new Reclaim The Frame Influencers project; a mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women to build a more balanced film future.
Join us in supporting women in film by clicking here!
The screening will be introduced by the film's writer and director Deborah Haywood, Birds Eye View's own BAFTA winning filmmaker Mia Bays and Dr Michaela Gummerum, Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Plymouth.
Join us before the screening for an exclusive 'create your own pin cushion' workshop with the team from Make @ 140! The workshop will run from 6-7pm before the film, is free for all audience members and all materials are included.
Seats for this screening are unallocated so you can sit wherever you like.
Together, Iona (played with startling screen presence from newcomer Lily Newmark) and her eccentric single mum Lyn (Joanna Scanlan on top form) move to a new town in the Midlands. Iona is determined to reinvent herself at school and quickly jumps through hoops to befriend the popular girls. Meanwhile, Lyn, used to being her daughter’s best friend, feels left out and attempts to woo their neighbour Belinda by lending her a ladder. But Belinda really isn’t interested in making new friends…
Dir. Deborah Haywood, UK, 2017, 85 mins.
Cast. Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan
This film is part of a series of ongoing events for Birds Eye View’s new Reclaim The Frame Influencers project; a mission to bring ever-greater audiences to films by women to build a more balanced film future.
Join us in supporting women in film by clicking here!
The screening will be introduced by the film's writer and director Deborah Haywood, Birds Eye View's own BAFTA winning filmmaker Mia Bays and Dr Michaela Gummerum, Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Plymouth.
Join us before the screening for an exclusive 'create your own pin cushion' workshop with the team from Make @ 140! The workshop will run from 6-7pm before the film, is free for all audience members and all materials are included.
Seats for this screening are unallocated so you can sit wherever you like.