Director
James Gardner
Starring
Liv Hill, Sinead Matthews, Tomos Eames, Cyril Nri
Certificate
15
Run Time
101 mins
Release Year
2017
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Peter E. Riches
Editor: Sian Clarke
Produced by: James Gardner, Nikolas Holttum
Music: Victor Hugo Fumagalli
Screenplay by: James Gardner, Simon Lord
Director Bio
James Gardner
P&I - Director Bio
James Gardner is a writer and director from England. A graduate of the National Film and Television School, he is best known for the shorts Barry Glitter, The Car Washer, and Ferris and the Fancy Pigeon, which won the Royal Television Society Student Television award for Postgraduate Drama. Jellyfish is Gardner’s debut feature.
Jellyfish
A powerful new British film featuring a stand-out performance from newcomer Liv Hill, who stars as 15-year-old Sarah Taylor, a girl caught between being bullied at school, hassled by her boss at a local arcade and looking after her younger brother, sister and manic-depressive mother (the excellent Sinead Matthews). Sarah’s drama teacher encourages her to use her fierce wit for a stand-up routine at her graduation show, but comedy and the harsh realities of her life soon clash and she struggles to balance her many demands.