Films
Magpie, 2024
Original Score Alex Truscott
Directed by Joe Brashaw
Two girls find themselves abandoned in a remote sanatorium with a strange illness and a sinister orderly. Instead of waiting out their uncertain fate, they hatch a plan...
Directors Statement
‘The story came from a conversation I had with my mum during covid. She told me about her mum being taken to an isolation hospital when she was really young with whooping cough. That would be a nightmare for me as a kid, I even hated sleep overs.
Me and my friend also watched loads of prison escape movies around that time, (Escape from Alcatraz, A Man Escaped) and I was obsessed with the idea of these little girls breaking free, but then they have to face the consequences of their decision. The film is kind of a mixture of those ideas plus some of the end of the world hopelessness I was feeling during covid.’
This is Joe's first time writing and directing. The script was written and filmed in 2022, it spent almost a year in post-production as everyone was working along side regular jobs. The premier was in Margate in June 2024.