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Madeleine Sims-Fewer is one half of the creative team with Dusty Mancinelli. They are Writers, Producers, Directors and met at the 2015 TIFF Talent Lab where they experienced an instant convergence of minds, quickly joining forces. Highly focused on a naturalistic performance style and visual aesthetic, their films explore gender politics, selfishness, and abuse of power. Their short film Slap Happy screened at BFI London Film Festival, VIFF and Slamdance, among others. Their second short Woman in Stall won the Jury Award for Narrative Student Short at the Austin Film Festival and the Narrative Shorts Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, and their most recent short Chubby premiered at Telluride and won an Honourable Mention for outstanding acting at Slamdance and the Silver Dragon for Best Directing at Krakow. Their first feature is the 2020 film, Violation. She studied acting at the Drama Centre London and we list her credits as an actor first.
Also see: Violation at PNP.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Adventures of Ratman (2007, short)
Souvenirs from Asia (2007, short)
A Stir in the Forest (2008, short)
Fix Me (2011, short)
Blood In (2012, short)
Jess & Maria (2012, short)
Rip-Off (2012, short)
Red Reflections (2014, short)
The Storm at Yellow Creek Farm (2014, short)
The Substitute (2015, short)
Foxes (2015, short)
Operation Avalanche (2016)
Emma (2016, short)
Off-Piste (2016)
Slap Happy (2017, short)
Rape Card (2018, short)
Woman in Stall (2018, short)
The Roots of Men (2018, short)
Violation (2020)
Shadows in the Grass (2021, short)
Credits as a Director:
A Stir in the Forest (2008, short)
Slap Happy (2017, short)
Rape Card (2018, short)
Woman in Stall (2018, short)
Chubby (2019, short)
Violation (2020)
Credits as a Screenwriter:
A Stir in the Forest (2008, short)
Fix Me (2011, short)
Blood In (2012, short)
Jess & Maria (2012, short)
Rip-Off (2012, short)
Inked (2013, short)
The Storm at Yellow Creek Farm (2014, short)
The Substitute (2015, short)
Cut (Co-writer, 2017, short)
Rape Card (2018, short)
Chubby (2019, short)
Violation (2020)
Shadows in the Grass (2021, short)
Credits as a Producer:
A Stir in the Forest (2008, short)
Blood In (2012, short)
Jess & Maria (2012, short)
Rip-Off (2012, short)
Inked (2013, short)
The Storm at Yellow Creek Farm (2014, short)
The Substitute (2015, short)
Rainbow Party (2015, short)
Dad (2016, short)
Slap Happy (2017, short)
Woman in Stall (2018, short)
Chubby (2019, short)
Violation (2020)
Shadows in the Grass (2021, short)
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