PRESS

Love is Free was featured on Director’s Notes:

Hannah Renton Considers the Lasting Impact of Flawed Models of Love in Decade Spanning Triptych ‘Love Is Free’"

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Hannah was chosen as one of Primetime’s 2023 Graduates to Watch - “With Gossip I wanted to tell a story of solidarity and draw a line between the witch trials and the ongoing struggle for reproductive justice and women's control over their bodies. Naming the film Gossip, a word that changed from meaning friendship to one of denigration and ridicule, highlights the psychological attack as well as the direct violence. The gossip we formed of both professional actors and midwives became not only the heart of the film you see but the entire filmmaking process."

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GOSSIP featured in Director’s Notes - “Renton’s short does an excellent job of showcasing the important relationship mothers share with midwives during labour whilst also depicting the shadowy looming male presence that seeks to disrupt it. A prescient and beautifully rendered portrayal of patriarchal subjugation.”

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British Cinematographer feature on GOSSIP with DoP RJ Ong

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Indiewire picked BOY METS BOY as one of its best queer films of 2021!

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Interview in Neo2 with BOY MEETS BOY creative team

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BOY MEETS BOY in NME

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BOY MEETS BOY in Another magazine

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BOY MEETS BOY review Screen Daily

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Q&A on Daisie

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we are currently crowdfunding for BOY MEETS BOY - learn about the project and support here

**WORKSHOP**

10th September - Smartphone filmmaking screening + workshop in collaboration with Eye Want Change at Peckham Free Film Festival

**WORKSHOP**

7-9th July - Hannah is producing a web series workshop at Brainchild Festival

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

KIM is screening at Uppsala Short Film Festival - PUNK! 4 - 21st & 27th October - tickets here

Gossip is Screening on Friday 1st November at the opening of Museum of Enclosure by Perpetual Stew at the House of Annetta, London and will be available throughout the week to view as part of the exhibition. All funds go to support emergency surgical clinics in Gaza via Islamic Help

VOD

Love is Free is available to stream on Minute Shorts and Director’s Notes

KIM is no longer available via Tall Tales but can be viewed here

AWARDS

nominee - Best UK Film - London Short Film Festival, 2024 - Love is Free

Winner - Best Student Film - Southport Film Fest, 2023 - Love is Free

Winner - Best Cinematography - Women X Film Festival, 2023 - Salt Wounds

Nominee - Best Director - Women X Film Festival, 2023 - Salt Wounds

Nominee - Best Student Short - Women X Film Festival, 2023 - Salt Wounds + Love is Free

nominee - Best Student Short - Beeston Film Festival, 2023 - Love is Free

winner - Sunny Bunny Prize Special Jury Diploma - Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, 2021 - Boy Meets Boy

finalist - Best British Short - Sheffield Short Film Festival, 2021 - rise

winner - Alternative Spirit Grand Prize - Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2021 - Boy Meets Boy

nominee - Outstanding First Feature Film Award - Frameline San Francisco, 2021 - Boy Meets Boy

SCREENINGS

Love is Free

London Short Film Festival, 2024 - nominated best UK Short Film 

Love Screening at Shoreditch House & Beach Afrique in Accra, Minute Shorts, 2024

Beeston Film Festival, 2023 nominated Best Student Short

Women X Film Festival, 2023 - nominated Best Student Film

Salt Wounds

Aesthetica Film Festival, 2023

Women X Film Festival, 2023 - nominated Best Student Film, nominated Best Director, winner Best Cinematography

Southport Film Festival, 2023 - winner Best Student Film

Seaside Blues Film Club, The Nose, UK - 25th Feb 2023

Romford Film Fest, 2023

rise

Sheffield Short Film Festival, 2021 - finalist - Best British Short

15th British Shorts Berlin Film Festival - August 2021

Visionaer Film festival: Encounters with New Talents, Berlin,

2021

KIM

Uppsala Short Film Festival, 2024

KIM - screening as part of a BOSSY showcase of films on young women at the Montpellier in Peckham -  get tickets here - 14th May 2020

High Peak Independent Film Festival, 2019

2nd Aaretaler Kurzfilmfestival, 2018

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2017 - Tokyo, Japan - 6th June & 11th June, 2017

Underwire Film Festival, - UK - December, 2017

BOY MEETS BOY - 2021 BFI Flare London
Toronto Inside Out
OutFest Los Angeles
NewFest New York
Frameline San Francisco
Molodist Kyiv IFF
Bergen IFF
Mix Copehagen
Mezipatra QFF Prague, Brno
Lesgaicinemad, Madrid
Seoul International Pride FF
Boston Wicked
Taiwan IQFF
Abycine Albacete
Outshine Miami
Queer Fairy Tales Calgary
Kashish Mumbai IQFF
Imageout Rochester
Provincetown IFF
Qflix Philadelphia
Reel Affirmations Washington
Pride Cinema Weeks A Coruna
Pridearts Chicago
Tulum IFF
Gender Bender Bologna
Prism FF Austin
Rhode Island IFF
Vienna QIFF
Out on Film Atlanta
Queer Film Nacht
Mix Mexico City
Zinentiendo Zaragoza
Seattle QFF
Hong Kong Kay & Lesbian FF
Way Out West Albuquerque
Slovak QF Bratislava
Reel Affirmations Washington
Melbourne QFF
Mix Brasil Sao Paulo
Pink Panorama Luzern
Mongay Berlin

ill, actually - Chronic Youth Film Festival at the Barbican Centre - 29th March 2021

ill, actually - part of the digital beings programme at Underwire Film Festival - Sunday 15th September 2020

ill, actually - screening on BBC4 at 10pm on Sunday 17th March 2020

ill, actually - screening at the BFI - get tickets here - 15:30 12th March 2020