Empress ClawScream

Production Country: UK, Ireland
Running Time: 25mins
Year: 2022

When gawky Irish teenager Róisín discovers she’ll soon be parted from her best friend and the object of her affections - Riot Grrrl punk-pixie Jess - she summons up help from an unusual source - 1980s cartoon villainess 'Empress ClawScream'.

FILM CREW:
Director: Stephen T Lally
Producer: Diane Taylor-Karrer
Exec Producer: Stephen T Lally, David Crook, Hugo Hendrick
Writer: Diane Taylor-Karrer
DOP: Tom O'keefe
Editor: Leah Burton
Sound Design: Sam King
Composer: David Nicholas
Production Design: Stephen T Lally
Costume Design: Wendy Olver, Vikki Jones
Hair & Makeup: Tabitha Mei-Bo Li, Wendy Olver, Shelley Blackwell
VFX: Michael Lomon, Pablo Iribarne, Tim Mellem, Paula Albrechtaite, Alex Di Mella
Animation: Michael Lomon, Valentina Grasso, Tapan Vyas
Casting: Stephen T Lally, Diane Taylor-Karrer

Cast: Jessica Balmer, Samantha Gray, Jodie Steele, Andrew Spooner, Gabriel Cagan, Jake Watkins, Aavie Kermack


FESTIVALS:
Melbourne Queer Film Festival November 2023
Surrey Short Film Festival October 2023
deadCenter Film Festival June 2023
QFest St. Louis May 2023
Beeston Film Festival April 2023
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival April 2023
Leeds Queer Film Festival March 2023