Maggie's daughter has been harassed by a classmate. Maggie thinks her daughter shouldn't make a big deal of it. But then Maggie meets the boy's father.

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Bend
Dir. Georgia Goggin
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BEND is not a sexual-consent drama. It’s a cleverly manoeuvred story of transformation, from victimhood to vigilantism, and at its core is not a romantic relationship but that of a mother and daughter. Spurred, in part, by an assault she experienced herself, and in part by a difficult conversation with her mum after the Weinstein revelations in 2017, writer/director Georgia Goggin created BEND. Backed by BBC Drama, the 8-minute short has a tightly-packed, twisty and darkly-funny plot, skilfully driven all along by Robin Weaver’s brilliant performance as the mother of the assaulted teenager. Goggin purposefully omits the details of the sexual assault, focusing instead on its aftermath, empowering a whole generation of women and girls living in a post #MeToo world to take back control and change the rules of the game. - S/W Curator, Serafima Serafimova

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CAST
Maggie - Robin Weaver
Charles - Greg Wise
Emma - Hope Lloyd
Howard - Brett Fancy
Waitress - Hannah Dando
Marcus - Misia Butler

CREW
Casting - Nanw Rowlands (Censor)
DoP - Olan Collardy (Rye Lane)
Editor - Karenjit Sahota (Tell Me Everything)
Production Design - Elena Muntoni (Scrapper)
Music - Hugo Brijs (Pretty Red Dress) and Georgia Goggin (they're also siblings)
1st AD - Elle Lotherington
Costume Designer - April Church
HMUD - Claire Anne Williams
Sound Design and Mix - Rob Szeliga

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