Big
Moves
World Premiere - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
International Premiere - Hot Docs 2024
US Premiere - Palm Springs Shortsfest 2024
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
Women X Film Festival
- Nominated for Best Documentary
- Nominated for Best Production Design
Currently nominated for the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Short.
After a lifetime of being told that she, as a fat person, could not dance (and believing it), Glasgow filmmaker Sarah Grant was very surprised to learn when doing dance classes over zoom in the pandemic (with the camera off, of course), that this was a big fat lie.
Big Moves is an exploration of the mythology surrounding dance and dancers’ bodies, and how its cultural depiction of perfection has unintentionally fed Sarah’s lifelong struggle with perfectionism.
Documentary - 14 mins
Production Companies: Borador Entertainement / Scottish Documentary Institute
Director: Sarah Grant
Producers: Sophie Chater, Jack Gemmell
Festival Selections and Awards
Finding The High
Documentary - 10 mins
Agency: Cut Media
Director: Dominic Simmons
Producer: Eilidh Campbell
Production Coordinator: Sophie Chater
We might have felt it all. It's a sensation like no other. Sheer excitement, sublime enjoyment. After you've experienced it once, you just want more. But where does this feeling come from, and how do we get it more often?
At FOCUS, we went on a journey to find out what's behind this feeling of the Rider's High. We wanted to find out - in measured, scientific terms - how our body is creating such a strong feeling. So we spoke to a neuroscientist, a physiologist and a group of riders to understand what happens when we have a great ride.
One Last Spin
Documentary - 30 mins
Production Companies: Reverie Films
Director: Ross Donald
Producers: Sophie Chater, Anna Whealing, Claudia Docherty
Scottish Short Film Festival - Best Documentary Nominee
Cotswold International Film Festival - Award Winner
Infinity Film Festival - Award Winner
Bright International Film Festival - Finalist
Screener Short Films
Wolverhampton Film Festival
The Romford Film Festival
Independent Film Awards - London - Best Short Documentary Winner
Lonely Wolf International Film Festival
Think Shorts
Wales International Film Festival
One Last Spin is an unflinching look inside the lives and recovery of gambling addicts who are now campaigning for more stringent restrictions and better education around the subject. We spoke to 4 brave contributors, members of Parliament and medical experts on the subject. Shot on location in Glasgow and surroundings over a year.
Festival Selections and Awards