Zoe Hunter Gordon

Better (2023) Writer / Director

Better Narrative short film BFI Network in association with First Flights A Just Copy and Bird in Hand Production 15 mins A young woman is surprised to see her chronically ill sister has a new life. Starring Milly Zero as Kitty and Ellie James as Ruth Severine Meri-Howell as Lily, and Frankie Wade as Nathan With Ntiarna Knight, Victoria Gill, Alex Harvey and Nathan Joseph as Beach Friends Written & Directed by Zoe Hunter Gordon Produced by Celestine Fraser, Olwyn Fagan and Ben Woodsmith Development Producer - Emily Lowe Associate Writers (Writers' Room) - Celestine Fraser, Kyla Harris, Jennifer Martin and Gem Carmella Edited by Raluca Petre Director of Photography - Tamás A. Méder Production Design by Syd Harmony Sound Design by Andrej Bako Casting Director- Louise Collins Costume Designers - India Ayles and Anouk Moudini Colour by Vlad Barin and Karol Cybulski at CHEAT Hair and Makeup: Caitlin Ross 1st AD: Sheena Patel Supported by Magnus Rausing Executive Producers: Magnus Rausing, Nick Sadler, Kirsty Bell For BFI Nework, Production Executive: Jo Cadoret For full credits, IMDb Festivals - Premiere: BFI London Film Festival 2023 (Official Selection) - Norwich Film Festival 2023 (Official Selection) - Emerging Filmmakers Night 2023 (In Competition: Best British Short) - TweetFest Film Festival 2023 (In Competition: Best British Short) - This is England Film Festival 2023, Rouen (France) (Official Selection) - Fish & Films Film Festival 2023, Granville (France) (Official Selection) - Beeston Film Festival 2024 (Official Selection) - Shared Visions Film Festival 2024 (Previously NIFF) (Official Selection)

ill, actually (2019) Writer / Director

ill, actually Documentary short film 12 mins A ‘superhero’, a YouTuber and a cam-girl explain why they choose to share - or hide- their chronic illnesses online. When you're too ill for IRL, where do you turn? A BBC Arts and BFI commission, "ill, actually" was produced by Glowworm Films in collaboration with Plimsoll Productions. It premiered at the BFI and was broadcast on BBC 4 before moving on BBC i-Player, and into the BFI's National Archives. Festivals - Underwire 2019 (Nom: Best Producer, BAFTA qualifying) - SuperFest Film Festival 2020 (BAFTA qualifying) - Together Film Festival, Winner of the Kats Award for Best First Film - Women X Film Festival 2020 (Nom: Best Director, BIFA qualifying) - Barbican: Chronic Youth Festival 2020 - Little Wing Film Festival 2020 (BIFA qualifying) - Shortest Nights Film Festival 2020 (BIFA qualifying) -Emerging Filmmakers Night Film Festival 2020 (Official Competition) Press - Enabled Magazine: Interview with the team behind new BBC disability documentary, ill, actually - Cognizant, Center for the Future of Work: Living With Invisible Illness Watch on BFI Iplayer (UK only) Directed by Zoe Hunter Gordon Produced by Celestine Fraser & Hannah Tookey Director of Photography: Jackie Teboul Editor: Hannah Renton Sound Mix: Oscar Crawford Music Composer: Hollie Buhagiar Colour: Henry Howard Recon actress: Esme Lonsdale Executive Producers: Siobhan Logue, Gillian Scothern & Lamia Dabboussy ​ With Thanks To Bella, Jameisha and Ben

Our Fathers (2020) Director

Our Fathers Documentary BBC Scotland / Creative Scotland Scottish Documentary Institute Acquired by True Story 30 mins In 2015 the Bishop of Aberdeen wrote to the Bishop of Aba in Nigeria with an urgent request – do you have any spare priests? Father Maximilian Nwosu and Father James Anyaegbu are the answer: two Nigerians sent on a mission to serve the Scottish Highlands. But from preaching to packed congregations back home, they find the Highlands scattered with empty, closing churches and an ageing population. Based in Inverness-shire, they drive relentlessly from one remote church to another trying to keep a feeling of community alive. Will their good humour and Igbo songs make a difference? Commissioned by BBC Scotland and Creative Scotland, and produced by the Scottish Documentary Institute, "Our Fathers" premiered at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival, was broadcast on BBC Scotland in Spring 2020, opened the Lusaka International Film Festival (Zambia) in 2021 and has now been acquired by True Story. Directed by Zoe Hunter Gordon Produced by Celestine Fraser & Hannah Tookey Director of Photography: Jackie Teboul Editor: Hannah Renton Sound Mix: Oscar Crawford Music Composer: Hollie Buhagiar Colour: Henry Howard Recon actress: Esme Lonsdale Executive Producers: Siobhan Logue, Gillian Scothern & Lamia Dabboussy With Thanks To Bella, Jameisha and Ben

Amy: Solace Women's Aid Christmas Campaign (2024) Writer / Director

Amy Solace Women's Aid Christmas Campaign, 2023 Narrative Commercial short film 90 seconds Domestic violence increases at Christmas. Help women like Amy reach safety, donate to Solace now. Safe This Christmas Campaign Starring Milly Zero Story by Solace Women's Aid Directed by Zoe Hunter Gordon Produced by Kirsty Malcolm for Roll Nine Edited by Anna Meller Director of Photography: Laura Seward Sound Design by Louis Centoni Colour by Lucrezia Pollice Awards -Nominated for a Shiny Award, Winter Season 2023