Hoard
by Luna Carmoon
Synopsis
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1984, London: 7 year old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and we join Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother. An older stranger, Michael, then enters their home, opening the door to past trauma, magic and madness…
Specifications
UK 2023 126 mn 16:9 5.1 English 1st Feature film
directed by
Luna Carmoon
Produced by
BBC and BFI present a production of Loran Dunn (Delaval), Helen Simmons (Erebus Production) and Andrew Starke (Anti-Worlds)
Cast
Saura Lightfoot Leon (Maria)
Hayley Squires (Mother)
Joseph Quinn (Michael)
Crew
Cinematographer: Nanu Segal
Editor: Rachel Durance
Production Design: Bobbie Cousins
Costume Design: Nat Turner
Music: Jim Williams
Festivals
Settimana Internazionale della Critica – Audience Award – Award for most innovative film – Special Mention to Saura Lightfoot Leon for her performance – Female Authors Under 40 Valentina Pedicini Award for direction and screenplay
London BFI Film Festival – First Feature Competition
Athens International Film Festival – International Competition
Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (SEMINCI) – Meeting Point Competition
Cambridge Film Festival – International Festival Highlights
Luna Carmoon's bio
Luna Carmoon is a self-taught writer-director born and bred in South East London. Often dissecting the absurd with the mundane, rooted in the mythology of her own memories, conjuring oddness out of the familiar her work is always peppered from her own lived experiences nodding greatly to 60’s/70s British cinema. Luna was a 2022 Screen “Star of Tomorrow”.
Luna Carmoon 's filmo
2020 – Shagbands | Short 18’
2018 – Nosebleed | Short 10’