2024 Best British

SALLY LEAPT OUT OF A WINDOW LAST NIGHT

Ireland 1778. Sally and Eleanor flout convention and scandalise society to escape the fate their families have planned for them. They elope. Inspired by the true story of the legendary ‘Ladies of Llangollen.’

DIRECTOR:

Tracy Spottiswoode

PRODUCER:

Kathy Speirs & Stella Nwimo

WRITER:

Tracy Spottiswoode

RELEASE YEAR:

2022

Wales, UK, 20 mins

Iwerddon 1778. Mae Sally ac Eleanor wfftio confensiwn a chymdeithas i ddianc rhag y ffawd y mae eu teuluoedd wedi cynllunio ar eu cyfer. Maent yn rhedeg i ffwrdd i briodi. Wedi’i hysbrydoli gan stori wir y ‘Merched Llangollen’ chwedlonol.


Tracy Spottiswoode_Sally_Leapt_Out_Of_a_Window_Last_Night

Tracy Spottiswoode is an award winning multi-disciplinary filmmaker with a background in performance and design. Her work explores themes of identity, survival and resistance. As well as developing a number of her own features and immersive XR projects, she is currently Talent Development Manager at Ffilm Cymru Wales.


Mae Tracy Spottiswoode yn wneuthurwr ffilm amlddisgyblaethol sydd wedi ennill gwobrau gyda chefndir mewn perfformiad a dylunio. Mae ei gwaith yn archwilio themâu hunaniaeth, goroesi a gwrthsefyll. Yn ogystal â datblygu nifer o’i nodweddion a’i phrosiectau XR ymdrochol, mae hi ar hyn o bryd yn Rheolwr Datblygu Talent yn Ffilm Cymru Wales.


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