MAKE UP
O.V. in English subtitled in Spanish
According to The Guardian, Make Up is something like "Ken Loach's collaboration with Brian de Palma and Nicholas Roeg": a debut that has earned the attention of many British critics, mixing psychedrama with initiation stories and hot romance. Ruth, 19, moves with her boyfriend to a campsite on the coast, which is partially abandoned in the off-season. One day she finds a piece of long hair on his clothes, and begins to fear that he is cheating on her with Jade, a co-worker and confidant. This triggers a series of obsessive thoughts and visions that open a disturbing gap in reality.
Direction: Claire Oakley
Script: Claire Oakley
Cinematography: Nick Cooke
Editing: Sacha Szwarc
Music: Ben Salisbury
Sound: Ania Przygoda
Cast: Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie Martini
Production: Emily Morgan
Claire Oakley
Make Up is Claire Oakley’s debut feature, which had its premiere at the London Film Festival. Her four short films have played at more than 50 festivals worldwide and have been awarded multiple prizes. Oakley started her career assisting directors including John Crowley and Bernard Rose while working as a script reader. In 2014 she co-founded Cinesisters, a peer-to-peer mentoring group for female directors. Oakley is currently writing a feature adaptation of Tessa Hadley’s short story The Swan, which has been developed with Torino Lab, Creative England and the BFI. She is also developing a BFI-backed adaptation of Laura Kaye’s debut novel, English Animals. She is a 2019 Screen Star of Tomorrow.