“Sunlight Water”
When a lonely, recently single woman rescues a houseplant in need of serious TLC – and then falls in love with it – she must discover what the plant really wants, or risk losing herself forever.
About the director
Zoë is an award-winning writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow. As a playwright, her work has toured nationally, won the ART Award and a Scottish Arts Theatre Award, been nominated for the Popcorn Prize, and longlisted for the prestigious Bruntwood Prize, whilst critically described as “ingenious” (The Scotsman) and “original, deliciously surreal” (The Stage).
For screen, her writing work includes THE AIR WE BREATHE (commissioned by BFI Network/Screen Scotland, 2023 Grand Prize winner of The Script Lab's Free Screenplay Contest from over 11,700 international entries) and GRANNY FENELLA (Imaginate/RenTV).
She's an alumna of Glasgow Film Festival's Animatic programme, Le Groupe Ouest's Less is More residency, The Network with The TV Foundation, Writers at Sea, Imaginate's Launchpad, BBC Writers, and the MA in TV Writing at Glasgow Caledonian, and a previous recipient of the Playwrights' Studio Scotland New Playwrights Award.
Zoë is currently developing an original series with Hat Trick Productions whilst directing her second short film through the prestigious NFTS/Sean Connery Talent Lab. SUNLIGHT WATER is her directorial debut.