In My Day Premiere Ft 'Ruth' & 'Snap' Q&A

Before it's release on Director's Notes, the BIFA qualifying short drama with a scifi twist, 'In My Day' will have its premiere at the Curzon Victoria at 7.40pm on Tuesday 7th January, with a Q&A with the film's director William Grave- alongside directors Joe Alexander and Paul Romero Mendez , who will be screening their films 'Snap' and the BIFA qualifying 'Ruth'.

In the black and white drama with a scifi twist 'In My Day', Asif is in a loving relationship with his young white British girlfriend, Michelle. But, the local far-right skinheads in the city and her parents in the countryside aren’t accepting of him and their relationship. The true reason for their hostility is only revealed at the end.

The film was nominated for 'best drama', 'Best long form short', Best 'Scifi Short', best Romantic Short' and 'Best Cast Ensemble' at the Skiptown International Film festival in LA, 'Best cinematography', 'best international short' and 'best acress in a short' (Lauren Clancey) at the Love & Hope International Film festival in Barcelona, and previously screened at the North East International Film festival and London Lift Off festival.

The film stars established talent like Merelina Kendall (from The Reader, Billy Elliot, 1984) and Hector Bateman-Harden (from the the HBO series The Nevers, ITV's The Larkins & Wes Anderson's Phoenician Scheme), as well as brilliant up and coming talent Omar Hashmi, Lauren Clancey, Julie Wood, Ian Ray-White, Kane Surry, Samuel King, Loren Bow, Matt Hansen. For more information about the film and to see the trailer, head to inmydayfilm.com

William Grave is a dramedy writer director who seeks to create that not-seen-that-before-moment, while developing stories with universal themes that he hopes will touch audiences across the world. In the last few years, his films have been winning at festivals around the globe with the dark Christmas fairytale ‘The Last Jackolantern’ winning ‘best long form short’ at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film festival in LA and a best ‘director of a short’ award for the same film at the Love & Hope international Film festival in Barcelona, ‘best international short’ at the Tennessee International Film festival for ‘The Last Jackolantern’, where his short documentary ‘Madhero’ also won ‘best foreign documentary’, while his short mental health drama short Benchmarks won ‘best short short’ at the London Independent Film Festival. He was interviewed on BBC London radio on the homeless theme within The Last Jackolantern and live on Talk TV news about ‘Benchmarks’. He is in early development on his own feature dramedy ‘The Problem With Happiness’ and co-wrote the coming of age feature ‘Your Son’ that will be directed by Zen Nguyen which is due to go into production in September 2025. You can find more of his work on https://www.bywilliamgrave.com/

We will also have a screening and a Q&A for Joe Alexander's 'Snap', a cautionary fairytale: Milo and Maggie are heading into the woods for a picnic with their babysitter, April. When her toxic lover, Rob, joins them unexpectedly, Milo calls on a monster to deal with him, unaware of the power the woods hold. You can see the full trailer here:

https://joe-alexander.co.uk/SNAP-Trailer

Joe is a writer and director, based in London, represented for for screenwriting in the UK by Rebecca Watson at Valerie Hoskins Associates. Joe has shot a ton of music videos over the years, with a bag of number 1s, nominations and awards. He has predominantly worked across videos, commercials, branded content and documentary. His latest short film - Snap - is cutrently being submitted into film festivals, and he is currently working with BAFTA and Emmy-award winning producer, Tina Pawlik, to develop his first feature - Liberties. Joe's screenplay, Transmission,written with long-time collaborator Andy Amfo, appeared on the Brit List and he has two shows in paid development in the UK - one with Lionsgate and Further South, the other with Ringside Productions. You can find more of his work on https://joe-alexander.co.uk

Our third film 'Ruth' is a drama about an elderly lady with dementia, becomes lost within her own home. As she tries to find answers, she ends up losing herself further, confusing reality with memories of her past self. Shot in a single 12-minute take, the film tries to put the audience in Ruth’s shoes, making them feel first-hand the daily confusion brought on by someone suffering from dementia. 'Ruth' wasselected by Directors UK and ARRI as part of their 2020 TRINITY Challenge and the film was selected to multiple festivals in 2023/24 including BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival and BIFA qualifying festivals Wigan & Leigh FF, Crystal Palace International FF, North East International FF where it won ‘Best UK short film’ and 'Best international short' at RIFF.

The film was co-directed by Paul Romero Mendez who has has directed & produced various festival qualifying short films like, 'Hacia el Oeste' (Oscar Qualifying Gijon International Film Festival), as well as producing short films for directors Like Tomisin Adepeju (Journey Mercies, 2023) and Megan K. Fox (Calling Home, 2017) that have been accepted into multiple BAFTA qualifying festivals like Aesthetica and Underwire Film Festival. He is currently developing his debut feature film ‘From This Day Forward’ as well as short films ‘While it Lasts’ and ‘Swan Song’ (for KIFF). You can find out more about Paul on https://linktr.ee/paulromeromendez

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