The Pond

Proud I am once more after going to see my friend Sonja Philips' beautiful film The Pond at BAFTA last night. It's great when you get on with someone, hang out and THEN get to see what they can create in their other life....in Sonja's case she directed and produced and I think wrote The Pond, a dark story of a childhood dare set around the murky, mysterious depths of the title.

Exquisitely shot, I always knew it would be as I've seen a lot of Sonja's photographs and she's got good eyes this lady....even though she doesn't consider herself a photographer at all, and with mostly children in the cast - brave in itself! - it's a beautifully disturbing tale. I was particularly impressed she managed to find those sandals that ALL the girls at my school used to have in the late 70's!

I don't know how easy it is to see short films unless you go to film festivals or whatever but if the opportunity arises, do see Sonja's film, or indeed her first short "The Knicker Man."

Madame xxx