Susannah is living a typically quiet and dusty life in the suburbs with her husband Paul, when an unexpected visit from her son, Piers, surfaces a dark secret that has been brewing since he left the nest 15 years ago. As Susannah struggles to come to terms with Piers' relationship with his new girlfriend, her typical mediocre existence is slowly stripped away to reveal an obsession that is anything but typical...or secret.
Marigolds is my first short film and won BEST DIRECTOR at Underwire Film Festival and nominated for Best Screenplay. It received rave reviews in Little White Lies, Best for Film, Smoke Screen and Varsity online at the London Short Film Festival.
PRESS/REVIEWS:
littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/london-short-film-festival-2011-round-up-part-i-13586
smokescreenlondon.com/event-reviews/2015/4/14/shorts-on-tap-showcasing-women-filmmakers-at-the-new-deptford-cinema
blog.castingnetworks.com/10891/
emilyleong.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/marigolds-by-stephanie-zari/comment-page-1/
varsity.co.uk/reviews/3066
bestforfilm.com/film-blog/salon-des-refuses-2/
directorsnotes.com/2010/11/23/underwire-directing/
Marigolds aired on the last instalment of BBC HD SHORTS in February 2012.
bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p00dl5f5
FESTIVALS
Shorts on Tap + Women in Revolt Series, 2015/16
Reel Women, Cambridge, UK, 2015
Broadcast on BBC HD Shorts February 2012
Hunger.tv, 2014
Collabor8te, 2014
Women Mujeres Spanish Film Festival 2012
BBC Filmnetwork 2011
NewFilmmakers L.A. at Gower Street Studios 2011
Cannes Court Metrage 2011
Britspotting, Berlin 2011
L.A. International Women's Film Festival, 2011
London Short Film Festival 2011
Underwire Film Festival, UK 2010 (Best Director)
3rd Branchage International Film Festival, UK 2010
30th Cambridge Film Festival, UK 2010
Lady Filmmakers Festival, L.A. 2010
ArtsFest Birmingham 2010, UK 2010
Salon des Refuses, UK
Bestival, UK 2010
