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Susannah Gent

Susannah Gent is a filmmaker, artist, and lecturer in film production at Sheffield Hallam University. Her films that have gained awards at international film festivals over the past twenty years explore experimental narrative approaches to representing subjectivity.

Known For

The BatherThe Bather · 1995
The Bather
1995
MovieHorror
Faulty plumbing in the home of a painter causes an old woman to be covered in red paint while she showers. The painter's neighbours engineer his fate in a bathtub of aubergines.
Jelly DollyJelly Dolly · 2004
Jelly Dolly
7.02004
MovieHorror
The story of a woman who's inability to end a relationship causes her belly button to mutate, not to mention her mind.
ScannerScanner · 2020
Scanner
2020
Movie
A filmic experiment documenting an fMRI survey that used an image set to investigate the neurological underpinnings of the uncanny.
Blue MovieBlue Movie · 1996
Blue Movie
1996
Movie
A porn film without any people or human sounds.
BedheadBedhead · 2000
Bedhead
7.02000
MovieDrama
A remarkable journey through the mind of a young man as he battles against mental illness and attempts to come to terms with his confused sexuality and a dark event in the past.
PsychotelPsychotel · 2020
Psychotel
2020
Movie
A hotel provides a metaphor for the psyche in an essay film that investigates the uncanny. A dead boyfriend, a spirit guide, and a character who leaves herself behind populate this journey through space and mind.
Unhomely StreetUnhomely Street · 2017
Unhomely Street
2017
Movie
The film follows a female protagonist in a state of fugue following a head injury as she wanders an alienating city underbelly of clubs and free parties. Through recollections of anti-capitalist conversations, historical information about wartime atrocity, and human brutality, she searches for hope in an increasingly frightening, subjective landscape.
Influence of MarsInfluence of Mars · 2017
Influence of Mars
4.02017
Movie
The filmmaker asks her ten-year-old son about his arsenal of weapons, many of which are intended for other use; the handle of a back brush, juggling batons, and a plastic cricket stump. Despite his enthusiasm for maiming and killing Harvey has no idea why we have wars.

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