The Girl Who Skated Too Hard - short film

  • Toni Hendry
  • Lilian Burgess

The Girl Who Skated Too Hard is a surrealist comedy following young Amelia Ryder, a teenaged skater who will stop at nothing to impress Randy Shred and The Masterskaters, even if it means making a deal with the devil. The passion behind making this film came from its originality and unique humour. As a crew, we wanted to try something very different to what we were used to both seeing and making. The love-child of Lords of Dogtown and Wet Hot American Summer, The Girl Who Skated Too Hard dramatizes the ridiculous and wears its heart on its sleeve. In the immortal words of Amelia Ryder, ‘Ride or Die. I was a Spark on this project