Natasha Austin-Green is an award-winning director, who takes unique character perspectives to create highly immersive filmic experiences. Her style fuses her love for both documentary techniques and the artistic freedom of experimental and arthouse filmmaking. She has directed two short films, At The End Of The Tunnel and Dead. Tissue. Love, both films aim to challenge societal taboos by exploring those subjects from the perspective of the characters at the forefront of these ideas. Natasha’s latest work, Dead. Tissue. Love has garnered international recognition, screening at SXSW, Ann Arbor Film Festival and Encounters. The film won an award for Best Experimental Short at BFI Future Film Festival. It has been described as “Subtly Suggestive… Gently Disturbing” in a review by The Telegraph. Dead. Tissue. Love has also toured around the UK as part of The Final Girls programme, We Are The Weirdos where it screened at Film4 Film Fear, Sitges Film Festival and has screened at Encounter, a BAFTA & OSCAR affiliated short film festival. Most recently it has screened at other BAFTA recognised festivals, London Short Film Festival and Underwire Film Festival.
Projects
- At The End of The TunnelAt The End Of The Tunnel, is an experimental documentary, exploring the taboo of menstruation in our society. Through three chapters: Isolation, Pain, and Celebration, musing voices come together to share the shame and humiliation that has greeted them all. A sense of camaraderie strikes through the heart of the film - embracing the trauma the unites us all. Screenings London Short Film Festival: The New Experimentalists (2020) Crew Writer & Director: Natasha Austin-Green Producers: Natasha Au
- Dead. Tissue. LoveDead. Tissue. Love is an aesthetically mesmerising experimental documentary. The film visually combines black and white imagery with infrared-style frames. Complimenting the imagery, comes a softly spoken young woman’s reminiscent tale of uncertainty and trepidation around her sexual awakening, shifting through into a voice of defiant self-acceptance.
- Amongst The RelicsNatasha Austin-Green reimagines footage from the BFI Archive, paying homage to Britain and its history through the medium of film, ranging from Edwardian life to rush hour in the 70’s. Collaborating with the University of the Underground on a live experimental projection performance taking place at BFI Southbank on the 7th July for Art Night. Complementing the archival film is live music combined with a ritualistic style of choreography, that invites the audience to engage and question the futur
Work history
Archival Researcher/Editor/Director - FilmBritish Film Institute (BFI)
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Natasha Austin-Green reimagines footage from the BFI Archive, paying homage to Britain and its history through the medium of film, ranging from Edwardian life to rush hour in the 70’s. Collaborating with the University of the Underground on a live experimental projection performance taking place at BFI Southbank on the 7th July for Art Night. Complementing the archival film is live music combined with a ritualistic style of choreography, that invites the audience to engage and question the future of the archive.
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Director, Producer, WriterIndependent Short Film
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Dead. Tissue. Love
Dead. Tissue. Love is an aesthetically mesmerising experimental documentary. The film visually combines black and white imagery with infrared-style frames. Complimenting the imagery, comes a softly spoken young woman’s reminiscent tale of uncertainty and trepidation around her sexual awakening, shifting through into a voice of defiant self-acceptance.
Festivals:
SXSW | Ann Arbor Film Festival | London Short Film Festival | The Final Girls: We Are The Weirdos Tour | Encounters Film Festival | Underwire Film Festival | Sitges Film Festival | BFI Future Film | San Sebastian | Bristol Radical Film Festival | Nonplussed Film Festival | AFI Docs | Nòt Film Fest | Sydney Underground Film Festival | Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Awards:
2018 | BFI Future Film Festival | Best Experimental Short Award
2019 | Best Short Documentary Award | Nòt Film Fest
2019 | Jury Award for Best Documentary Short | Nonplussed Film Festival
Nominations:
2018 | SXSW | Grand Jury Documentary Short
2018 | BFI Future Film | Future Lab Award
2018 | Underwire Film Festival | Directing Award
Awards Qualification:
2018 | British Independent Film Awards | Best British Short Film
2018 | BAFTA | British Short Films
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Skills
- Abobe Creative Suite
- Filmmaking
- Creating
- Problem Solving
- Directing
- Editing
- Creative Visualisation
- Creative Documentary
- Experimental Film
- Production
Education
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Bachelor of Arts ( First Class Honours) Film ProductionThe University of Gloucestershire
- Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Best Short Documentary AwardNòt Film Fest
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Jury Award for Best Documentary ShortNonplussed Film Festival
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