Groom
Groom
from 16 y/o
Scotland
2022
17’
English
Screenings
Hannah is a withdrawn and awkward teenager who has been asked to leave school for not participating. Her mother has set her up with a trial shift at a beauty salon and pleads with her to do her best, and Hannah, knowing this is her only option to turn her life around, reluctantly agrees.
sensitive content: verbal abuse
Competition
Leyla Coll-O’Reilly
A writer and director. Her solo theatre shows Hopeless and Daddy Drag have won acclaim in the UK and awards in Saboteur’s Best Spoken Word Show 2018 and Autopsy Award 2019. She has been shortlisted for BAFTA Crew 2020/2021 and the top 100 artists to watch in 2019.
