I am good at karate
English
A young teenager with mental health issues is passionate about karate. Waging verbal and physical battles with an imaginary demon created from football shirts, the character wanders together with it through an East Kent housing estate. Drawing on experiences from his own surroundings and referring to the high statistics of mental illness among young people in the UK, the director has placed the plot in his childhood spots.
sensitive content: non-binary gender, depression, verbal abuse
Jess Dadds
He writes and directs films largely focused on youth culture and social issues affecting young people. Jess often works with a mixture of traditionally trained actors and first-time actors to create a unique style of realism, combined with elements of subjective fantasy from within the script. Usually, the performers he works with have personal experience with the issues the film discusses. This helps allow the films to operate in a space in between documentary and fiction.
