Rosie Morris
Filmmaker
Rosie is a London based filmmaker. She invites audiences to walk alongside the people in her films, and to meet them at eye level. She prioritises intimacy and emotion and the relationships involved in making the film. She is an alumni of the Directing Documentary Course at NFTS, Berlinale Talents 2020, and was recently nominated for an Arts Foundation Futures Award in the category of Short Documentary film. Her latest film, My Blonde GF, was developed through the short form station at Berlinale Talents and subsequently commissioned by OKRE, the Guardian and BFI Doc Society through 16 Productions and award winning production company Tyke Films. My Blonde GF premiered at Krakow International Film festival and Sheffield Doc Fest before launching online on the Guardian in October 2023. Her films have screened at festivals including London Short Film Festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, FIPADOC international documentary film festival, Underwire Film Festival, Bolton Film Festival, Folkestone Film Festival, Otherfield film festival, British Shorts Berlin, Sedona International Film Festival and Fish and Films festival. She was a finalist in the 16 Days and 16 Films competition in 2020 and 2023, a festival which showcases films that tackle all forms of violence against women. Her graduation film Trees was nominated in the student documentary category at the 2021 International Documentary Awards (IDA) and was subsequently acquired by the global short film platform watchargo.com