https://jerushawest.com Jerusha West Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:14:59 +0000 https://jerushawest.com en https://jerushawest.com/index Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:14:58 +0000 Jerusha West https://jerushawest.com/index https://jerushawest.com/Stinging-Nettles Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:14:59 +0000 Jerusha West https://jerushawest.com/Stinging-Nettles Stinging Nettles, 2026 Written and Directed by Jerusha West / Produced by Sydney Oberfeld and Luke Tierney / DOP Morgan K. Spencer / Edited by Catriona Delbridge / Cast: Ksenia Devriendt, Arthur McBain and Theo Deacon In the midst of a city woodland, 16-year-old Iris explores her attraction to an older man. Their passion turns into a dangerous power play when Iris must indulge his cravings with a humiliating performance. Stinging Nettles premiered at the London Short Film Festival in January 2026. 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Spencer / Edited by Catriona Delbridge / Cast includes: Ebony Aboagye, Nell Alcraft, Jim Caesar, Sam Bird &amp; Ty Tennant TEASER | TRAILER | LINK AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Returning to her coastal hometown for the 1997 general election, a young girl reunites with her school friends and is forced to come to terms with the loss of her mother. On the cusp of adulthood, she faces a new millennium, and with it the promise of a new age.Through the eyes of Holly, coming to terms with the loss of her mother at a young age, the film captures a feeling brewing in Britain’s cultural landscape as it looks back into its recent past.&nbsp;Her personal journey of grief and trauma is reflected in the wider story of a loss of youth and innocence as well as the loss of hope. Set on the eve of the 1997 British general election, it’s a film that helps reflect on the changes that have come since to our world and specifically the UK: environmentally, socially, technologically, and politically.&nbsp; Sea Holly premiered at British Shorts in Berlin, and was a semi-finalist at the BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival.Serviced by Goldcrest Films and MCX Films.© Fidge Films Ltd. 2026︎ <img width="2048" height="858" width_o="2048" height_o="858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f19a591b59ea914a45e6ff58c5b856167167d06d096001b7aacb66b0b9fe65a/1.10_1.10.4.jpg" data-mid="189963207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f19a591b59ea914a45e6ff58c5b856167167d06d096001b7aacb66b0b9fe65a/1.10_1.10.4.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="858" width_o="2048" height_o="858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a3a33fe7c633d298d92c2f09f6919f78891475812e9b68e7cc048a0050cf362/1.164_1.164.1.jpg" data-mid="189963224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a3a33fe7c633d298d92c2f09f6919f78891475812e9b68e7cc048a0050cf362/1.164_1.164.1.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="858" width_o="2048" height_o="858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99e36b32778754fc5969c6d8c85411e5c11c9bc5ca1088bd03323ad74f0f4817/1.8_1.8.1.jpg" data-mid="190153206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99e36b32778754fc5969c6d8c85411e5c11c9bc5ca1088bd03323ad74f0f4817/1.8_1.8.1.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="858" width_o="2048" height_o="858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9440070d2a23c01f1be06e2084c06367b47b0e5589d80b144dab95e675e0d94e/1.75_1.75.1.jpg" data-mid="190047890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9440070d2a23c01f1be06e2084c06367b47b0e5589d80b144dab95e675e0d94e/1.75_1.75.1.jpg" /> https://jerushawest.com/Solidago Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:23:11 +0000 Jerusha West https://jerushawest.com/Solidago Solidago, 2021 Written and Directed by Jerusha West / Co-created and Co-written with Geoff Hazelton-Swales / Produced by Megan Townley-Wakelin and Sara Pagliaro / DOP Morgan K. Spencer / Edited by Catriona Delbridge / Cast includes: Rosemary Boyle, Rose Keegan, Priya Blackburn and Ziggy Heath TRAILER | WATCH FULL FILM HERE Recollecting her youth in the 1960s, Edith looks back on Solidago, an all-female rural community she was sent to in order to give birth to a child conceived outside of marriage.The film is a part-fictionalised response to the decade’s surge in extra-marital births and newborn adoption rates, dubbed the Baby Scoop Era. Told solely in voice over, Solidago hopes to give voice to the many that have been silenced, and reopen a dialogue.&nbsp; Solidago was shot in colour - on analogue 16mm film, using ARRI and Bolex cameras - depending almost entirely on Suffolk’s hazy natural light. The lingering shots and slow visual pace cherish the fertile landscape, and reflect nostalgically on the 1960s saturation. The fabric and wood set designs emphasise the era’s affinity with craft and the handmade, as well as the sustainable aims of the project, which saw the costumes naturally dyed and bleached. Solidago’s distinctive world is indebted to director Jerusha West’s fine art background.&nbsp; Solidago was selected for Leiden Shorts 2022, Suffolk Shorts 2022, and GRRL HAUS Festival 2022. It was also selected for the BIFA-qualifying and BFI-backed Women X Film Festival 2024, where it received seven nominations and won Best Cinematography. It was featured on Girls In Film, Minute Shorts, Wul Collective, Kodak Shoot Film and chosen to appear in the editor’s choice section of BFI’s Sight &amp; Sound magazine (March 2022 Edition). 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She works across a range of mediums, with drawing a central part of her practice. ︎ FULL PDF AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Education: The Slade School of Fine Art: 2013 - 2017 (BA Fine Art)&nbsp; Central St Martins: 2012 – 2013(Foundation Diploma)Residencies: Villa Il Palmerino, Artist in residence, Florence, 2025 Asylum Studios, Artist in residence, Suffolk, 2021Merz Barn, Artist in residence, Cumbria, October 2019 Kings Mall Residency, Artist in residence, Hammersmith, April 2017Publications:All That the Rain Promises and More... to accompany the show curated by Aimee Parrott, Arusha Gallery, 2019 Cord for Inner Parts, Anna Baumgart and Jerusha West, text by Olivia Fletcher, San Mei Gallery, 2018 If I Was Your Girlfriend: A Jam, to accompany the show curated byJulia Muggenburg, Belmacz, 2018 Awards:Recipient of the Arts Council England DYCP grant, 2024 Selected exhibitions: 2026 Drawing Biennial 2026, Drawing Room, London: April - June 2025 Welcome to my bathroom,&nbsp;Villa Il Palmerino, Florence: August Headities, Asylum Studios, Suffolk: AugustQuestions On Drawing, Lea Bridge Libary, London: February - March 2022 Asylum Christmas Show, Asylum Studios, Suffolk: December Poetry In Aldeburgh, Suffolk: November&nbsp; 2021 Swans in My Grandma's Garden, Springseason, London: November&nbsp; 2019 All That the Rain Promises and More..., Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh: July - September&nbsp; 2018 Wunderkammer, Chelsea College of Arts,&nbsp;London: December&nbsp;Paper Cuts, The Saatchi Gallery, London: November Cord for inner parts, San Mei Gallery, London: OctoberChalton Gallery's 3rd Anniversary, Chalton Gallery, London: July &nbsp;28th December, 1980, Asylum Studios, RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk: June If I Was Your Girlfriend: A Jam, Belmacz, London, W1K 4LX: April&nbsp;2017 Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show, London: May&nbsp;Screenface, The Flying Dutchman, London: AprilLa Diablesse, curated by Simone Kennedy-Doig, Sarah Batey and Jerusha West, 15f Micawber Street, N1 7TB, London: 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