Taste

Synopsis

When Jane marries and moves into her new home, she will discover her husband is keeping more than a few skeletons in his closet. From her food, she pulls clusters of hair, silence haunts the lonely corridors of the home and, while Jane is abused by her husband, she untangles the house and its harrowing history.

About the Filmmaker

Lucy Rose is an author and award-winning writer/director/filmmaker with an interest in gothic, girlhood, horror, and literary fiction. Her debut novel, THE LAMB, is due to be published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in the UK and Harper in the US. Her short fiction and nonfiction have been published widely in print/online anthologies and literary journals (including Dread Central, Mslexia and MEAT). Alongside her short stories and personal essays, she also had a recurring column on screenwriting in Mslexia over the course of ’22 – ’23 magazine and was awarded Arts Council DYCP funding for literary development in early ’23.

In film, Lucy’s short films have led to three regional Royal Television Society Awards (and other notable accolades). Her recent horror short, SHE LIVES ALONE, was financed by the BFI Network and later won the NE Royal Television Society for Best Drama Under £100K. The film visited BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals and was acquired by WatchALTER. Her previous short films have attended BAFTA-qualifying festivals – one receiving a nomination for the inaugural BFI Northern Filmmaker Award at Aesthetica Film Festival in 2018. Lucy was selected for the competitive EIFF Talent Lab Connects ‘21 and EIFF Talent Lab ‘22, where she developed her feature film project, A MAN AT THE WINDOW. This year, she was shortlisted for BAFTA Flare.