Climate Change x Mental Health
Client
BBC Ideas
Story
Heat waves and extreme weather aren't just changing our physical lives, there's growing evidence they're impacting our mental health too. This short animated documentary hears from experts and communities about how it’s affecting us.
Credits
Produced + Directed by Lily Freeston
Camera + Post Production by Ian Allardyce
Illustration + Animation by Adam Henshaw
Production Support + Editing by Raynor Bloom
Exec Produced by Bethan Jinkinson
Fielden Hall
Client
Calder Valley Community Land Trust
Story
Owned by the community, Fielden Hall has a plethora of community groups doing amazing things. This short film is about them, and about how critical creative opportunities are in order for communities to thrive.
Credits
Produced, Directed, Filmed + Edited by by Lily Freeston
Design & Animation by Adam Henshaw
Drone footage by MS Envision
“When there’s not much money around the first thing to go tend to be the arts, but actually it should be the other way round. The harder times are, the more you need creative opportunities because people are emotionally struggling, communities are struggling. And music especially is a way to bring communities together and to help them to thrive and to become empowered to express themselves and to have a stronger voice in society.”
Life With David
Client
Home Instead
Production Company
Bearded Fellows
Story
One in a series of documentary films about people’s lived experiences of dementia. Made with my 92 year-old grandpa, who has dementia. We talked about memory, the loss of it, and honesty, and we laughed about the driving test he was never going to pass.
Credits
Creative Producer: Lily Freeston
Director + Executive Producer: Samson Owolabi
Post-production: Alice-Kanako Reid + Bearded Fellows
Sunflowers
Client
BBC
Story
Amelia was diagnosed with anxiety and depression and has struggled with self-harming since she was 14 years old. I produced this film after a study published in the British Medical Journal revealed that self-harm in girls aged 13-16 had soared. Amelia paints sunflowers on her body as a replacement for self-harming.
Credits
Featuring Amelia Halls
Pitched, produced, directed and edited by Lily Freeston.
Filmed by Elise Wicker.
Commissioned and broadcast by BBC.
See the full film here.
