ABOUT:

Short Film - Comedy

Official Selection, Show Me Shorts, 2024

Nominee Best Screenplay Award, Special Mention for People’s Choice Award, Show Me Shorts, 2024

Flickerfest, Official Selection, 2025

Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Official Selection, 2025

A single shot continuous take following a bride-to-be who is having doubts just before she walks down the aisle. Written and directed by Isla Macleod. Produced by 2113 for The Actors' Program 2024. 

DIRECTOR’S BIO:

Isla Macleod was awarded NZ Broadcasting School’s Julian Walker Scholarship as the top graduate of her year. She has a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from Victoria University’s IIML and received the Project Scholarship for her thesis feature screenplay and travelled to the Globe Theatre, London, for a summer internship. She won the nationwide New Blood; funding competition and co-created/ wrote/ directed a web series called Oddly Even for TVNZ onDemand. She was selected for the 2022 Tahuna screenwriter’s residency in Queenstown and has directed video packages of Dancing With the Stars NZ as a Field Director. She has directed several short films and has several projects in development with HODs attached. This year she has commenced training at TAP’s Director’s intensive, which grants two spots every second year for a dedicated and practical year led by industry leaders. She is driven to tell stories that challenge perspectives, often working with themes of duality and resilience.