Laura Jayne Tunbridge
Writing
Biography
Laura Jayne Tunbridge is a BAFTA-nominated writer and director from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Laura has written numerous award winning shorts. They include, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD which won an Annie Award and an RTS Award, and was nominated for a BIFA and a BAFTA. Short animation OTHER HALF, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2021 and won Best Animated Short at Sitges. Her live action shorts include REQUIEM, which won an RTS Award and KISS CHASE, which was nominated for Best Screenwriter at Underwire. In 2020 Laura wrote and directed DRAGGED UP, starring Gaby French. The short was selected for festivals including Encounters, Inside Out and Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Short. DRAGGED UP was nominated for Best British Short at the BAFTA-qualifying Iris Prize and has been broadcast twice on Channel 4.
Known For
Rhiannon Lewis doesn't make much of an impression - people walk past her in the street without a second glance. That is until she is pushed over the edge and loses control. Rhiannon's life transforms, but can she keep her killer secret?
Sweetpea
Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It's a coming of age story, following Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves.
Requiem
When a dinner party descends into a vicious sibling argument between Tom and Emily, their partners Jade and Norman can't wait to escape, but clumsy revelations quickly expose that the one thing they have in common is a truly awkward secret.
Reasons
When eleven year old Nadine is left out in a game of kiss chase, she realizes image is currency and her value is low. On a quest to feminize herself, she finds herself in an unexpected situation she is not prepared for.
Kiss Chase
Two long-lost lovers in their 80s, Agnes and Eddie, reignite their flame against all odds with hilarious and touching consequences.
Us & In Between
When a power-cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine she finds herself haunted by embarrassing past versions of herself. The only way for Ruby to get a peaceful night of sleep is to confront her visitors and accept herself just as she is.
Night of the Living Dread
On move in day, a lesbian couple are forced to acknowledge that the problems between them don’t just exist in the bedroom.
Girl on Girl
Charles searches for his mother on the day of her wake. In the midst of his grief, he finds her.
Wildflowers
As an Individual Being in a world comprised of Merged Couples, Ren longs to find his other half and become complete.
Other Half
When a surprise CQC inspection prevents her from taking her scheduled break, an exhausted A&E doctor finds herself pushed to her absolute limit as she races against the clock to bring patient wait times under four hours.
Nights
A harried thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at her sister’s baby shower.
Ovary-Acting
A shy teenage misfit uses drag to find the confidence she needs to show her family who she truly is.