Scrapper
Charlotte Regan’s award-winning debut may bring to mind Charlotte Wells' Aftersun not just because the two directors share the same first name. In Scrapper, we also closely observe the relationship between a 12-year-old girl (Lola Campbell) and her estranged father, portrayed by the great hope of British cinema, Harris Dickinson, known for Beach Rats and Triangle of Sadness. But before the man (or perhaps still a boy?) appears in his daughter's life, Georgie is doing well regardless. After her mother's death, she lives alone with an imaginary uncle who allows her premature independence to hide from the world (limited here to North London). The resolute, sharp-tongued girl earns her rent by stealing bikes alongside her loyal pal (Alin Uzun). We remember from Vittorio De Sica's neorealist classic that bike thieves have golden hearts, so here they will shine brightly and beat rhythmically, to the dynamic rhythm of the urban jungle, with music-video energy, but also with a great love for the characters that infects the viewers.
awards
Sundance FF 2023 – Grand Jury Prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Charlotte Regan
Charlotte Regan is a British director and screenwriter born in 1994 in Islington, London. At the age of 15, she began shooting music videos for local rappers; to date she has created over two hundred of them, often with no budget or with very limited resources. In recent years, Regan’s short films have showcased at festivals in Berlin, Toronto, and Sundance -where her feature debut Scrapper premiered and received the Grand Jury Award.
Filmography
2016 Standby (short)
2017 Fry-Up (short)
2019 Paired Up (short)
2021 0121 (series)
2022 Georgie ma się dobrze / Scrapper