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Censor  2021
Director:  Prano Bailey-Bond
Producer:
  Helen Jones
Art Director:
  Philip A. Brown
Editor:
  Mark Towns
Music:
  Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Screenplay:
  Prano Bailey-Bond and Anthony Fletcher
Director of Photography:
  Annika Summerson
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Cast:
spacer1 Niamh Algar
spacer1 Clare Holman
spacer1 Michael Smiley
spacer1 Nick Brimble
spacer1 Adrian Schiller
spacer1 Sophia La Porta
spacer1 Felicity Montague
spacer1 Nicholas Burns
spacer1 Vincent Franklin
spacer1 Beau Gadsdon
spacer1 Guillaume Delaunay
spacer1 Andrew Havill
spacer1 Niamh Algar spacer1 Clare Holman spacer1 Michael Smiley
spacer1 Nick Brimble spacer1 Adrian Schiller spacer1 Sophia La Porta
spacer1 Felicity Montague spacer1 Nicholas Burns spacer1 Vincent Franklin
spacer1 Beau Gadsdon spacer1 Guillaume Delaunay spacer1 Andrew Havill
spacer1 Niamh Algar spacer1 Clare Holman
spacer1 Michael Smiley spacer1 Nick Brimble
spacer1 Adrian Schiller spacer1 Sophia La Porta
spacer1 Felicity Montague spacer1 Nicholas Burns
spacer1 Vincent Franklin spacer1 Beau Gadsdon
spacer1 Guillaume Delaunay spacer1 Andrew Havill

Synopsis:
Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.

Censor is a faithful, creative ode to 1980s aesthetics and a twisted, bloody love letter to the video nasties of the era. In her assured feature debut, director Prano Bailey-Bond re-creates a moment in which society was on the brink of mass hysteria over the dangers of viewers being seduced by violent images – and then she cleverly immerses us in the haunted Enid’s shifting reality. Actress Niamh Algar stuns as her brittle character grows increasingly possessed by her quest.

The film contains strobe effects, extreme violence and gore.

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