Elizabeth Sankey is a filmmaker and musician from London. In 2019 she directed and wrote her first feature documentary, ROMANTIC COMEDY, a personal exploration of the genre. The film was shown at many prestigious festivals including IFFR, SXSW, Sheffield DocFest, CPH:DOX and AFI Docs, before being acquired for distribution by MUBI in the UK and 1091 in the US among other international sales.
In 2022 she wrote and directed a feminist TV piece about women's bodies titled BOOBS for the broadcaster Channel 4.
In 2024 she wrote, directed and edited WITCHES, a documentary produced by MUBI that used her own story of being admitted to a psychiatric ward after the birth of her son to explore the connections between perinatal mental health illness and the history and portrayal of witches in western society. The film premiered at Tribeca where it won Special Jury Mention for the Viewpoints award. At the 2024 BIFA Awards it won Best Documentary.
She has written several documentary shorts for BBC iPlayer’s Inside Cinema strand. With her band Summer Camp she has released four albums on Moshi Moshi Records, and created the soundtrack to Charlie Shackleton’s feature debut BEYOND CLUELESS. She has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Observer, NME, Vice, and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern.
WITCHES will be followed by a Q&A with Elizabeth Sankey. Please also join us in the cinema bar for networking prior to the screening.
