LOGLINE
A Glaswegian standoff between a schoolgirl and a tampon machine.
SYNOPSIS
When schoolgirl Leanne can’t afford a sanitary pad she lines her underwear with toilet paper and ends up bleeding in front of her class during a presentation. Leanne overcomes this humiliation with a shocking act of rebellion - against a bully, a teacher, and against the stigma which acts as a barrier to her needs. 'Free Period' is unashamedly a film with an opinion - that in the same way condoms are free and accessible for young people, sanitary products should be provided free of charge in schools, health centres and homeless shelters.
FREE PERIOD (2017)
Digital Video with Sound, 6 mins.
DP: Laura Dinnett
Prod: Anna Fraga McLucas
AWARDS
Winner of the Best Short Film award at Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2017
3rd Place in the Palme Dewar Short Film Competition 2017
SCREENINGS
Krakow International Film Festival 2020 / Inverness Film Festival Online 2020 / BBC Scotland ‘Next Big Thing’ Series 1 - 2019 / Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York - 2018 / Film Festival for Women’s Rights, South Korea - 2018 / Blueprint Scottish Shorts, Glasgow, 2018 / Berlin Short Film Festival - 2018 / UnDependence Film Festival - 2018 / BFI Woman With a Movie Camera Summit - 2018 / British Independent Film Festival - 2018 / Hidden Door Festival - 2018 / Southside Film Festival - 2018 / London Independent Film Festival - 2018 / Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2017 / Inverness Film Festival 2017 / STUC Women's Conference / Scottish Parliament August 2017 - first screening at the launch of the Members' Bill to end period poverty, which has become the ‘Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act, 2020’.
