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Helena Coan is a British director and writer who works in both narrative and documentary. Her latest narrative work is the short horror film BLOOD RITES, produced by BBC Films. BLOOD RITES has screened at prestigious US genre film festivals including Fantastic Fest and Beyond Fest, as well as numerous BAFTA and BIFA-recognised festivals in the UK. It was nominated for the European Méliès d'argent award and won the Golden Bee for Best Short Film at Manchester Film Festival. BLOOD RITES is now being developed into a feature film, which Helena will direct.
Director:
2019 Chasing Perfect
2019 Keepsake
2020 Audrey
2021 Death and Dog Walking
2021 Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story
2022 Blood Rites
2024 The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane
Writer:
2019 Chasing Perfect
2019 Keepsake
2020 Audrey
2021 Death and Dog Walking
2021 Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story
2022 Blood Rites
2024 The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane
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Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.