LEOTTIE CERAMICS (2021)
01:09
My Local Artist

LEOTTIE CERAMICS (2021)

Léopoldine Cottin’s pottery reflects the countryside where she lives in Southwest France. Surrounded by pine forests, sand dunes and the forever changing hues of the Atlantic Ocean, her pieces combine the emotion and dedication needed to hand-make each individual form with the atmosphere and colours of the nature around.
TERANGA (2018)
10:28
Kinoforum

TERANGA (2018)

In central São Paulo, there is a mosque and a Senegalese restaurant. Immigrants from Haiti, Senegal, Nigeria and other African countries gather there to celebrate the first day of Ramadan, and we are given a window into the sounds, flavours and colours that unexpectedly arise.
TAMO JUNTO (2016)
06:33
In collaboration with Phil Clarke-Hill

TAMO JUNTO (2016)

Hip hop stories from Rio de Janeiro, showing how urban music culture is changing the lives of young people from the favelas. Collaboration with Phil Clarke-Hill and Ruy Sposati.
200 TONNES (2022)
04:49
Conseil Général des Landes

200 TONNES (2022)

Four artists transform waste from the Grenier de Mezós (a local bric a brac and in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France) into works of art. The film reflects on the importance of linking art and recycling, while giving professionals the opportunity to network in a rural area during winter.
TRECO (2016)
02:10
Crane TV

TRECO (2016)

Deco Farkas a.k.a Treco began has lived in São Paulo all his life but street art allows him to access new, interesting and inspiring subjects, and in a sense to travel within the city. He often cycles to his locations, piling his equipment onto the bike's carrier. It is a way of exchanging with the city, attaining something new and unexpected. Using spray paint or acrylic, Treco contributes with playful, thoughtful and rather surreal artistic interventions.
FREESTYLE LIBRE (2019)
01:44
Abbott

FREESTYLE LIBRE (2019)

Participants tell the story of how Freestyle Libre impact their lifestyle as diabetics. DOP - Lucca Messer Camera Operator - Julia May

Past work & projects

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A Journey with Sol


Documentary short  (São Paulo, 2022)

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There are a number of existing stereotypes regarding female truck drivers in Brazil, and the road is often seen as a place presenting risks that women are not apt to confront.

 

The aim of this film is to represent a female truck driver in a way that challenges these stereotypes. It aims to show that qualities of self-confidence, courage, independence, physical strength and resilience, often associated with men, can be apparent in any human being regardless of gender.

 

Sol is neither glamourised nor portrayed as an exceptional woman. She is a woman with children and a home life, and inspiring since she has achieved independence against all odds. This has taken courage and strength.

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DIRECTED BY JULIA MAY

© Julia May Morrissy-Swan

Currently in post-production

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Trilogy in Prisons

Documentary Short  (Wakefield, 2020)

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A video recording of The Tempest with an all women cast, set in a prison, was taken back into HMP New Hall, the high security women's prison where it was originally developed.

 

Through a drama therapy workshop, it was used to inspire women to engage with the play's themes and characters, helping them to overcome feelings such as trauma, abandonment and shame, as well as mental health issues. The documentary recounts this process.

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PCL PRODUCTIONS

THE PRISON PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

TEA FILMS

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DIRECTOR - PHYLLIDA LLOYD

PRODUCER - KATE PAKENHAM

DOP - JULIA MAY

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Cartonera Publishing​

Documentary Short  (London, 2019)

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Cartonera is a social, political and artistic publishing movement that began in Argentina in 2003 and has since spread to countries throughout Latin America and, more recently, to Europe and Africa giving voice to marginalised communities through literature. 

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The film brings together the events of the London Cartonera Book Festival in 2019 with the story of cartonera publishers and the Activating the Arts project for international development in Latin America.

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ARTS & HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL

UNIVERSITY OF SURREY

DURHAM UNIVERSITY

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DIRECTOR & DOP - JULIA MAY

PRODUCERS - ALEX FLYNN, LUCY BELL 

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