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ALMA

Director:

Lea Neumayer

Runtime:

00:14:59

Country:

Genre:

LGBT

FILM SYNOPSIS

Alma lives alone in her quaint cottage. We follow her as she navigates everyday life in her old age. Lonely, she takes pleasure in visiting a local farm shop most days. When she starts to unexpectedly develop feelings for the shopkeeper Joan, Alma is confronted with mixed feelings about moving on from her late wife; contemplating going against a promise she made to herself to live the rest of her years alone.

DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS

Lea Felicitas Neumayer is a Vienna-born filmmaker who moved to the UK to study Film Production at the University of Portsmouth. Initially specialising in post-production, her focus soon shifted towards directing.

She first experimented with the short Awake, before making her directing debut with Alma, a contemporary drama exploring grief, love, and queer identity. Lea is often drawn towards intimate dramas that centre around deep feelings and complex characters, primarily through LGBTQ+ and feminist perspectives.

Alongside filmmaking, she has a strong interest in philosophy, which informs her perspective of human experience on screen.

CAST & CREW

Director: Lea Neumayer

Writer: Emma Heal

Producer: Isabel Harrison

Key Cast:

Alma: Gilda Waugh

Joan: Louise Thomas

Sarah: Bethan Waller