Rape Card

Set in a world where sexual assault is regulated with the use of a card system, Frances, a young woman who has so far avoided being attacked, decides to take control of her own fate. In the wake of the #metoo movement, this highly controversial satirical film offers a scathing indictment of an apathetic legal system and broken policies around violence against women. The film takes the blame issues and excuses surrounding sexual assault to an absolute extreme in the hope of starting a conversation on the topics of rape culture and victim blaming. The short was developed from a nightmare the writer had in which she was being chased by a man holding a rape card. The aim is to start a dialogue and to get people thinking.

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Featuring: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Rafferty Blumberg, Steven McCarthy

Director: Nathan Hughes-Berry
Writer: Madeleine Sims-Fewer
DP: Greg Biskup
Producer: Coral Aiken