In the lead up to the Sunderland Short Film Festival,we're highlighting the other female film directors whose work will be at the event. In this article we speak to three of the directors who will be showing their films in the Sci-Fi, Horror and Experimental categories.

The cause...of Sylvie running away to Foxhole is the destruction of her abusive marriage. Here, John Jesper who portrays Nick, her controlling spouse, discusses his role within the thriller.

Returning... to working with us after her comical performance in Extra Time, Mumbi Ramoni talks to us about the female world portrayed within Foxhole.

Eloise Rust... first worked with us on the award winning short film Extra Time. She now returns in Foxhole as the vulnerable cult member, Megan. Here she talks to us about the making of the short thriller.

Ben Charlton...has collaborated with us three times in the past year, First with our fundraising campaign video for Foxhole, followed by his role in the short film and then in our video for Lauren Bird's 'I Wonder' here he talks to us about the past year.

Canadian... actress Erica Martin stars as the cult leader of Foxhole, Maiika. As well as working on her acting career, she is also curating the inspiring podcast The Working Arts which interviews young women within the film and theatre industry and running her production company, Esmond Road. She speaks to us here about Foxhole.

After featuring... in our fund raising campaign video, Reanna Austin reprised the role of Sophie in her first film performance. Here she talks about being on set for the first time and the conflict of her characters situation within Foxhole.

Nominated for Best Actress... at the Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards for her role in our last short film Extra Time, Lydia Lakemoore returns to working with us in Foxhole. Here she talks about being covered in mud, leaves and bruises for her performance as cult member Shayla.

He's... one of our local talents being from Harlow where our company started. Here, Actor Adam Sabatti talks to us about his first role with Rianne Pictures.