Is There Anybody Out There?

While navigating daily discrimination, a filmmaker who inhabits and loves her unusual body searches the world for another person like her, and explores what it takes to love oneself fiercely despite the pervasiveness of ableism.

Year: 2023

Category: Documentary

Director: Ella Glendining

Produce: Janine Marmot

Executive Producers: Lisa Marie Russo, Nikki Parrott, Natasha Dack Ojumu, Mark Thomas

Director of Photography: Annemarie Lean-vercoe

Composer: Erland Cooper

Editor: Rachel Roberts

Production Company: Hot Property Films, Tigerlily Two

Screen Scotland funding:  The film accessed £90,000 National Lottery and Scottish Government funding through Screen Scotland’s Film Production and Development Fund to enable Scottish based documentary production company Tigerlily Two  to co-produce a compelling debut creative documentary with a strong positive disability voice and theme. The film also accessed £13,333 through Screen Scotland's Distribution Fund


Synopsis

While navigating daily discrimination, a filmmaker who inhabits and loves her unusual body searches the world for another person like her, and explores what it takes to love oneself fiercely despite the pervasiveness of ableism.

Writer /director Ella Dlendining looking at the camera wearing all black with long blonde hair.Ella Glendining, courtesy of Hot Property Films

More information

World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2023

Release: In UK Cinemas from 17 November. Find a screening near you.

Nominations: Longlisted for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards