SHORT FILM
Transgressing (2023)
Directed by Alessandro Repetti
First-year ecology student Sonia is the eldest of three sisters, living in a run down one-bedroom flat with their parents. She finds out about rejection of her maintenance student loan, due to a system error: this seriously fuels the family financial pressure. Sonia wants to resolve this money issue without her tired and frustrated step mum knowing, by working harder at the café and trying to sell the only memory of her late mother: a gold necklace. But it is not enough. As the pressure increases, a supportive university lecturer offers Sonia some desperately needed help.
Country: United Kingdom
Runtime: 24 min
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Filming locations: Lancaster; Morecombe; Cumbria, UK
Current state: Festival run completed
Producer Enni Red
Director Alessandro Repetti
DP Yana Rits
Production Designer Dan Lysenko
Online Editor Kamil Dobrosielski
Composer Yoann Mylonakis
Assistant Producer Darren Henderson
Writer Enni Red
1AD Kyle McKenzie
Script Supervisor Anya Vallentin
Casting Darren Henderson + Enni Red
Line Producers Anastasia Savinova + Alisa Tritenko
Production Assistnat Evgenia Inkeles
Extras Coordinator Carolina Faisca
1AC Tim Szyprit
2AC Fraser Cornall
Gaffers Benjamin Law + Alice Law
Spark Matt Kowalski
DIT James Scowcroft
Sound Mixer Ana Betancourt
Boom Operator Gabrielle Haley
Script Consultant Anthony Povah
Ecology Consultant Emma Sayer
Script Editing Darren Henderson
Colourist Jonny Tully CHEAT
Junior Producer April-Rae Hughes
Sound Design Black Goblin
Visual Effects Brett Sayer
Music Composed & Performed by Yoann Mylonakis
"You didn't Win"
Written by Jonathan Jackson
Performed by ENATION
Hannah Saxby
Lead - Sonia
Hannah Saxby is a critically acclaimed actress with a dynamic presence across prestigious UK theatre and screen productions. She is celebrated for her powerful stage performances, including her acclaimed turn as Abigail Williams in The Crucible at Shakespeare's Globe and playing Wendy Darling in the RSC’s Wendy & Peter Pan at the Barbican.
Her diverse screen career includes roles in BBC series like Gentleman Jack and Malory Towers. She has also starred in independent films, notably leading the cast as Sonia in the award-winning short Transgressing and as Sasha in The First Two
Lindsay Bennett-Thompson
Supporting - Kathrine
Born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Lindsay is an actor, artist, writer and sweary Northerner. She took a hiatus to tour with a rock band and returned to the industry in 2010. She has worked in many major theatres, had roles in a variety of daytime and prime-time TV and has appeared in several award winning short films and feature films and global brand commercials.
She works across film and television as an actor, with additional work as a writer and visual artist. Their creative practice spans multiple mediums and formats, shaped by a consistent interest in storytelling, collaboration and process. They are based in the North-West of England and continue to develop original projects.