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HOLLOWAY

By Sophie COMPTON, Daisy-May HUDSON

BEEHIVE FILMS LTD - as PROD

True Story - Completed 2024

Six women return to the abandoned Holloway Prison for a women’s circle. Sharing the most intimate experiences of their lives, they unravel what led them to prison, revealing a powerful portrait of failing systems and their remarkable ability to heal through sisterhood.

Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2024
Official Competition - Documentary
BFI London FF 2024
Grierson Award for Best Documentary
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    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • True Story, Female director, Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sophie COMPTON, Daisy-May HUDSON
    • Producer(s)
    • Alice HUGHES (BEEHIVE FILMS LTD), Polly CREED (Power Play Productions CIC), Sophie COMPTON (Murmuration Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Once the largest women’s prison in Europe, Holloway Prison now lies empty. Six women who were once prisoners walk back through its gates. Though they have different personalities, backgrounds, hopes and dreams, they are all determined to reclaim their stories and give voice to the voiceless women still behind bars. As they explore the empty cells and corridors where they once lived, memories resurface.

      In the prison’s former chapel, the group gathers for a women’s circle. As they share and listen, they find the courage to open up, revealing strikingly similar stories of growing up around domestic violence and facing punishment from a young age. Their experiences paint a harsh picture of broken systems and the societal pattern of criminalising young women for their trauma. As they unpack layers of identity, the women grapple with accountability and shame: shame stemming from childhood, but compounded by a system that never put their behaviour in context. With the group’s support, they journey towards self-compassion, in a transformative process that stands testament to the power of collective healing and the brave and cathartic act of sharing your story.
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