Original Title: KINDRED
Spanish Title: FAMILIA
English Title: KINDRED
Year and month of production: 2019
Length: 18 minutes
Production country: United Kingdom
Genre: Fiction
Language: English
Subtitles: Spanish, English, French, Italian, German
Trailer (link): https://vimeo.com/292076345
Web: https://mediathirsty.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediathirsty/

KINDRED is a beautiful and heart-warming realist drama of Esther, a UK woman of Nigerian heritage. In a serious predicament Esther is forced to reconcile a bitter 8 year rift with her family.

JANET MARRETT

Janet is the founder of Mediathirsty and is experienced writing, directing and producing independent films. Janet has successfully produced film projects over the past ten years. Internationally her work has been shown in Singapore, Kuwait, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Ghana and the USA. Janet is passionate about featuring diverse ethnicities on film. A huge fan of realist dramatic styles, she is inspired by Writer/Directors Asghar Farhadi, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Barry Jenkins, Amma Asante, Céline Sciamma, Nadine Lebaki, Bong Joon-Ho and Andrea Arnold amongst many others. She completed her second independent short CLEARING in 2020, starring BAFTA-nominated Jasmine Jobson from Netflix’s Top Boy, which is included in Cannes Court Métrage Short Film Corner and is set to tour the international festival circuit. Her first short KINDRED was well-received internationally, winning a Gold REMI in Houston, Texas and appearing on the winners list for the People of Color: The International Cultural Exchange, New York. It also screened at international festivals in the UK, Africa & USA. Janet is currently developing a slate of future projects. She was shortlisted then selected for the 2019 B3 Media TalentLab Showcase and completed the 2020 Film London Feature Screenwriting Lab.

Selections

Crystal Palace International Film Festival, London, UK
WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Houston Texas, USA
Women of African Descent Crystal Palace International, Brooklyn, New York, USA
British Urban Film Festival, London UK
CPIFF Black Lives Matter, London UK
People of Color: The International Cultural Exchange, Ny, New York, USA
Accra Indie FilmFest, Accra, Ghana

Awards

Gold REMI Award - WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Houston Texas, USA