TAXI DRIVER
TAXI DRIVER is part of the MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE FILMS DE DONES in Barcelona in November 2024
Under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair for Integration, TAXI DRIVER premiered in Glasgow on 11 April 2024
The Story
TAXI DRIVER is a film about the poetic reality of life behind the wheel: the beauty, the fear, the precariousness and the laughter for a woman taxi driver as night falls on the landscape of the West of Scotland. The film fearlessly meanders through a year of the Driver's life to share the times of bonding, secrets, utter terror and shared hope and laughter to show the reality of women's work under the most extreme​ conditions.
Supported by Creative Scotland and NEON NARUS Trust
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TAXI DRIVER short film has received nominations by the
Paris International Short Festival, the Paris Lady Movie-Makers Festival and the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FESTIVAL
Further announcements will be made in due course.
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Photo Virginia Vassilakou
CAST
Jacqueline J Wilde actor
Karen Herbison - actor
Kat Hamilton - actor
Abbie Robertson - actor
Arabella Triton- child
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Director Virginia Vassilakou
Music VRGN
With special thanks to Jeannie-Marie Hamilton and Jodie McCue
CREATOR
Effie Samara
Writer and producer
Effie Samara is a doctoral researcher and UNESCO Affiliate Artist at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Her work explores the dramaturges of exile in the contexts of democracy, justice and restorative art. She has written extensively in the areas of Human Rights, decolonising pedagogy and social justice and is the recipient of the Chancellor's Fund Award the European Cultural Foundation Award and the Playwrights' Studio Scotland Award. Her theatre and film work include SARTRE and the Poetic Constitution for Scotland supported by Creative Scotland, Arts Council England, the University of Glasgow and the British Academy.