ABOUT

Josephine Lohoar Self is British writer and director, whose first short film The Fabric of You, was longlisted for Best Animated Short at the OSCARS (2021) and nominated for a Scottish BAFTA. Josephine started her career in animation, writing and directing a number of short films for the Irish National broadcaster RTÉ, such as The Presenter, which was nominated for Royal Society Television Award and Gunter Falls in Love which was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award.

Last year Josephine wrote Inadequate, a 30-minute live action script commissioned by LAMDA and directed by the BIFA award winning filmmaker Sean Lìonadh. Since then she has written and directed her first live action short Rats, as well as completing the music video Self Control for the English Indie band Mantis State.

Josephine is an alumnus to the Berlinale Talents Programme (2020), The Scottish Film and Talent Network Programme (2019) and the Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab (2021).

Josephine is currently developing her debut live action feature film The Wall Dog with the Irish production company Cardel Entertainment.