writer / director
Inspired by the works of Marjane Satrapi and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Spring is a film about forced marriage and explores the illusion of choice within the myth of "separate but equal". Set in a world where men and women live in apparently equal, yet parallel universes, The Spring is the story of a young woman on supposedly the most important day of her life: her wedding day. But her world is not as it seems.
meet the team
Gabriela Staniszewska
Writer, Director, Producer
Scott Wharram
DOP, Editor & VFX
Kate Davies
The Bride
Ryan & Russell Oliver
The Gentlemen
Matthew Chippendale-Jones
Sound Recordist, Lighting Designer & 1st AC
Amelia Berry
Script Supervisor
Janey Hayes
Make Up Designer
Flynn Conolly
Boom Operator & Grip
Andy Saxon
Stills Photographer
Teresa Staniszewska
Wardrobe Mistress
Films @ 59
Sound Postproduction
Nicky Sugar
Costumier
Inspired by Ayaan...
I Should Have Run recevies an Honourable Mention in the AHA Foundation's Essay Competition... AHA.org