Wasp- Andrea Arnold- Friday 30th September

Wasp- Directed by Andrea Arnold





Director: Andrea Arnold

UK/2003/23mins/s16mm/color

Wasp was Andrea Arnold's third short film. Described by British newspaper the Guardian as 'socialist realist film poetry' it has won 30 international festival awards and the Oscar for best short film at the 2005 Academy Awards. Most recently Arnold directed her debut feature Red Road, winning the 2006 Cannes jury prize.

The main aim for the film was to try and show the central character Zoë in all her complexity. I know the way she treats her kids is not good, verging on abuse really, but I wanted to show why she might do that and for the audience to have empathy for her as well as the kids. I wanted to show how a person's circumstances and environment influences the way they essentially are. I wanted people to understand her behavior instead of just condemning it. This was my main goal for the film."
Andrea Arnold on Wasp