Leyla Pope

See MoviesScope’s January and February edition to read the article click here

http://www.moviescopemag.com/24-fps/one-to-watch/leyla-pope-one-to-watch/

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In issue 3 of Hungry Eye Magazine – a photography and filmmaking magazine – there is a very detailed feature on Bubbles, it’s seven pages and with photos too! Hungry Eye is a great magazine sold mostly in London but you can get a copy on this link

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To read the full article click here. To watch Love Struck on BBC iplayer click here

© Mei Lewis photo - Poster design Rhys Morgan

Am very excited to have been broadcast on BBC 2 with a short film I directed, If you missed it you can watch it here. If you want to know more about the film click here.

It a bittersweet love story based on an ancient Welsh folktale. The film was written by Ali Blodwen Jones and produced by Lisa Edwards, as part of the  It’s My Shout scheme for 2011.

http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/nrs47/made-in-wales–episode-3-made-in-wales-love-struck

Please all tune in and let me know what you think – for more information go the Love Struck website where you can find out more about the film – from cast and crew, animation, music to storyboards. The film is a real testament to a great team of talented people.

Just off to the Power to the Pixel Lab as part of a prize from the MEDIA funded tranformatlab scheme I have been on this summer in Paris, Budapest and Newport. Off to find out about new ways of financing and distributing films!

I still can’t quite believe how well the two screenings of Bubbles went in Soho on September 29th. Two packed screenings  and very positive feedback from industry. Thanks to everyone who came. Here’s an embarrassingly lovely review of the screening from Frost magazine – click here

Three generations in a country mansion. A hot summer’s day. A photograph resurfaces that changes everything. The past become present, and former loves refuse to be forgotten. A film about desire, guilt and awakening.

To watch the trailer for the film click here.

Bubbles Film - carpentry scene

Leyla Pope has an Iranian mother and English Father. She grew up in Tehran, Dubai and Saudi Arabia before moving to London at the age of ten. Used to a life of perpetual traveling she has since lived in France, Switzerland and the US but is, at least for now, settled in Cardiff, Wales.

Leyla has only just finished directing a short 9min drama to be broadcast on BBC in autumn 2011 as part of the “It’s My Shout Scheme”.

Her previous short film “Bubbles” is currently on the festival circuit and was recently screened at the Hay Film Festival, The Portobello Film Festival and at the Soho Screening Rooms in September. To read a recent review of the film click here