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TIME HAS TOLD ME - 5 ways time has shaped the way I think about filmmaking. Over 22 years. 10 features. 3 shorts. 1 child. 1 disability. 12 deaths. 1 Glimmer + 1 distribution label

The UK filmmaker and occasional substacker Jeanie Finlay: Glimmers curates today’s TakeOver of HopeForFilm

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Jeanie Finlay
Jun 30, 2026
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If we haven’t met - I’m only occasionally seen around these parts - my name is Jeanie Finlay and I’m an artist & filmmaker from Teesside in the north east of england, transported to Nottingham, the city of rebels in the heart of the UK.

I make mainly feature documentaries, and just premiered my tenth film All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea at CPH:…

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Quiet girl in a loud dress. Artist & filmmaker. Feature #10 is ALL RIVERS SPILL... I make wry films with melancholic joy, and find inventive ways to connect them with audiences. Your Fat Friend, Seahorse, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch & more!
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