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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Thomas Hardiman

Thomas HARDIMAN (England) is a writer and director. He studied art at Chelsea College of Arts and Ruskin School of Art before joining UK production company, EMU, where he worked in the art department on TV series The Cut. Later he moved into writing and directing short films, including Radical Hardcore (2015) which won the BFI’s Network Pick Series and Pitch Black Panacea (2020). His debut feature Medusa Deluxe (2022), selected for IFFR 2023, takes some inspiration from waiting for his mother at the hairdresser’s as a child in Reading.

Filmography

Time on My Hands (2012, short), Hanging a Picture (2012, short), Stories Without Endings (2015, short), Duck in the Dojo (2015, short), Radical Hardcore (2015, short), Pitch Black Panacea (2020, short) Medusa Deluxe (2022)

Thomas Hardiman at IFFR

  • Medusa Deluxe

    A flamboyant whodunnit set at a high-fashion hairdressing competition, permeated with dialogue as sharp as a coiffeur’s scissors.