Sally Potter's films have been acclaimed by the most respected film critics including 70s feminist theorist Laura Mulvey. Potter's career grew from small films made with the London Filmmaker's Co-op to ambitious projects that challenge the nature of the medium itself, leading her to be courted by Hollywood only to return to her in the most uncompromised fashion.

YES || ORLANDO
THE MAN WHO CRIED|| RAGE

DIR: SALLY POTTER
UK/USA 2005 100mins 35mm
Sally Potter plays with language using iambic pentameter in this poetic film of an extra marital love affair between an American scientist and a Middle Eastern chef set in London. Issues of truth and belief are examined across the imbalance of cultural and racial division of Middle East versus the West. Can resolution be found in the neutral ground of Cuba? Stars Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian and Sam Neil.

DIR: SALLY POTTER
UK 1992 89mins 35mm
Adapted from Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel, Orlando is and exciting, visually rich and witty film about an individual who lived for 400 years, changing sex in the course of that time. Staring Tilda Swinton, the film traverses in 50 year leaps from Elizabethan 1600s to the 20th century making wry, critical observations on English history, sexuality and class. It is a visual feast featuring wonderfully crafted costumes and glorious settings, having been filmed in locations as diverse as St Petersberg and Uzbekistan. Needless to say, Quentin Crisp is perfect as Queen Elizabeth I. Stars Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau and John Wood. Print courtesy of the Non-theatrical Loans Catalogue.

WINNER Elvira Notari Award, Venice Film Festival 1992
SHOULD BE listed in 1001 Movies You Should See Before You Die.

DIR: SALLY POTTER
UK/FRANCE 2000 100mins 35mm
Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchet and Johnny Depp! This star studded pic was the closest Potter came to making a studio film. We chart a Jewish girl’s journey from Russian oppression, through schooling in England to her arrival in Paris as a dancer just in time for World War II. The film effectively recreates the kitsch of old Hollywood movies from between the wars, and received praise for its diverse musical score which features established musical artists of the Italian opera and Roma traditions.   

DIR: SALLY POTTER
UK/FRANCE 2001 100mins 4K
This film looks as if it is shot on an iPhone but with better production values. Intimate interviews of people working at a New York fashion house are filmed and posted on the Internet by a schoolboy. In focus is a funny exposé of an industry in crisis, in a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation and denial leads to devastation. Potter claims this is the beginning of a new genre in filmmaking ‘Naked Cinema’. The film was launched at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and is the first feature film to debut on mobile phones. Stars Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, John Leguizamo and Lily Cole.

WINNER Golden Bear Berlin 2009