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PRESS
Variety
https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/sky-deutschland-german-slate-1235068964/
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BBC
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CVQAjeQKWr8/?utm_%20medium=share_sheet
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Royal College of Psychiatrists
‘Representing Eating Disorders in Film’
​​https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/podcasts/detail/representing-eating-disorders-in-film
The Sun ​​https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/16171887/leslie-ash-docs-said-be-in-wheelchair-at-60/
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Daily Mail
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The Mirror
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/leslie-ash-only-slight-hope-25014207
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BBC Music Introducing (25 April 2024)
Interview with El Sam & 'Uncaged'
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BBC Radio 4 (26th August 2023)
Interview with El Sam ‘Talking music and the
making of ‘Uncaged’’
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Birmingham Live https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/queer-syrian-musicians-inspiring-journey-26681441
AWARDS
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POPS
Best Drama, Sunrise Film Festival 2024 (BIFA Qualifying)
Best Actor Nominee, Sunrise Film Festival 2024 (BIFA Qualifying)
Official Selection, Berlin Indie Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, West London Film Festival 2024
UNCAGED
Best Director, International Kolkata SFF 2024
Shortlisted, Little Venice Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Big Syn International Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Shizzle Short Film Festival 2023
Honourable Mention, Stratford on Avon Film Festival 2023
Editing Award, Cameo Launch Surrey Short Film Festival 2023
Best Director, Jane Austen International Film Festival 2023
Official Selection, Bharat International Film Festival 204
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TWELVE
Official Selection, Toronto Shorts Film Festival 2022
Semi-finalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022
Honourable Mention, Women X Festival 2022
Official Selection, Berlin Indie Festival 2022
Nominee for Best Short Film, Swedish International Film Festival 2022
Honourable Mention, London Movie Awards, 2022
Official Selection, 4th Dimension International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection, Kalakari Film Festival 2022
Best Actress, Vesuvius International Film Festival 2022
Best Director, Lacorne International Film Festival 2022
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