Isla is a documentary filmmaker, creative producer & visual artist.
She programmes film festival Sheffield Doc/Fest, has written articles for The Guardian, produced audio installations for London’s Science Museum and developed an Arts Council Funded Virtual Reality Opera.
Isla has a curiosity for people and the quiet stories that surround us. Her work challenges cultural stigmas through creating atmospheric, semi-autobiographical art and filmmaking that merge documentary and fiction to question conventions and defy stereotypes.
Isla captures the overlooked moments of everyday life and presents them in a cinematic way for audiences to rediscover the unexpected beauty in familiar places and people, and to inspire others to slow down and take notice of the lives of those around them. Having been awarded funding in the UK and Denmark, her art and filmmaking explores perceptions of mental health, isolated communities, gender identity and hidden cultures.
Isla has developed, funded, produced and distributed international documentary and fiction films such as the impact film on child illiteracy, H is for Harry, a feature on religious tolerance in Sierra Leone for Danish TV (DR3), to the fictionalised memories of a WW1 nurse in ‘Testament of Youth’.
Isla's experience developing and investigating real human stories indicates her humanistic and collaborative approach to projects - and always open to new ideas for collaborations!
CONTACT: islabadenoch@gmail.com // @islabadenoch
CURRENT COLLABORATIONS:
Sava Films, Lief (BFI, The Guardian, Tribeca), A Love Factory, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Hazel Grian, Postcode Films, Whalebone Films Studio Jetz-Immer, Bristol VR Labs, The Ovrs
EDUCATION: MA in Visual Culture & Identity, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Architecture & Design. BA, English Literature, University of Sheffield (First Class Hons).
CV available upon request.
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