Director's Works
Calico Jake Mavity
Jake Mavity is a director whose work shows a rare kind of sensitivity and compassion, often reflecting life's complexities, both joyous and melancholic. Jake’s work, sometimes stylistic and sometimes poignant, has been awarded at Cannes and The British Arrows and he’s also directed for clients including Volkswagen, Lidl, Vodafone, Subaru, Co-op, Google and McDonald's Impressively achieving a First Class degree in Film, Jake worked as an editor; a start he says helped him develop his storytelling skills - and he’s constantly developing that craft; most recently writing and directing his recent short, ‘Selsey Bill’. The story of two angry and dysfunctional brothers reuniting following their dad’s funeral. The film has won awards including ‘Best Director’ at Latitude Film Awards and has also been selected at numerous short film festivals including Kino International Short Film Festival and the Edinburgh Film Festival. Jake's most recent short film Calico, is currently enjoying a very successful run on the festival circuit.
Calico is a short film Jake wrote with his partner Sarah Mavity. It is about a 15yr old girl who has vitiligo over her face and body. Bullied at school and misunderstood by teachers for not wanting to swim, she is withdrawn and shy, hiding in her own fantasy world of comics and animation. She forges an unlikely friendship with the school’s mottled goldfish (played by Jamali Maddix). When the goldfish begs her for help to escape, she goes on a cathartic adventure of magical realism to help it find freedom. It took 4 years to find the lead (Malaysia Newland) who had never acted before and another 4 months of workshops and rehearsals with her before the shot. So many talented people came onto the project to make it happen and it was a true labour of love. It is now doing the festival circuit, hopefully making a big splash…