About
Josefa is a French writer-director based in Scotland inspired to tell stories that blend genres and strike a delicate balance between the bizarre and the heartfelt.
She's drawn to telling the stories of atypical female characters who feel out of place. After her Screen Academy Scotland graduation film "Event Horizon" in 2015, she was commissioned by the Scottish Film Talent Network with her short "Tomorrow Might Be The Day" (2018).
Since then she received early development funding from SFTN for her debut feature and support from EIFF's Talent Lab (2018), Talent Lab Connects (2019), and the European development programme Less Is More (2020).
In 2024 her short "Kings of the Court" premiered at Aesthetica and her latest short film, "Nora Can't Score," screened at EIFF, Encounters and PÖFF. "Nora Can't Score" was developed with support from BBC Film and NFTS as part of the inaugural cohort of the NFTS Sean Connery Talent Lab.
Based in Glasgow, UK. Experienced with children.
Available for Commercial work.
Alumni
Sean Connery Talent Lab / NFTS / 2024-2025
Less Is More 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Talent lab Connects 2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Talent lab 2018
Screen Academy Scotland 2015
Filmography
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FEATURE IN DEVELOPMENT
Aurora's Skies / Drama-Sci-fi / Shakehaus Films
Midnight Walks / Psychological Horror / Shakehaus Films
The Last Kind / Drama-Fantasy / Shakehaus Films / Writer: Matt Brothers
SHORT
Nora Can't Score / Drama-Fantasy / NFTS / BBC Film / Sean Connery Talent Lab / Compatible Film & TV / 2025 / UK
Kings Of The Court / Shakehaus Films & MTP / 2024 / UK
Tomorrow Might Be The Day / Drama-Sci-fi / 19min / SFTN / Shakehaus & Insolence Productions / 2018 / UK-FR
Event Horizon / Drama-Sci-fi / 11min / Shakehaus & Insolence Productions / 2016 / UK/FR
Daumenlutscher / Horror / 5min / Screen Academy Scotland / 2015 / UK
Repeat / Drama / 2min / Screen Academy Scotland / 2014 / UK
EDITOR / NARRATIVE
Govan Fair Queen / BBC Three & BBC Scotland / TV Pilot / Shakehaus / 2025 (Assembly Editor)
Hope / Short Film / Dir: Sabina Torres / GMAC Little Pictures / 2023 (IN FESTIVALS)
Cori Nora "Fake Flowers" / Irascible Records / 2023
First Footing / Hogmanay Special / 28min / BBC Scotland / Up Helly Aa & Shakehaus / 2022 / UK
Luu Ja Nahk / Short Film / Dir: Eric Romero / Estonian Film Institure / 2022 / Estonia
Pity Party / Sketch Show Special / 26min / BBC Scotland / Up Helly Aa & Shakehaus / 2019 / UK
Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross "A Sensitive Man" / Iffy Folk Records/ Shakehaus / 2020 / UK
The Ninth Wave "Flower Into Wounds" / Distiller Records / Dir: Joern Utkilen / Shakehaus / 2019 / UK
Tomorrow Might Be The Day / Drama-Sci-fi / 19min / SFTN / Shakehaus & Insolence Productions / 2018 / UK-FR
Event Horizon / Drama-Sci-fi / 11min / Shakehaus & Insolence Productions / 2016 / UK/FR