Based on real accounts, a model takes matters into her own hands
to expose a serial predator in the photography world.
Will Nash
as Dixon
Nina Yndis
as Nessa
Amani Zardoe
as Tara
Isabelle Bonfrer
as Anya
Director:
Keir Siewert
Producer:
Alix Austin
Executive Producer:
Christian Parton
Writers:
Keir Siewert & Anonymous
2nd Assistant Camera:
Arianna Cavalensi
Sound Recordist:
Ellen Versluijs
Michael Chubb
Editor:
Kurt Schneider
Composer:
Thibault Chavanis
Intimacy Director:
Alix Austin
Stephanie Siadatan
as Mel
Winner of the Genera grant Portrait is a tense DocuFiction short film, starring Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, The Innocents), which tells the story of Rhetta, an industrious model who sets up a shoot with a predatory photographer, notorious for his coercion tactics and aggressive behaviour. However, little does he realise that Rhetta has orchestrated this meeting as a sting to expose his inappropriate behaviour on an online video livestream.
The film is built on research from interviews with 21 models about their experiences with inappropriate behaviour in the photography world, including real stories, blurring the line between fiction and documentary.
As of 2020, Portrait is currently touring the festival circuit.