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Mother’s Influence (2025)

Duration: 14 min    Category: Personal, Short   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

Growing up with an unconventional single mother – an influencer navigating aging and body dysmorphia – Meg admires her but questions how it shaped her own self-image. Through laughter and vulnerability, they unpack identity, influence, and the complexities of their evolving relationship.

Highlights:

Edinburgh International Film Festival – World Premiere
Slamdance Film Festival 2026, US (Los Angeles, CA) – International Premiere
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2026, UK – Young Filmmaker Prize Award Winner
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival 2026, UK
Bodily Realities 2026 at IFE cinema in Cairo, Egypt
Indie Street Film Festival 2026, US
Women Over 50 Film Festival 2026, UK
Folkestone Documentary Festival 2026, UK

Director:
Meg Wriggles

Producer: Lea Luiz de Oliveira

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