Filmmaker
BFI Network x FilmHub South East, ‘Future Producers’, 2024.
Raindance Film Producers Certificate, 2025.
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In Development: Unauthorised Absence (Short Film), Leftovers (Short Film), Night Call (Feature Film)
Fractured Frame
Starring Derek Jack, Sam Thackwell and Natalie Lauren.
Writer, Director, Producer Natalie Lauren. Co-Director Simon London. DOP Helena Gonzalez. Gaffer Ngawang Lektso. Editor Gianluca Truda. Sound Will Henley. Colourist Vanessa Aparicio.
A surreal and psychological micro-short that centres on the mental experience of dissociation, with many more layers about women, performance, identity, and gendered power.
Industry Screenings: Female Film Club x BFI. Collective Film Festival London. Shorties x Royal Society for Arts.
Official Selections: Worcester Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying). MiraBan UK Film Awards (Best UK Short Film Nominee). Suffolk Shorts (Unique Perspectives Nominee). Soho London Independent Film Festival. More TBA.
STI: Sexually Transmitted Introductions
A multi award-winning comedy short film featuring an ensemble of characters trapped together in their worst nightmare: the local STI clinic. Through laughter, this classic British Sit-Com style film packs an important message of Sexual Health Awareness.
Starring Wendy Smith, Natalie Lauren, Harris Vaughan, Charles Ruhrmund, Paul Baichoo, and Nomazulu Ramachela.
Writer, Director Harris Vaughan. Producer Natalie Lauren. DOP Corry Raymond. Original Song, ‘Sexual Care’, by T-Roy McCoy.
Official Selections: Super Shorts Hackney (+Audience Award). Jane Austen International Film Festival (+Best Ensemble Cast Award & Best First-Time Filmmaker Award). Funny Life Film Festival (+Best Comedy Actress Award & Best UK Comedy Nominee). Golden Nugget International Film Festival (+Best Comedy Short Award). West London Film Festival. Breaking TV Film Festival (+Best British Film Nominee & Best Comedy Award). Performance Film & Media Short Film Competition (Shortlist, Best Comedy). Giggle Film Festival (+Best Original Comedy Nominee). This Is England. Manchester Health Film Festival (+Best Short Film Nominee). Big Fridge International Film Festival (Semi-Finalist). Sex Education Film Festival. Oxford Shorts (+ Best Comedy Nominee). Hastings Rocks. Unrestricted View Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying, Best Comedy Nominee). Sunrise Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying, Best Comedy Nominee). Romford Film Festival (Best Short Film Nominee). Kingston International Film Festival. Cannes Indie Shorts Awards. Brighton Rocks Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying). HB Film Festival (Best Comedy Nominee). Greenwich Film Festival (Best Ensemble Nominee) More TBA.
Make A Wish
A surreal, comic micro short animation about reproductive anxiety and the pressure to have it all figured out. It brilliantly captures the emotional whiplash of indecision around motherhood, sparking wider conversations about women’s health.
Created by award-winning illustrator (and first-time filmmaker) Justyna Green, with voiceover from James Green. Supervising Producer Natalie Lauren.
Official Selections: Electric Film Festival (Audience Award Winner). Big Fridge International Film Festival (Semi-Finalist). Power24 International Film Festival. Bournemouth International Film Festival. Sunday Shorts Festival. More TBA.
Bubbles
An existential short film and visual poem that spotlights the natural world.
Two friends enter a discussion about their premonition of the future while the world around them changes.
Shot in Norfolk, starring Jamie Littlewood and Peter Stone.
Writer, Director, Mark Henderson. Producer Natalie Lauren. Production Manager Matt Bradbury & Miguel Cummins. DOP Olamide Shoyinka. Editor, Colourist Aditya Ravikanti. Sound Design Anna Moshenko. Mix Thomas J R Moss.
Official Selection: Nature Without Boarders
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An aesthetic and contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, shot guerrilla by a collaboration of students. The feature film is presented in black and white, using a modern twist on the classic archetypes and much-loved storyline.
Starring Rory Alexander, Natalie Lauren, Aimée Kwan, Hugh Tappin, et al.
Writer, Director, Producer Aimée Kwan, Writer Russell Munday. Associate Producer Natalie Lauren. DOP Tianhao Xu.
This project is available on Amazon Prime Video.
Coming soon:
Grief part 001
At the wake of his daughter a grieving father wades into the sea, immersed in a surreal moment of euphoria, surrounded by her ashes and flowers. A raw, intimate and emotional short film.
Starring Blair Plant, with Annabel Scholey.
Writer, Director Ash K Halliburton. Producer Natalie Lauren. EP Jamie Neale. DOP Adam Barnett. Editor Roberta Bononi. Costume Joseph Crone. Casting Sydney Aldridge.
Presented by Selfish Studio and Humble Media.
This project is currently in post production.
Eggshells
One couple’s journey, in one complicated night, from conflict to resolution. This short film explores dual-narratives, memory & a-chronological storytelling in a domestic & relatable setting.
Starring Alexander Mushore and Natalie Lauren.
Writer, Director, Producer Natalie Lauren. Co-Director, Composer Gianluca Truda. DOP James Handley.
This project is currently in post production.
Feel Me
A brilliant, modern day, Sci-Fi TV Pilot that asks us to question how readily we will exploit other humans, to make our own lives more convenient.
Starring Tristan Rivelle, Jessie Gattward, Raj Garcha, and Sean Stewart.
Director-Producers Bethany Taylor-Goh and Natalie Lauren. Producer Michael Chakrit-Murphy. Writer-DOP Corry Raymond.
This project is currently in post production.
Unauthorised Absence
A single mother’s battle to care for her 9 year old daughter, within a system trying to criminalise her for negligence. An incredible, important short film endorsed by over 40 of the UK’s leading Academics, Psychologists, Paediatricians, Educators, Lawyers, Charities and Organisations.
The script has been selected for Bournemouth International Film Festival. It was a Finalist at the IMDb Script to Screen Awards (Bath Film Festival), Shortlisted by Slick Films, and Semi-finalist at Outstanding Screenplays and Director’s Cut International.
BAFTA Winner and Golden Globe Nominee Cathy Tyson.
Writer Jo Clayton. Producer Natalie Lauren. Editor Bonnie Rae Brickman (4x Emmy Award Certificate Winner). Composer Isin Eray.
This project is currently in development.
Leftovers
A comedy-drama about an elderly Chinese woman who finds friendship with her similarly lonely neighbour through their shared disdain for a bad meal. The short film touches on immigration, loneliness in an aging population, and the value of food.
Writer-Director Jen Lim. Producer Natalie Lauren and Bethany Taylor-Goh. Editor Casey Wong. Production Designer Cassandra Sim.
This project is currently in development.
Nominated for the Pitch Award at Kingston International Film Festival, and currently on the longlist for the Female Film Club Global Fund. Jen was longlisted for the London Library Emerging Writers Programme and a finalist of the Chalker/Sanger Fund.