FIRST BLOOD
Director: Seb Cox. With: Charlotte Olivia, Jathis Sivanesan, John Black, Stefan Chanyaem, Justin Hayward. UK 2021. 90 mins.
A coming of age saga that’s as much an internal story as an external one. Maya is a werewolf conflicted with an identity crisis. She must seek to understand the two sides of herself before the consequences become deadly. Director Seb Cox’s feature film debut delves deep into the folklore of lycanthropy, Greek mythology and fabulous legend, then back again to ask important questions about identity, exactly who we are and who decides. With his background in animation and visual effects, Cox strives to communicate emotional well-being through fantasy, using metaphors to link audience empathy with real world problems.