FILM & TV DIRECTOR

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RITA OSEI

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"A rising talent "  Mark Kermode

Born in North London, England to Ghanaian parents Rita first found herself on a set at the Montessori style state school she attended in East London, her home for 20 years. She initially trained as a painter and graduated from Camberwell College of Arts with a Joint Honours BA in Visual Arts, where she made her first films. Her work explores the complexity of family, in all its forms, and the dreams of women. 

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Her debut feature, a rites-of-passage adventure BLISS! starring Freya Parks, had its World Premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival. She directed 2nd Unit on the closing 2 episodes of SISTER/HBO/Sky series, THE BABY.

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Rita is developing long form work for Film and TV. Short film directing credits include 

Screen South part funded THE CURRY CLUB 

starring Cleo Sylvestre MBE, Ruth Sheen, Claire-Louise Cordwell 

and Olivier Award Winner Kenneth Cranham CBE, and the upcoming AURORA, where:

"A peri-menopausal vampire is on a quest to kill a habit that won't die". 

Rita Chaired BAFTA's 2022, 2023 & 2024 British Short Film Award juries. Since 2018 she has been promoting female excellence in film direction through her short film festival: 225 Film Club.

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She has directed 2 theatre productions.

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