The Undermine

Original Title: The Undermine

Runtime: 70'

Expected Release: June 2028

Production Stage: Production

1st Feature: Yes

Looking for: Sales Agents / Distributors

Synopsis:

The Undermine straddles the real and the inner world of four generations of the director’s family – a dreamlike juxtaposition stitching together a version of the past, and a possible map for the future. Themes of trauma and neurodiversity mirror the worldwide explosion of diagnoses, an increasing understanding of how different brains work and how traditional western systems have failed them.

Director’s Profile:

Alice Nelson is an award-winning Irish documentary director, based in Scotland. Alice specialises in creative, personal storytelling. Alice’s approach, using a range of tools like archive, animation, old audio recordings, motion graphics, reconstruction, paper dioramas and immersive sound design, brings a multi-layered storytelling style to her documentaries. The Undermine is her first feature with long-time collaborator, producer Lili Sandelin.
Alice’s films include War Letters, a multi-screen adaptation of Kamila Shamsie’s story for Edinburgh international Book Festival (Edinburgh Fringe First Award), the Right to Privacy (Jury Award: Dokumentart) and Channel4 commissioned Losing Myself: Annie which won a Scottish BAFTA. A Map With Gaps, screened at Documentary Fortnight MoMA and over 40 other film festivals, winning 10 awards including Best Short Doc at Slamdance Festival.

Producer’s Profile:

Lili Sandelin has run North Isle Productions since 2007, producing and exec producing documentary and fiction for UK and international funders. With Alice Nelson War Letters (Grid Iron Theatre, Edinburgh International Book Festival), Ron and Linda (Glasgow Film), Workers Union (Red Note Ensemble / Lammermuir Festival). Other films include Marram (in Gaelic, BBC Alba), Family Portrait (Arts Premiers, France 3, at 50+ festivals), Hula (Bafta Scotland New Talent Award), Finding Josefine (Steps / Why Poverty). Science doc topics include stem cells, Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson’s. She also PMs feature doc and drama including Orain, the Search For Beethoven’s Gaelic Songs (Media Co-op, BBC Alba, Screen Scotland), Dark Sense (Encaptivate, Amazon Prime), The List (Stellar Quines), Stem Cell Revolutions (SDI, Screen Scotland).