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LAYLA ZAKARIA

Writer
Writer.
Great Britain, London

About Me:

Where I work: I work for a company or organisation

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My Work and Credits:

And, the Penny Drops (2017)

About: A lost soul determines the root cause of the chaos in their life.

Mia, has the Midas touch. But, instead of gold everything turns to dust.
Her plans never come to fruition and when messages surface on social media that were written in her name, nothing adds up. It’s almost as if someone's conspiring against her. This mum turned detective, battles through the turmoil to get to the bottom of this lifelong mystery.


Released during Mental Health Awareness Week 2017.

A no-budget short monologue, written, shot and edited in 6 days, with a stunning performance from Veronica Jean Trickett with cinematography by the talented Anya Krasnikova.

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Fun stuff:

Films I wish I had made:

The Arbor, Skin, Delicatessen, Red Road, Dirty Pretty Things, Raising Arizona, Dogtooth, Truman Show, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fish Tank, Breakfast Club, Pick of Destiny.

I cried watching:

The Pursuit of Happyness, Hotel Rwanda.

I left the cinema during:

12 Monkeys - I fell asleep at some point, woke up and had lost the plot.

Directors I love:

Lynne Ramsay, Clio Barnard, Ridley Scott, Coen brothers, Tim Burton, Jean Pierre Jeunet

Actors I admire:

Tom Hardy, Sophie Okonedo, Jack Black, Johnny Depp, Michael Caine

Writers I Respect:

Peter Bowker, Leslie Dixon, John Hughes, Tarantino, Shakespeare, Ernest Cline, Shane Meadows, Charlie Kaufman.

My desert island discs:

Arctic Monkeys, James Blake, Elbow, The Lumineers, This is the Kit. .

Books I have given my friends:

I Lick My Cheese: Notes between flatmates. Great coffee table book / lav read; A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini; Ready Player one.

My death row meal:

Jerk Chicken + Rice an Pea!

The best thing I own:

Private TRAPEZE lessons for 2.