
LAYLA ZAKARIA
About Me:
My Work and Credits:
And, the Penny Drops (2017)
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.

Between the Lions (2011)
Fun stuff:
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.
The Pursuit of Happyness, Hotel Rwanda.
12 Monkeys - I fell asleep at some point, woke up and had lost the plot.
Lynne Ramsay, Clio Barnard, Ridley Scott, Coen brothers, Tim Burton, Jean Pierre Jeunet
Tom Hardy, Sophie Okonedo, Jack Black, Johnny Depp, Michael Caine
Peter Bowker, Leslie Dixon, John Hughes, Tarantino, Shakespeare, Ernest Cline, Shane Meadows, Charlie Kaufman.
Arctic Monkeys, James Blake, Elbow, The Lumineers, This is the Kit. .
I Lick My Cheese: Notes between flatmates. Great coffee table book / lav read; A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini; Ready Player one.
Jerk Chicken + Rice an Pea!
Private TRAPEZE lessons for 2.