SHE WORE BLUE

Synopsis

A powerful story of resilience, healing, and the triumph of love over trauma.

She Wore Blue is a punch-in-the-guts yet hopeful short drama, that explores fragmented memory and one woman’s experience of overcoming trauma. The film dances between two timelines; volatile fifteen-year-old Elsie who decides to keep her sexual assault a secret, and present-day Elsie, a young woman struggling with true intimacy in a new relationship. Through rapid eye movement therapy, she reclaims her body and rewrites her story.

Director's Biography

Madeline Davies is a Melbourne based actor and filmmaker. The last couple of years she has worked as a casting professional at Chameleon Casting and NBC Universal and she has worked in production on La Brea , 'Til You Make It, Street Outlaws and the Australian Hunted series.

Madeline is an experienced writer and performer. In 2013 she graduated from The University of Newcastle with a bachelor degree in Creative and Performing Arts and Writing. She soon moved to Sydney where she studied fashion and began interning at GQ Magazine. In recent years Madeline has seen her writing successfully published.

In 2017 she graduated from the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a diploma in Screen Performance. Madeline has performed in numerous productions including the feature film The Kids of Grove and television series Neighbours and Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries.

In her first year of studying a Masters in Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts she was awarded the Collaborative Arts Grant. Madeline has recently graduated from the VCA with a Master of Film & Television in Screenwriting and Directing. She Wore Blue is her graduate film.