Tyke Films

15/02/2024

THANK YOU Sedona International Film Festival for hosting the US Festival Premiere of our film screening alongside Another Body. Get your tickets here to watch it on the big screen: https://rb.gy/zrn6qo 😎🎟🎬

08/02/2024

We had a great turn out screening MY BLONDE GF in Parliament this week and lots of press coverage around it as well. Thank you everyone for your ongoing support!

Doc Society, The Guardian, OKRE, Berlinale Talents

23/01/2024

Today's the day we share at the London Short Film Festival! Join us at 6.20pm at the Curzon Soho to watch the film as part of official selection in the program. 🎞️🌐

20/01/2024

Delighted that continues its European journey, and is screening TODAY at 17.30 in Berlin as part of the British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin. Hope to see you there if you're near SPUTNIK KINO (Höfe am Südstern) Berlin Kreuzberg 🎞️📽️

19/12/2023

🎥 Tune in to the full conversation between director Rosie Morris and the wonderful Dr. Afroditi Pina about the film and the impact of Helen's story. Hosted with the help of our friends 16 Days 16 Films. You can still watch through the platform on their website, as well as through The Guardian Documentaries.

17/12/2023

📣 We're thrilled to announce that on Tuesday 19th December at 6pm we will be hosting an Instagram Live with our friends 16 Days 16 Films to discuss ! Join director Rosie Morris and the brilliant Dr. Afroditi Pina (Reader in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent) as they discuss and the vital importance of online safety 📣

16/12/2023

Don't miss your final chance to catch Andrew and Eden Kötting's incredible 360 VR experience The Tell Tale Rooms at the Herbert Read Gallery University for the Creative Arts - UCA in Canterbury today until 5pm.

Find out more here: https://www.uca.ac.uk/events/galleries/the-tell-tale-rooms-brewery-tap/

10/12/2023

We're so excited to announce that is part of the official selection for the London Short Film Festival, join us there from 19-28 January 2024 ✨

30/11/2023

We're so excited that this month you'll be able to catch the Exhibition at the Herbert Read Gallery on the University for the Creative Arts - UCA campus in Canterbury. It's on now until the 16th December. is an immersive installation, that leads us on a journey into artist, Eden’s, fantastical world. Blending immersive animation, archive and live action. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3GsVpko.

28/11/2023

We're so delighted that is part of the official selection for 16 Days 16 Films. Keep your eyes peeled for our film on 16days16films.com/thefilms, alongside the 15 other brilliant finalists. 16 days, with one film being released each day ✨🎥

21/11/2023

Making has given us a sense of how far there still is to go to keep people safe online. In this article Professor Clare McGlynn and Dr. Fiona Vera Gray explore the role of legislation in combating image-based abuse online.

Read their commentary here:

Two experts look at the worrying case of deepn**e image generation in Spain this week.

08/11/2023

We're so excited for the SOLD OUT The Guardian Documentaries Showcase at the Bertha DocHouse tonight. Looking forward to sharing Rosie Morris's . See you there! ✨📽️

https://bit.ly/MBGFScreening

07/11/2023

Take a look behind the scenes of .

And watch Helen's story on The Guardian Documentaries here 👇

https://bit.ly/GuardianMBGF

06/11/2023

Over the weekend, director Rosie Morris spoke to Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand about and Helen's experience. "She can no longer look at the image without seeing it in this new context. The original memory has been completely kind of bulldozed by how she's now seeing those images." Listen to the full interview here:

In the short doco My Blonde GF, British writer Helen Mort talks about discovering her face has been used in fake images posted on a p**n site. The huge surge in deepfake and revenge p**n images – which almost exclusively target women – is a "dark symptom of isolation" in our culture, says the fi...

03/11/2023

Helen's experience of image-based online abuse in shines a light on vital issues of online safety in the UK. Researchers say that there will be 5.2 million deepfakes in 2024; 90 percent of them will be nonconsensual files of women. To find out more about image-based abuse, our friends at Glitch UK have put together the following resources 👇

📖 Toolkit 1.0 - https://bit.ly/3QIZvLk
📖 Toolkit 2.0 - https://bit.ly/46UPP5X
📖 Explore this report from Glitch UK & End Violence Against Women Coalition on the Ripple Effect of the Covid Pandemic on online abuse: https://bit.ly/3tQTxyX

01/11/2023

ONE week to go until we screen as part of THE WORLD THAT WE CODE programme at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival. Join us on the 8, 9 & 11 Nov alongside an incredible selection of shorts exploring the ways in which technology shapes our lives.

🎟️👇

https://bit.ly/ASFFestMBGF

28/10/2023

'It was also difficult to explain how photographs that weren’t “real” could have had such an impact on me. But what is a “real” image?'. In today's edition of The Guardian Helen speaks out about her experience of image-based abuse. Read her story, in her own words below:

https://bit.ly/3Se5p8x

27/10/2023

There's still time to grab your tickets and join us at Bertha Dochouse on Weds 8th Nov at 18.20 for a screening of . Showing as part of the Showcase.

📅 Weds 8 Nov // 18.20 Screening - followed by filmmakers Q&A w/ The Guardian head of docs Lindsay Poulton.

🎟️👇

https://bit.ly/MBGFScreening

25/10/2023

We're so proud to announce that MY BLONDE GF launches today on The Guardian Documentaries. In November 2020 Helen was alerted that explicit images of her were available online. Helen had never shared intimate photos. She had been deep-faked. is her story. And it's a vital one, about her journey to come to terms with her experience and make people aware of the need for more protection when it comes to online safety.

You can watch the film here:

https://bit.ly/GuardianMBGF

24/10/2023

🎥We were honoured to share with the crowds at Folkestone Documentary Festival last weekend. Thank you to everyone who joined us! Follow us here, and across all our social channels to stay up to date with how we're continuing to raise awareness about . And find out more about Helen's story here: http://bit.ly/MyBlondeGF

12/10/2023

We are coming back to the Sheffield General Cemetery ☠️🎃 Sensoria Festival has programmed an in-conversation with writer Désirée Reynolds, writer/director Eelyn Lee, hosted by Gothic literature and Horror film specialist Dr Maisha Wester (School of English, the University of Sheffield) about the inspiration behind, and making of our new Black British Gothic Horror short BORN ON SUNDAY SILENT, based on the true story of Kai Akosua Mansah who is buried in Sheffield General Cemetery.

The event takes place at The Samuel Worth Chapel on 14 October 2023 at 7pm.

15/06/2023

We're celebrating 30 years of Sheffield DocFest this week🎉 Producer Rebecca Mark-Lawson began her career by volunteering at Sheffield Docfest, so this year’s festival feels particularly special 💫
See our documentary, MY BLONDE GF, at:

The Showroom, Channel 5 Screen 2 on Saturday 17th June at 15.30
Curzon, Screen 2 on Sunday 18th June at 10.15

There’s also chance to watch and explore the film further in an accompanying panel, Disinformation and the Attack on Truth, with producer, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Director, Rosie Morris, and writer/protagonist, Helen Mort at:

The Showroom, Channel 5 Screen 2 on Sunday 18th June at 10.30

Link to screening information here:
Developed in partnership with OKRE and Berlinale Talents, made with the support of Doc Society and The Guardian, and in association with 16 Days 16 Films 🙏🏼

Let us know if you’ll be there in the comments!

10/05/2023

Watch the UK premiere of MY BLONDE GF at Sheffield DocFest 2023🎉 Directed by Rosie Morris in collaboration with Helen Mort who shared her lived experience with us, our documentary explores the journey Helen goes on after discovering that deepfake images of her in sexually explicit and violent scenarios have been uploaded onto a p**n site. Here’s a behind the scenes look at how we made the film🎥 Let us know in the comments if we’ll see you in Sheffield!
Developed in partnership with OKRE and Berlinale Talents, made with the support of Doc Society and The Guardian, and in association with 16 Days 16 Films✨

Link to screening information below 🎞️


Featuring Helen Mort
Director: Rosie Morris
Producers: Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Daria Nitsche, Clair Maleney
Executive Producer (BFI Doc Society Fund): Hannah Bush Bailey
Executive Producers (The Guardian): Lindsay Poulton, Jess Gormley
Associate Producers: Ginta Gelvan, Betty Aldous
DOP: Emma Langguth
Editor: Vera Simmonds
Composer: Darryl O’Dovovan
Sound designer & re-recording mixer: Raoul Brand
Focus Puller: Joanna Magalhães
2nd AC: Bernadette Baker
Gaffer: Elena Nassati
Sound Recordist: Sound for Films
Drone Operator: Dave Holloway
DOP - 2nd Unit: Jordan Carroll
Additional Editor: Amy Pettipher
VFX and Grade: Absolute Post

https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/my-blonde-gf

27/04/2023

We are proud to announce the world premiere for our documentary, MY BLONDE GF, in official selection at Krakow Film Festival! A huge thank you to the team 🙏🏼 Developed in partnership with OKRE and and made with the support of Doc Society and The Guardian 🎥 Made in association with 16 Days 16 Films ✨

Find out more in the link below and let us know if you’re going to be at the premiere! Streaming will be available.

Featuring Helen Mort
Director: Rosie Morris
Producers: Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Daria Nitsche, Clair Maleney
Executive Producer (BFI Doc Society Fund): Hannah Bush Bailey
Executive Producers (The Guardian): Lindsay Poulton, Jess Gormley
Associate Producers: Ginta Gelvan, Betty Aldous
DOP: Emma Langguth
Editor: Vera Simmonds
Composer: Darryl O'Donovan
Sound designer & re-recording mixer: Raoul Brand
Focus Puller: Joanna Magalhães
2nd AC: Beanie Baker
Gaffer: Elena Nassati
Sound Recordist: Aris Anastassopoulos
Drone Operator: Dave Holloway
DOP - 2nd Unit: Jordan Carroll
Additional Editor: Amy Pettipher
VFX and Grade: Absolute Post

https://www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en/the-international-short-film-competition-of-the-63rd-krakow-film-festival/

22/04/2023

Our documentary, POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ, is shortlisted in the 2023 Global Production Awards for Outstanding Use of Locations, sponsored by Screen International 🎉 Winners will be announced at Cannes Film Festival on 22nd May🎥 Find out more at Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché
Thank you Modern Films Tigerlily productions Utopia Movies Doc Society Sky Arts

04/04/2023

A new Tyke Films short is on its way. Co-written by Desiree Reynolds and director Eelyn Lee, BORN ON SUNDAY SILENT is a BFINetwork and Sheffield Film Fund-supported drama, all made possible by , and the , South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and Sheffield City Council. How much do you know about Sheffield’s past? Let us know in the comments.

📷 by Juan de Leon-Padmore

Written by Désirée Reynolds and Eelyn Lee
Directed by Eelyn Lee
Produced by Rebecca Mark-Lawson and Daria Nitsche
Trainee Producer Tala Lee-Turton Ballet
Executive Producer Baff Akoto
Executive Producer for BFI Film Hub North Ben Taylor
Cast Zuna Newman Karis Musongole
Director of Photography Ray Miller-Davis
Production Designer Christine Ting Huan Urguhart
Editor Manuela Carolina
Music Idris Blac
Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer Michael F. Bates
Casting Director Nicci Topping

Script Consultant Selina Ukwuoma
Development Assistant Joe Willis
1st AD Christopher Linton Linton Pictures
AD Cieran Ryan
Runner Josh Fowler Josh Blank Fowler
1st AC Joel DBW Rosenberg
2nd AC Anh Do
Camera Trainee Ryan Moore
Steadicam Operator Jay Gomez
DIT Steve Day Steve Day
Stills Juan de Leon Padmore
Sound Recordist Alexis Psillas
ADR Recordist Chris Morris
Gaffer Jordan Carroll
Spark Jake Thompson
Spark Taylor Clarke
Driver/Electrician Brody Pugsley
Art Director Liz von Graevenitz Artist
Carpenter Nicolas Michael Boulton
Art Assistant Shania Simpson
Art Department Assistant Cole Morris
Hair and Makeup Frances de Havas MUA
Costume Designer Delicia Sorhaindo
Costume Mentor Karen Grover
Security Shahid Khan Verusec security
VFX Supervisor Lucy Wallace
Visual Effects Second Home Studios Second Home Studios
Post-production Producer Jade Townsend OnSight Ltd
Colourist Emily Russul Saib

20/03/2023

Our VR experience, THE TELL-TALE ROOMS, is at CPH:DOX right now as part of their Inter:Active exhibition and has been taken to SXSW by our partners on this project, XR Stories. Developed from our award-winning short, DISEASED AND DISORDERLY, directed by Andrew Kötting and Eden Kötting, we are incredibly proud to share the immersive experience with audiences around the world. Thank you to Lizzie Franke and to our funders BFI and XR Stories 🙏🏼

26/01/2023

We had a busy but fun start to the new year finishing MY BLONDE GF, dir. by Rosie Morris. Next up: festival submissions before launching it on The Guardian’s website.

Synopsis:
Helen discovers that deepfake images of her in sexually explicit and violent scenarios have been uploaded onto a p**n site and goes on a journey to understand what has happened to her.

Produced by Tyke Films.
Made with the support of the BFI Doc Society Fund and The Guardian Documentaries.
Developed with the support of OKRE and Berlinale Talents Short Form Station 2022.
Made in association with 16 Productions Ltd.



Featuring Helen Mort
Director: Rosie Morris
Producers: Becky Mark-Lawson, Daria Ni., Clair Maleney
Executive Producer (BFI Doc Society Fund): Hannah Bush Bailey
Executive Producers (The Guardian): Lindsay Poulton, Jess Gormley
Associate Producers: Ginta Gelvan, Betty Aldous
DOP: Emma Langguth
Editor: Vera Simmonds
Composer: Darryl O'Donovan
Sound designer & re-recording mixer: Raoul Brand
Focus Puller: Joana Magalhães
2nd AC: Beanie Baker
Gaffer: Elena Nassati
Sound Recordist: Aris Anastassopoulos
Drone Operator: Dave Holloway
DOP - 2nd Unit: Jordan Carroll
Additional Editor: Amy Pettipher
VFX and Grade: Absolute Post