THE SUBSTITUTE

A young teacher takes a job at an unusual private school where she soon discovers that the boys have a sinister power over the girls. As the boys behaviour becomes increasingly threatening she uncovers the source of the girls fear; an ominous locked door at the back of the classroom.

Nathan is a filmmaker based in the UK and Canada. He started making films as a way of getting through a design degree. Upon graduating he setup Booruffle Films with fellow student Madeleine Sims-Fewer. Their aim was to create films with strong female protagonists and a clear feminist message. Their latest collaboration, the feminist gothic fantasy The Substitute, completed in Jan 2015, has already screened at twenty festivals worldwide including Dresden, Cannes and Puchon.