The Pearl Comb
Best Short Fiction
Ali Cook
United Kingdom,
Fiction,
English,
00:20:34
In 1893, an endearing Cornish fisherman’s wife captures the attention of the medical profession as the first person to ever cure someone of Tuberculosis. A doctor, hell bent on proving a woman’s place is in the home and not practising medicine, is sent to investigate her miraculous claim - only to discover the source of her unearthly power...
Film block:
FICTION / ON WOMANHOOD AND THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
- Language English
- Country United Kingdom
- Genre Fiction
- Cinematographer Dave Miller
- Scriptwriter Ali Cook
- Producer Matthew James Wilkinson, Ross Williams
- Music Clark
- Editor Sadaf Nazari
- Cast Ali Cook, Beatie Edney, Clara Paget, Roxana Cook, Simon Armstrong, Thomas Stocker
- Year of creation 2024
- Duration 00:20:34
The Pearl Comb follows Ali’s BAFTA long listed short, The Cunning Man, which screened at 88 international film festivals including FrightFest, the Oscar qualifying Cleveland International Film Festival, the Oscar qualifying Cinefest, the BAFTA & BIFA qualifying Norwich Film Festival, the BAFTA qualifying Underwire Festival, Morbido and the BAFTA qualifying Carmarthen Bay International Film Festival. It won 33 awards and was runner up for the prestigious Melies D’Argent award at the Abertoir Horror Festival.
