Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye-gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.
Prano Bailey-Bond is a director and writer who grew up on a diet of Twin Peaks in the depths of a strange Welsh community. Named a 2021 ‘Director to Watch’ by Variety and a Screen International ‘Star of Tomorrow’, her strong body of work invokes imaginative worlds, fusing a dark vocabulary with eerie allure. Her debut feature CENSOR had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, opening the Midnight section of the festival. Its European premiere closely followed in Berlin International Film Festival’s Panorama program. CENSOR, which was backed by Film4, the BFI and Ffilm Cymru Wales, was bought for distribution for most territories worldwide, including in the US by Magnolia Pictures and the UK by Vertigo Releasing. Prano is now in development on a number of projects for film and television. She is represented as a writer-director by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, and in the USA by United Talent Agency.
