Special Event: Raging Grace + Q&A with producer Chi Thai and director Paris Zarcilla

Film title

Raging Grace

Synopsis

Joy is a hard-working single mother who is struggling day-to-day, largely due to the fact she is an undocumented immigrant from the Philippines. Working as a cleaner whilst also being responsible for taking care of her cheeky young daughter, Grace, is beginning to take its toll on Joy, especially with the pressure of deportation looming. When Joy is offered the job by an upper-class woman named Katherine to look after her terminally ill uncle for a huge amount of money, she tentatively accepts but soon discovers that there may be ghastly intentions lurking under the surface of this seemingly normal situation. This social thriller uses horror elements explore the complex relationship between immigration and class in the United Kingdom whilst also focusing on the love and strength a mother has for her daughter.