ABOUT ME
Hannah Skolnick is a documentary filmmaker from London. In 2021, she graduated from the National Film & Television School (UK) with an MA in Directing Documentary. Since then, she has created impactful documentary films for UK broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. Her films have been showcased at festivals worldwide, including the renowned Sheffield DocFest, Kendal Mountain Festival, and the UK Jewish Film Festival. Notably, her film Last Orders was nominated for Best Documentary at the Royal Television Society Student Television Awards 2022.
Hannah Skolnick: Documentary Filmmaker
DIAMOND BRUISES
(4 mins, 2023)
If you can ski in Sheffield, you can ski anywhere.
Now returning to nature, Sheffield Ski Village was once the centre of a vibrant community of people who skied and snowboarded in a city without snow.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Hannah Skolnick
Sheffield DocFest 2023, Kendal Mountain Festival 2023.
LAST ORDERS
(20 mins, 2021)
The Festive is a time capsule. In a pocket of white, working-class London, we watch the day-to-day struggles of a community of drinkers slowly being squeezed out of their area by changes in society.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Hannah Skolnick
Nominated, Best Documentary, Royal Television Society Student Television Awards 2022
A CALL FROM WITHIN
(20 mins, 2020)
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Yehudis Fletcher counsels women in her own Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. The darkness is offset by the light of her young children, who she is raising as a single mother within the community.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer: Hannah Skolnick
Read Yehudis' memoir, Chutzpah: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality and Daring to Stay.
HOME
(15mins, 2019)
An observational piece about the director’s grandmother Vera, 100, who is moving out of her home of over 60 years into an old age home.
Director, Producer, Cinematography: Hannah Skolnick
View the documentary here:
https://vimeo.com/453621940/a0a8669b94?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
HOW TO RIDE AN ELEVATOR ON SHABBAT
(11mins, 2017)
A glimpse into the life of Nadav, a gay man in Jerusalem conflicted between his Orthodox Jewish beliefs and practice, and his sexual orientation.
Director: Hannah Skolnick
Producer: Salvatore Natale
Cinematographer: Yonothan Meiri Brauer
Jerusalem International Festival 2017, UK Jewish Film Festival 2017