Sophie Hyde

Adelaide-based Sophie Hyde is one half of the Closer Productions partnership. She is a director and producer who makes a range of screen work. Hyde has created video work for many dance and text-based performances, and recently produced and directed three short dance films with Restless Dance Company. Sophie wrote, directed and produced Closer's documentary Ok, Let's Talk About Me, and was producer and co-director on Indulge, a series of documentaries about young people involved with an arts project in Adelaide's northern suburbs. The documentary Beyond Beliefs examined the relationship between Muslim and non-Muslim Australia. Hyde directed the short drama My Last Ten Hours With You (formerly Staying Up) which won Best Direction, Best Drama and Best Film awards at the SA Short Screen Awards and Best Film at Mardi Gras and Melbourne Queer Film Festival. She has screened at festivals around the world including Melbourne International Film Festival, Palm Springs Shortsfest (USA), Montreal World Film Festival (Canada) and Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden).