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 Joanne Mitchell makes her feature directorial debut with Broken Bird, her short film, Sybil. Based on a story by Tracey Sheals and written by Mitchell and Dominic Brunt, it tells several stories about loss and grief, the most important of which is that of Sybil (Rebecca Calder), a mortician who presents herself as a modern-day Louise Brooks. She attends open mic nights where she reads obtuse poetry and dreams of being in love with Mark (Jay Taylor), a man who works at the Roman funerary museum. Then there's Emma (Sacharissa Claxton), who has lost her son and is drinking herself into oblivion, which begins to affect her work as a police officer and prevents her from investigating her case. Director: Joanne Mitchell Writers: Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Tracey Sheals Stars: Rebecca Calder, James Fleet, Sacharissa Claxton Meanwhile, Sybil's imagination runs wild, constantly disappointed by real men and choosing to court those who have died and cannot disappoint her. Sadness ha...