POPPY

POPPY

Directed by Julia Schönstädt

16 min | Drama, Social, Women, LGBTQ+, Lesbian | United Kingdom | 2026
Plays in PROGRAM #14 — THE SYSTEM 

Regal Battery Park | Saturday, October 17th | 4:30 PM
International Premiere

Cast: Carrie Bunyan, Tracy Rahi, Kwame Bentil

Synopsis: What if the greatest love of your life was also the thing destroying you?

Following a devastating loss, a grieving mother reconnects with a seductive, unpredictable figure from her past. Drawn into an increasingly obsessive relationship, she risks losing herself to the very thing she cannot bear to let go.

Poppy is a short film inspired by true events and based on the short story ‘Morph’ written by Claudia Franck.