Molly Manning Walker

Camera operator

September 14, 1993 (32 years)

Ealing, London, England

Biography

Molly Manning Walker (born 14 September 1993) is a British film director, writer, and cinematographer. Her debut feature film, How to Have Sex (2023), won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI at the 36th European Film Awards. In 2024, she earned two nominations at the 77th British Academy Film Awards for How to Have Sex, including Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Descripti…

Filmography

6.4

The Moment

A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.

5.7

Bite Size Halloween

A series of stand-alone horror shorts ranging from the terrifying to the ridiculous.

4.3

Mood

Sasha, a 25-year-old wannabe singer and rapper thrown out of home, but right now she’s a bedroom artist spending her days smoking weed, stalking her ex-boyfriend on social media and avoiding her family.

6.6

Scrapper

A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. But when her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she's forced to confront reality.

6.9

November 1st

A woman and her angry mother travel together to the execution of a man they never met.

6.0

Diddly Squat

A 15-minute short about squatting in London, the film sees Lebon’s signature melding of cut-and-paste graphics and animation meet disarmingly intimate camera work. Told from the perspective of both the squatter and the squatted, it explores unconventional choices and the moral grey areas found in ownership, public and private living, family and community.

8.0

Absent

Unable to afford proper menstrual products, Chloe is constantly faced with anxiety and humiliation; this is not the first time this has happened and it won’t be the last. 'Absent' is based on multiple true stories and made in association with Freedom4girls. It aims to raise awareness around period poverty in the UK.

N/A

Our Sister

A teenage girl with autism and her sister try to come to terms with their grief after the death of their younger sister.

4.0

Run

A woman's morning jog takes a dark turn.

N/A

Acrimonious

Returning to the London council house he grew up in after a non-acrimonious divorce, Emeka's caught between worlds - left wondering how to belong.

7.0

The Forgotten C

The pandemic crawls on and Aisha shelters in her flat. Doorstep visits from friends and family mark the passing weeks as Aisha struggles with how to tell them what's happening to her.

10.0

Blue Weekend

Set on a night out, UK rock band Wolf Alice decided to bring the music of their album Blue Weekend to life with this film.

N/A

Morning Song

A young mother is thrust into a frightening new world. Suffering from postpartum psychosis, will she be able to reconnect with her baby?

1.0

Pompeii

Tam gets on the first tube home, plugs himself into his phone and begins reliving his night out via social media stories.

N/A

Pram Snatcher

A heavily pregnant criminal and her partner-in-crime head to a remote service station off the A90 for one last job.

7.2

Somalinimo

As students return to universities around the world, four British-Somali students talk about navigating one of Britain's most elite institutions: Cambridge University. Their identity is rooted in Somalinimo ('the essence of being Somali') and in this love letter to Somali culture, blackness, and Islam, they reflect on both belonging and marginalization. The women discuss conflicts with their parents, the sense of solidarity they have built at Cambridge, and the legacy they are creating for the next generation of British-Somalis. They give new meaning to an old Somali proverb: 'Clothing that is not yours cannot shelter you from the cold.'

3.0

Deep Clean

A celebration of self-pleasure and the joys of objectophilia.

N/A

Wings

A love letter from the late Sonya Hale, written as a signal of hope to her son after she's gone.

8.0

Bulldozer

Ray’s estate is being bulldozed. On the way to a fireworks night, Ray and her daughter take a detour through the new development that is being built in its place.

9.0

City of Children

What is daily life like for those who are growing up in the outskirts? How is the future being considered? With a sharp sense of observation, Arantxa Hernández Barthe  sketches the portrait of a deprived district in the north of England through its teenagers–who spend their time roaming the streets. An incisive contemporary fresco, full of hope.