Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Sister Wives
Sister Wives is a multi-layered love story that tells the tale of young women living in a strict, fundamentalist, polygamous society in 2003 Utah, USA. Kaidence and Galilee find themselves bound to one another, under the same roof, in the same marriage, as they develop scary, new, exciting feelings for each other. In a harsh, regressive, watchful community where being queer is considered a cardinal sin, they begin having thoughts of leaving the only life they have ever know behind. Sister Wives will offer a vital perspective to the canon of coming-out films; at its core, it is a story of female friendship, of allyship, a story of exploration, both physical and psychological, as together they find the courage to dream in tandem, of a world beyond the walls.
July 11, 2025
1-2:30 PM
Court Square Theater
44-02 23rd St, Long Island City
Louisa Connolly-Burnham is an award-winning director & screenwriter from Birmingham. She founded the production company THIMBLE FILMS in 2019 & she is a member of the female filmmaking collective CINESISTERS. In January 2024 Louisa wrapped principle photography on SISTER WIVES the short which she wrote, directed, produced & starred in alongside BAFTA-winner Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex).
Her directorial debut THE CALL CENTRE, which she also wrote, had a successful festival run, including the Oscar-qualifying Foyle Film Festival with a nom for ‘Best International Film’, Aesthetica Film Festival, Underwire Film Festival with a "Best Producer" nom, whilst also winning the audience awards at ÉCU Film Festival & Sunday Shorts Film Festival.
Louisa’s second film THE TRACK followed suit, with a successful run at the Oscar-qualifying Durban International Film Festival, BAFTA-qualifying festivals: British Urban Film Festival & Carmarthen Film Festival and a best director award at the 2022 World Indie Film Awards. It also screened at BIFA-qualifying Manchester Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival & Manchester/London Lift-Off Film Festival.
Her third short film THE CEILING, which discusses arousal non-concordance & consent, recently begun it’s festival run, starting at the BIFA-qualifying Exit 6 Film Festival. Her fourth short film FLEETING set in the Irish ‘Repeal The Eighth’ referendum in 2018 has just begun it’s festival run starting at the IFTA-qualifying Catalyst Film Festival.
