DIRECTOR STATEMENT
How did you approach genre within the film?

"I actually didn’t have genre at the front of my mind whilst making the film - the horror element sort
of emerged during the process. Particularly when working with my sound designer, George Stein,
as he was able to push the film in different directions which I hadn’t considered. Still, I don’t see
Eye Jam as strictly a horror film, it doesn’t fit neatly into any category which is even more exciting
to me".

Is there a “right” way to interpret the film?

"I wouldn’t say so. I love the idea that people can take away wildly different things from the
experience of watching films. I don’t want to tell people how to feel about it".

Why is it so gross?

"Hmmm, well… everything I make is a little bit gross, I suppose. It feels like part of being human
and having a body and dealing with that. Disgust and a fraught relationship with our body is
something I am a little obsessed by. I can’t really help but express that through my art".

DIRECTOR BIO
Julia Jolliffe is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker who creates stylised, voice-
driven work. She builds strange, feverish worlds full of danger and humour, using their weirdness
with the intention to tap into something universal. Julia studied Illustration at Brighton University
and Animation at the Royal College of Art.