SYNOPSIS

Hannah and Robin want to start a family. Hannah knows they will need sperm and perhaps some medical intervention to make it a reality. Robin, however, is disturbed by the thought of someone else’s fluids inside her girlfriend and obsessed with the thought that she can do it herself - get Hannah pregnant through her touch alone.

When Robin encounters some jellyfish during a swim she becomes hypnotised and begins having visions and dreams featuring viscous, jelly-like forms. Could they hold the power to make her fantasy of a-sexual, feminine conception a reality?

VISUAL WORLD

Jellyfish is a stylised film that constructs a striking visual world through colour, precise framing and in-camera special effects. Located solely in a bedroom, bathroom and the sea, Jellyfish creates a watery and insular environment for the characters to inhabit and for their story to unfold.

VISION

Jellyfish operates within a realm of magic realism and sits between a narrative short and an artist’s moving image work. It slips from a story about a couple who are processing friction within their relationship into a piece where the mythical and magical are possible.

Jellyfish has a gentle narrative arc of conflict, tension and levity yet its pull lies within the obscurity between what is ‘real’ and what is born of Robin’s imagination, which never gets resolved. Most importantly, Jellyfish centres queer desire and grief in a way that is different from other stories that speak more generally of the anguish of infertility.

SXF

Throughout the film, Robin encounters jellyfish and fleshy, biomorphic forms that blur marine life with female reproductive anatomy. These beautiful, abject visions unfold underwater, behind closed eyes, and in a surreal conception sequence. Using tactile, in-camera effects with silicone, ink, and gelatinous materials, I’ll evoke biomedical aesthetics—transforming anatomical structures into something richly corporeal and sensual.

TEAM

Jesse May Fisher (Director/Writer)

Jesse May Fisher is a photographer and director working across film, fashion and art. Jesse’s work has been exhibited at Saatchi Gallery, Ugly Duck and SISSI Club and featured in magazines such as King Kong, Nasty and Swarm. She has directed music videos for artists such as Erika de Casier, Anaiis and Etta Marcus and is a graduate of Royal College of Art where she studied Contemporary Art Practice. She is represented by Agile Films.

Jaime Lock (Writer)

Jaime Lock is a trans writer/director from the Isles of Scilly. CLAN (2024), his first film, won the Celtic Film Award at FOCUS Wales film festival, the Queer On Screen Award at Cornwall Film Festival, and was nominated for the Spirit of the Festival Award at Celtic Media Festival 2025. Jaime’s debut poetry pamphlet will be published in November 2025 by fourteen poems.

MrMr Films - Katie Lambert & Martha McGuirk (Producers)

MrMr is a London-based production company committed to supporting innovative new directors, producers and writers in making unusual, creative work. Established in music videos and commercials, MrMr has won awards such as MVAs, D&ADs, Creative Circle and Cannes lions and worked with clients such as Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, Pink, Samsung and Remy Martin for the 2023 Superbowl (featuring Serena Williams) to name but a few. We like genre defying and adventurous work which pushes the bounds of form, exploring what a typical ‘music video’, ‘short film’ or ‘commercial’ can be. Work which is queer in definition, not just content.

FUNDING

We’ve already secured half of our £24,000 production budget through Arts Council England and personal contributions. Now, we're turning to our community to raise the remaining 50% through crowdfunding. Every supporter will be credited in the film’s closing titles as a thank you for being part of the journey. We hope you'll consider supporting Jellyfish and helping bring this story to life.