One Door Films

22/06/2025

Another one 🎉

"The Plant Knows" has been selected for V.i.Z. Film Fest
Festival 2025: https://www.instagram.com/v.i.z.filmfest 🥳🎬🍾

Logline: When her teenage daughter vanishes, a grieving mother teams up with an eccentric botanist to interrogate a plant.

Thanks to Anatolii and his incredible team for this honour!

Photo by Lara Shardlow

15/03/2025

Some brand new and unseen photos from 📸

📣 Update: Editing is still underway, but the film is shaping up to be very exciting! ✂️

🎥 Written and Directed by Jonathan Hawes
🎭 Starring Michael Muyunda, Jemma Bentley and Mark Aldrich

Logline:
An argument about the closing time of their local chippy propels a young couple into a night of dangerous spontaneity.

All photos by Harvey Steele

08/03/2025

We just wrapped “Little Green Folk”, a new short film directed by Jonathan Hawes and James Pyle 🕺👽 🚀

Logline: Struggling to perfect his latest routine, a Morris dancer receives some unexpected encouragement from a little green alien.

We had a great time at Bennerley Viaduct: The Iron Giant doing this one (we’ll forget about the rain and ankle-deep mud) 🤣

Inspired by Buster Keaton and The Twilight Zone 🙏

02/03/2025

Exciting update! 😮🪴

has been re-cut from 14 minutes to a tighter 9 minutes and is now being submitted to film festivals! 📽️

If you want a private link, just get in touch!

In the meantime, enjoy this official clip... 🪴🤖🔥

26/01/2025

🍟🐟📽
Coming Q2 2025 🎉

Thanks to our wonderful cast/crew for making this the biggest and most daring project to date!

Logline:
An argument about the closing time of their local chippie propels a young couple into a night of dangerous spontaneity.

Cast:
Michael Muyunda
Jemma Bentley
Mark Aldrich

Crew:
Jonathan Hawes - Writer/Director
Laurence Mason-Guetta - DP
Mark Aldrich - Producer
Marley Cooper-Powel- Production Sound Mixer/Boom Op
Ben Yeadon - 1st AC
Charlie Southwell - 1st AD
Charlie Southwell - 2nd AC
Louis Leivers - Gaffer
Mark Kidsley - Sparks/Best Boy
Em Hatch - Sparks
Harvey Steele - Stills Photographer
Matt Hawes - DIT/Production Assistant
Caroline Aldrich - Catering
All photos by Harvey Steele

14/11/2024

We’re excited to announce is now complete! 🪴 🥳

I want to say a massive thank you to the cast/crew who worked on this film. You are true masters of your craft and it was a privilege working with you all! ❤️

Synopsis: A grumpy sentient plant undergoes an interrogation to help find a missing teenage girl.

Like our page to follow news of the film's festival run! 📣

Photo by Lara Shardlow

06/11/2024

We're pleased to announce that "The Plant Knows" will premiere next week on Thursday November 14th @ 7pm on YouTube 😍🪴 It will only be available for 14 days, so watch it while you can!

Here is a teaser trailer to get the ball rolling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvd3-Jutumw&ab_channel=OneDoorFilms

Logline: A grieving mother enlists the help of an eccentric plant whisperer to locate her missing daughter.

Writer/Director: Jonathan Hawes

Cast:
Michelle Darkin Price
Beth Sharon Gatherer
Mark Aldrich
Jasmine Smith

Crew:
DP: Laurence Mason-Guetta
Producer: Mark Aldrich
Music: David Rubenstein
1st AD: James Poole
1st AC: Louis Leivers, Charlie Martin
Production Sound Mixer: Marley Cooper-Powel
2nd AC: Naphat Boonyaprapa
3rd AC: Jammas Chan
Lighting Technician: Joel Gonzalez Prades
Boom Operator: Marley Cooper-Powel, Jammas Chan
DIT: Matt Hawes
Production Assistant: Joe Roguszka
Stills Photographer: Lara Shardlow
Set Designer/Script Supervisor: Caroline Aldrich
Special Thanks: Mark Aldrich, Caroline Aldrich, Owen Williams & Matt Hawes

Out Thursday 14th November @ 7pm GMT on YouTubeWatch the new teaser trailer for :Michelle Darkin PriceBeth GathererMark AldrichJas...

08/03/2024

That's a wrap for our new short film "The Plant Knows" 📽🪴

A grieving mother enlists the help of a plant whispering botanist to locate her missing daughter.

We were very fortunate to work with some very talented people on this short film, shot right here in the Midlands. Everyone worked so hard and it was an absolute pleasure working with you all!

Coming soon

Cast:
Michelle Darkin Price
Beth Gatherer
Mark Aldrich
Jasmine Smith

Writer/Director: Jonathan Hawes
DP: Laurence Mason-Guetta
Producer: Mark Aldrich
1st AD: James Poole
1st AC: Louis Leivers
Camera Operator: Charlie Martin
2nd AC: Naphat Boonyaprapa
Lighting Technician: Joel Gonzalez Prades
Set Designer: Caroline Aldrich
Production Sound Mixer: Marley Cooper-Powel
Script Supervisor: Joe Roguszka
Camera Trainee: Jammas Chan
Stills Photographer: Lara Shardlow
Digital Imaging Technician: Matt Hawes

10/02/2024

We’re proud to announce that The Morgue Party" is an Official Selection of the V.i.Z Film Fest 2024. I would like to thank everyone who came out to Sinai House to film this little slice of folk horror 🥳📽

Synopsis:
A secret society who host macabre parties with fresh corpses must contend with one of its leaders, hellbent on questioning the moral implications of their actions.

01/02/2024

Very excited to announce that "The Morgue Party" is an Official Selection of the Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2024 🥳📽 Thank you to the cast/crew who made this thing possible!

Photo: John Pashley
Featured in photo: Danny Patrick

Starring
Danny Patrick
Mark Aldrich
Beth Gatherer
Charlotte Handley

04/08/2023

Our new short film “The Morgue Party” is now available to watch online. It’s a folk horror comedy about morgue attendants who host illicit parties with dead corpses...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSZN6dBd0M&ab_channel=OneDoorFilms

Starring
Danny Patrick
Mark Aldrich
Beth Gatherer
Charlotte Handley

Written and Directed by
Jonathan Hawes