Sophie Hyde

Sophie Hyde is a founder and co-director of Closer Productions.  She makes provocative and intimate drama and documentary films, as well as working as a video artist for dance and text based performance. Her documentaries include Bittersweet Freedom (2009) for SBS, Ok, Let's Talk About Me (nominated for an ATOM award 2005), Beyond Beliefs  (2007) (winner of IQ One World Award 2009) and Risking It All: Initial D (2007 part of a series for SBS). Her short film My Last Ten Hours With You continues to screen at festivals internationally and has won numerous awards including the Sydney Mardi Gras Best Short Film and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival's Emerging Filmmaker Award and audience choice award as well as Best Direction, Best Drama and Best Film awards at the SA Short Screen Awards. Sophie produced and directed Necessary Games, three short dance films with Restless Dance Theatre, that premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival 2009, won Best Short Film at the SA Screen Awards, and Best Experimental Short at the 2009 Melbourne International Film Festival and the Australian Teacher Of Media awards 2009 and screened internationally.