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🎬 @griersontrust-nominated documentary director | creative producer
📍london based, alabama raised
🎥 films at @netflix @pbs @channel4
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We are so honoured to be nominated by @griersontrust for national recognition in excellent documentary filmmaking for Best Documentary Short! Congratulations to all the nominees! ⭐️ 

@htytmissions @channel4 

EQUAL PLAY
Directed by Lily Ahree Siegel @lilyahreesiegel 
Produced by Robert Ford @robertfordfilm 
Executive Producers: Koji Yanai, Greg Nugent, Anna Scott-Marshall, Barnaby Spurrier, Jack Thorne
Co-Producer: Calum Campbell
Editor: Laura Spini @nitidezza 
Consulting Editor: Jinx Godfrey
Composer: Amy McKnight @iamamymcknight 
DOP: Natalja Safronova @nsafronova 
Line Producer: Michelle Brøndum @michellebrondum 
Assistant Producer: Harriet Osborne-Crawley @this_is_harri 
Animation Directors: Antoni Sendra, Luis Llácer @podenco__ 
Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer: Will Cohen @stringandtins 
Disability Consultant: Lindsey Dryden @lindsey_dryden 

And many more! 🤞🏼

#GriersonAwards

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1. Illustrations of Marley and Tammy with Grierson nominee 2025 laurel and Best Documentary Short  below, EQUAL PLAY in bold, colourful letters
2. List of the Best Documentary Short nominees for Grierson 2025 on a mottled blue background including Equal Play, Chernobyl: My Promised Land, Songs from Inside and This Is Endometriosis.] taken in London, United Kingdom by @ahreesiegel
13
a year ago
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STILL WAITING. 
This is a prosthetic leg that was made last year but for various reasons, I can’t wear it, and nor can anyone else. I’m left with this object. Funny, right?

“The Unusable”
Prosthetic leg and duct tape
2025

#art #sculpture #londonart #contemporaryart #artistsofinstagram #artsculpture #artist taken in London, United Kingdom by @ahreesiegel
7
a year ago
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EQUAL PLAY is in Deadline! Read all about it. ✌🏼 Equal Play broadcasts in the UK on Monday, 26 August at 6pm on Channel 4. 

#Deadline #Film #Documentary #Paralympics #Inclusion #Disability 

[IMG ID: Mobile screenshot of Deadline website. DEADLINE logo on top, article under Home / International / Sports. Article title is “‘Equal Play’ Trailer: Lebron James Endorsed Paralympic-Timed Short Champions School Sport For Disabled Children.” By Melanie Goodfellow, August 22, 2024, 5:13am. Below, a picture of Tammy and Hannah Cockroft on an outdoor track at Loughborough Uni. Tammy is using a racing wheelchair while Hannah is moving besides her in a manual wheelchair. A black circular play button is in the bottom left to watch the trailer.] by @ahreesiegel
6
2 years ago
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Join @sarahleighfilm and I on Wednesday, 14 October, 12-1pm BST (during my lunch hour) on Zoom! Sarah will be asking me about my experience in the screen industry and I’ll be giving out top tips.

It’s free!
Sign up on @beaconfilmscic website. There will be BSL interpretation and live captions. The zoom recording will be posted on Beacon Film’s website. 

There will also be a Q&A so y’all can ask your burning questions!! 🎥
#documentary 

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Routes into Screen with Ahree Siegel. 
Ahree’s headshot and “Focus Forward” on light blue. Unique insights into the screen industry from Deaf, Disabled and neurodivergent perspectives with Ahree Siegel. Supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.] by @ahreesiegel
2
a month ago
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So many memories of the first 6 months of 2026❤️
I love y’all!! ❤️💕⭐️🌸🌈🔥💅🏼

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1. Post d*ke march in Hyde Park
2. Kathia, Sophie and Leto enjoying ramen in Waterloo
3. Too much Greek cake in Turnpike Lane
4. Ivey BB visiting and at Soho Square
5. Ungodly time of night in the tube with Parks
6. Jess and her fav chocolate in Sheffield
7. Jeeyung at Highbury and Islington 
8. NFTS triangle at Sheffield Doc Fest
9. Mohamed, Guldem and Giorgia at Emma’s bday
10. Cuties post dancing on the tube
11. Robin’s graduation in bama 
12. Kathia and Maria at Kathia’s solo at Perrotin Paris
13. Hugs with Emma and G] taken in London, United Kingdom by @ahreesiegel
5
3 months ago
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July is Disability Pride Month!! And We Crip Film Festival returns 18 to 19 July for its second edition! 

For one weekend, Disabled filmmakers and audiences will come together to celebrate Disability culture on screen through features, shorts and talks.

Created by the @britishfilminstitute's Disability advocacy group We Crip Film (which I am a proud member heh), the festival is rooted in the principle of Nothing About Us Without Us. 

Join us this Disability Pride Month for a programme that centres Disabled stories, creativity and community. Some films included are @joybubblesmovie (edited by my good friend @bradfordford), @lonewolvesfilm directed by my fellow @risd1877 alumna @ryanecunningham) and many moreeeee!! Gonna be a blast, y'all!! 

Tickets available on bfi.org.uk 💕

#film #filmmaking #disability #disabilitypridemonth 

[Image ID: Hot pink, blue and lime green abstract flower vibe-y poster saying "WE CRIP FILM FESTIVAL," celebrating disabled filmmaking and joy, 18-19 July 2026, BFI Southbank.] taken in London, United Kingdom by @ahreesiegel
3
3 months ago
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Had a great time at @sheffdocfest again! Somehow survived every single party. Barely took any photos (cry) but many new friends and memories made. Waheyy. 
❤️🥹🥰🔥💕 #documentary #filmmaking 

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1. Panellists for the Whickers Pitch. 5 people sitting down in a small amphitheater style room. 
2. Video of @orbital playing good tunes. Def a highlight!!!
3. Naomi and her team and contributor Martine Rose pose for a post screening photo of their short doc. Congratulations!!!
4. Morris dancing video with swords. What a vibe.] taken in Sheffield DocFest by @ahreesiegel
2
4 months ago
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Official announcement that my legs and I have been granted funding by @thedocsociety @britishfilminstitute through the Made of Truth fund for my next short documentary. 🥰 A story of medical bureaucracy but let’s make it FUN (and weird)!! 
Currently I’m still waiting for my next appointment though, let’s not get ahead of ourselves! 🦿✨

Producer: Hannah Tookey @hannaheugenietookey @thislittlerock 

[IMG ID: Prosthetic leg taped to a white wall with duct tape. Grantee announcement! Made of Truth fund. Director Lily Ahree Siegel and Producer Hannah Tookey. When her prosthetic leg starts falling apart, Lily documents her quest for a replacement through the UK’s healthcare maze and discovers her old limbs have a lot to say about it.] 

#documentary #shortfilm #womeninfilm taken in London, United Kingdom by @ahreesiegel
14
8 months ago
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Slowly taking only 2 meager rolls of film over 2024 and 2025. But I feel so much love looking back! Both rolls were expired (oops…) Photos taken in NYC, Providence, Los Angeles, Italy, Alabama and in the UK. 💕🥹 Love y’all!! 
#35mm

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1. Noah, Xingpei, Heej and Kathia in Providence, RI
2. PLEASE DON’T PEE ON THE PLANTS violators will be castrated sign in Providence 
3. Guldem standing outside South Kensington station
4. Hugh at BFI cafe, night, giving serious filmmaker (you saw it here first)
5. Osian in Bristol at a burger spot nearing sunset (waw)
6. Alex, Heejina and Kathia outside in a Providence park, very sunny, probably got mosquito bites and definitely was tormented by a wasp 
7. Anissa and Kathia smiling outside in Alabama after a good brekkie. I was late for the brekkie for some reason. 
8. Hugh, Frank and Oscar in their London flat at the dinner table
9. Matteo in his London studio (fresh haircut!!)
10. Jon but you can barely see him lol
11. Pichya on her couch with doggos in LA, Raisin and Miss Piggy
12. Laura in a plaza in Bergamo, Italy 
13. Taylor in the Cotswolds on her stop over from Greece
14. Kathia in her NYC studio, looks like she’s scheming something good!! 
15. Emma, Matteo, Mohamed, Giorgia and Sheida on my old balcony in London
16. Judy at the Brooklyn Museum cafe] by @ahreesiegel
5
10 months ago
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Thanks @firstflightspro for selecting THE UNUSABLE for their Short Film funding!! We made it from the shortlist! ☺️✨ An honour and privilege! 
What a lovely holiday gift to take us into the new year. 

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1. B&W headshot of Lily, “Lily Ahree Siegel, Director, The Unusable” with First Flights Short Film Fund Winner 2025 laurel
2. B&W headshot of Hannah, “Hannah Tookey, Producer, The Unusable” with First Flights Short Film Fund Winner 2025 laurel]

#womeninfilm #documentary by @ahreesiegel
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10 months ago
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It was an honour to be nominated for a Grierson in the Best Documentary Short category, which is the top honour for documentary filmmaking in the UK and recognised internationally. Thank you @griersontrust!! 

So many more collaborators who worked on EQUAL PLAY are not listed here, which is a crying shame that only 6 names are allowed because everyone knows it takes a village to make a film. 

EQUAL PLAY
Featuring Marley, Tammy, their families and x9 Gold Medallist Paralympian Hannah Cockroft CBE @hlcmbe 
Directed by Lily Ahree Siegel @lilyahreesiegel 👋🏼
Produced by Robert Ford @robertfordfilm
Executive Producers: Koji Yanai, Greg Nugent, Anna Scott-Marshall, Barnaby Spurrier, Jack Thorne 
Co-Producer: Calum Campbell 
Editor: Laura Spini @nitidezza
Consulting Editor: Jinx Godfrey
Composer: Amy McKnight @iamamymcknight
DOP: Natalja Safronova @nsafronova
Line Producer: Michelle Brøndum @michellebrondum
Assistant Producer: Harriet Osborne-Crawley @this_is_harri Animation Directors: Antoni Sendra, Luis Llácer @podenco_ Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer: Will Cohen @stringandtins
Disability Consultant: Lindsey Dryden @lindsey_dryden

And more! ❤️

[IMG ID: A picture of an A4 paper with Grierson logo on top that says “The Grierson Trust hereby certifies that a certificate of nomination was awarded to Lily Ahree Siegel, Robert Ford, Laura Spini, Calum Campbell, Barnaby Spurrier, Jack Thorne for EQUAL PLAY, in the category of Best Documentary Short at the Grierson Awards on Tuesday 18 November 2025.”] by @ahreesiegel
8
10 months ago
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My next short doc, THE UNUSABLE (working title), is shortlisted for the First Flights @firstflightspro x @kodak Short Film Fund 2025, in association with @periscopepostandaudio! Thanks y’all and congratulations to the other shortlisted candidates! 🤩

Happy to be working with Hannah Tookey on this film as my Producer! @hannaheugenietookey @thislittlerock 💕💪🏼 

#documentary #shortfilms #womeninfilm

[IMG ID: Yellow background with Shortlisted First Flights Short Film Fund in a laurel. 15 projects are shortlisted, including Lily’s. Kodak logo, First Flights logo and Periscope logo on the bottom.] taken in London, United Kingdom by @ahreesiegel
5
10 months ago
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